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NEWS ABOUT: Chelsea Clinton

Chelsea Clinton stories: 26 news summaries

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Kenyan to Chelsea: Marry Me, Get Free Livestock

Man renews dowry
offer first made in 2000

Aug 9, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hoping for Chelsea Clinton’s hand in marriage, a Kenyan man offered a dowry of 40 goats and 20 cows in 2000. Now, he's renewing the offer and America's top diplomat mom has gotten involved: “She's very independent," responded Hillary Clinton, asked about the offer, at a Nairobi... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Kenya • marriage • cows • Chelsea Clinton • goats • dowry • women's issues

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton is getting married this summer in a swanky $1 million wedding, the National Enquirer reports. The former first daughter, 29, will wed boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky, 31, who works on Wall Street. The timing is perfect, explains the tabloid, now that mom Hillary is set in her new job... More »

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wedding • Chelsea Clinton • first daughter

 Sasha, Malia Will 
 Attend Chelsea's 
 Alma Mater 

Tuition at Quaker Sidwell Friends runs nearly $30K

Nov 21, 08 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Malia and Sasha Obama will enroll at Sidwell Friends School, the Quaker institution that educated Chelsea Clinton, Michelle Obama's spokeswoman said today. The girls visited both Sidwell and Georgetown Day School this week, and Malia expressed a preference for Sidwell because she's friendly with one of Joe Biden's grandchildren, who's... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Chelsea Clinton • first daughter • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Sidwell Friends School • Obama family

 Clinton Would 
 Stomp Palin in 
 Prez Race: Poll 

Hillary scores 2-1 over Palin among women voters

Oct 7, 08 3:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton would make moose meat of Sarah Palin in a head-to-head election battle to be president, according to a new poll among women voters. In a theoretical 2012 faceoff,  women voters said they would back Hilary 61% to Palin's 27%, reports the New York Daily News. Clinton is... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Alaska • motherhood • Chelsea Clinton • popularity • Election 2008 • economy • Sarah Palin • Shezoom

  McCain Puts the 'Pol' in 'Politically Incorrect'

Rape 'joke' turns spotlight on candidate's sense of humor

Jul 18, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - This week's flap over a rape joke John McCain reportedly made 22 years ago inspired Politico to recall the candidate's checkered history of telling jokes. Some examples:
  • A quip about why then-18-year-old Chelsea Clinton was "so ugly.”
  • Calling a young man who asked about his age
... More »

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Iran • John McCain • France • rape • humor • draft • Chelsea Clinton • Janet Reno

 First Kids Are Kids First  

McCain, Obama clans will follow many who've used White House as playground

Jul 8, 08 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether the Obama girls or the McCain brood move into the White House next, all eyes will be on the new presidential offspring. Saturday Night Live's infamous dig at 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton and Jenna Bush's public underage drinking are reminders that nothing, from braces to boyfriends, escapes the spotlight. Some... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • White House • children • president • Chelsea Clinton • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • childhood • president's children

Hillary's Been 'Denigrated,' Says Bill; Also, I Shoulda Shut Up

But ex-prez denies playing race card

May 22, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has been “dismissed, denigrated, declared dead” by a press corps in her rival’s pocket, Bill dishes to People. The first spouse wannabe says bias has been such that “I thought I was literally lost in a fun house.” Still, he partly faults himself for... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Chelsea Clinton • media bias • the race card

 How About President Chelsea? 

If Hillary doesn't make it, maybe her daughter will

May 22, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton hasn't given up hope of a Clinton woman getting into the White House—but it may be his daughter rather than his wife, ABC reports. Clinton says he would never have thought Chelsea would consider running for office—until she proved a natural on the campaign trail this... More »

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Hillary Clinton • presidency • Bill Clinton • president • Chelsea Clinton • female politicians

OPINION

 Time to Grill McCain! 
  A 10-Point Plan 

Where the Republican is most vulnerable

May 15, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s heading for general election time, and Adam Reilly of the Boston Phoenix wants the press to wake up and start laying in to McCain. Here’s how:
  • The economy. McCain reportedly said he “doesn’t really understand economics” in January. Has he boned up since then?
... More »

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Iran • John McCain • Islam • global warming • Chelsea Clinton • Janet Reno • Election 2008

 Chelsea Swings
 Through Philly's
 Gay Clubs 

Enamored crowd follows her on 'gay pub crawl'

Apr 19, 08 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton met with wild and drunken support on her “gay pub crawl” through Philadelphia last night, the Patriot-News reports. “Chelsea, the gays love you!” cried one supporter. “We love your highlights,” shouted another. “Thank you, but that’s not why you should vote... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Chelsea Clinton • Pennsylvania primary • gays

