In an interview with CBS about the difficulty of maintaining proper family nutrition/your sanity when you have a hectic schedule, First Lady Michelle Obama proves her point when she refers to herself as a "busy single mother." It's so difficult that sometimes you forget important details like the fact that you're still…

America's a pretty divided country when it comes to most political matters. Old white dudes are pretty upset that "traditional America" is no longer, young people of color are dismayed that old white dudes are still in charge, and Congress, as Congress is wont to do, is fucking up. But at least one Washington fixture is…

China's carefully-orchestrated Communist Party musical, which is whimsically titled The 18th Communist Congress and contains neither music nor Hugh Jackman, will convene next month to name the country's imminent new president, Xi Jinping. Every detail has been scripted and rehearsed, but party leaders are still…

Alveda King, the right wing nutjob niece of noted friend of Planned Parenthood* Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, watched the First Lady's speech at the Democratic National Convention last night. And she has some terrible opinions about it!

Last night, First Lady Michelle Obama blew everyone's hair back at the Democratic National Convention with a speech that pundits called "history-changing," and "dominating." The First Lady didn't come out swinging, she didn't go too deeply into policy, she spoke directly to the American people and vouched for her husband's …

First lady Michelle Obama reaches for young baby as she greets supporters while campaigning for her husband President Barack Obama at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

A police officer in the District of Columbia's Special Operations Division, which is tasked with providing motor escorts for the First Family, was allegedly overheard telling his fellow officers that he was going to shoot First Lady Michelle Obama. Though details of the incident aren't yet clear, the department's…

She may have academic credentials that match her Commander-in-Chief husband, the popular appeal of Madeleine Albright circa 1999, and the fashion chops of Carla Bruni, but Michelle Obama wants to make it clear that she's not interested in running for Senate in 2016. In other news, people are already starting to badger…

We're falling in love — slowly, naturally, just letting it happen — with Valérie Trierweiler, the new first lady of France. Allow us to explain.

Iran's first lady Azam al-Sadat Farahi, front, arrives to an air base as she prepares to depart Quito, Ecuador, Friday Jan. 13, 2012. Azam al-Sadat Farahi accompanied her husband, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during a four nation tour in Latin America. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)