May 22, 2013

First Lady’s Travel Costs Under Fire; Target Spree Criticized

First lady Michelle Obama, wearing a hat and sunglasses, center, stands in line at a Target Department store in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, after doing some shopping. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

*Press watchdog group Media Matters is firing back at conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch over its recent report of First Lady Michelle Obama’s June trip to South Africa and Botswana, calling it “a nice taxpayer-funded ‘working’ vacation.” According to documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, Judicial Watch claims the trip cost taxpayers $425,000 [...]