Tag: White House

Donald Trump Launches 2024 Bid for White House

PALM BEACH, Fla.—Former President Donald Trump commenced his third campaign for the White House on Nov. 15. Trump, 76, who had hinted at a 2024 run for more than a year, announced the presidential bid in a prime-time speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “In order to make America great and glorious again I…


‘Here Comes the Bride’: White House to Host Its 19th Wedding

WASHINGTON—“Here Comes the Bride” will be heard at the White House very soon. Again. Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, and Peter Neal are getting married on the South Lawn on Saturday in what will be the 19th wedding in White House history. It will be the first wedding with a president’s granddaughter…


Quebec Woman Accused of Mailing Poison to Donald Trump Reviewing Plea Offer: Lawyer

A lawyer for the Montreal-area woman accused of mailing poison to former United States president Donald Trump says she is likely to accept a plea deal. Federal public defender Eugene Ohm told a Washington D.C. District Court today that his client has a number of questions about the details of the offer made by federal…


Biden Comment on Shutting Coal Plants Lost Pennsylvania for Democrats: Ex-White House Adviser

President Joe Biden may have lost votes in Pennsylvania’s statewide races after he made a comment about shutting down coal plants, said a former White House economic adviser. “In some sense, Biden seemingly channeled Hillary Clinton’s comment back in 2016 in West Virginia and Ohio, when she was talking about shutting down the coal mines, and…


Watchdog Says White House May Have Illegally Deleted Tweet on Social Security Boost

A watchdog group that seeks to hold government officials accountable has called for an investigation into whether a recent tweet posted by the White House Twitter account was later deleted illegally. Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT), which seeks to expose “the self-dealing and conflicts of interest, and the improper and illegal behavior of senior officials,”…


White House Deletes Post After Getting Fact-Checked on Twitter

The White House on Wednesday deleted a Twitter post after it was fact-checked for making an inaccurate claim about the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that was recently announced. “Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden’s leadership,” the now-deleted White House Twitter post said. However,…


White House Invites Dozens of Nations for Ransomware Summit

WASHINGTON—The White House is bringing together three dozen nations, the European Union, and a slew of private-sector companies for a two-day summit starting Monday that looks at how best to combat ransomware attacks. The second International Counter Ransomware Summit will focus on priorities such as ensuring systems are more resilient to better withstand attacks and…


What Is the White House Staff Thinking?

Commentary You really must wonder what the White House staff is thinking. There are only weeks before the midterm elections, which will either keep President Joe Biden and the Washington Democrats’ agenda on life support—or shut it down completely. The American people are deeply concerned about the cost of gas and groceries, crime in the…


White House Vows Response If Russia Attacks US Satellites; Putin Blames West for Ukraine War

Any response on U.S. infrastructure will be met with a response, the White House said on Thursday after a senior Russian foreign ministry official said Western commercial satellites could become legitimate targets for Russia if they were involved in the war in Ukraine. White House spokesman John Kirby, speaking to reporters, added that publicly available…


White House Says Unprecedented Illegal Immigration Driven by People Fleeing ‘Falling Regimes’

The unprecedented level of illegal immigration at the U.S.–Mexico border largely stems from people fleeing regimes in three countries, the White House said Oct. 24. “What we’re seeing, this new migration challenge, is driven by people who are fleeing falling regimes and economic collapse in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and also Cuba,” White House Karine Jean-Pierre said…