Following a long tradition of first ladies, Michelle Obama has written a memoir looking back on her journey to the White House. But just as she recast the mold of first lady as the first black woman to hold the office, Obama’s Becoming advances the genre, pushing at its edges and arriving somewhere new. More than just…
In a short address in the Rose Garden, Melania Trump unveiled her official initiative: “Be Best,” which focuses on social media, well-being, and the effects of opioid abuse on young people.
Melania Trump is pissed because Ivana Trump said some flippant dumb shit during a Good Morning America interview about how she’s first lady because she was married to Donald first. Before we get into the meat of it, just think about this: Imagine beefing over a six-foot-two ham hock? That’s less of a rhetorical…
Vanity Fair has published its rumored-to-be “mean-spirited” feature examining Melania and Donald Trump’s ossified marriage, and even though none of the Trumps (or their closest friends) talked to reporter Evgenia Peretz, there’s ample evidence that they do not live in wedded bliss. Who could have guessed?
Melania Trump, a Disney princess who married a cartoon villain, is re-filing a libel suit against The Daily Mail for publishing a story that contained unproven allegations that she once worked as an escort. In it, she seeks at least $150 million in damages and claims that The Daily Mail’s now-retracted piece cost her…
Michelle Obama became almost an instant style icon eight years ago and fashion has been rightfully obsessed with her ever since. Now that she’s leaving—and many designers are having a hard time preparing for the Melania Trump era—it’s time to say goodbye.
On Friday, Michelle Obama gave her final White House remarks as First Lady, surrounded by weeping women.
After being blessed with a thoroughly stylish and sane First Lady for two terms, the fashion world appears stuck in a crisis about whether a Melania Trump affiliation will be worth it, given that she’s the wife of a descendant of one of these creatures. Vogue legend André Leon Talley wants to correct any assumptions…
Michelle Obama, the First Lady we don’t deserve, joins Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail this week for the first time. They’ll unite forces at an event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina — an especial effort to secure an important swing state.
In her final commencement speech as First Lady, Michelle Obama threw the most graceful subliminal jabs at Donald Trump and referred to the White House as “a house that was built by slaves.”
On Thursday night, First Lady Michelle Obama visited The Late Show to swap stories with Letterman about their kids. Wonder how Sasha and Malia are doing?
Are you sitting by your phone? Good, because it's possible that First Lady Michelle Obama is trying to reach you right now to invite you to sit in her box at tomorrow's State of the Union Address. She's asking ordinary citizens whose letters have touched her the chance to meet her and the president and her camp has…
It's a job with neither a salary nor wardrobe allowance, but First Ladies are still expected to dress to impress, as some of their clothing often become historical artifacts. So where does the cash come from to pay for the ball gowns and designer dresses for FLOTUS's endless public appearances?
She's appeared on the Oscars, The Biggest Loser, iCarly, Restaurant: Impossible, and almost every major talk show. Now, for the first time, Michelle Obama will be appearing as herself on a scripted TV show for adults. And the lucky show is... Nashville.
Late on New Year's Eve, it was reported that Barbara Bush, the 88-year-old former First Lady of the United States, had been admitted to a hospital on Monday for a scarily vague "respiratory related issue."
Fire up the gaffe signal; the President said something unscripted! Yesterday, during an "hot mic" moment at the UN General Assembly, our Commander-In-Chief Barack Hussein Bengazi Obamacare Bailout Obama confessed to an official that he hasn't had a cigarette in six years because he's "scared" of his wife. Either First…
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…
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…
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!
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