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A Wall Street Journal opinion writer has received backlash after calling on the incoming first lady to consider “dropping the honorific, which feels fraudulent, even comic.”

With COVID-19 still raging Massachusetts First Lady Lauren Baker knows it will be a difficult holiday season for most. “This is hard on us, just like it’s hard on everybody,” she told NBC10 Boston. “We miss hanging out with our family and friends. I haven’t been able to see my parents in a year.” But Baker said her spirits...

If Jill Biden were to continue her teaching job when her husband takes the Oval Office, it would make her the first first lady with a job outside the White House

Former first lady Michelle Obama plans to host a rally in Detroit later this month for a nonpartisan, nonprofit voter advocacy organization she co-chairs

Virginia’s first lady apologized Wednesday after a state employee reportedly told lawmakers and the governor’s office that Pam Northam handed out cotton to the woman’s daughter and another black child during a recent tour of the governor’s mansion, NBC News reported. “I regret that I have upset anyone,” Northam said. “I am still committed to chronicling the important history of...

Friday was National Adoption Day, and 140 kids in the foster system were able to mark the day by being formally adopted at courthouses across Massachusetts.

The former first lady announced that Selena Gomez, Liza Koshy, Shonda Rhimes, Megan Rapinoe, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kerry Washington have signed on as co-chairs of the national organization When We All Vote .

First lady Melania Trump visited the Boston Medical Center Wednesday amid protests by some of the hospital’s staff. Trump visited the center Wednesday morning to learn about a program for babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome, a condition caused when a baby withdraws from drugs he or she was exposed to while in the womb.

Kenan Thompson joins Lilly Singh, the first lady of late night, to talk about his 17th year on SNL, brings back an old impression and describes his favorite part about judging comedians on “Bring The Funny.”

Mourners gathered across the country Saturday to remember the lives of a graduate student beloved by friends, a man who died in his son’s arms and a mother who shielded her infant from gunfire. The funerals were among several being held for people who died in mass shootings last weekend in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. Investigators in Texas...

The uncle of a 2-month-old boy whose parents were killed in the El Paso mass shooting on Friday defended a photo that shows first lady Melania Trump holding the baby while President Donald Trump smiles and gives a thumbs-up gesture. The photo , released Thursday on Twitter by the first lady’s office, drew backlash from some who thought it reflected...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited Dayton, Ohio, to meet with victims of Sunday’s deadly mass shooting. They were met by protesters outside the hospital. Later they traveled to El Paso, Texas.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has guest edited the September issue of British Vogue with the theme “Forces for Change.” Royal officials say the issue coming out Aug. 2 features “change-makers united by their fearlessness in breaking barriers” and includes a conversation between Meghan and former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama. The magazine cover features 15 women including New Zealand...

Former special counsel Robert Mueller said a president could be charged with a crime after leaving office, a highlight of his first testimony before Congress since submitting his report.

First Lady Melania Trump announced the next White House press secretary on Twitter on Tuesday: her spokesperson Stephanie Grisham. “She has been with us since 2015 – @potus and I can think of no better person to serve the Administration & our country,” Melania Trump tweeted. “Excited to have Stephanie working for both sides of the @WhiteHouse. #BeBest” Grisham, who...