Laura Bush News

Cheers erupted along the Columbia River this morning as Sarah Palin and her large family of 'Rogue Runners' approached the start line for the annual Turkey Trot.

Scene : Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas. Arrayed around a crowded dining room table are members of the extended Bush family, including former President George W. Bush, his wife, the former First Lady Laura Bush, his brother, the former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and Jeb's wife Columba, and assorted members of the younger generation of the ...

Maine Fast Facts : When Maine first became a state in 1820 it only had nine counties and 236 towns.

Why were the flower arrangements purple? And why did Michelle choose the Eisenhower china? Anita McBride, Laura Bush's White House chief of staff, unlocks the mysterious rules of the state dinner.

An invitation to a state dinner is the most treasured and formal honor a U.S. president can offer to a foreign dignitary, and it's the most coveted invitation in Washington.

Former First Lady Laura Bush will be in St. Louis Tuesday night for a public speaking engagement.

It's a different kind of china that will be in focus in Washington's social circles this week.

The National Christmas Tree, near the White House in Washington, is illuminated during a ceremony attended by President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush last holiday season.

Part of the point of a presidential library is that it's a monument to a leader's legacy--his style, his enduring affect on the world, even his reading habits...or lack thereof.

Former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush made a surprise and unannounced visit to the families and victims of the recent Fort Hood Terrorist Attack.

The Obamas will be holding their first official dinner for visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not in the State Dining Room, but in an elaborate white tent erected on the South Lawn of the White House.

Designs for former president George W. Bush 's library and policy institute will be unveiled today in Dallas, highlighting a brick-and-limestone affair to be capped by a lantern-shaped roof that will glow at night.

At a speech about his presidential center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas this afternoon, George W. Bush told a supportive crowd that he has had time to reflect in office over the past nine months.

By ALAN PEPPARD / / The Dallas Morning News / apeppard@dallasnews.com apeppard@dallasnews.com Thursday night's grand opening of the Louis Vuitton luxury boutique at NorthPark looked like the good old days of spring 2008.

Jose Cisneros, the modest, self-taught artist knighted by the king of Spain and celebrated in Texas, Mexico and across the United States, died Saturday.

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Former President George W. Bush will deliver a speech on Thursday marking the launch of the "George W. Bush Institute as a forum for study and advocacy in four main areas: education, global health, human freedom and economic growth," the New York Times writes.

NBC news correspondent Jenna Bush Hager had a news exclusive. And, like news exclusives in the Era of Infotainment TV, this one was broadcast by the entertainment division.

Nov. 12, 2009 4:00 p.m. It is amazing to me that President Obama's approval numbers are still around 47%, when so many supporters are showing signs of voter's remorse.

Bush announced Thursday that prominent education scholar James Guthrie will leave Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., to become director of education policy studies at the George W. Bush Institute.