Sunlen Miller and Yunji de Nies of ABCNews report that Michelle Obama’s Inaugrual gown will be headed to the Smithsonian.
First Lady Michelle Obama will be donating her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History; it was announced today by the First Lady’s office.
The white, one shoulder silk chiffon Jason Wu dress will [...]
This is Gina. Do we love our First Lady Michelle Obama or what? Today was International Women’s Day and the White House is holding an event. We’ll have more here on that later. I’ll let Aminah tell y’all. But let us all pause now for FLUFF. Yes, FLUFF Here are some photos of First Lady [...]
UPDATED: The event has now ended. Check back later today for highlights.
At 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time this morning, President Obama will speak on health insurance reform in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
Before the event begins, take a second to check out a new blog post from White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, about more recent evidence that [...]
Earlier today, President Obama left Washington to pay a visit to Glenside, Pennsylvania — where he took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and made the case for why we need to pass health reform right now. In front of a crowd of about 1,800, the President highlighted recent news about insurance rate hikes [...]
To mark today’s 45th anniversary of the civil right march in Selma, Alabama—known as "Bloody Sunday"—President Obama released the following statement:
On this day, 45 years ago, hundreds of brave men and women gathered in the small town of Selma, Alabama to announce to the world that they, too, sang America. As they marched from Selma [...]
Despite all the progress and improvements we’ve made, Republicans in Congress insist that the only acceptable course on health care is to start over. But you know what? The insurance companies aren’t starting over. I just met with some of them on Thursday and they couldn’t give me a straight answer as to why they [...]
– First Lady Michelle Obama runs in a race as she promotes the “Let’s Move” program during an event with local kids and the U.S. Soccer Foundation at City Center in Washington, D.C., March 5, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Hey folks, this is Gina. AAAAAAH! I Played soccer as a wee [...]
Earlier this week, one Republican senator single-handedly blocked a number of critical priorities for those hit hardest by today’s recession. Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky jeopardized temporary unemployment assistance for hundreds of thousands, COBRA health insurance, Department of Transportation jobs, and pay for doctors who care for seniors and veterans. This was an example of [...]
This morning, President Obama stopped by a small energy efficiency business in Virginia and delivered remarks on creating clean energy jobs.
After highlighting his broader agenda to create jobs and provide relief to out-of-work Americans, President Obama laid out his plans for clean energy job creation:
The jobs of tomorrow will be jobs in the clean energy [...]
Today First Lady Michelle Obama will take her Let’s Move! initiative to a Washington, DC soccer clinic. According to the First Lady’s Press Office…
“Mrs Obama join the US Soccer Foundation, Major League Soccer, Women’s Professional Soccer, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and others at the clinic to highlight the Let’s Move! campaign and the [...]
