TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
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The Iconography of Obama
Long before the President arrived in Charlotte, his image was everywhere at the Democratic National Convention.
The First Lady Argues for a Second Term: Michelle Obama’s Convention Speech
On Tuesday night Michelle Obama bared her arms, held America’s hand and threw some elbows. In delivering one of the most impassioned convention speeches in recent memory, the vibrant First Lady framed President Obama’s …
What You Missed While Not Watching the First Night of the Democratic Convention
6 p.m. Democrats do it differently. Toss out the ties and pearls for union tees and floral prints. Trade the handclaps for fist pumps. Lose the house band and bring the noise. Not an hour into the first night of the Democratic …
Obama’s Travels: Photos of Air Force One on the Campaign Circuit
President Obama’s Boeing 747 isn’t just transport. It’s a mobile command center outfitted to handle everything from a nuclear war to a re-election campaign. TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of Air Force One.
The Meaning of Michelle: A Once Wary First Lady Fights to Keep Her Job
She may have been wary of the role of First Lady at the start, but Michelle Obama is showing a flair for the job: to inspire, to speak about her husband and to rally the troops
Political Pictures of the Week, July 27 – Aug. 3
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Happy Birthday to America—and her First Daughters
President Obama isn’t just celebrating the birth of the nation on July 4, he’s celebrating the birth of his daughter Malia, who is turning 14. In honor of both milestones, TIME looks back through the years at other First …
Political Pictures of the Week, June 19 – June 25
TIME’s Photo Editors bring you the best political pictures of the past week.
Could Michelle Be the Secret Weapon for Dems This Fall?
Yesterday when Speaker Pelosi went to the White House, following a tense few days of family feuding after White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ remarks on Sunday that Dems could lose the House, she had a series of demands. Leveraging her caucus’ outrage – aired to reporters yesterday – Pelosi wanted more money and more help …
Michelle Obama Meets A Young Face Of Illegal Immigration
Updated below with Department of Homeland Security Response
Michelle Obama joined Mexico’s first lady, Margarita Zavala, at a school in suburban Washington DC today, where everyone ran around, bounced balls and talked about sports. But during the Q&A that followed, a second grade student asked a question that was more piercing than …
Michelle Obama Lands In Haiti, President Headed To Poland
Just weeks after President Obama’s secret weekend mission to Kabul, First Lady Michelle Obama showed up today unannounced in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden, proving that secret overseas trips can be family affairs too. From the White House release:
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden are visiting Haiti
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OMG: A Socialist First Lady!
To the great disappointment of the conservative blogosphere, it turns out that it wasn’t the current one.
