The Latest Breaking News from the White House

Jackie Calmes: The Supreme Court's just-ended term contained some surprising gifts for Democrats

Even a broken clock is right twice a day, as the saying goes. The same lopsidedly right-wing Supreme Court that since June 2022 has overturned longtime precedents to eliminate a federal abortion right, gun controls, clean water safeguards and now affirmative action has also, surprisingly, ruled twice lately to bolster…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 6, 2023

Biden is heading to South Carolina to show his economic agenda is keeping even red states humming

President Joe Biden is heading to South Carolina to make the case that his economic agenda is helping keep even red states humming

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023

Trump valet charged in classified documents case set again for arraignment after earlier delays

A valet for Donald Trump accused of helping the former president hide classified documents from federal authorities is due back in a Florida court after an earlier appearance was postponed because of a canceled flight

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023

Wall Street buys into Bidenomics, with the top economists at Goldman and other banks saying we could really dodge a recession

The White House is taking a victory lap, and economists at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are offering rosier economic forecasts.

Fortune · Jul 5, 2023

Biden ‘anxiously looking forward’ to Sweden joining NATO

US president reiterates support for Sweden’s NATO application as he meets the country’s prime minister at White House.

Al Jazeera · Jul 5, 2023

Powder found in White House's West Wing lobby tests positive for cocaine

A white powder discovered in a lobby area of the White House’s West Wing that prompted a brief evacuation Sunday evening tested has positive for cocaine in a laboratory analysis

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

‘This decision is a slap in the face’: the real cost of the US student debt ruling

The supreme’s court decision was met with widespread anger from borrowers struggling to escape the burden of student debt, a system built under a ‘no-win scenario’

The Guardian - US · Jul 5, 2023

Suspicious powder found at the White House was cocaine, sources say

The Secret Service said in a statement the White House was closed as a precaution as emergency crews investigated, and local fire officials determined that the substance was not hazardous.

WEKU · Jul 5, 2023

Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say

A preliminary test has shown that a suspicious substance found at the White House on Sunday was cocaine

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Nato: Vilnius summit will reflect fresh sense of purpose over Ukraine war -- but hard questions remain over membership issues

The US president, Joe Biden, struck a bullish note during a recent meeting at the White House with Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, declaring: “The allies have never been more united.”

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2023