The Latest Breaking News from White House

Jared Kushner reportedly began plotting move to Miami before Trump had even lost his bid for reelection

‘There’s a pretty good chance we come up short,’ Kushner confided to a senator’s aide following the countless lawsuits the former president lodged after the 2020 election

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

White House condemns actions of armed suspect near Justice Kavanaugh’s home

‘Public officials ... must be able to do their jobs without concern for their personal safety or that of their families’

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

Kushner wrote memoir instead of pushing Trump to concede, book says

Jared Kushner took MasterClass from James Patterson and ‘batted out’ part of a first draft in two-week stretch after election

The Guardian - US · Jun 8, 2022

Biden to meet with allies in Germany, Spain amid Ukraine war

President Joe Biden will meet with allies in Germany and Spain in late June as he seeks to hold together the fragile coalition opposing Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

White House to train health care workers in Latin America - Roll Call

The Biden administration hopes a plan to train health workers in Latin America will help stem the COVID-19 pandemic and future health crises.

Roll Call · Jun 8, 2022

Biden to attend G7 and NATO summits -statement

U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Germany for a G7 summit and continue on to Spain for a NATO summit in late June, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jun 8, 2022

Why Joe Biden can't just pass gun laws as Matthew McConaughey makes tearful plea

President Joe Biden will struggle to enact stricter gun laws in the US, despite a passionate speech at the White House by Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey following the brutal school shooting in Texas

Daily Mirror · Jun 8, 2022

Masque of the Orange Death

With another COVID surge upon us, many Americans seem done with masks — and Trump's body count keeps growing

Salon · Jun 8, 2022

Exclusive: Under Biden, China has widened trade lead in much of Latin America

China has widened the gap on the United States in trade terms in large swathes of Latin America since U.S. President Joe Biden came into office early last year, data show, underscoring how Washington is being pushed onto the back foot in the region.

Reuters · Jun 8, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Echoes of Watergate in Trump probe

This week’s January 6 committee hearings concern the most serious allegations of presidential wrongdoing since Watergate. They come almost exactly 50 years after the break-in that spawned the scandal leading to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. And they carry some striking similarities.

Tribune News Service · Jun 8, 2022