Latest Barack Obama News

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama kick off The International Women’s Day reception in the East Room of the White House on Monday (March 8) in Washington DC.

The 46-year-old First Lady began by saying, “I get to speak first while he stands and watches. I love this,” she said to laughter. “Look at me adoringly,” she told her husband.

This year’s celebration was emceed by actress Kerry Washington and featured performances by Afghani singer Mozhdah Jamalzadah and American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee.

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Jay-Z tells British host Jonathan Ross that he has a fan in the Oval Office!

The rapper, who supported Obama during the presidential campaign, says he’s been invited to the White House “a couple of times” but has been busy with touring, adding, “Hopefully we’ll keep him in for eight years, so I’ll have eight years to get there.”

Jay shared that when he’d called the president, Obama was playing his album, The Blueprint, in the gym!

As for whether he’d ever heard Obama freestyle rap, Jay laughed and replied, “No, I don’t want him to do that.”

First Lady Michelle Obama shows some Hawaiian (aka the Rainbow state) pride by wearing a colorful dress out to a dinner with family and friends in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday (December 27).

Earlier in the week, Michelle kept things simple in a classic white dress while visiting the dining room at the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii on Christmas Day (December 25).

The Obamas will spend the remaining days of 2009 in Hawaii, President Obama’s place of birth. He was born in Honolulu in 1961 and lived there until he was 18. (With a brief stay in Indonesia between the ages of 6 and 10.)

30+ pictures inside of Michelle Obama in all the colors of the rainbow… More Here! »

First Lady Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace laureate President Barack Obama board Air Force One at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport on Friday (December 11) and return to the White House.

The First Family will be featured on Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special tomorrow (December 13) on ABC. Oprah Winfrey will interview Barack and Michelle and see how the White House has decked the halls.

Hear about the President’s favorite presents as a kid, Michelle’s love for a dollhouse she received and whether or not Bo will have his own stocking!

Don’t miss the First Family Sunday night at 10/9c on ABC!

10+ pictures inside of the Obamas heading home from Oslo…

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First Lady Michelle Obama places her hand over her heart as she sings the national anthem with President Barack Obama during the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday (December 6) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

At the ceremony, Glee star Matthew Morrison took part in a salute to legend Mel Brooks.

Other pics include Michelle speaking during the media preview of the White House holiday decorations on December 2. The theme for the 2009 White House holiday decorations is “Reflect Rejoice Renew.”

15+ pictures inside of the Obamas — including daughters Sasha and Malia — and their new Christmas tree… More Here! »

President Barack Obama takes hisi daughters Sasha and Malia to pardon Courage the turkey, a Thanksgiving tradition that dates back to the Harry Truman administration, at the North Portico of the White House on Wednesday (November 25) in Washington, D.C.

The day before, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met with Indian First Lady Gursharan Kaur and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House.

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Oprah will interview President Barack Obama in a special on ABC called Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special.

The special, which will be taped next week in D.C., will include a tour of the White House, decked out for the holidays, as well as an interview with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

The special will mark the first interview between Oprah and Obama since he took office.

The special will air December 13 (Sunday).

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet trick or treaters at the White House’s North Portico as they celebrate Halloween on Saturday night (October 31) in Washington, D.C.

The First couple welcomed more than 2,000 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia elementary schools and their families to celebrate Halloween.

“They’re adorable,” Mr. Obama said, “as is, by the way, my wife — a very nice-looking Cat Woman.”

25+ pictures inside of Barack and Michelle Obama celebrating Halloween… More Here! »