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The White House is “deeply concerned” about reports of civilian deaths in Gaza related to Israel striking a school in Gaza City that killed at least 80 people, saying the strike “underscores the urgency of a ceasefire.” “We are deeply concerned about reports of civilian casualties in Gaza following a strike by the Israel Defense Forces on a compound that included a school,” NSC spokesperson Sean Savett wrote in a statement to The Hill. “We are in touch with our Israeli counterparts, who have said they targeted senior Hamas officials, and we are asking for further details.

Emergency trucks pulled up to the White House gates on Friday evening. Multiple entrances to the White House were blocked off, according to NBC News reporter Selina Wang. The Secret Service told NBC: “It is a routine closure to investigate a suspicious item.” No other details about the ‘suspicious item’ were provided. VIDEO: Emergency trucks just pulled up outside the White House gates Multiple entrances to the White House have been blocked off Update from U.S. Secret Service: "It is a routine closure to investigate a suspicious item." Biden is in DE. Harris in AZ pic.twitter.com/Pe72uPPRFW — Selina Wang (@selinawangtv)...

The White House said Wednesday it is as “as close” as it has ever been to reaching a cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. “There is a good proposal before both sides, and they need to both accept that proposal so we can get this in place,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters. “We are as close as we think we have ever been.” Kirby added that gaps have narrowed in the negotiations and the U.S. believes a deal can be reached, though he did not offer a timeline. The gaps are related to...

Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle wanted to destroy the cocaine evidence found in the Biden-Harris White House last summer. The Secret Service concluded its investigation into the cocaine scandal that rocked the White House last July – and surprise, surprise! No suspect was identified. According to CNN, the cocaine was “found in a blind spot for surveillance cameras.” No fingerprints, DNA samples, or leads! A baggy of cocaine was discovered in the West Wing after Hunter Biden visited the White House in early July 2023. At first, it was reported that the cocaine was found in the Library. Then...

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby acknowledged that keeping Iran from getting nuclear weapons capability through diplomacy “hasn’t worked.” After playing video of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) discussing a resolution he put forward to authorize military force by the U.S. to prevent a nuclear breakout by Iran, co-host Dana Perino asked, [relevant exchange begins around 3:25] “Has President Biden actually ever ruled that out?”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the 2024 presidential race makes its turn into the final stretch, the White House assured journalists that they would only have to pretend Kamala Harris is likable for a couple more months. Members of the media, weary from the exhausting duty of portraying Harris as capable, experienced, qualified, and decent, were relieved to find out that they would only have to maintain the ruse until election day. "Don't worry, you don't have to do this forever," one White House insider told reporters. "We just have to make people think she's a bright, likable person until they...

President Donald Trump has warned that the White House is currently being run by a group of “fascists, communists,” and “Marxists.”“I’m the opposite of a threat to democracy — they’re a threat to democracy,” Trump said of Democrats during an interview with Laura Ingraham on her Fox News show.“I mean, look at what they just did.”Trump said on “The Ingraham Angle” that Democrats participated in a “coup” by replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the 2024 ticket. He noted that the Democrat elite undemocratically selected Vice President Kamala Harris months after millions of primary voters cast their ballots....

The White House publicly urged Israel on Monday to exercise restraint in response to the rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 children and teenagers in an Israeli-controlled town, warning against an escalation that could lead to a wider regional war. “Israel has a right to defend itself — no nation should have to live with this kind of threat,” John F. Kirby, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, told reporters. At the same time, “we believe that there is still time and space for a diplomatic solution,” he said, adding, “Nobody wants a...

President Joe Biden hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday, likely marking the last time the two leaders will meet while both are in office, given Biden’s decision not to run again. Biden had denied Netanyahu a White House meeting for nearly a year after the latter won Israel’s elections in November 2022 — an extraordinary snub, motivated by the antipathy Democrats have for Israel’s statesman. They finally met in New York in September 2023, amid talk of a possible Saudi-Israeli peace deal that would have been a major diplomatic accomplishment for Biden. But the...

