…Obama admitted that in the past they did go through a rough patch but that they patched things up and grew closer together. The Obamas have now been married for 21 years and have two children, Malia, 13, and Sasha, nine. In The Amateur, Edward Klein’s unauthorized account of Barack Obama’s life and first term in office, it is claimed that the future president was over ambitious in his attempt to…
Australian Genevieve Cook first met Barack Obama in 1983 in the kitchen of a mutual friend’s New York flat. In those days most Americans, even supposedly cosmopolitan New Yorkers, couldn’t tell a Cockney from a Kiwi. But Barack Obama had met many Aussies while living in Indonesia as a young boy with his mother and stepfather, and it turned out he and Genevieve Cook – the daughter of a promi…
2012 Election: voting results so far Alabama (9 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 61% (1,245,221 votes) Barack Obama 38% (787,027 votes) Alaska (3 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 55% (120,329 votes) Barack Obama 41% (90,743 votes) Arizona (11 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 55% (896,302 votes) Barack Obama 43% (707,744 votes) Arkansas (6 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 60% (631,244 votes) Barack Obama 37% (38…
Edward Klein’s new book claims that First Lady Michelle Obama orders women close to the president to be watched in case he cheats on her like John F. Kennedy did to his wife. Michelle Obama is supposedly “unusually jealous” and has so little trust in Barack Obama that she turns up unannounced during the day to see what he is doing. The First Lady also objected to her husband’s close relationship…
…es and a pizza made with eggplant, green peppers and zucchini, breaking his long-held aversion for all-things-healthy in his diet. Jay Leno once told a magazine he hadn’t eaten a vegetable since 1969, and he insisted he tasted his last apple in 1984. That didn’t dissuade the First Lady, who’s promoting her “Let’s Move!” campaign to get kids excited about fitness and healthy…
…BC News/Washington Post poll released as the convention got under way in Charlotte, North Carolina, showed Barack Obama with the lowest pre-convention favorability for an incumbent president since the 1980s. The president is aiming to recapture the political spotlight over the next few days, after last week’s Republican convention. Michelle Obama said that four years ago she “believed…
…ng stars. Wearing another patriotic ensemble, Michelle Obama wore a sporty blue T-shirt, paired with white pants and a smart white and blue blazer that featured navy piping. The event attracted around 1,000 American Military children as well as American and British students who couldn’t get enough of the event’s visiting host. Michelle Obama jogged to a stage to the sound of a marching…
If President Barack Obama will be out of a job in 48 hours, First Lady Michelle Obama could step into a new career as a chat show host. TV executives believe Michelle Obama would be a natural to become a talk show host. Michelle Obama has even been compared to Oprah Winfrey, the queen of chat show hosts and one of the most recognizable names in show business. “Personally I would like to see her i…
Michelle Obama admitted that she’s “proud” of President Barack Obama’s sex appeal during an interview with Entertainment Tonight this week. “He’s got a little swag, you know. That’s okay,” the First Lady said. The question came up when the interviewer asked about how it felt to have a husband who is considered a sex symbol, similar, as the journalist said, to JFK and Bill…
…it: Lasagna and couscous.” “Yes, a lot of online stars are in the room but, unfortunately, Matt Drudge couldn’t make it,” Conan O’Brien said. “He had a prior commitment to teach a web design class in 1997.” “Some people say print media is dying, but I don’t believe it,” Conan O’Brien added. “And neither does my blacksmith.” “It’s no surprise that Speaker John Boehner isn’t here tonight,” Conan…
During a televised interview last week First Lady Michelle Obama accidentally called herself a single mother. Michelle Obama was talking about healthy foods as part of her ongoing Let’s Move! initiative and made the slip when she was discussing how the demands of raising a family can leave little time for nutritious cooking in a CBS interview. First Lady Michelle Obama accidentally called…
…uting: “Marriage!” After recently coming out in favor of gay marriage, however, this time he was greeted with chants of: “Four more years!” Ellen DeGeneres, whose decision to come out of the closet in 1997 prompted headlines and predictions that her career was over, introduced Barack Obama at what was a who’s who of gay Hollywood and those whose work had taken gay themes into the mainstream….
