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NEWS ABOUT: first families

first families stories: 16 news summaries

 Barack and Michelle: 
 The First Romantics 

Pair redefine president-first lady relationship

Oct 29, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Like no other couple before them, Barack and Michelle Obama have made their romance a central feature of his presidency—even his inauguration night seemed like a wedding, the new first lady dressed in white, the couple dancing to a love song. Their marriage is the subject of a 7,... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • marriage • first families • couples • married couples • Obama family

 Leibovitz Shoots First Family 

Sasha, Malia throw arms around parents in White House portrait

Oct 23, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - New screen saver, anyone? The White House released a new Obama family portrait taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. The First Family sat in the White House’s Green Room for the picture, at left. More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • photography • Annie Leibovitz • first families • portrait • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • women's issues • Obama family portrait

OPINION

 Obamas Have Dinner, 
 Racists Erupt 

Response shows ugly nature of American mood: Silva

Oct 5, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - This weekend Chicago Tribune reporter Mark Silva wrote up a pool report about Barack and Michelle Obama's quiet anniversary dinner—and quickly found it flooded, on a Sunday, with hundreds of angry comments. Many focused on the first couple's use of a motorcade, which every president has used, but several... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • racism • anniversary • right wingers • first families

(Newser) - You know it's a slow week when news outlets track down "experts" to discuss the effect Michelle Obama's shorts will have on the White House, writes Belinda Luscombe for Time. The thing is, the shorts she wore on Sunday as she stepped out of Air Force One actually... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • icons • first lady • first families • Grand Canyon • President Obama • shorts

Obamas Ride Wave of Interest in National Parks

Yellowstone-bound first family will add to record number of visitors

Aug 14, 09 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama family will visit Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon this weekend, doing their part to add to this year's already-booming national parks attendance figures, USA Today reports. Yellowstone hit a record high of 900,500 visitors in July—up 11% from last year, and 6% over the 1995... More »

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Michelle Obama • first families • National Park Service • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Grand Canyon National Park • President Obama • attendance • Yellowstone National Park

(Newser) - A doctors' group wants to know why all schoolkids can't have what the Obama girls are having in their swank private school lunches, reports the Washington Post, and the White House wants the group to mind its own Ps and Qs. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine posted posters in... More »

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advertising • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine • school lunch • first families • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Neal Barnard

(Newser) - President Obama will visit two national parks during a family trip to the Mountain West next week, the Denver Post reports. The first family will travel to to Colorado and Montana in addition to Wyoming, home of Yellowstone, and Arizona, where they'll see the Grand Canyon. More »

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Michelle Obama • Phoenix • Colorado • first families • Veterans of Foreign Wars • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Grand Canyon National Park • President Obama • Yellowstone National Park

 Early-Morning 
 Dog Walks
 Fall to ... 
 Michelle 

It's a good thing the first lady likes Bo

May 1, 09 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out the first daughters are a lot like kids everywhere, People reports. “Even though the kids are supposed to do a lot of the work, I’m still up at 5:15am taking my dog out,” Michelle Obama told a group of congressional spouses yesterday. “So... More »

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Michelle Obama • first lady • first families • first daughter • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • First Dog • Bo Obama

 Obamas Keep 
 Celeb Media 
 on Short Leash 

Obamas polish image through careful offering to celebrity mags 

Apr 20, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the nation gets to know the first family, it may seem as if we're watching "a reality show set on the glorified soundstage at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.," the Los Angeles Times reports, but what we're seeing is in fact a meticulously crafted image. Information about the Obamas... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • paparazzi • photograph • first families • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Obama family

(Newser) - After a wait that felt almost as long as the presidential campaign, the Obamas have decided to adopt a Portuguese water dog, People reports. Her daughters can hardly wait, Michelle Obama said. “So Sasha says, 'April 1st.' I said, 'April.' She says, 'April 1st.' It's,... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • first families • dog • spring break • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Obama family • Portuguese water hound

INAUGURATION SLIDESHOW


 First Family: Day 1 


Jan 20, 09 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Guess who beat out the world's media to snag the best vantage point to film today's historic inauguration? Malia Obama not only watched her father from a front-row seat, but also brought along her camera, reports Australia's News Network. The 10-year-old and her sister, Sasha, 7, lit up the stage... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • inauguration • first families • slideshow • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Inauguration Day

 Hypoallergenic Dog Is Tall Tail: 
 Allergists to Obama 

It's the dander, not the hair, that usually causes problems; steps recommended

Nov 13, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama plans to acquire a hypoallergenic dog because of daughter Malia’s allergies, but doctors have bad news, the AP reports. No canine is “truly ‘hypoallergenic,’” an allergists group says. “It is falsely believed that a dog that sheds less will not cause a... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • first families • dog • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • pet allergies • hypoallergenic

 First Family 
 Readies for 
 Leap to DC 

Obama daughters will be youngest in White House for decades

Nov 6, 08 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama will arrive at the White House in January with the three women he has missed most during two years on the campaign trail: his wife and daughters. But while the president-elect prepares his transition, his family must navigate its own move from the cadre of family and... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • first families • Election 2008 • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Marian Robinson • President Obama

OPINION

 Jesse's Face Spoke for Millions 

Jesse Jackson's tears expressed so many possible thoughts

Nov 5, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Not long after the networks declared Barack Obama the next American president, writes Rebecca Traister in Salon, the years worth of emotions that led up to that moment flashed across the face of Jesse Jackson. In minutes, the civil rights leader's expression transformed from a still one of disbelief, (or... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Jesse Jackson • African Americans • first families • Election 2008 • civil rights movement • President Obama

McCain's Daughter Blogs About Trail Life, Not Politics

Meghan, 23, prefers candid snapshots of the grind over policy statements

Feb 23, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Potential first daughter Meghan McCain has been blogging about life on the campaign trail, focusing on Henry Kissinger’s shoes and iTunes playlists rather then the finer points of policy, the Los Angeles Times reports. Candidates’ children are often deployed to humanize their parents—in carefully choreographed ways—but... More »

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John McCain • presidential primaries • blog • campaign trail • McCain 2008 • first families • Election 2008 • Meghan McCain

Margaret Truman Daniel Dead

First Daughter went on to act, sing and write

Jan 29, 08 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Margaret Truman Daniel died today at 83 after breaking the mold of First Daughter and embarking on careers in singing, acting, and writing, the Los Angeles Times reports. The go-getter braved opera critics as a singer in the 1940s and '50s before acting alongside Jimmy Stewart on radio and television.... More »

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White House • obituary • Washington • opera • mystery • book • Too Much Media • Harry Truman • first families

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