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Did Michelle Obama’s Book Sell More Copies in One Week Than Donald Trump’s Did in 32 Years?

27 November 2018

The sales numbers of two books by political figures published over thirty years apart were...

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Michelle Obama Memoir is Next Pick for Winfrey Book Club

12 November 2018

In "Becoming," Obama shares such deeply personal revelations as suffering a miscarriage and sharply criticizes...

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Michelle Obama Had Miscarriage, Used IVF to Conceive Girls

9 November 2018

"I felt like I failed because I didn't know how common miscarriages were because we...

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Did President Trump Just Cancel Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Program in 2018?

25 October 2018

The Trump administration rolled back a few guidelines of an Obama-era school lunch initiative, but...

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Does This Photograph Show Barack Obama Holding a ‘Michelle Obama 2020’ Shirt?

3 October 2018

Wording displayed on t-shirts is one of the easiest and most common targets for digital...

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Does Trump Donate All of His Presidential Salary, While Obama Donated None?

8 July 2018

An Internet meme made misleading comparisons between presidential donations and the sizes of the first...

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Did Michelle Obama Tell ABC to Fire Roseanne Barr?

1 June 2018

A Twitter user claimed — with no evidence — that the former First Lady ordered...

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Michelle Obama Never Placed Her Hand Over Her Heart During the National Anthem?

7 May 2018

A right-wing, pro-Trump Facebook page uses a photograph of Melania Trump to attack her predecessor...

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Did Melania Trump Plagiarize Michelle Obama’s Statement on Women’s History Month? A meme suggesting that Melania Trump plagiarized her Women's History Month statement from Michelle Obama...

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Did Melania Trump Copy Michelle Obama’s MLK Day Message?

18 January 2018

Rumors holding that Melania Trump plagiarized her Martin Luther King Day tweet from former First...

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Was Michelle Obama Arrested for Domestic Violence?

8 January 2018

Reports that the former First Lady was arrested after acting “unpredictably violent” during a domestic...

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Did Queen Elizabeth Remove the Obamas from Royal Wedding Guest List?

6 December 2017

Fake news web sites reported that Michelle Obama desperately wanted to attend Prince Harry's wedding...

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