White House

  • White House calls Texas out for blocking US Border Agents’ Patrols

    The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months, setting up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. The request comes after…

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  • Kamala Harris: Israel has legitimate military objective but must focus on protecting Gazans

    In the last few moments, the US vice president has been speaking to reporters.  During the short briefing, Kamala Harris said Israel has a legitimate military objective against Hamas, but that it must do more to protect civilians.  “Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering, and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating,” Ms…

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  • US would ‘absolutely welcome’ return of pandas, China’s ‘envoys of friendship’

    The US would “absolutely welcome” the return of Chinese pandas that Beijing recently returned home, the White House said Thursday, stressing any decision is ultimately Chinese President Xi Jinping’s to make. “We obviously appreciated having them here, and we respect the sovereign decision that China made to remove some of those pandas, and certainly should…

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  • Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., told Newsmax Wednesday that he’s “very concerned” about the possibility of Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok having a presence in the White House. During an appearance on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America,” Alford said he and 18 of his colleagues sent a letter to the White House on Wednesday morning expressing alarm over President…

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  • The House select committee on Jan. 6 holds its first hearing on Thursday, in prime time at 8 p.m. ET, promising to weave together a narrative from the findings of its year-long probe with “previously unseen material” about the attack on the Capitol. Some committee members have teased that there will be “bombshells” and that the…

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  • Russia has accused the White House of unilaterally pulling back from the negotiation process. The United States unilaterally closed communication channels with Russia regarding cybersecurity, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Oleg Khramov has said. The two nations previously exchanged lists of critical internet infrastructure under the auspices of the Russian Security Council and the US…

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  • The mother of a fallen Marine, Shana Chappell, whose son died in a suicide bombing attack at the Kabul International Airport, had her Instagram account deleted, only to see it reactivated on Monday night. Instagram apologized following the deletion, saying in an email that it was an “error,” according to the Washington Examiner. “We express our…

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  • The White House gathered leading U.S. technology company executives this week to discuss cybersecurity, after a series of high-profile hacking incidents earlier this year, according to Reuters. The guest list included Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and IBM Chief Executive Arvind Krishna. The topics for…

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  • Trump has left the White House

    United States President Donald Trump has left the White House. Trump boarded the presidential helicopter Marine One at 8:20am (13:20 GMT) on Wednesday, Aljazeera reports. He briefly spoke to reporters calling his term the ‘honour of a lifetime’ and an ‘amazing four years’ before boarding the helicopter en-route to a farewell ceremony at Joint Base…

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  • CORONAVIRUS: Dr Fauci in ‘modified quarantine’ after contact with infected WH Staffer

    Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease since 1984, is one of the leading members of the White House Task Force, and is known to routinely contradict US President Donald Trump when advising on health issues to the US public amid the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci will begin a…

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  • White House reveals Trump’s 3-phase plan to relaunch US economy

    The White House has released a set of guidelinesfor reopening the US economy in line with President Donald Trump’s desire to bring an end to the national lockdown in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. These consist of a three-phase plan that could allow some states to begin easing lockdown restrictions put in place…

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  • White House advises former aides to defy court order

    The White House has instructed two former aides to President Donald Trump not to appear at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. According to the WH, Rick Dearborn and Rob Porter are “absolutely immune” from testifying at what the panel is calling its first impeachment hearing. In a letter sent to the panel and obtained…

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  • White House Communications Director Bill Shine has resigned as Donald Trump’s top White House communications aide and will move to work on the U.S. president’s 2020 re-election campaign, the White House said on Friday. Shine, a former Fox News executive, resigned on Thursday and will serve as a senior campaign adviser ahead of the 2020…

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  •   The U.S. Secret Service said Wednesday suspicious packages with what appeared to be live explosive devices were sent to addresses of former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and CNN. The agency said said it recovered a package addressed to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at her home with former President Bill Clinton in Westchester County, N.Y. “We are fine, thanks…

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  • Plans for a regular bible study sessions at the White House is underway, according to a report from CBN News. A large number of Donald Trump’s cabinet members are already coming together on weekly basis for bible lessons and prayers. Some of the identified Christians in the group are: Tom Price, Betsy DeVos, Rick Perry, Mike Pompeo,…

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  • The US President Donald J. Trump has said he’s removing Anthony Scaramucci of his position as the White House Communications Director. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said in a statement that the president thinks it’d be good for his government to grant the new Chief of Staff, John Kelly, a chance to…

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