…$467,585, according to Judicial Watch. The total cost of flying Michelle Obama from Camp Andrews to Malaga and then to Mallorca and back to the United States was $199,323.75. That tab is based on just 17 hours and 15 minutes of total flying time. The White House said that the First Lady would reimburse only the equivalent of first-class commercial tickets for herself and her daughter Sasha, since…
…late Thursday. Before he departed for Hawaii, Barack Obama told reporters he expected to be back in the capital the following week. Automatic budget cuts and tax increases are set to begin on January 1, which many economists say could send the country back into recession. So far, the president and congressional Republicans have been unable to reach agreement on any alternatives. President Barack…
A model which has foretold the correct results of the Electoral College selections in U.S. Presidential elections since 1980, has predicted a loss for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. The forecast was made by two professors at the University of Colorado who used economic data and unemployment figures from each state to predict a Republican win come November. Political science professors Ken…
Four years after he was elected as a self-described “hopemonger” promising a new post-partisan era, President Barack Obama is trying to claw his way to re-election with an ugly, divisive campaign in which he is playing the role of fearmonger-in-chief. On a chilling Wednesday evening in a Las Vegas park, Barack Obama spoke to a raucous gathering of some 13,000 – more than twice the number his oppo…
Former first granddaughter and daughter Jenna Bush spent scores of Christmases at the White House while her grandfather and father were President. Jenna Bush was more than qualified to sit down with Michelle Obama to compare notes about the holidays at America’s most famous address. During the interview, aired this morning on Today, Jenna Bush recounted treasured memories including helping…
Spanish Magazine de Fuera de Serie landed themselves in the middle of a racial controversy over a Photoshopped picture of First Lady Michelle Obama on the cover of their latest issue. The picture places Michelle Obama’s face in a 1800 portrait of a slave with an exposed breast, and Magazine de Fuera de Serie likely knew the image was going to stir up controversy. The editors may have had a…
…in a series of popular YouTube videos. A track suit-clad Elmo and other Sesame Street Muppets performed and encouraged exercise. The White House had warned more than 35,000 expected attendees that the 135-year tradition could have been cancelled because of budget battles with Congress this year. White House tours have been called off because of government-wide spending cuts, but the egg roll was n…
First Lady Michelle Obama made her get-out-the vote campaign personal on Thursday night when she sneaked into Jimmy Kimmel’s bedroom with an air horn to roust him out of bed at 5:30 a.m. The humorous skit featuring Michelle Obama aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC. It is part of a last-minute push by the Obamas to win over skeptical voters a week and a half before Election Day. President Ba…
…ay to give back, above and beyond what life has thrown your way anyway,” she said. Among the unwrapped toys donated today by White House employees and American CEOs were Michelle Obama’s two daughters 14-year-old Malia and 11-year-old Sasha, according to the White House. Michelle Obama along with Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, started the Joining Forces campaign in 2011 to honor and…
New reports claimed yesterday that The First Lady Michelle Obama has banned actress Kerry Washington from the White House because she is “too flirty” with President Barack Obama. Michelle Obama was said to have a “watch list” of women that were to be kept away from her husband – but it’s a story, one White House official claims it totally false. According to an article in…
…Michelle but they have not yet been reunited, she told the Today show. Barbara Knight, 50, said she never gave up hope and will now be able to introduce Michelle to the half sister she has never met, 10-year-old Katie, who was born after she disappeared. Katie was with her mother as they left for the airport on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, Barbara Knight spoke to the Today show about how she…
Barack Obama appeared relaxed on the Jay Leno Show but gave Mitt Romney an opening when he quipped that he struggled with mathematics beyond the Seventh grade at the age of 13. President Barack Obama was taking about helping his daughters with their maths homework when he said that “the math stuff I was fine with, up until 7th grade” but he was “pretty lost” after that. In times of economic prosp…
Cleveland captive Michelle Knight was removed from the missing person’s database just 15 months after she was reported missing in 2002, it emerged today. Police removed her name after repeated attempts to contact her mother to verify the-then 22-year-old was still missing failed. Barbara Knight said that police did not do enough to try and find her daughter and did not give it the same atte…
US immigration bill passes Senate panel with 13-5The immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally has taken a stride forward in Congress. A Senate panel voted 13-5 to…
Eurovision 2013: Russia calls Azerbaijan's failure to award any points as outrageous actionRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called Azerbaijan's failure to award any points to Russia's entry in this year’s Eurovision song contest as "outrageous". Sergei…
Jose Manuel Barroso urges full tax data exchangeThe head of the European Commission has told the European Parliament he wants EU-wide exchange of income data as part of the fight against tax evasion. Jose Manuel Barroso…
Why penguin can't flyScientists say they have found an answer to why the penguin is unable to fly. Researchers believe that the bird's underwater prowess may have cost it its ability to…
Apple among America's big tax avoidersApple has been accused by US Senate of being "among America's largest tax avoiders". A Senate committee said Apple had used "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid…
North Korea releases Chinese fishing crew The Chinese fishing crew seized by North Koreans two weeks ago has been freed along with their boat, reports say. The 16-man crew was taken captive by unidentified North…
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