The White House on Thursday released a video of President Obama’s Portuguese Water Dog inspecting the White House holiday decorations – and wearing a Santa hat. Santa Claus, er, Bo checks out the White House Christmas tree. Bo knows Christmas. Bo, the President’s dog, that is. The White House on Thursday released a video of […]
The first lady invited military families over to the White House to look at this year’s Christmas decorations, with a theme of “Joy to All.” It now has 54 Christmas trees, more than 80 seasonal volunteers representing all 50 states, and a gingerbread house that weighs nearly 300 pounds. It’s the White House during the […]
President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election. Obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month to engage with Romney following their bitter campaign and consider the Republican’s ideas. “In the weeks ahead, I also look […]
President Barack Obama slipped up during a Wednesday campaign speech and said his dog has more charisma than his mother-in-law. “Let me say something about my wife,” Obama said during a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. Michelle Obama had addressed the crowd moments before he took the stage. “I don’t usually like to follow her […]
Actor Hill Harper, who plays Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on CBS’ CSI: NY and who chronicles his real-life diagnosis with thyroid cancer and his journey to health in the 2011 New York Times best-seller The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place, will be appointed to the president’s Cancer Panel, the White House announced on Wednesday. […]
We’re excited to announce the next Let’s Move! tweetup at the White House. On Monday April 9th, 2012, the First Family will host the 134th annual White House Easter Egg Roll with the theme “Let’s Go, Let’s Play, Let’s Move.” Let’s Move! invites its followers on Twitter and Facebook and their children to join the fun on the South Lawn for games, […]
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 received the official White House Christmas tree. The tree, a 19-foot balsam fir, arrived in a horse-drawn carriage and will be displayed in the Blue Room of the White House. It will be decorated in honor of military families. This year’s tree came from Schroeder’s Forevergreens in Wisconsin, a member of […]
Each Thanksgiving, the President “pardons” a hand-selected turkey, sparing the bird from someone’s dinner table and ensuring the rest of its days are spent roaming on a farm, doing whatever it is turkeys love to do. Twenty-two turkeys have been pardoned, and today, President Obama will pardon one more. You’re probably wondering: Where did this […]
A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with an investigation into a shooting near the White House, the U.S. Secret Service said. The Secret Service discovered Tuesday that two bullets had hit the White House, one of them apparently cracking a window on the residential level while President Barack Obama was traveling. The discovery of […]
Some children in Washington braved cold and soggy weather Saturday for an early Halloween treat — a brief visit to the White House. President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and the first lady’s mother, Marian Robinson, emerged from the North Portico of the White House Saturday afternoon to hand out goodie bags to the children. […]
Last Thursday, the 2nd Annual Bullying Summit closed with demonstrable progress on a range of important topics surfaced during President Obama’s Bullying Prevention Summit last March. Our focus last March was on the challenges and opportunities in preventing cyberbullying. In the months that followed our roundtable, we are pleased to report on two commitments in […]
