Feeds
Vice President Joe Biden says it is the "sacred duty" of the United States to provide for active-duty members of the military as well as care for their families.
First lady Michelle Obama launched a mentoring program Monday to give local high school girls access to women at the White House.
Target Corp. has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty for importing and selling a variety of toys with high levels of lead paint on the surface.
First lady Michelle Obama bought cheese, fingerling potatoes, eggs, black kale and other items Thursday at the launch of a new farmers market blocks from the White House.
Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl came to the nation's capital Wednesday to tout his city's readiness to host the upcoming G-20 economic summit — and was interrupted by protesters who accused him of being too slow to issue demonstration permits.
Text messaging, Twitter and social networking Web sites could help families stay in touch in the wake of a disaster, a national safety group said Tuesday.
Manufacturer Protica Inc. said Wednesday it is recalling some dietary supplements sold in the United States and Canada because utility knife blades were found in two vials of the products. No injuries were reported.
Actor Kal Penn started a new job Monday as a liaison between the White House and Asian communities.
First lady Michelle Obama visited a community health center Monday to announce the release of $850 million in stimulus grants to help such clinics across the country provide care.
First lady Michelle Obama welcomed fifth-graders back to the White House garden Tuesday to pick the lettuce and peas they helped plant in the spring.
Twenty-five culturally significant recordings — including a 70-year-old radio broadcast of Marian Anderson's recital at the Lincoln Memorial, Dylan Thomas reading of "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and Winston Churchill's post-World War II speech that coined the term Iron Curtain — will be preserved in a special sound archive.
The National Archives on Thursday added to its collection a short letter written by President Abraham Lincoln to help an ousted U.S. Mint director who was the son-in-law of a Republican senator.
First lady Michelle Obama told third-graders Wednesday that they can help the president by working hard and never quitting.
For Michelle Obama, corporate law turned out not to be the career she wanted to look back on at the end of her life.
An astronomical diagram pointed a Sacramento, Calif., high school team toward victory Monday in the National Science Bowl.
Toy company Mega Brands America Inc. agreed Tuesday to pay a $1.1 million civil penalty for failing to report promptly faulty magnetic building sets blamed in the death of a child.
More than 2,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for a concert honoring the 70th anniversary of Marian Anderson's historic performance there in 1939.
President Barack Obama welcomed thousands of children and families to the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, calling it "one of the greatest White House traditions."
More than 2,000 people gathered Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial for a concert honoring the 70th anniversary of Marian Anderson's historic performance there in 1939.
First lady Michelle Obama opened the White House kitchen Sunday to six culinary students so they could learn about preparations for a big official dinner.
Just days after the nation honored the 200th anniversary of his birth, 65 historians ranked Abraham Lincoln as the nation's best president.
Michelle Obama said it: Washington is her home now and she wants to get to know it. She is making the rounds, meeting federal workers at Cabinet departments, reading to children, chatting with teens, touring a neighborhood health center, dropping in at Howard University and enjoying family night at the Kennedy Center. She's even splashed across the cover of the March issue of Vogue, with a headline that proclaims her "The First Lady the World's Been Waiting For."
Former IRS Commissioner Donald C. Alexander, who clashed with President Richard Nixon over attempts to use tax information against political enemies, has died. He was 87.
President Barack Obama is telling the National Prayer Breakfast that even though faith too often has been used "as a tool to divide us from one another," there is no religion in the world that is based on hatred.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development will play a critical role in the economic recovery plan, first lady Michelle Obama said Wednesday.
Log In | Register
