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Today Host Says Child's Illness Is What Kept Her Off the Air
Hoda Kotb Explains Absence

Hoda Kotb Explains Absence

'Today' anchor tells viewers her 3-year-old daughter was hospitalized in intensive care

(Newser) - Hoda Kotb returned to hosting Today on Monday, saying her daughter's illness was the reason for her two-week absence. "My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week," she said on the air, per...

Former First Daughter Gives Birth to First Daughter

Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush, and husband Craig Coyne welcome Cora Georgia

(Newser) - Former first daughter Barbara Bush has given birth to her first child, a baby girl. Cora Georgia Coyne was born Monday in Maine, not far from the family's Walker's Point compound in Kennebunkport, former President George W. Bush said in a statement Tuesday, per the AP . He said...

Jenna Bush Welcomes No. 3
Dubya Is a Grandpa Again

Dubya Is a Grandpa Again

Daughter Jenna welcomes her 3rd child and first son

(Newser) - The third time is the boy for Jenna Bush Hager and husband Henry Hager, who announced the birth of son Henry Harold "Hal" Hager on Monday—and had to go no further than calling Bush Hager's employer, the Today show . The 7-lb., 5-oz. baby came Friday and is...

Baltimore to Trump: 'Better to Have a Few Rats Than Be One'

The 'Baltimore Sun' is having none of the president's criticism of Elijah Cummings' district

(Newser) - Charm City isn't exactly bothering to be charming after the president of the United States attacked Baltimore as a "very dangerous & filthy place" that is the "Worst in the USA” and a "rat and rodent infested mess." The Baltimore Sun pulled zero punches in...

For Jenna Bush, Another Today Surprise

She's expecting 3rd child; co-host Hoda just adopted again

(Newser) - It's shaping up to be quite a year for the 10am hosts of the Today show. Newly named co-host Jenna Bush Hager revealed Monday that she's pregnant with her third child, per Today . News of the presidential grandchild/great-grandchild comes less than a week after co-host Hoda Kotb announced...

Jenna Bush Hager Makes Emotional Today Debut

She's the new co-host with Hoda Kotb

(Newser) - TODAY with Kathie Lee & Hoda is now TODAY with Hoda & Jenna. Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager made her debut as Hoda Kotb's co-host of Today 's 10am hour Monday, People reports. Kotb, 54, and Bush Hager, 37, came up with a "pregame" pump-it-up phrase...

Jenna Bush Hager Has Big New Gig, and Dad Is 'Proud'

She will host the fourth hour of 'Today' with Hoda Kotb

(Newser) - Jenna Bush Hager will be the new Kathie Lee. The Today show said Tuesday that Hager will permanently co-host the show's fourth hour with Hoda Kotb. She will replace Kathie Lee Gifford, who is leaving in April . "It feels humbling and I can’t believe it," Hager...

Jenna Bush Hager Is 'Frontrunner' to Replace Gifford

She's already a popular Today contributor

(Newser) - With Kathie Lee Gifford leaving the Today show after 11 years, one of the show's most popular contributors is the hot favorite to replace her. NBC execs are believed to be "strongly considering" Jenna Bush Hager, the younger of former President George W. Bush's twin daughters, to...

2 Presidents Attended Her Wedding

Barbara Bush married Craig Coyne in Kennebunkport this weekend

(Newser) - Former President George W. Bush is officially done escorting his daughters down the aisle: In what People calls "an intimate secret wedding" of which it nonetheless has all the details, Barbara Bush quietly married screenwriter Craig Coyne at the family estate in Kennebunkport on Sunday. "A very short,...

Jenna Bush on Barbara: 'She's a Fighter'

Granddaughter thanks well-wishers as Barbara Bush foregoes medical treatment

(Newser) - Barbara Bush is "in great spirits" following reports that the 92-year-old is no longer receiving medical treatment amid failing health, says granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager. "She's a fighter. She's an enforcer," an emotional Hager told NBC's Today show on Monday, per People . (See the...