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President Biden will be back at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since he announced he was abandoning his re-election campaign and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden is scheduled to leave his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware — where he had been recovering from COVID-19 — in the afternoon and arrive at the Executive Mansion by 2:30 p.m., according to his schedule. The 81-year-old president was originally expected to leave the beach town, where he had been under quarantine, on Monday to hit the campaign trail, but he extended his stay after announcing that he was...

Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House at some point during his visit to the U.S., which began on Monday. President Joe Biden, who has tested positive for coronavirus, is unlikely to make the meeting. Harris has emerged as the likely successor to Biden on the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket in 2024, after the president announced Sunday that he would not continue as the candidate, though he will serve the rest of his term.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will appear on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday, days after President Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. The daytime table talk program will host Jean-Pierre for her first interview since Biden announced on Sunday his withdrawal and decision to back Vice President Harris as a potential replacement for the Democratic Party’s nominee. In the days leading to his exiting the race, Biden and his top White House aides faced intensifying questions about the president’s mental health and acuity following a shaky debate performance against former President Trump late last month....

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to questions that arose from his supposedly resigning from the race and going missing for several days, the White House revealed that Joe Biden would make an official statement today via Ouija board. "Starting today, the president will answer all questions from the Great Beyond," said black and gay White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who is gay and black. "This is in no way meant to suggest the President is dead or anything. He's totally alive. I just saw him a few minutes ago, I promise." The administration made the announcement in an effort...

Vice President Kamala Harris hosts NCAA Sports Day at the White House on Monday, July 22, the day after President Joe Biden announced he would not be running for re-election.

oe Biden’s presidency is over. The old man can’t hack it, announcing earlier this afternoon that he’s exiting the race, endorsing Kamala Harris, his vice president, and finishing the rest of his term in isolation. But where is the president? A tweet of his ‘I quit’ letter was released, which did not sit well with many folks, and then nothing. We’re left to speculate what is going on with Joe Biden, and none of it is good. What the hell https://t.co/aOz5gaMyX0— umichvoter 🏳️‍🌈 (@umichvoter) July 21, 2024Frank Biden came forward to say that his brother’s health definitely played a role...

President Biden’s announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 race stunned a number of White House staffers who believed he would stay the course. Many reportedly learned of the historic news from social media. “We’re all finding out by tweet,” one Democrat close to the matter told Politico. “None of us understand what’s happening.” Biden campaign workers in Delaware, where Biden has been holing up since Wednesday when he was diagnosed with COVID-19, were still operating business as usual right up until the announcement, placing calls to delegates ahead of the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

WASHINTON, DC — President Biden finally admitted this afternoon that he is no longer mentally fit to be President, then assured the nation that he will continue being president. "I have to face reality. My mind isn't what it used to be," President Biden announced Sunday. "I forget things. Sometimes I don't know where I am. Yesterday I mistook a houseplant for Janet Yellen. It's something about her face. So, with a heavy heart, I am announcing that I am no longer fit to be President and will cease campaigning. Still, you can sleep easy knowing I will continue running...

Spencer is Associate Director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project at The Heritage Foundation. When conservatives do finally make it into an administration, they often don’t know what to do or how to seize the gears of power effectively. KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s past time to lay the groundwork for a White House more friendly to the right. The policy book Mandate for Leadership represents the work of more than 350 leading conservatives and outlines a vision of conservative success. The usual suspects in the permanent political class will be ready for the next conservative administration. Will we be ready for...

Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to determine if Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas violated federal ethics and tax laws. In the letter sent to Garland last week, the senators point to news reports revealing that Thomas did not disclose luxury trips or gifts over the past 20 years. Whitehouse and Wyden suggested that Thomas could be in violation of the Ethics in Government Act, which criminalizes a public servant for “knowingly and willfully” failing to file or report gifts and income from outside sources. “The...