The man who forced the evacuation of the West Wing when he jumped the White House fence with a knife on Friday will appear in court on Monday. Omar J. Gonzalez of Copperas Cove, Texas faces charges of unlawfully entering a restricted building while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. The 47-year-old scaled the fence just moments […]

Michelle Obama is bringing fashion to the White House. The 50-year-old has decided to invite a few of her favorite designers over for a special “Celebration of Design.” Among those invited were Maria Cornejo, as well as executives from Jimmy Choo and Talbots. FLOTUS reached out to her guests via e-mail. Naturally, everyone was quick to RSVP, “Yes!” […]

To combat the Ebola crisis crippling West African nations, President Obama’s administration is sending 3,000 U.S. military personnel to supply medical and logistical support. Obama announced the plan, which includes the building of 17 new health-care facilities and an increase in the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims, Tuesday during a visit to the […]

Let us preface the story with this — we all want to see Beyonce. We love Beyonce. Beyonce is everything. So we really can’t blame Madison, a sixth grader at the Inspired Teaching School in Washington D.C., for wanting the same thing. Her disappointment that President Obama was visiting her school for a public service […]

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Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice is at the center of a media firestorm this week after TMZ released disturbing footage of the NFL star knocking his now-wife unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator. Everyone from celebrities to fellow NFL players have expressed their disgust with Rice’s actions, and now, so has the White House. In a […]

First Lady Michelle Obama is harnessing her funny on the internet again (remember her celebrity-riddled “Let’s Move” videos?) and this time, she’s disappointed in a movie about junk food zombies. Well, not really. But FLOTUS did appear in a Funny or Die mock movie trailer starring Chloe Grace Moretz as the heroine who saves her […]

Following the tragic crash of Flight MH17 and the disappearance of Flight MH370, Malaysia Airlines will undergo a complete overhaul to revive the company in an attempt to make up for the plummeting ticket sales. Malaysia Airline System will be taken over by a private company. A full-scale rebranding of the airline is also being […]

Watch out Michelle Obama! There seems to be some competition as to who has the ‘best dressed First Lady’ title. Jackie O undeniably had a trendsetting sense of style in the 60s and 70s. From her famous matching suit sets to her white gloves, Jackie O set the tone for what elegance and fashion looked like […]

You read that right. Snoop Dogg recently confessed to sparking up in the White House after a visit back in December 2013 for the Kennedy Center Honors. The confession was made on Snoop Dogg’s Double G News Network show on YouTube during an appearance by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. Kimmel asked Snoop if he had ever […]

Amid the growing number of immigrant children flooding across the border, President Obama urged Congress to quickly approve increased funding to put resources in place to deal with the crisis. He is seeking $3.7 billion from Congress, a number that many Republicans, who won’t support funding without other measures they say will curb the problem, aren’t […]

President Obama loves pie. He loves pie so much that the ridiculous amounts of pie he ate during his first term may be the culprit of his high cholesterol. In fact, Obama loves White House pastry chef Bill Yosses‘ pies so much, he thinks there’s crack in them. How else do you explain such an addiction to […]

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On Monday, President Obama announced that his administration will be working vigorously on an executive order to protect federal employees from workplace discrimination based on their gender identity. The announcement is a step in the right direction in the push for equal rights in the LGBT community. This new executive order would expand the protections already outlined for federal employees, […]