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While their husbands may be the ones in the Oval Office, first ladies have plenty of power of their own. In addition to playing hostess at one of the most famous residences in the world, America's first ladies have traditionally used their positions to shape policy, champion causes and help spark real change. Two months into her husband's presidency, though, first lady Melania Trump is signaling her role will be much more subdued. Though the first lady is viewed favorably by 52% of Americans — far higher than her husband's latest approval rating — Mrs. Trump has taken a hands-off...

First lady Melania Trump paid a surprise visit to the New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center on Thursday where she read to children. Her appearance marked "National Read Across America Day," which is celebrated every year on Dr. Seuss's birthday. "Do you know what is today? It's reading day," Trump said, according to The Grio. "So it's reading day and I came here to encourage everyone to read, and to just think about books and what you want to achieve in life and just extend your horizon and think very, very outside of the box." Trump read the book "Oh,...

Melania Trump is featured on the cover of February’s Vanity Fair Mexico in diamonds – a must see. The First Lady is wearing diamond rings and bracelets and posed as if she is “eating” a bowl of stringed jewels like spaghetti. Inside the issue, there is another photo of Melania drinking a jewel-laced cocktail through a straw. Her cover photo is being criticized as insensitive and out of touch, coming at a tense time between Mexico and the U.S. This is a time when Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is refusing to pay for the border wall Trump intends to...

Trumps first 100 days Follow President Donald Trump as he shapes AmericaÂ’s future Video from Florida rally sparks serious concern for Melania Trump ALEX LASKER, AOL.COM Feb 22nd 2017 10:14AM X An interaction between President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, at a Saturday rally in Melbourne, Florida, is reigniting rumors that she is 'miserable' as America's first lady. As Melania was preparing to address the applauding crowd, the president crossed the stage behind her, grasping her upper arm in the process. His action caused her to flinch, turn her head downward and take a sharp breath in. The first...

Melania Trump has a new look to go with her new role as First Lady! During an appearance at the White House, Melania debuted a slightly shorter haircut with new blonde highlights. Click ahead for all the details. Melania Trump, 46, decided to switch up her signature hairstyle after husband Donald Trump‘s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20. Melania, who has reportedly been staying at Trump Tower in NYC with her and Donald’s ten-year-old son Barron Trump, showed off a fresh hairstyle at the White House on Feb. 15. Dressed in head-to-toe white as she met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

A new report claims that Melania is living Donald’s dream, according to the viewpoint of Phillip Bloch, a friend and stylist to the Trump Family. Along with Bloch’s claims about Melania being unhappy, another Trump Family source claimed that Mrs. Trump is “miserable” about how her life turned out as the wife of a president. “Melania is unhappy with how her life ended up.” The publication points to many recent events that claim to be almost too much to bear for Melania, who is a “deeply private” person. As Melania spends most of her time at Trump Tower in New...

Washington (CNN)Traditionally, it's the role of the first lady to accompany spouses of visiting foreign leaders around Washington. That often means a good deal of showcasing local museums, schools, monuments and gardens. It's essentially playing tour guide, but it's part of the role of representing the Administration and playing gracious hostess to very VIP out of town guests. Melania Trump appears to be breaking with this particular tradition. On two pre-scheduled Washington stops Friday, one to Gallaudet University and the other to attend a National Cherry Blossom Festival committee meeting at the Japanese embassy, the first lady of Japan, Akie...

Melania Trump has finished her first week as first lady — a title that automatically makes her one of the most prominent women in the country. And yet she was barely visible. She cut an elegant figure at her husband’s swearing-in and at the inaugural balls. But two days later, she returned to New York, as she had said she would, to tend to her 10-year-old son, Barron, who remains in school there. Meanwhile, she has given little indication of how much she intends to embrace the life of a public figure. She is said to be building her staff....

Though Donald, 70, and his wife Melania announced in November that the first lady would relocate from New York City to Washington D.C. once their 10-year-old son Barron finished up the school year, a family insider reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly that may not happen. "They will reevaluate toward the end of the school year if they will keep this arrangement or if Melania and Barron will move to Washington," says the source.

Her husband has single-handedly triggered a diplomatic crisis between the US and its southern neighbor in a confrontation which has helped send Mexico’s economy into a tailspin. Trump-Mexico relations hit new low after 20% border wall tax mooted Read more So it was probably inevitable that Melania Trump’s appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico would provoke outrage. The fact that she is posing with a fork and a string of jewels as if she were about to eat them like spaghetti has only added insult to injury in a country where almost half the population lives in poverty....

So while Trump appeared flawless on the Cleveland stage Monday night, whether she intended it or not, her all-white ensemble displayed the kind of foreignness that is accepted by her husband’s political party. To many, that outfit could be another reminder that in the G.O.P. white is always right. Four years ago, Republicans fretted about trying to diversify their base, in the wake of Barack Obama’s clear voter mandate. This time around, with Trump at the top of the ticket, it’s obvious that ship has sailed. On Monday night, Melania Trump was a not-so-subliminal billboard for what’s looking like the...

It seems GQ wanted to play fast and loose with the truth about GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s wife, Melania. GQ did a story where it mentioned it talked to members of Melania’s past including family members and without permission wrote about a brother she claims to have never known about. Trump asked the publisher to respect her father’s wishes for privacy but that didn’t happen. The journalist also wrote Melania’s father being investigated for tax evasion which Melania denied. I think that set her off forcing her to address this on Facebook to many of her fans who support her...