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<p>Melania Trump kept warm in a $9,400 Dior coat while attending the National Thanksgiving Turkey pardoning at the White House on Tuesday.</p> <p>The statement piece from the fashion house's Pre-Fall 2018/Winter 2019 collection features a red, black, and white geometric pattern.</p>

WEYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Taylor Swift is helping ease the pain of a Massachusetts city mourning the recent loss of a police officer. Weymouth Mayor Robert Hedlund tells The Patriot Ledger that Swift donated “a significant number of tickets” to the town for her shows this weekend in Foxborough, which were distributed among city police officers.....Hedlund says there were enough to send “every police officer, firefighter and extended family to the concert, and then some.” The extras were passed on to other nearby police departments.

First Lady Melania Trump was a butterfly beauty for the historic summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Mrs. Trump continued her ladylike, delicate international style for the Helsinki summit, wearing an off-the-runway, butterfly buckle notch collar coat from Gucci’s Resort 2018 collection. The coat retails for $3,700. The mod pale yellow butterfly coat — which coordinated beautifully with Finland First Lady Jenni Haukio’s butterfly printed dress — was paired with Mrs. Trump’s favorite Manolo Blahnik suede stilettos in bright yellow. Mrs. Trump wore a similar shade of yellow on her international trip with the...

First Lady Melania Trump glowed as American royalty as she arrived for an evening at Blenheim Palace, near Oxford, in the United Kingdom alongside President Trump. Melania Trump channeled “Belle” from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when she stepped out with the president in a yellow chiffon, off-the-shoulder draped evening gown by J. Mendel which featured a regal cape. The gown is from Mendel’s Spring 2018 ready-to-wear collection and looks to be a nod to Princess Diana’s famous blue chiffon gown that she wore to the Cannes Film Festival in 1987. Both gowns feature a criss-cross bodice and flowing chiffon...

President Donald Trump has arrived at Blenheim Palace in grand style ahead of a gala dinner with US and UK business leaders. He was pictured arriving in Marine One in a tuxedo with First Lady Melania, who is wearing a floor-length, pleated buttercup yellow gown. Awkwardly grabbing Theresa May hand - in a replay of their White House meeting last year - Trump was treated to a fanfare welcome by the Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards bands. The president was also given a performance of Amazing Grace featuring a bagpipe solo. The magnificent English country house, which was built in...

First Lady Melania Trump arrived in windy Melsbroek, Belgium, alongside President Trump for their week-long international trip, wearing a classic trench coat and black stilettos. Mrs. Trump channeled Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s as she stepped off Air Force One in a Burberry trench coat and slick black Christian Louboutin pumps.

First Lady Melania Trump showed off her American patriotism in a luxury ensemble at President Trump’s 4th of July picnic for U.S. armed service members on the White House South Lawn Wednesday. Mrs. Trump wore a festive red, white, and blue outfit that featured Ralph Lauren’s “Rivera” gingham evening dress paired with a fierce crimson red leather belt by Alexander McQueen. Mrs. Trump chose matching red Christian Louboutin pointed flats with the look.

When APD officers arrived on the scene, the say the suspect exited the building, carrying bottles of wine. Caldwell ran north in the alley before he was detained. According to an affidavit, numerous matchbooks from The Austin Club were found in his pockets. Caldwell told investigators he didn't know what was going on and denied being in the building when the fire started. Caldwell then told police "My name is Taylor Swift, I told him to burn it down and he did what I told him."

With the curtain rising on her “Reputation” tour, Taylor Swift blinked. She buckled by having Ticketmaster turn off resale ticket listings on its interactive venue charts for the first leg of her North American tour, according to music-industry veterans. The tour, which begins on Tuesday in Glendale, Ariz., shows plenty of primary tickets still available for the first nine shows. But the delisting of secondary, or resale, tickets — a move experts called unusual if not unprecedented — makes the inventory of available seats seem much smaller. On July 20, for example, Swift is scheduled to appear at MetLife Stadium...

