The Latest Breaking News from the White House

From high school halls to Capitol Hill and the Minnesota governor’s mansion, Nebraska native Tim Walz has been weaving a political path tinged with schoolteacher sensibilities since 2006 – and the next stop could be the White House. His family life has figured prominently through all of it, writes Sheila…

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for U.S. support to Israel amid escalating tensions with Iran-backed militias in the Middle East.

Recent national head-to-head polls favor Harris, but polls in battleground states present a more mixed picture

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate on Tuesday, according to US media. Walz, a former US Army National Guard veteran and teacher, brings a blend of progressive policy achievements and Midwestern appeal to the Harris-Walz ticket, as they prepare to challenge…

Gene Sperling, departing White House economic aide, transitions to VP Harris' team after leading economic relief efforts under Biden.

US president Joe Biden to meet national security team as fears grow of Iranian attack on Israel

US trying to calm tensions after assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders last week. Plus, far-right riots escalate in UK

America’s landmark climate law, which turns two years old this month, has Harris’s signature all over it

US is attempting to ‘turn the temperature down’ after assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders last week escalate tensions

As a senior adviser in the White House, Plouffe managed Obama's 2008 campaign and played a similar role in Obama's reelection in 2012.

The U.S. will send a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday, beefing up its military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies. The move comes as Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a Hamas chief killed in Tehran this week…