'Disagreements between reporters and the White House has always been there, but this is the most tense I have seen it since I have been there.'
In a closed-door meeting with Republican lawmakers, Trump warned his partymen to leave Obamacare in place unless they pass the legislation to repeal and replace it, according to news reports.
Hours before he was spotted napping during the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Biden had -- it appears from this Press Information Bureau photograph -- a Biden moment when he encountered Narendra Damodardas Modi in Glasgow.
Mueller has already interviewed several of the close aides and family members of Trump over the issue.
Asserting that he is a testimony to the progress America has made with regard to racism, President Barack Obama has acknowledged that race remains a factor in the US society.
CIA Director Porter Goss has recently said that he has a pretty good idea that Osama bin Ladin is still in the Paksitan-Afghanistan frontier area.
The White House has said the forthcoming book by John Bolton is "full of classified information"
The United States has urged an "immediate end to the violence" in Lhasa, where 13 people have been killed in Chinese crackdown on monks, while refuting the impression that it was being "soft" on the question of criticising Beijing's human rights record. At the White House, Press Secretary Dana Perino said the Bush administration had been in touch with the Chinese and impressed upon Beijing the need to exercise restraint in dealing with the protests.
Four Kansas residents who wrote letters to Barack Obama about their struggle and success in US's heartland were in for a surprise when they were taken out for a dinner by the President.
At the White House, Press Secretary Dana Perino was asked if US President George W Bush is in touch with anybody in India or has been briefed on the issue. "Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Burns has certainly been trying to push India to try to reconcile their differences so that we can move forward. We think it's a very important programme," Perino said.
In response to a question about whether US citizens should be concerned about a nuclear war breaking out, Biden said "no."
Two of the US Cabinet members -- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Transport Secretary Elaine Chao -- have resigned over the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters. US Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund has also announced that he would resign this month after he faced criticism for failing to prevent Trump supporters from storming the building.
Trump hosted Diwali celebrations in the historic Roosevelt Room of the White House which was attended by prominent Indian-Americans, Indian-origin administration and diplomatic officials.
The United States on Thursday said that President Pervez Musharraf has not taken its advice not to impose emergency in Pakistan. "President Musharraf oversees a sovereign nation, and we urged him not to take this step of establishing a state of emergency. He did not take our advice. We consider it a setback because it was outside of the constitution, calling that state of emergency," White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said.
The United States has said that it will be good if Pakistan shifts to a tougher approach towards the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the prime suspect in the Mumbai terror attacks."We're continuing to follow the reports. What we are looking to see, if there's going to be a shift in Pakistan into how they deal with the LeT," White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said.On the reports of arrests of some suspects in Pakistan, Perino said, "We are following those reports very closely."
After the Russian aviation sector was hit by crippling Western sanctions for war against Ukraine, China refused to supply Russia with aircraft parts.
The White House Press Secretary said the impacts of climate change on weather are severe.
"We never rule out any options, including striking actionable targets," the White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said.
Bolton, who is the chief US envoy to the United Nations, said involving the Security Council will not displace the IAEA, but will "strengthen the hand" of the agency in dealing with Iran.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki warned of the potential use of chemical weapons in Ukraine after Moscow alleged the United States was housing biological weapons in Ukrainian territory.
At Trump's request, India had last month allowed the export of 50 million hydroxychloroquine tablets to treat COVID-19 patients in America, the country worst hit by the pandemic.
As the UPA government won the confidence motion, the United States on Tuesday said governments of the two countries would be able to wrap up the civil nuclear pact before the time runs out.
'And if the United States, at that time, perceives India to have welched on the deal, not been our friend, when we did so much to make it a friend, that's trouble.'
US State Department said Bush is keen on strengthening ties with India.
With the Indian government refusing to give any timeframe for finalising the civil nuclear deal, the United States has said there was still some more time before it can say "now or never" on the agreement. "We have a little bit of time before we have to say now or never. We've got several months to continue to work with them. And actually that deal is supported by bipartisan members on Capitol Hill, as well, so they're helping to move this along," White House Press Secreta
White House ruled out a similar consideration for Edward Snowden, who is currently on a political asylum in Russia.
The US has emphatically said that elections in Pakistan cannot be considered free and fair if held under emergency rule.
'There has been some progress made. There is a dialogue that has been ongoing between India and Pakistan. And that's \n\npositive,' White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said.
US President Barack Obama has stepped up his personal engagement with lawmakers over the government shutdown, which the White House hoped would help in resolving the current economic crisis including the one of raising the debt ceiling by October 17.
In an unusual personal intervention in a foreign election, United States President Barack Obama has asked the two presidential candidates in Afghanistan's disputed polls to maintain calm and threatened to cut-off American aid if 'extra-constitutional' steps are taken.
Kushner would testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday.
The two leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Germany in July.
There is no such annual parade in the United States, which is militarily the most powerful country of the world.
On Monday, as many 1,334 died in the US because of coronavirus and 24,895 new cases were reported. The number was far less than the fatalities hovering around 2,000 for the past several days and over 30,000 new cases being reported daily.
"The president is going on the last mile for diplomacy. We shall see if the other nations on the Security Council are\n\nwilling to entertain the last mile," White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said.
The Iraqi Government had some real concerns about having troops from a neighbouring country inside Iraq, said a US official.
In a tweet, Blinken also assured that America will hold the Taliban to that commitment.
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