WASHINGTON (AP) — The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in. ...more

November 30, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators said today that authorities should pursue criminal charges against the Virginia couple who crashed last week's state dinner at the White House. ...more

November 29, 2009

The Virginia couple who crashed this week's state dinner at the White House met face to face with President Barack Obama in the event's receiving line, officials acknowledged Friday as the Secret Service began investigating whether the couple broke any criminal laws by getting inside without an official invitation. ...more

November 28, 2009

A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line. ...more

November 27, 2009

The Secret Service says it's looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House. ...more

November 25, 2009

"You said it about McCain, but I'm going to say it about your guy, insert sleazy, declasse racial image here, if he wins this race," wrote R. Vanhoose, who will never be confused with Coretta Scott King. "We're all doomed!" ...more

November 9, 2008

Cindy McCain does not look like the kind of would-be first lady who has ever eaten a cookie, much less baked one. ...more

June 20, 2008

For presidents and premiers at summits, delicacies washed down by fine wines are part of the agenda. ...more

June 4, 2008

So the buzz is that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is visiting Sen. John McCain's ranch in Arizona this weekend for some sort of vice presidential tryout, which got us thinking about the image of Crist in those second-in-command shoes. ...more

May 25, 2008