The White House on Wednesday continued to defend Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama amid an escalating controversy over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir.
The White House said on Tuesday that it welcomed an agreement to peace talks by South Sudan government and rebel leader to end weeks of bloody conflict in the world's youngest country.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Chilean President-elect Michelle Bachelet, congratulating her for her victory and voicing the hope for better ties between the two countries.
Executives of leading tech companies on Tuesday pressed U.S. President Barack Obama to "move aggressively" to scale back the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance practice.
The White House Thursday urged lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits for millions of unemployed Americans before Christmas, with national unemployment rate still hovering at an "unacceptably high" level.
U.S. President Barack Obama, together with former President Bill Clinton, laid a wreath at John F. Kennedy's grave on Wednesday to honor the slain president's legacy, two days before the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called his Philippine counterpart Benigno Aquino III to affirm U.S. support for his country's relief efforts in the wake of a devastating attack by Super Typhoon Haiyan.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Washington on the security situation in Iraq.
U.S. President Barack Obama has assured German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a phone call that the United States "is not monitoring and will not monitor" her communications, said the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday conversed with French President Francois Hollande over the phone following the news reports about the U.S. National Security Agency's alleged spying efforts against French citizens, said the White House.
The White House said Wednesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Nov. 1 in Washington.
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet with Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, the White House said.
A female suspect who triggered lengthy car chase by the police from the White House to Capitol Hill on Thursday afternoon was struck by gunfire and pronounced dead, local police chief confirmed.
U.S. President Barack Obama has canceled his plan to attend an APEC summit in Indonesia and a East Asia summit in Brunei next week because of the government shutdown impasse, the White House said late Thursday.
The White House on Tuesday confirmed cancellation of a scheduled state visit by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the United States in late October.
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of standards for contractors and employees in federal government in the wake of the Navy Yard shooting in Washington, D.C., the White House said Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama called British Prime Minister David Cameron again Tuesday over possible responses to the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, as both leaders are weighing military actions against the Arab nation.
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