Obama Family Official White House Portrait

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, sat for their first official White House portrait in the Green Room on September 1, 2009.
The photo was taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz and was released by the White House Photo Office.  More family photos here.
Earlier this week we were treated [...]

Michelle Obama Short Shorts Photos

 
Michelle Obama is taking heat for appearing in public in a pair of “short shorts.”  The first lady was photographed wearing shorts at the Phoenix airport on Sunday stepping out of the presidential limo to board Airforce One en route to the Grand Canyon.
The Obamas spent the day at Grand Canyon National Park for a [...]

Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss Perform at White House (VIDEO)

It was An Evening of Country Music at the White House last night.   The East Room was filled with an intimate gathering of select lawmakers and Cabinet secretaries who gathered with the First Family to listen to musicians Brad Paisley, Charley Pride, Alison Krauss and her band Union Station.
The event followed a music workshop [...]

First Dog Bo Arrives At The White House (PHOTOS)

The White House has released photos of the Obama’s new puppy Bo.  The 6 month old Portuguese water dog, a boy, was given to the family by Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife.
Sasha Obama, 7, and Malia Obama, 10, are pictured with their parents as the family unit admires the newest arrival at 1600 Pennsylvania [...]

Michelle Obama Plants A White House Kitchen Garden

Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass have cooked up an idea that they hope will engage and excite First daughters Sasha and Malia about the prospect of growing and eating their vegetables.  Not since the Victory Garden, orchestrated by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1940’s, has the ground been tilled for the [...]