White House

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On FCC Oversight

Trump taps FCC's Brendan Carr to lead the agency

8:06pm November 17, 2024

Carr was seen as a pretty conventional Republican with a pro-corporate outlook for most of his career. More recently, he has embraced Trumpian themes about social media, tech and television companies.

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What does a busy president want to eat? This White House chef has the answer

5:00am September 12, 2024

You know that old line, "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are"? If that's true, then Cristeta Comerford knows the last five presidents of the United States better than almost anyone.

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Former Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Bannon speaks to journalists after leaving federal court in Washington, D.C., after being sentenced in 2022. Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress.

Politics & Government

Steve Bannon loses his appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction

12:37pm May 10, 2024

by Washington Desk

A three-judge panel upheld the former Trump adviser's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress. The case is related to Bannon's refusal to cooperate with a House panel probe of the Jan. 6 riot.

FILE - The White House is visible through the fence at the North Lawn in Washington, on June 16, 2016. A driver died Saturday night, May 4, 2024 after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House, authorities said.

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Driver dies after crashing into White House perimeter gate, Secret Service says

4:54am May 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

A driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House Saturday night, but the fatal collision is being investigated "only as a traffic crash", law enforcement authorities said.

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's closest aides and advisers, arrived to meet behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 27, 2018.

Politics & Government

Hope Hicks, former Trump confidant, testifies against him in New York criminal trial

6:02pm May 03, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Hicks was a communications director for the Trump White House and prosecutors questioned her on her knowledge of the deals made during his first presidential run.

A demonstrator with red paint on their hand and face is seen behind a police barricade during a pro-Palestinian protest over the Israel-Hamas war at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Saturday April 27, 2024, in Washington.

Politics & Government

Gaza protestors picket White House correspondents dinner, as Biden ribs Trump

12:53am April 28, 2024

by The Associated Press

The war in Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Joe Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday but went all but unmentioned by participants inside.

The conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

Politics & Government

Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

12:57pm April 26, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.

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An EMT wearing personal protective equipment prepares to unload COVID-19 transfer patients in the early days of the pandemic. The Biden Administration has just announced a new program aimed at preventing the next pandemic.

Health & Safety

The U.S. has come up with its own global strategy to thwart the next pandemic

5:01pm April 16, 2024

by Gabrielle Emanuel

The Biden administration has launched a new effort to improve the ability of the U.S. to prevent, detect and respond to global health threats. Some experts say the new strategy doesn't go far enough.

A new lunar time zone has been pitched for the moon.

NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's how it would work

5:01am April 09, 2024

by Kai McNamee

A new lunar time zone is all about ensuring the success of future, multinational missions to the moon.

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Muslims gather to hold a demonstration to demand ceasefire for Gaza in front of the White House on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on March 11.

The White House plans a smaller Ramadan gathering as the war in Gaza continues

4:42pm April 02, 2024

by Asma Khalid

White House officials appear to be trying to hold an event that will both reflect the somber mood in the Muslim community because of the war and also curb the possibility of protests.