First Lady Melania Trump in hospital for treatment of kidney condition
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump underwent a procedure Monday morning to treat a benign kidney condition and will likely be hospitalized for the rest of the week, the White House said.President Donald Trump was expected to visit his wife at Walter Reed Medical Center just outside Washington later Monday, according to a White House official who was not authorized to disclose the plan and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said the procedure on the 48-year-old first lady was successful and there were no complications.The White House did not offer any additional details on Mrs.
First Lady Melania Trump launches 'BE BEST' awareness campaign for kids
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump is launching her initiative as first lady and she's branding it "BE BEST."She is unveiling the campaign Monday at the White House Rose Garden.Mrs.
First lady to announce initiatives on children's well-being
WASHINGTON — The White House says Melania Trump will announce her initiatives as first lady on Monday.The first lady's spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, says the focus will be on the overall well-being of children, which Mrs.
Melania Trump, Brigitte Macron visit National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump and Brigitte Macon bid a brief adieu to the White House on Tuesday for a visit with the works of Paul Cezanne at the National Gallery of Art.The first ladies of the United States and France toured an exhibit of about 60 portraits by the French post-Impressionist painter.They paused near a portrait of Cezanne's father reading a newspaper in a chair.
'Solidarity and support:' Melania Trump to present courage awards to women March 21
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The White House used International Women's Day to announce that first lady Melania Trump will present State Department courage awards to women from around the world at a March 21 ceremony.The award recognizes women who have shown courage and leadership in pressing for women's rights worldwide."Their courage only furthers my belief in the powerful impact women can make through solidarity and support of one another," Mrs.
First lady: 'We need to change' arc of opioid crisis
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump said Thursday that many people are grieving after losing loved ones to the opioid crisis, telling a White House summit on the issue that "we need to change that."Opening the gathering in the East Room of the White House, the first lady read from a letter from Betty Henderson.
President Trump, first lady head to Ohio for rare joint policy trip
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are heading to Ohio, where the president will point to the benefits of the tax law and the first lady will talk about the administration's response to the opioid epidemic.It's a rare joint domestic policy trip for the first couple.The president is expected to point to the benefits of the new tax law for small businesses.
First lady's rep blasts 'false' reports about Melania Trump
WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump's office is fed up with speculation about marital strife in the White House.Mrs.
President Trump celebrates Christmas like most of America, with family
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump is celebrating Christmas the way millions of Americans do: surrounded by family, the White House said.But unlike most Americans, he released a brief video in which his wife, Melania, joined him to "wish America and the entire world a very Merry Christmas."The first lady says that at this time of year "we see the best of America and the soul of the American people" in children packing boxes to help brighten Christmas for service members and communities coming together to help one another."In this season of joy, we spend time with our families, we renew our bonds of love and goodwill between our citizens and, most importantly, we celebrate the miracle of Christmas," President Trump said, noting the story of Jesus' birth.
First lady wishes to spend holiday "on a deserted island, tropical island with my family"
WASHINGTON — If she could spend the holidays anywhere in the world, Melania Trump says she'd take her family to a deserted, tropical island.The first lady revealed her wish Thursday during a Christmastime visit with patients and staff at Children's National hospital in the nation's capital as she continued a holiday tradition begun more than 60 years ago by first lady Bess Truman.After touring the neuroscience center and meeting privately with some patients, Mrs.
First Lady Melania Trump takes custody of White House Christmas tree -- from Wisconsin! 🎄
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump has continued the time-honored, first lady tradition of receiving the official White House Christmas tree.Mrs.
Melania Trump to accept White House Christmas tree on Monday
WASHINGTON — Christmas is coming to Donald Trump's White House a bit early this year.Melania Trump is set to accept the official White House Christmas tree on Monday.
Melania Trump to accept White House Christmas tree from Wisconsin farm on Monday 🎄
WASHINGTON — Christmas is coming to Pres.
Melania Trump to donate inaugural ball gown to Smithsonian
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump is donating her inaugural ball gown to the First Ladies' Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.The first lady is handing over the vanilla silk, off-the-shoulder gown during a ceremony Friday in Washington.
U.S. first lady, Prince Harry meet before Invictus Games
TORONTO — U.S. first lady Melania Trump met Saturday with Britain's Prince Harry as she led a delegation to Toronto for the opening of an Olympic-style competition for wounded service members and veterans that he founded several years ago.Mrs.
First Lady Melania Trump to UN: 'Come together' for good of children
NEW YORK — First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday called on world leaders to come together for the good of their children, delivering her first public remarks at the United Nations as the White House works to strengthen its relationships abroad.Warning that children are closely watching their example, she told the spouses of world leaders that they "must teach each other the values of empathy and communication that are at the core of kindness, mindfulness, integrity and leadership."
President, first lady donate $1M to 12 organizations for Harvey relief
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are donating a total of $1 million to a dozen organizations involved in Harvey relief work, including the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity, the White House announced Wednesday.The American Red Cross and Salvation Army will each receive $300,000; Samaritan's Purse and Reachout America will collect $100,000 each.The Trumps are giving $25,000 each to eight other organizations: the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Catholic Charities, Direct Relief, Habitat for Humanity, Houston Humane Society, Operation Blessing, Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies and Team Rubicon.The White House said the donations are coming from the president's personal funds.Harvey slammed into the Gulf Coast of Texas on Aug. 25 as a Category 4 hurricane.
Why Melania Trump covers her head one day and not the next
WASHINGTON — To cover up or not to cover up?Melania Trump wore a veil to the Vatican on Wednesday to meet the pope, but no head covering a few days earlier to meet the king of Saudi Arabia, a religiously conservative country where most women cover themselves up from head to toe.Why the difference?
President Trump's wife keeps her head bare during Saudi Arabia visit
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Ignoring President Donald Trump's past admonition, U.S. first lady Melania Trump did not cover her head Saturday when they arrived in Saudi Arabia on the opening leg of his first international tour since taking office.Two years ago, then-citizen Trump criticized then-first lady Michelle Obama's decision to go bare-headed on a January 2015 visit with her husband."Many people are saying it was wonderful that Mrs.