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President Obama attended Easter services at an Episcopal church near the White House where past presidents frequently have worshipped.

In a first, President Obama and famed golfer Tiger Woods hit the links together Sunday in Palm City, Fla., the White House says.
Schoolteacher Patricia Cooper gazed out at the many hundreds of thousands of people lining the National Mall, moments after Barack Obama had been sworn in for the second time as president.

Tradition, faith and revelry mark a city's celebration of the president's second inauguration, as chronicled by Washington Times reporters in real time throughout the day.
Let's hear it for the do-over.
Let's hear it for the do-over.
Michelle Obama showed off her new bangs and a royal blue dress and cardigan by American designer Reed Krakoff at Sunday's swearing-in ceremony.
First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia are rocking out with hundreds of kids from military families and Washington-area public schools at the Kids' Inaugural Concert.

First lady Michelle Obama is kicking off the holiday season by welcoming the White House Christmas tree.

While pardoning a couple of lucky birds Wednesday at the White House's annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation, a smiling President Obama, accompanied by his daughters, managed to work in several references to his successful re-election campaign — and even squeezed in what seemed to be a sly political dig at Mitt Romney.

President Barack Obama's speech in Chicago after his re-election Tuesday night, as transcribed by Roll Call:
Unlike many kids who get Election Day off from school, the president's daughters, Malia and Sasha, weren't so lucky. They were flying to Chicago after classes with their grandmother.

Renee Suzuki wasn't looking at her phone. Gone to the grocery store, she left her husband, Kurt, and their 15-month-old daughter, Malia, in their East Bay home. She'd put the phone away for mere minutes. When she checked, her heart jumped. Seven missed calls from Kurt.
Venus Williams lost an Olympic tuneup Monday during a World Team Tennis match attended by first lady Michele Obama.

President Obama says Washington "feels as broken as it did four years ago," when he took office.