White House apologizes to lawmakers over prisoner swapThe White House apologized for keeping lawmakers in the dark regarding the exchange of an American soldier for five Taliban fighters, senators said Tuesday, as controversy grew over the issue.
04 июня 2014
Man strips naked outside White HouseUS Secret Service personnel sprang into action Friday outside the White House when a man stripped naked in what appeared to be a bizarre form of protest.
24 мая 2014
Obama to nominate San Antonio mayor as US housing secretaryPresident Barack Obama will announce Friday his plan to nominate Julian Castro, the charismatic Hispanic mayor of San Antonio, Texas, as US secretary of housing and urban development.
23 мая 2014
Watergate conspirator Jeb Magruder diesJeb Magruder, the Nixon White House aide imprisoned for his role in the Watergate scandal who later claimed he overheard the president order the break-in, has died. He was 79.
17 мая 2014
Bush 3.0? Jeb hints at White House runLast year family matriarch Barbara Bush proclaimed there have been "enough Bushes" in the White House, but recently son Jeb unambiguously revived prospects of extending the political dynasty.
10 апреля 2014
Pro-Russians declare Ukraine's Donetsk independentUkraine was threatened with disintegration Monday as pro-Kremlin militants seized government buildings in the eastern city of Donetsk, declared independence and vowed to vote on joining Russia.
US Congress to Obama: Stand tough on IranAn overwhelming majority of US lawmakers demanded President Barack Obama hold the line on Iran, as a permanent agreement regarding the Islamic republic's contested nuclear program is under negotiation in Vienna.
19 марта 2014
Obama, Hollande to cement 'forever' Franco-US friendshipPresident Barack Obama will Tuesday highlight a new national security dimension to America's oldest alliance as he deploys the full pageantry of a state visit for France's President Francois Hollande.
11 февраля 2014
Three years before the vote, Clinton machine gears upWith the news that America's largest liberal fundraising group is to back a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016, a growing sense of inevitability is building around her prospective candidacy.
25 января 2014
Obama invites Merkel to Washington after phone-tap rowPresident Barack Obama invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington on Wednesday, hoping to mend fences after a row provoked by revelations of US eavesdropping on her cellphone.
09 января 2014
Obama didn't believe his own war strategy: GatesFormer defense secretary Robert Gates has delivered a scathing critique of President Barack Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan in a revealing new memoir, US media reported Tuesday.
08 января 2014
Obama proposes new gun rules for mentally illThe Obama administration proposed two new federal gun control rules Friday to ensure more information about the mentally ill reaches background check databases, after a series of high-profile US shootings.
06 января 2014
Republicans thump Obama for Castro handshakeRepublicans were left steaming Tuesday after President Barack Obama shook the hand of Cuban leader Raul Castro, with one senior lawmaker likening the act to appeasement of the Nazis.
12 декабря 2013
World must act fast to help C.Africa: aid groupThe global community needs to move fast to stop the violence in Central African Republic spiralling out of control and must send in international peacekeeping troops to restore security, a leading US aid organization said Monday.
Obama praises leadership of Morocco's Mohammed VIPresident Barack Obama praised the "leadership" of Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday after holding wide-ranging talks with the North African monarch for the first time at the White House.
23 ноября 2013
US shutdown cost $2.0 billion in lost govt outputThe 16-day US government shutdown cost 6.6 million in lost workdays for furloughed federal workers, amounting to $2.0 billion in lost productivity, the White House said Thursday in a report.
08 ноября 2013
Obamas welcome Malala to Oval OfficeUS President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle welcomed Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai to the Oval Office.
13 октября 2013
Guantanamo activist force-fed at White House protest A US hunger striker was force fed through a nasal tube in front of the White House Friday, in a protest aimed at showing the procedure used at Guantanamo is "torture."