Melania and Donald Trump Attend Son Barron’s High School Graduation
Plus, Jill Biden and second gentleman urge crowds of Biden supporters to protect their freedoms in upcoming election.
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People
Barron Trump, 18, Graduates High School With Parents in Attendance
May 17, 2024 — Barron Trump has officially put high school in the rearview following an exclusive graduation ceremony on Friday. Photographs captured by the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse on Friday morning show the 18-year-old receiving his diploma on stage, and reveal that his parents, Donald and Melania Trump, as well as his grandfather, Viktor Knavs, sat front row in the audience. Read more
Midland Daily News
First Lady Jill Biden Rallies Women at Midland Campaign Event
May 16, 2024 — First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff spoke to a crowd of over 100 supporters—mostly women—in Midland on Friday, encouraging them to protect their freedoms by reelecting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Read more
The Salt News
First Lady Jill Biden Visits Bay Mills Community College, Talks With Tribal Officials
May 16, 2024 — The Bay Mills and Sault Ste. Marie tribes hosted First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff at Bay Mills Community College on Thursday to talk about the importance of investing in local communities. Read more
KOAT 7
First Lady Jill Biden Delivers Special Remarks at Women’s Health Health Lab at Hearst Tower
May 16, 2024 — As a part of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden delivered remarks at the Women’s Health Health Lab event, where she highlighted how the Biden-Harris administration is fundamentally changing how our nation approaches and funds women’s health research. Read more
CBS News
First Lady Jill Biden Offered Condolences to Family of Ella Adler, Teen Killed By Boat
May 15, 2024 — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden stopped by in person on Tuesday to offer her condolences and be with the family of 15-year-old Ella Adler, who was fatally struck by a boat while water skiing in Biscayne Bay on May 11. Read more
NBC News
Jenna Bush Hager Channels Mom Laura Bush for Moving Tribute
May 14, 2024 —In honor of Mother's Day 2024, Jenna Bush Hager showed via Instagram that there's nothing sweeter than learning from your parents' best qualities and putting them into action with your own kids. Hager fully channeled her mom, former First Lady Laura Bush, with an adorable photo drop showing her mother's influence on her as a parent. Through a series of pictures, Hager shared images of three generations of women in her family as they read to their daughters. Read more
ABC News
'Locker Room Talk' Defense Was Melania Trump's Idea, Michael Cohen Testifies
May 13, 2024 — Michael Cohen took the stand at former president Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Monday, testifying that Trump told him it was Melania who came up with the infamous “locker room talk” defense. Read more
The Associated Press
Jill Biden Tells Arizona College Graduates to Tune Out People Who Tell Them What They 'Can't' Do
May 11, 2024 — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden on Saturday told Arizona community college graduates to tune out the people who like to tell them what they can’t do.
The first lady shared with graduates of Mesa Community College how her high school guidance counselor told her she wasn’t college material and shouldn’t waste her time going. She didn’t listen and got her college degree. Read more
MSNBC
Arizona Educators Walkout of First Lady Event Over Gaza
May 11, 2024 — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden delivered remarks at a campaign event in downtown Phoenix on the challenges that teachers face in Arizona. Many educators walked out of the event over the conflict in Gaza, including a fourth grade teacher who expressed disappointment over the situation. Read more
BBC
Trump's Youngest Son Barron 'Declines' to be RNC Delegate, His Mother Melania Says
May 9, 2024 — The Florida Republican Party announced on Wednesday that the 18-year-old would be among those selecting Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee. But former First Lady Melania Trump now appears to have shot down the idea. "While Barron is honoured to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments," a spokeswoman for Mrs Trump said in a statement, first reported by the Daily Mail. Read more