::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

THE FIRST WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC The holiday season is the busiest time of the year for Frist Lady Melania Trump.  In what would be her final Chritmas in the White House, the First Lady made quite a statement with decor.  In year's past crtitics harshly judged her avant garde red Christmas trees.  This year her style was more traditional, the highlight of which was a pristine gingerbread house  depicting the Executive Residence, the West and East Wings, and for the first time the Rose Garden and the First Ladies’ Garden.  Having revoered from the Cornavirus along with her husband, Pres. Donald Trump, the FLOTUS could understand how this year's holiday was different, but did not hold back in adding special touches at the residence and spreading cheer to children throughour the DC area or participating in several parties held atthe White House.  Read more below in the write up provided by the White House reflecting the dedicatio...

By Mona Austin The First and Second Lady of the United States and cabinet members' spouses joined Red Cross volunteers on Tuesday to assemble "care bags" for deserving American families. These bags contained toiletries, games, food items and a personal card from the two of them. In her remarks Mrs. Trump was mindful of the three American soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter,  Chairman, American Red Cross,   called  of Mrs. Trump a woman who  “ has used wealth to find wisdom, used success to find service,” describing her a First Lady who “has her priorities straight.”  This is the second year Mrs. Trump and Mrs. Pence participated in the event. The wives of the nations' leaders spent approximately an hour working to bring comfort and cheer to military personnel serving abroad, with the loss of soldiers freshly on their minds. Before they began, First Lady Trump acknowledged the deaths of th...