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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cellphone rang earlier this week from an unfamiliar number: It was the White House calling to say President Donald Trump wanted to talk. The president congratulated Washington's mayor on $876 million in federal coronavirus relief going to the Washington-area Metro system —…

From Becoming (2020), dir. Nadia Hallgren (all images courtesy Netflix)Halfway through Becoming, the Netflix documentary based in part on Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, Obama visits her childhood home and plays the opening chords of “Linus and Lucy” on the piano. Her mother Marian beams from the doorway, saying, “She always…

Former first lady Michelle Obama has offered her remembrances to Wilson Jerman, a longtime White House butler who died from Covid-19 at the age of 91. Ms Obama, who included an image of Mr Jerman in her book Becoming and the subsequent film of the same name, said she and…

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman with former president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama: Fox NewsFormer first lady Michelle Obama has offered her remembrances to Wilson Jerman, a longtime White House butler who died from Covid-19 at the age of 91.Ms Obama, who included an image of Mr Jerman in her…

James Corden is taking "The Late Late Show" on the road for a week of shows in his home town of London, which will include a special game of dodgeball. Team UK will play team U.S., led by a captain ready to win at all costs: former first lady Michelle…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tributes from former first families rolled in Thursday in response to the news that a man who was a fixture in the White House under 11 presidents had died at the age of 91 after contracting COVID-19.Wilson Jerman started working as a cleaner under President Dwight Eisenhower…

A former White House employee who served under 11 United States presidents died of COVID-19 this month, US media reported on Wednesday. Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, 91, was one of the White House's longest-serving employees, working in various positions, including cleaner, doorman and butler from 1957 to 2012. "I want the…

Anderson Cooper and Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has a number of achievements under her fashionable belt, and for this reason, it pains me to write this about a woman I admire. But yesterday, she was wrong. On Monday, Pelosi made waves in Washington when she razzed Donald Trump by calling…

During his five decades in fashion, editor and writer André Leon Talley has had a front row seat to the industry’s most important moments — and an invitation to rub elbows with its icons. His latest memoir, The Chiffon Trenches, out May 19, is filled with captivating anecdotes about his…

Image copyright Getty Images Amid political pressure to reopen America from the White House, the nation's capital city itself still isn't ready to do so - and Washington DC offers a diverse snapshot of how Americans are responding to the crisis.It's a gloriously sunny afternoon, and a rare opportunity to…