“Michelle Obama” on The Daily Caller

Trying to figure out Valerie Jarrett’s mysterious hold on Barack and Michelle Obama is a favorite guessing game in the parlors and dining rooms of Washington. No other White House official in history has enjoyed such a unique relationship with both a president and a first lady, and yet the mainstream media have ignored Jarrett’s enormous influence over the shape and direction of the Obama administration. (more)

The real class warfare in this country isn’t rich vs. poor, it’s government employees vs. we, the taxpayers, who pay their salaries. (more)

A report that Michelle Obama said that Oprah’s “huge girth” makes her a terrible role model for kids is just one of the weighty issues that form the center an excerpt from bestselling author Ed Klein’s new book, “The Amateur,” published Monday in the New York Post. (more)

The food and beverage industry has already donated over $7.9 million to federal candidates, parties and outside political groups during the 2012 election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, demonstrating its power and influence in Washington. (more)

We (almost) have our two presidential candidates locked in, so thankfully the sign-printers and t-shirt vendors can start preparing for the November clash between two macho politicos. But what of the potential first ladies? (more)

First lady Michelle Obama has figuratively evicted her 74-year-old mother from the White House in an apparent effort to boost her appeal to middle-class voters. (more)

It cost taxpayers nearly a half-million dollars for first lady Michelle Obama to travel to Spain in 2010, according to an analysis by Judicial Watch. (more)

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis weighed in on comments made by Hilary Rosen about Ann Romney being unable to relate to working women Thursday, telling The Daily Caller that she thinks “Michelle Obama is a fine example of what the women are in our society.” (more)

President Barack Obama introduced first lady Michelle Obama at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll as “the one truly in charge” and the “powerhouse” of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. (more)

If you’re a small country, President Obama can pay you no higher compliment than saying you “punch above your weight.” (more)

First lady Michelle Obama will be returning to Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards this Saturday in Los Angeles to honor country singer Taylor Swift with the Big Help Award. (more)

Several news agencies that included the Huffington Post, AFP, the Daily Mail and others spiked reports on first daughter Malia Obama’s school trip to Mexico, Politico reported. (more)

The Obama campaign on Tuesday walked back comments made by actor Robert De Niro Monday night at a Tribeca fundraiser headlined by first lady Michelle Obama. (more)

On the evening of her David Letterman appearance Monday, first lady Michelle Obama continued her celeb-centric evening with a fundraising event in Tribeca, hosted by Robert de Niro and his wife Grace Hightower. (more)

An AFP report that President Barack Obama’s 13-year-old daughter, Malia, is spending spring break in Oaxaca, Mexico appears to have been completely scrubbed from the Internet news sites that first reported it. Pictures have appeared in Mexican magazine Quién.com allegedly showing Malia visiting Oaxaca. (more)

Newly surfaced footage shows a young woman who appears to be Michelle Obama, and several other students, staging a sit-in in the Harvard Law School dean’s office in 1988. (more)

In the midst of a recession, Michelle Obama and her two daughters are spending Presidents Day on the slopes at the star-studded resort of Aspen, a source who is a longtime ski instructor at the mountain confirmed to the Daily Caller. (more)

Michelle Obama’s pet project as first lady has been to campaign for healthier diets to fight obesity, and the cast on Saturday’s “SNL” on NBC had a little fun at her expense. (more)

Hollywood raised its collective glass to Michelle Obama at a fundraiser Tuesday. (more)

The report by a British newspaper that the first lady accompanied the queen of Qatar on a $50,000 lingerie shopping spree is false, White House Spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday. (more)