Jenna Bush Spills 'Wait, What?!' Secret on Grandma Barbara

Former first lady apparently only has 8 toes

(Newser) - If someone were to ever put together a biography on former first lady Barbara Bush entitled Everything You Never Knew (and Didn't Necessarily Want to Know) About Barbara Bush, it would now have to include a rather odd factoid supplied by her own granddaughter. The Hill reports that Jenna...

Bush Twins Have a Message for Sasha, Malia

'Explore your passions,' they say in open letter

(Newser) - It's been eight years since Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager offered President Obama's daughters tips on life in the White House and taught them to slide down the solarium's banister. Since then, Sasha and Malia Obama have endured "unbelievable pressure" and seen their parents "...

Bush Unveils His 24 Portraits of World Leaders

And it is as amazing as one might predict

(Newser) - This interview has pretty much everything one could ever hope for out of a Today segment: awkward banter between a former president and his interviewer-slash-daughter, cringe-inducing art puns, Jenna Bush Hager pronouncing "Putin" like "Poodin," a rather amusing anecdote about "Poodin" dissing the Bush family dog,...

Jenna Baby Makes Bush a Grandfather
 George W. Bush Is a Grandpa 

George W. Bush Is a Grandpa

Jenna Bush Hager, husband welcome daughter Mila

(Newser) - Jenna Bush Hager and husband Henry Hager welcomed a daughter over the weekend, making former President Bush a grandpa with the newest addition to the Bush dynasty. Margaret Laura "Mila" Hager was named for Hager Bush's grandmothers, CNN reports. "Jenna and Mila are healthy. And our family...

Jenna Bush Is Pregnant
 Jenna Bush 
 Is Pregnant 



Jenna Bush Is Pregnant

George W. Bush is 'fired up' about being a grandpa

(Newser) - Get ready for the next member of the Bush dynasty. Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of George W. Bush, has announced that she is pregnant with her first child and due in the spring, reports CNN . She made the announcement with husband Henry Hager on the Today show, where she is...

Chelsea, Bush Twins: We Have Great First Kids
 Chelsea, Bush Twins: 
 We Have Great First Kids 
Gail Collins

Chelsea, Bush Twins: We Have Great First Kids

Hate their parents if you must, but not their offspring

(Newser) - Gail Collins doesn't want to hear any griping about Chelsea Clinton's wedding. "Let her have her day," she writes at the New York Times . She's "been a national public figure against her will since she was 12, and in all that time she has never embarrassed her...

Jenna Bush's Home Robbed
 Jenna Bush's 
 Home Robbed  

Jenna Bush's Home Robbed

Former first daughter, husband not home during bike theft

(Newser) - Jenna Bush Hager's home was burglarized Friday, but the crime has nothing to do with her political connections, Baltimore police say—she and her husband just had nice bikes. Two Trek mountain bikes were purloined from the garage behind the former first daughter's home while she and her husband, Henry...

Jenna Bush Hager Joins Today as Contributor

Ex-president's daughter will report on education, not politics

(Newser) - The Today show's newest hire has extensive White House experience—she's Jenna Hager, the daughter of former President Bush and Laura Bush. The new correspondent will contribute stories about once a month on issues like education, not politics, Today executive producer Jim Bell tells the AP, adding that the unsolicited...

Bush Twins Offer Tips to Obama Girls

'Remember who your dad really is'

(Newser) - As they enter the White House, Malia and Sasha Obama can benefit from advice from two who know exactly what they’re going through: Jenna and Barbara Bush, who penned an open letter to the Obama girls in the Wall Street Journal. The twins offer advice on where to go...

Bush Twins Eager to Get Their Dad Back

President has been under plenty of stress, but still the same guy underneath

(Newser) - President Bush’s daughters are excited to see their father take a load off, People reports. “He's been under a lot of stress, so we're ready for him to go back to Texas and be warmly received,” says Jenna Hager. The twins agree their parents hadn’t changed...

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