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White House evacuated after man jumps fence A man sparked an evacuation at the White House after he scaled and jumped over a fence and made it into the building before being captured.

20 September 2014 13:56

White House makes it official : US "at war" with IS The White House declared the United States was at war with Islamic State radicals, seeking to rub out another semantic flap over its Syria policy.

13 September 2014 11:13

Linda Ronstadt awarded White House arts honor Linda Ronstadt, who was the most successful female rocker of the 1970s and pioneered the role of women in that genre, was honored with the highest US arts prize.

29 July 2014 11:54

Out of touch? Hillary Clinton hits back after wealth gaffe Hillary Clinton sought to nuance her remark that she and ex-president husband Bill were "dead broke" when they left the White House, insisting she was not out of touch.

26 June 2014 10:30

White House adopts new rules after CIA station chief outed The White House said Wednesday it had adopted new procedures on President Barack Obama's foreign trips to avoid a repeat of the "inadvertent" release of the name of the CIA's station chief in Kabul last month.

12 June 2014 10:57

White House apologizes to lawmakers over prisoner swap The 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 June 2014 12:17

Man strips naked outside White House US 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 May 2014 19:07

Obama to nominate San Antonio mayor as US housing secretary President 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 May 2014 14:06

Watergate conspirator Jeb Magruder dies Jeb 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 May 2014 12:22

Bush 3.0? Jeb hints at White House run Last 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 April 2014 12:51

Pro-Russians declare Ukraine's Donetsk independent Ukraine 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.

08 April 2014 12:24

Samsung 'selfie' flap now in hands of lawyers: White House The controversy over a "selfie" photo of President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz now is in the hands of attorneys, a White House official said on Sunday.

07 April 2014 10:20

US Congress to Obama: Stand tough on Iran An 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 March 2014 10:40

Obama, Hollande to cement 'forever' Franco-US friendship President 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 February 2014 11:53

Three years before the vote, Clinton machine gears up With 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 January 2014 10:59

Obama invites Merkel to Washington after phone-tap row President 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 January 2014 12:32

Obama didn't believe his own war strategy: Gates Former 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 January 2014 11:18

Obama proposes new gun rules for mentally ill The 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 January 2014 10:00

Republicans thump Obama for Castro handshake Republicans 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 December 2013 09:50

World must act fast to help C.Africa: aid group The 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.

10 December 2013 11:17

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