ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings, including popular pizza, will come with…
First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed military families to the White House today for the first peek at this year’s holiday decorations. After speaking to parents, spouses, and children of service members in the East Room, she invited kids down to the State Dining Room to decorate cookies and make Christmas tree ornaments. The theme for […]
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Bidenwere on hand this afternoon at the Homestead-Miami Speedway to Grand Marshall NASCAR’s Sprint Cup finale, and to support Joining Forces, an initiative to hire and train veterans.
First lady Michelle Obama got a less than enthusiastic reception at the Homestead-Miami Speedway Sunday when she and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, served as grand marshals for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup finale on Sunday. According to Mediaite, when the first lady was introduced, “loud booing could be heard above the cheers.” The […]
First Lady Michelle Obama announced new, large scale public-private partnerships Thursday with two pro-business industry groups, the International Franchise Association and U.S. Chamber of Commerce — partnerships that, taken together, could help create job opportunities for 100,000 military veterans and their families. The two groups will partner with the Joining Forces initiative, founded by the […]
Check out the first, just-released preview clip of the First Lady’s guest appearance on tween hit iCARLY, which features her seriously breaking it down with star Miranda Cosgrove during the Random Dancing! Mrs Obama will be a guest star in a January episode of the show, which was specially written for her appearance. She used the program to […]
What’s it like to spend the holidays in the White House? Yahoo! Shine sat down with First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to find out. Instead of feeling pressure to buy gifts for every child they celebrate with, the Obamas use a grab bag system. But, in order to claim a gift from […]
Michelle Obama is working on a new book about her White House produce garden titled, “American Grown: How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Families, Schools and Communities.” The book falls in line with the first lady’s campaign to reduce childhood obesity and will discuss how improving access to healthy, affordable food can improve eating […]
For too many American families, serving healthy food as part of a regular diet isn’t actually an option. That’s because, in many communities across the country, there is no place to purchase any groceries, much less fresh fruits and vegetables. These neighborhoods are known as food deserts, and in recent years, as economic difficulties caused […]
The publisher of a book Michelle Obama is writing about her White House produce garden says it will be called “American Grown.” Crown Publishers announced Monday that the complete title of the first lady’s first book is “American Grown: How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Families, Schools and Communities.” It is scheduled to be […]
The White House has released an “official portrait” of First Lady Michelle Obama seated with First Dog Bo in her Kitchen Garden. The first lady explains why she chose to include Bo in the picture: “It is me and Bo and we’re in the garden. And one of the reasons we did this picture is […]
Michelle Obama wants to jump into the Guinness World Records book next week by helping break the title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. The first lady will lead hundreds of local children in doing one minute of jumping jacks on the South Lawn on Tuesday. Slideshow: Michelle Obama kicks […]
