The First Dad told the Today show Wednesday that he can stop the First Daughters from getting tattoos... by getting his own, and taking it viral. But if history has taught us anything, kids are always going to find a way to screw over their folks. Like so, perhaps.
Sasha and Malia's trip to the Bahamas or Idaho or wherever they are is expensive, lavish, and depending on who you ask perhaps a bit wasteful—just like Bush daughters' trip to Argentina and the Carters, Fords, and Eisenhowers' trips to Europe, or any other First Family member moves with a full retinue of security.
Today in celebrity news: Justin Bieber started a concert very late which made lots of British parents angry, Taylor Swift is talking back, and Malia Obama has a girls night out.
During a speech about preschool education on Thursday, President Obama jokingly suggested that his older daughter was going on dates. But who might she be dating? And what to do on the date? Let's speculate.
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According to a progression of photos, you can see the New York Senator and inaugural MC smiling behind Malia Obama, realize he'd been caught, then try to hide behind Malia again. But is it meme-worthy?
One of the biggest stories of Inauguration Day for the fashion-inclined has already broken, and it at once peculiar and familiar. Also: Joe Biden is wearing some serious shades.
Two NRA ads this week spread the false assertion that Washington's Sidwell Friends school has 11 armed guards stationed to protect its students. Here's how they got it wrong.
Amy Davidson on Sasha and Malia, Gail Collins on the fiscal cliff, Maghan Daum on single women voters, Ezra Klein on the filibuster, and Ana Marie Cox on gay equality.
Sidwell Friends School, the D.C. school that President Obama's two daughters attend, was evacuated this morning after someone phoned in an anonymous threat.
Dancing with the Stars runner-up Bristol Palin takes issue with President Obama's announcement that his daughters helped "evolve" his thinking on gay marriage, and not a few people have pointed out that her post on the subject lacks some, um, self-awareness.
Also: Gwyneth Paltrow insists she knows how to write a cookbook.
The Thanksgiving turkey pardoning is an annual tradition old enough that the White House isn't really sure when it started, and no one really expects the president to take the event, despite its age, all that seriously.
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