Blinken Tours China to Promote Some Ties, While the U.S. Severs Others

Tensions over economic ties are running high, threatening to disrupt a fragile cooperation between the U.S. and China. Read More

Séances at the White House? Why these first ladies turned to the occult

From Mary Todd Lincoln to Jane Pierce, they were swept up in the spiritualism movement of the 19th century—a belief that living souls can contact the dead. Read More

White House state dinners put America on display. They're crucial for US diplomacy.

White House state dinners bring together high diplomacy and old-world pomp. President Biden hosting Japanese PM Fumio Kishida will be no exception. Read More

China is the enemy of the world and has nobody to blame but itself

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s multi-day trip to China this week caps a particularly busy stretch of meetings between US and Chinese officials. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in Beijing ... Read More

Why the White House decided not to put ‘boots on the ground’ to rescue American hostages

Before the U.S. can put together a plan to recover hostages, officials first ... American Jewish leaders at the White House this week. “There’s a lot we’re doing, a lot we’re doing. I have ... Read More

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Here's How You Can Apply Chris Evans Is Bringing Dozens of High Schoolers to the White House to Talk Politics with Biden Officials Jill Biden Gets in Costume — as the First Cat! — to Welcome ... Read More

12 Facts About the White House You Missed in History Class

In 1791, our founding father and first U.S. president ... today’s sprawling mansions, the White House was the country’s biggest house until after the American Civil War. It has 132 rooms ... Read More

Slaves helped build White House, U.S. Capitol

put that opinion to the test. Now, the Obamas are moving into the White House. "The apple cart has been turned over here when you have the Obamas -- the first African-American couple -- now ... Read More

'The people's house': 40,000 people brave the rain for White House Easter Egg Roll

An estimated 40,000 people ... the White House Historical Association. For the 45th year, the American Egg Board, representing the nation's egg farms, partnered with the White House to put on ... Read More

Presidents Party with the Easter Bunny: A Look Back at White House Easter Egg Rolls

The White House ... First Lady Melania Trump, was a "smaller and less ambitious" affair, The New York Times reported. The smaller numbers continued in 2018 and 2019, until the event was put ... Read More

Harris is the first female vice president, but women have a long history at the White House

"In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make,” Abigail Adams wrote in 1776 to her husband − future President John Adams, at the Continental Congress − “I ... Read More

White House state dinners put America on display. They're crucial for US diplomacy.

Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill ... campaign to build American support for Britain on the eve of World War II. The king and queen came to the White House in a parade ... Read More