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First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday linked the lack of youth sports and playgrounds to higher crime and even gun violence. Appearing with her brother and sportscaster Michael Wilbon at the Newseum, she said that bored kids are turning to crime. "Why can´t we put those things together? Why are we confused about why crime rates are going up? It´s not a complicated set of scenarios, unless people don´t really understand just what a wasteland so many kids are living in in terms of activity. Maybe that´s the case. Maybe people look at their lives and think, well, if my

A cartoonist has been accused of racism after he portrayed Michelle Obama as masculine and butch next to a pageant-ready Melania Trump in a controversial drawing. The cartoon - which has been branded 'racist and misogynistic' - shows a muscular Mrs Obama wearing a green dress with a bulge in the groin area. Stood next to her is a feminine, smiling Melania Trump in a pink dress and holding a Trump sign.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service issued a final rule Monday that will affect more than 3 million kids in daycare centers across the country. The regulation will only allow daycare centers to serve juice once a day, will ban fried foods, and encourages centers to not add honey to a child’s yogurt. The regulation is a result of the 2010 law aimed at school lunches, a top priority of Mrs. Obama’s Let’s Move anti-obesity initiative. The government hopes the new rule will “help children build healthy habits.” “This final rule updates the meal pattern requirements for...

In a rare entrance into a politically charged controversy, first lady Michelle Obama used a commencement speech Saturday at Jackson State University in Mississipppi to directly target the state’s recently-passed "religious freedom" bill. "We see it right here in Mississippi -- just two weeks ago -– how swiftly progress can hurtle backward," Obama said. "How easy it is to single out a small group and marginalize them because of who they are or who they love." Obama made the comment following an impassioned revival of the state and university's stained history with regard to civil rights. "So we've got to...

Michelle Obama has given the Queen an early birthday surprise by announcing she will accompany the US President when he has lunch with Her Majesty later this week.Mrs Obama has struck up a firm friendship with the Queen during her previous visits to the UK, and famously ignored royal protocol to put her arm around the monarch's shoulders in 2009. Until now, the US Embassy had indicated that President Barack Obama would be on his own for a private lunch with the Queen at Windsor Castle on April 22, the day after she turns 90.But Buckingham Palace has confirmed that...

Celebrating @WesleyLowery winning a Pulitzer!

The relationship between Michelle and Hillary is 'fraught with hurt feelings and resentment,' says author of new book about first ladies 'When Michelle Obama views the Clintons, I don't want to say she's looking down her nose at them – but she kind of is', says former Obama adviser First lady not interested in policy, focused on working out and being a fashion icon But she had Rahm Emanuel - Obama's first chief of staff - fired because he bullied her She complains about the attention the press pays to trivial things like her decision to get bangs Her Chicago-based...

EXCLUSIVE: How Michelle Obama refused to invite Hillary and Bill Clinton to dinner, wanted Joe Biden to run and can't wait to leave the White House to make money on book deals and speaking fees The relationship between Michelle and Hillary is 'fraught with hurt feelings and resentment,' says author of new book about first ladies 'When Michelle Obama views the Clintons, I don't want to say she's looking down her nose at them – but she kind of is', says former Obama adviser First lady not interested in policy, focused on working out and being a fashion icon But...

This past week, First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on The Today Show with Al Roker and discussed her plans after she and her family leave their White House duties next year. She said that continuing to raise her two daughters, gardening, and eating a healthy diet, are all in her future plans .After being asked by Mr. Roker to describe her time in the White House over the past 7 years, she said in five words it has been “fun, challenging, creative, dynamic and at times delicious.” Of raising her daughters and being a mother, FLOTUS said that some hard...

CPAC has come and gone and all we have left are the memories. Interesting sights and sounds were everywhere. Just don’t tell Michelle Fields, who found numerous ways to make it all about her.

