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.
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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.
Set Your DVR
Michelle Obama to appear on Mike Huckabee’s show this weekend on Fox.
Both of them, of course, are waging public campaigns against obesity. Will they also find time to discuss Huckabee’s recent declaration that he was not “abandoning Jesus” by inviting Obama Girl on the show?
Hey, Internet People!
Could someone please explain to me why three of the 11 most popular stories on TIME.com at the moment …