In a 2001 debate on the issue of slavery reparations, Al Pires–one of the lead attorneys behind the Pigford black farmers settlement–referred to the settlement “mini-reparations” and described the reparations “‘dream team’ he was part of,” which included one of
On the day NBA basketball player Jason Collins came out and became the first openly gay male athlete in major professional team sports, President Barack Obama reportedly called Collins and offered him congratulations while Michelle Obama tweeted her support for
Oscar-winning Argo director Ben Affleck, founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, once said “There’s something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.” So it’s no surprise that Affleck signed on with Global Poverty Project’s Live Below
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral is April 17, but President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden are too busy pushing gun control to attend. A U.S. Embassy spokesman explained that Obama is unable
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama paid an effective tax rate of just 18.4% in 2012 federal income tax. The figures, released by the White House, come as Obama included in his recently released budget the so-called “Buffett
On Thursday, April 11, Stuart Varney, the host of Fox’s Varney & Co, agreed with Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, that the three major TV networks were withholding information from the American public that revealed the detrimental effects
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy NBC: First Lady Michelle Obama returned to her hometown on Wednesday afternoon and delivered an impassioned plea to Chicago business leaders, urging them to take action to combat
First lady Michelle Obama spoke about the murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton during a speech about gun control in her hometown of Chicago…
First Lady Michelle Obama is taking her husband’s gun control tour back home to Chicago, according to the Washington Times. She is scheduled to speak at a luncheon that is centered on youth violence. She is expected to push business leaders in
As President Obama has halted funding for White House tours and Blue Angels performances, citing the budget sequester, he and First Wife Michelle geared up Tuesday for a star-studded, soul music concert in the White House that featured such celebs
From the White House Blog: As First Lady Michelle Obama noted earlier today, “You never know what’s going to happen at the White House!” Mrs. Obama was talking to a group of students who had come from California, Tennessee, New
NBC’s Meet the Press panel this morning commenting on President Obama’s sexist comments praising the looks of California’s female attorney general, Kamala Harris Maggie Haberman, of Politico “Women candidates, women elected officials tend to be judged more based on appearance
President Obama created a miniature firestorm Thursday, April 4, by being gauche enough to have called California Attorney General Kamala Harris the “best-looking attorney general” in the country. Not long afterward, the President was forced to apologize for the “sexist”
The halcyon days of the Obama’s storybook marriage are over. First lady Michelle Obama, in an interview with Burlington, Vt. CBS affiliate WCAX, attempted to show single mothers how much she empathized with them because she knew their pain, but
They call politics, “show business for ugly people”, but that doesn’t stop Democrats from calling their favorite politicians “sex symbols.” On Entertainment Tonight, last night, the host mentioned Bill Clinton and JFK as two notable examples, but there are more.
First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a special screening at the White House last night of 42, the new movie recalling baseball’s first black ballplayer, Jackie Robinson. Harrison Ford, who plays Brooklyn Dodgers’ GM Branch Rickey in the film, co-star Chadwick
From The Thread: If Michelle Obama‘s Prabal Gurung Easter outfit looks familiar, you’re right. The black and white, silk twill gazar dress with a brush-painted rose print is one of the first lady’s favorites. In fact, we recall two other
Nothing says “cares about you” quite like sending your tweener kids on posh vacations to the Bahamas and Sun Valley to frolic in the surf and snow on the taxpayer dime. But lest Americans think that the Obamas are hypocrites
White House Dossier’s Keith Koffler is reporting that our beloved VP, Joey “Choo Choo” Biden is enjoying his third vacation of the year on South Carolina’s luxurious Kiawah Island. Biden and his wife Jill arrived on the island – known
Tuesday’s report that Pope Francis has chosen to live in a modest two-room apartment within the Vatican rather than the more spacious ten-room Papal Apartment on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace offers a stark contrast to the numerous reports
Technically, I don’t own it. My name’s not on the deed, but it belongs to me. It belongs to me as much it belongs to President Obama. It also belongs to every American… or it’s supposed to. It’s called The
Beyonce is out with new music, Bow Down. WOW! Get ’em B! Let me explain. A conservative message is always about the language. Beyonce took some time off to start a family with her husband, Jay-Z. How beautiful! In her
Senator John Cornyn of Texas released a web video showing First Lady Michelle Obama calling the White House “The People’s House,” along with multiple reports on why the President decided to discontinue tours. The video ends with students asking the
A few weeks ago I posted about English designer Vivienne Westwood saying that she was not a fan of the First Lady. Westwood is a liberal, but her criticism of the First Lady’s fashion choices made her a target by ugly
LARRY KUDLOW, CNBC HOST: Joel Pollak, welcome back. I want to ask you, Joel, I see this in terms — very much in terms of personal freedom, individual responsibility, free markets. I see you sipping on a slurpee. I think
