Biden pardons 11 people, commutes sentences of five others, says White House

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday pardoned 11 people and commuted the sentences of five others who had been convicted of non-violent drug offenses, the White House said, the latest in a series of ... Read More

'What was up with the pardon of President Nixon?': Justice Jackson cuts right to the chase on Watergate escape hatch during Trump immunity arguments

In a Supreme Court clash of epic proportions on an issue that threatens to undo the former president’s Jan. 6 prosecution and grant more power to future presidents, the Special Counsel’s Office and ... Read More

Susan Shelley: The bandit in the White House

“I will stop at nothing,” the president said in a statement after the ... security is so destroyed that the House just voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Read More

White House condemns ‘blatantly antisemitic’ protests as agitators engulf Columbia University

unconscionable and dangerous – they have absolutely no place on any college campus or anywhere in the United States of America," White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said. Read More

There’s a lot happening with the FAFSA. Here’s what to know now.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a White House news briefing in June. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) If you’re among the millions ... Read More

White House news briefing: Watch live

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is delivering a press briefing Monday afternoon as Iran’s weekend missile and drone strike on Israel adds an urgency to solving the current funding ... Read More

White House news briefing: Watch live

NOTE: The briefing has been delayed, and is now scheduled to start at 2 p.m. EDT. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Friday afternoon, hours after a suspected ... Read More