Chinese tech companies have sparked controversy on social media after choosing to motivate their male employees by hiring 'programming cheerleaders'.' The 'pretty, talented' girls are hired to 'create a fun work environment' for employees of internet companies across the country, according to social media website Trending in China. 'Their job includes buying programmers breakfast, chitchatting and playing ping-pong with them... "

[33 Getty photos at link] President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed the first couple of France for a historic visit culminating in a state dinner on Tuesday. Scroll for photos of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, arriving at the White House.

All eyes were on First Lady Melania Trump on Tuesday night as she stole the show in a glittering Chanel gown for their first White House state dinner.

The man suspected of gunning down four people at a Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee during an early-morning, half-naked rampage has a history of run-ins with police -- including once telling cops that music star Taylor Swift was stalking him. Authorities in Tazewell County, Ill. revealed Sunday that police encountered Travis Reinking, 29, in a CVS parking lot on May 27, 2016 during an apparent "mental health crisis," according to a police report obtained by Fox News. At the time, deputies said Reinking believed Swift was stalking him, hacked his phone and had climbed a building to chase him. He...

First daughter Tiffany Trump has unveiled a new White House portrait in which she’s wearing an ivory Gemini dress from one of her go-to designers, Taoray Wang. The photo was taken by White House photographer Shealah Craighead on April 2, during the Easter Egg Roll, where the Georgetown Law student joined her father, President Trump, and other family members. The off-the-shoulder dress received mixed reviews from commenters. While many called her “gorgeous,” “beautiful,” “elegant,” and “stunning,” some questioned if the style was appropriate. “Is this an ironic presentation in some way? Why is the coat off the shoulder? You’re in...

In the annual sign of friendship between the Republic of Ireland and the USA. the Irish Prime Minister, (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar presented President Trump with the traditional shamrock bowl.Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, bringing the luck of the Irish with him in a bowlMelania looked lovely in an emerald green leopard print shift. I see no reason to discuss anything further although reportedly The President and Taoiseach discussed trade, military assistance, cyber-security and golf.And I understand that Ireland’s first Indian-Irish openly gay Prime Minister did discuss LGBT issues with VP Mike Pence over breakfast today. I’m not sure what the agenda will...

Canadian YouTuber and right-wing activist Lauren Southern has been detained in the United Kingdom and has had her phone and passport taken from her.

Taylor Swift surprised the police department where Sgt. Delbert Pickney used to work by sending a heart-shaped wreath of roses in memory of the late police officer on Thursday.

The phrase "haters gonna hate" is too "banal" to be copyrighted, a US judge has declared. Judge Michael W Fitzgerald made the comments while dismissing a copyright case against Taylor Swift. Songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler sued the star last year, arguing her single Shake It Off stole from their composition, Playas Gon' Play. They said the chorus of her song relied on their lyric, "playas, they gonna play, and haters, they gonna hate". Although short phrases are generally immune from copyright claims, the writers argued that combining the two thoughts was original enough to warrant protection. Fitzgerald disagreed...

Instead of rocking her off-white suffragette pantsuit or her $7,149 Ralph Lauren Italian cashmere coat, first lady Melania Trump donned a slim black pantsuit when she accompanied President Donald Trump to the Trump International Hotel in D.C., on Saturday, February 10. As seen in the below video from one Instagram user, who noted he “was sipping on champagne and Melania and hubby walked by,” President Trump walked in to shouts of, “Donnie!” Melania tagged along behind him, shaking hands and receiving her own compliments. Whereas President Trump received applause, kudos, and shouts from fans who talked about how much he...

First Lady Melania Trump has kept her Christmas wardrobe in the color-theme of her husband’s historic populist campaign: Make American Great Again red. All season long, Melania has opted for fashions dipped in rich reds that complement her Eastern European features and tan skin complexion, while matching the now internationally recognized “Make American Great Again” baseball caps that became the signature political statement of President Trump’s 2016 presidential election. For the White House Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Melania chose a red tweed Chanel coat with pointed nude Christian Louboutin stilettos. This was only the second time the First Lady had...