 Chelsea
 Faces
 Campaign's
 Rough Side 

Tough questions start flying around youngest Clinton

Apr 18, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Until recently, the campaign trail has been a generally hospitable place for Chelsea Clinton. She never talks to reporters, and her rallies generally attract fawning Clinton supporters lobbing softball questions. But as the race heats up, the questions are becoming more pointed, as is the scrutiny, the Los Angeles ... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Chelsea Clinton • campaign trail

Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role
in Irish Peace

But Clintons won't release Stanford doc

Apr 6, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Hillary Clinton stands accused of exaggerating her part in the 1998 Irish peace process, the answer might lie in an unlikely 150-page document—Chelsea Clinton's senior thesis from Stanford. Only problem? No one seems to know where it's gone, Newsweek reports, and a Clinton spokesman warns it was "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Stanford • Northern Ireland • Sinn Fein • Bill Clinton • Gerry Adams • Ireland • Chelsea Clinton • thesis • Northern Ireland peace deal

Chelsea to Voters: Monica's None of Your Business

Leave dad out of choice for mom, she adds

Apr 1, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the second time in a week Chelsea Clinton has been asked a question about the sex scandal involving White House intern Monica Lewinsky that cast a shadow over her father's presidency. When it happened at North Carolina State University yesterday, just as it did at Butler University last week,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sex scandal • Chelsea Clinton • Monica Lewinsky • campaign • Butler University

 Chelsea Surprised by Sexism 

Former first daughter touches on hot issue while stumping

Mar 30, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once and possibly future first daughter Chelsea Clinton said Friday that she "really didn't get how much sexism there was in this country" until the New Hampshire primary campaign, when someone told her he didn't think a woman could be commander in chief, and some men disrupted a campaign... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sexism • Chelsea Clinton • Hillary haters • Hillary Clinton supporters

ANALYSIS

 Chelsea
 Draws the
 Monica Query 

Tells college questioner it's 'not any of your business'

Mar 27, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Presumably, the question had to come at some point,” write the LA Times’ Andrew Malcolm and Mark Silva, but Chelsea Clinton dealt with an audience query on Monica Lewinsky “quite neatly” yesterday. The question came at the end of an Indiana college appearance when a man asked... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Indiana • affair • Chelsea Clinton • Monica Lewinsky

Chelsea Shows Best of Both Clintons

On the stump for mom, she looks like a political natural

Mar 1, 08 6:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton has come into her own on the campaign trail, “self-assured, soothing … at once affable and urbane,” even “the ideal amalgam of her parents’ political talents,” glows Lloyd Grove in a New York profile. Bill and Hillary have adroitly managed their daughter's public persona,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • media • Stanford • Bill Clinton • Grey's Anatomy • hedge fund • Chelsea Clinton • Monica Lewinsky • Avenue Capital Group

Suitors Keep Lines Open to Superdelegates

From Michelle to Chelsea, big names
get on the horn

Feb 19, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Sometimes superdelegates respond to politics, ideology, or longstanding alliances. Other times, they're won by girl talk. For one Philadelphia party official, a morning call from Michelle Obama sealed the deal, the LA Times reports. The would-be first lady covered everything from strategy to motherhood. “She was talking to me... More »

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Michelle Obama • Democratic National Convention • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Chelsea Clinton • Madeleine Albright • superdelegates • Tony Podesta

Hawaii Expects Record Turnout

Obama's sis stumps for native son; Chelsea campaigns for mom

Feb 19, 08 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's caucus day in the Aloha state, and Hawaiian election officials are expecting a record turnout, writes the Honolulu Advertiser—due in part to interest in native son Barack Obama, as well as the competitiveness of the race for the nomination. Neither candidate left wintry Wisconsin, which also votes today,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Hawaii • Chelsea Clinton • Democratic nomination • Daniel Inouye • Maya Soetoro-Ng • Hawaii caucus • Aloha state

New Kid Works Old Clinton Mojo

Former first daughter works overtime to strengthen women, youth vote

Feb 10, 08 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton is the hottest ticket on her mom's campaign, but it's taken her a while to come into her own. Just last December, the media-shy Stanford grad waved meekly beside Hillary at an Iowa rally. And while she's still not giving interviews, the former first daughter isn't shy about... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Iowa • women • Chelsea Clinton • campaign • daughter • first daughter

UPDATED

MSNBC Anchor Apologizes for 'Pimped Out' Jab at Clinton

Shuster suspended over Chelsea remark

Feb 8, 08 6:22 PM CST
(Newser) - MNSBC suspended anchor David Shuster today after he drew fire from Hillary Clinton's camp for saying former first daughter Chelsea was being “pimped out in some weird sort of way” by her mother’s campaign. Shuster apologized on air earlier tonight, though he at first stood by the comments,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • MSNBC • Chris Matthews • Chelsea Clinton • David Shuster

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