Tag: White House

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Secret Service finds cocaine in the West Wing of the White House

  

  A white substance found inside the White House late on Sunday, that prompted a brief evacuation, tested positive for cocaine, sources told two news agencies on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Lacalle welcomed at White House by President Biden

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday met at the White House with his US colleague Joseph Biden, who “applauded” the South American leader's stance on the Ukraine crisis, his defense of fundamental principles in Venezuela, and for his commitment to regional economic integration.

• Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

  Lula da Silva will be visiting the White House on Friday: long list of issues in the bilateral agenda

  

  United States President Joe Biden will be receiving Brazilian president Lula da Silva in the White House on Friday. The meeting is intended “to further strengthen the close relationship between the United States and Brazil,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:06 UTC

  White House against Trump's attack on the Constitution

  

  White House Spokesman Andrew Bates Sunday said in a statement that “attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned.”

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Biden hosts his first 4th of July celebration as US President

  

  US President Joseph Biden Sunday hosted a party at the White House marking the 245th Anniversary of his country's Declaration of Independence.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Returning US “war powers” from the White House to Congress stalled in Senate

  

  Republican Senators are delaying an upper House committee's vote on the repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, (AUMF), the so-called wide-ranging war powers that allowed the war in Iraq, and other military actions.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 05:28 UTC

  Former US Vice President Walter “Fritz” Mondale dies aged 93

  

  Former US Vice President Walter Mondale (1977-1981) has died in Minneapolis, at the age of 93, his family confirmed. No cause was given.

• Monday, April 19th 2021 - 10:20 UTC

  Biden administration says Uruguay sets an example others should follow

  

  After Special Envoy Juan Gonzales rounded up his South American tour last week, the administration of US President Joseph Biden concluded the world needed more places like Uruguay, it was reported by White House sources.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Biden family dogs sent back to Wilmington following a “biting incident”

  

  US President Joe Biden has sent his two dogs back to his family home in Wilmington, Delaware, after the younger of the two German Shepherds was involved in a “biting incident” with a White House security agent, US media reported.

• Thursday, March 4th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  White House financial support for Merck and Johnson & Johnson to speed vaccine production

  

  White House senior adviser Andy Slavitt told reporters on Tuesday that the federal government is planning to spend US$100 million to help the joint partnership between Merck & Co and rival Johnson & Johnson accelerate vaccine production.