Michelle Obama and three of her family members are staying in a $8,350-per-night Beijing presidential suite, but despite a 24-hour butler and other perks that come with the lodging, her entourage has inconvenienced ‘pretty much everyone’ and made the hotel staff ‘fed up,’ a well-placed hotel staffer has told MailOnline.

The sumptuous pad at the Westin Beijing Chaoyang hotel – its website calls the room ‘an oasis of comfort – is a 3,400-square-foot masterpiece including a private steam room, ‘corner sofas with silk pillows,’ and in-room dining for six.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Sky News is reporting that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says the Crimea crisis has entered a “military stage” after troops stormed an army base in Simferopol.

One Ukrainian soldier has reportedly died after being shot in the neck when a group of gunmen attacked the compound. Regional defense ministry spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said a second soldier was wounded in the attack.
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Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC)

TheBlaze, the AP and other national media are reporting Rep. Trey Gowdy’s stirring passionate, but simple question:  “How Does Going From Being a Senator to a President Rewrite the Constitution?”

Ignoring President Barack Obama’s veto threat, the House voted on Wednesday for a bill that would expedite congressional lawsuits against the chief executive for failure to enforce federal laws including, but not limited to multiple changes to his 4-year-old health care law, steps he’s taken to allow young immigrants to remain in the United States and the administration’s resistance to defend the federal law banning gay marriage.
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Sen Harry Reid and Sen Mike Lee – Washington Times

An exclusive report by The Washington Times published today reports that FBI agents working alongside Utah state prosecutors in a wide-ranging corruption investigation have uncovered accusations of wrongdoing by two of the U.S. Senate’s most prominent figures — Majority Leader Harry Reid and rising Republican Sen. Mike Lee — but the Justice Department has thwarted their bid to launch a full federal investigation.

The probe, conducted by one Republican and one Democratic state prosecutor in Utah, has received accusations from an indicted businessman and political donor, interviewed other witnesses and gathered preliminary evidence such as financial records, Congressional Record statements and photographs that corroborate some aspects of the accusations, officials have told The Washington Times and ABC News.
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