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White House economic adviser Kudlow suffers heart attack -Trump

Reuters
Posted at Jun 12 09:26 AM

WASHINGTON - Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow suffered a heart attack and is being treated at a Washington-area hospital, President Donald Trump said in a tweet. Read more »

Trump fires aide who joked about 'dying' war hero John McCain

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 06 09:23 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has sacked an aide who said cancer-stricken Senator John McCain's opposition to a presidential nominee did not matter because "he's dying anyway," the White House announced Tuesday. Read more »

LeBron, Curry, Durant say NBA champ won't go to White House

Jim Slater, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 06 03:49 AM

The Warriors would likely follow the lead of what they did last year when they went to Washington and spent the day with children instead of being at the White House. Read more »

US set for deeply controversial Jerusalem embassy move

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 10:37 AM

JERUSALEM - The US moves its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem later Monday after months of global outcry, Palestinian anger and exuberant praise from Israelis over President Donald Trump's decision tossing aside decades of precedent. Read more »

Trump attorney moves to force porn star's lawsuit into arbitration

Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 09:36 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer asked a federal judge on Monday to force adult film star Stormy Daniels to use arbitration to settle a dispute over an agreement to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump. Read more »

Trump 'strongly' denies Stormy Daniels affair

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 27 06:19 AM

WASHINGTON - The White House hit back at porn star Stormy Daniels on Monday, insisting there was "nothing to collaborate" her claims of extramarital sex with Donald Trump. Read more »

Students against guns

Jim Bourg, Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 11:55 AM

Students gather outside the White House in Washington, D.C., United States on Wednesday as they join thousands of students across the country walking out of classes to demand stricter gun laws. Read more »

Top Trump economic aide Cohn resigns

Andrew Beatty, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 07:49 AM

Donald Trump's White House was rocked by another high-profile resignation Tuesday, as top economic adviser Gary Cohn quit in protest at the president's decision to levy global steel tariffs. Read more »

Man fatally shoots himself in front of White House

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 08:05 AM

A man fatally shot himself on the crowded pedestrian avenue directly in front of the White House on Saturday, officials said.  Read more »

NBA: Warriors visit African American history museum while in DC

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 09:30 AM

WASHINGTON - The Golden State Warriors used their day off in Washington to take a group of children to a museum, and said Wednesday they had no regrets about not visiting US President Donald Trump's White House. Read more »

Top Trump aide Hope Hicks to resign

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 08:04 AM

WASHINGTON - Hope Hicks, one of Donald Trump's longest-serving aides and perhaps his most trusted confidante, on Wednesday announced her resignation in the latest of a string of departures from the embattled White House. Read more »

Trump son-in-law Kushner loses top security clearance

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 08:34 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner has lost his top-level security clearance, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday, a decision with potentially profound implications for the US administration. Read more »

Woman in van arrested after striking White House barrier

Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Feb 24 09:34 AM

WASHINGTON - A Tennessee woman driving a white van on Friday intentionally drove into a White House security barrier but did not breach it, and she was immediately apprehended and put under arrest, the U.S. Secret Service said.   Read more »

Warriors to engage youth, not president, in D.C. next week

Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 09:10 AM

The NBA champion Golden State Warriors are not going to the White House while in Washington next week. Read more »

White House blames Russia for ‘NotPetya’ cyber attack

Dustin Volz and Sarah Young, Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 06:20 AM

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders described the hit as "a reckless and indiscriminate cyber attack that will be met with international consequences." Read more »

W. House says it fell short handling abuse claims against aide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 07:44 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's White House on Thursday admitted it could have done a better job handling battery allegations against a top staffer, amid a deluge of questions about ethical lapses at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Read more »

At least three Eagles skipping White House visit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 06 11:58 AM

Philadelphia Eagles star safety Malcolm Jenkins said Monday he plans to boycott the traditional White House visit along with at least two other members of the Super Bowl-winning team. Read more »

Trump will host Australian PM Turnbull at White House on Feb. 23

Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 11:12 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the White House on Feb. 23, the White House said in a statement on Thursday.   Read more »

Trump ordered Mueller's firing, then backed off: NY Times

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 11:17 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump last June ordered Special Counsel Robert Mueller fired but backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than follow his directive, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing four people told of the matter. Read more »

Sex and the White House: from Clinton to Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 04:13 PM

WASHINGTON - Two decades ago this week US president Bill Clinton declared that he "did not have sexual relations with that woman." Read more »