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How Xim, Biden tackled hot-button issues in summit

Cat Wang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 17 02:06 PM

Readouts from the Chinese foreign ministry and the White House offer insights into wide-ranging virtual meeting lasting well over 3 hours. Read more »

Xi warns Biden against stoking Taiwan independence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 16 02:33 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Joe Biden that US support for Taiwanese independence would be "like playing with fire", state media said. Read more »

Court pauses release of Trump White House documents

Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 12 08:38 AM

A US court granted former president Donald Trump's request to temporarily halt release of White House documents that could implicate him in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Read more »

900,000 US kids expected to get vaccine in 1st week

Ahmed Aboulenein and Alexandra Alper, Reuters
Posted at Nov 11 12:26 PM

More than 900,000 US children aged 5 to 11 are expected to have received their first COVID-19 shot by the end of Wednesday, the White House said. Read more »

US marks 200 million COVID-19 shots shared with world

South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 22 09:33 AM

The United States on Thursday donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 shot to help vaccinate the rest of the world, the White House announced. Read more »

White House: Shortage of goods looms this Christmas

Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 13 08:08 AM

Officials, scrambling to relieve global supply bottlenecks, warn that Americans may face higher prices and some empty shelves this Christmas season. Read more »

'Quad' leaders meet in White House as China looks on

Steve Holland, David Brunnstrom, Nandita Bose and Michael Martina, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 26 10:54 AM

Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia vowed on Friday to pursue a free and open Indo-Pacific region "undaunted by coercion" at their first in-person summit, which presented a united front amid shared concerns about China. Read more »

Minaj sparks media storm after viral vaccine claims

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 04:19 PM

The White House has offered to arrange a phone call between Nicki Minaj and one of its doctors, multiple US outlets reported after the rapper sparked widespread derision over claims a cousin's friend had become impotent after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Biden calls for unity ahead of 9/11 anniversary

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 08:27 AM

The US President has urged Americans to show unity, "our greatest strength," in a video posted Friday, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Read more »

White House asks Trump military academy board appointees to resign

Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 08:21 AM

The White House asked 18 Trump administration appointees, including Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer, to resign from military academy boards. Read more »

White House honors Storm's 2020 WNBA championship

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 10:34 AM

President Joe Biden honored the 2020 WNBA champion Seattle Storm at the White House on Monday. Read more »

Afghans in U.S. struggle to help relatives in Kabul

Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Frandino, Reuters
Posted at Aug 17 07:56 AM

Some of the roughly 156,000 Afghans living in the United States are clamoring for Washington to take in more Afghans. Read more »

US developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated

David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 05 07:12 AM

The White House is not ready to immediately lift travel restrictions because of the rising COVID-19 case load and Delta variant, the official says. Read more »

US cases and deaths from COVID-19 rise, so do vaccinations — officials

Jeff Mason and Carl O'Donnell, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 03 09:44 AM

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said the cases were concentrated in communities with low vaccination rates against the coronavirus. Read more »

White House: US will not lift travel restrictions, citing Delta variant

David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 27 03:43 AM

The announcement almost certainly dooms any bid by US airlines and the US tourism industry to salvage summer travel by Europeans and others covered by the restrictions.  Read more »

White House: US begins shipping 3.2-M COVID shots to Philippines

Reuters
Posted at Jul 16 02:27 AM

J&J's one-shot vaccine does not have to be refrigerated as some others do, potentially easing its distribution.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 15, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:07 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Olivia Rodrigo to help in US COVID-19 vaccination outreach

Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images/AFP
Posted at Jul 15 12:20 PM

Fiipino-American pop music star and Disney actress Olivia Rodrigo makes a brief statement to reporters at the beginning of the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday. Read more »

In White House visit, singer Olivia Rodrigo urges vaccinations for youth

Merdie Nzanga
Updated as of Jul 15 10:12 AM

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - Pop star Olivia Rodrigo, whose album "Sour" is No. 1 on the charts, took to the podium at the White House on Wednesday to encourage young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Read more »

China, US can coexist in peace but challenge is enormous, says White House

David Brunnstrom and Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 03:15 AM

The challenge for the US would be to come up with a strategy that presented China with opportunities, but also a response if it takes steps "antithetical to the maintenance of peace and stability", one official says. Read more »