The federal government is taking steps to fine schools that do not comply with first lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch rules. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service issued a proposed rule Monday to codify parts of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which was championed by Mrs. Obama. The regulation would punish schools and state departments with fines for “egregious or persistent disregard” for the lunch rules that imposed sodium and calorie limits and banned white grains. A West Virginia preschool teacher was threatened with fines for violating the rules by rewarding her students with candy for good

A reporter and editor for the conservative news website Breitbart resigned their positions late Sunday over the site's response to an alleged assault on the reporter by Donald Trump's campaign manager. Reporter Michelle Fields and editor Ben Shapiro confirmed their resignations in statements to Buzzfeed News and on social media. I can't stand with an organization that won't stand by me: https://t.co/pohxCKScpf -- Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) March 14, 2016 Tonight, I resigned from Breitbart News due to their treatment of @MichelleFields. My full statement: https://t.co/kEFev1L0Af -- Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 14, 2016 Their departures from the site stem from the...

LOS ANGELES — Former Breitbart News editor-at-large Ben Shapiro announced Sunday evening via left-wing Buzzfeed that he is abandoning Andrew Breitbart’s lifelong best friend, widow, hand-picked management team and friends in pursuit of an elusive contributorship at the Fox News Channel. Friends of Hamas could not be found for comment. Shapiro, a Harvard lawyer and member of the State Bar of California, apparently violated virtually every clause in his employment contract during an appearance on The Kelly File last Thursday evening. It was business as usual for the ambitious conservative gadfly, who is known to live on the edge, courting...

January 10 · Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary. Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mamie Eisenhower:--- One-- paid for personally out of President's salary. Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers. Jackie Kennedy: -------One Lady Bird Johnson-----One Pat Nixon ---------------One Betty Ford---------------One Rosaline Carter: --------One Barbara Bush: -----------One Hilary Clinton: --------....... Seven Laura Bush: ------------One Michele Obama: ---------...................... Twenty-two How...

WOW! What the hell, Michelle?Breitbart reporter caught fabricating story about Donald Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski. Michelle Fields made headlines when she said Lewandowski grabbed her and threw her down on the ground at the Jupiter, Florida victory speech on Tuesday night. The Gateway Pundit’s Kristinn Taylor was in the room at the time and did not see the incident in question. He was the last reporter to film Corey closing up the event with reporters. Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields filed criminal assault charges with Jupiter, Florida police against Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Friday several days after...

"Trump last night said that he thinks it's being made up because that's obviously what his people are telling him. Now Michelle Fields of Breitbart has filed a formal criminal complaint against Lewandowski alleging that he forcefully grabbed her and nearly threw her to the floor. So that's not gonna go away."

Virginia McLaurin may be 106 years old, but that didn’t stop her from breaking into a jig of excitement as she finally met with U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Sunday.McLaurin was so excited to finally have the chance to travel to the White House that she threw her arms into the air and began to dance as she shook the president's hand."I tell you, I am so happy," the diminutive but bubbly centenarian told the Obamas as they posed for photos."A black president. A black wife. And I'm here to celebrate black history. That's what I'm here...

Another successful Presidents Day caper. The entire mini-vacay in Aspen would have flown completely under the radar butt for the smarty-pants who got his panties in a bundle just because he was inconvenienced a little bit (several hours) waiting for Lady M’s plane to clear air space so the plebes could take off. And then some reporter at the Aspen Daily News had to blab the story from Aspen Police Chief Brian Olson about Lady M’s motorcade being allowed to “sneak through while they waited on tow trucks.” Do you see why she hates her FLOTUS gig? When Big Guy...

Here we are, President’s Day 2016 and Big Guy is still golfing somewhere in California (although no press photos will be allowed),Lady M is allegedly skiing incognito somewhere in Aspen(although no press photos will be allowed),That can mean only one thing: we’ve survived 6 major federal holidays this year: New Year’s Eve, Martin Luther King Day, Groundhog Day, “Early Spring? Booyah!”Fat Tuesday, Super Bowl, 4th down, 10 to goValentine’s Day,“I heart grimaces”and now: President’s Day.Coming up: Leap Year (as if we need an extra day this year), You’ve been warned.St. Patrick’s Day, “Give me a call if you need any help....

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hold the mystery meat: Military mess halls soon will be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services. First lady Michelle Obama and Pentagon officials announced the effort Thursday during a visit to Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, where the military has been experimenting with ways to improve the quality and variety of foods served on base. The first lady toured a gleaming cafeteria line, then announced the program in a dining hall filled with service members whose plates...