Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is running for the presidency in 2016, the former communications director for George W. Bush told an entertainment news show called ‘The Insider’. However, Jeb Bush’s office maintained that no decision has yet been made.
White House admits killing two hostages held by Al-Qaeda in US drone strike
The Sony Archives include 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and 173,132 emails, to and from more than 2,200 SPE email addresses.
The whistleblower website writes in its press release that the US subsidiary of the Japanese multinational technology and media corporation Sony, though being an entertainment business, is "an influential corporation, with ties to the White House (there are almost 100 US government email addresses in the archive), an ability to impact laws and policies, and connections to the US military-industrial complex."
The White House once again suffered an embarrassing security breach over the weekend when a 4-year-old toddler squeezed through the bars of the fence along the building’s north lawn and ended up on presidential property.
Secret Service agents raced out the White House door on Sunday afternoon with guns drawn after they received reports of yet another security breach.
Rumors blossom after White House dismisses head florist
He announced early on Monday on his Twitter account that he’ll be vying for the White House in next year’s election, the first prominent member of the Republican Party to officially declare their intent to run.
“It’s going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make America great again, and I’m ready to stand with you to lead the fight,” the solicitor-general-turned-US senator says in a campaign video attached to the tweet.
‘Not operating under direction of controller’: US won't charge man whose drone landed at White House
No criminal charges will be pursued against the man whose drone was discovered on the grounds of the White House in January, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.
“Following an investigation by the United States Secret Service and a review of applicable law,” the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia decided that the incident with the man losing control of the amateur “quadcopter” does not require any administrative action.
“A two-state solution is the best way to address this conflict,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday, according to USA Today.
Netanyahu said earlier this week on Monday that he would fend off efforts to create a Palestinian state if he’s re-elected as prime minister of Israel. On Wednesday, the leader declared himself victorious following a narrow win against challenger Isaac Herzog of the center-left Zionist Union.
“I have a great love for our country, but it is a country that is in serious trouble. We have lost the respect of the entire world,” Trump said in his Wednesday announcement that he is forming an exploratory committee for a possible 2016 run. “Americans deserve better than what they get from their politicians – who are all talk and no action!”
The Secret Service is once again under investigation, this time over allegations that two agents drove a government car into White House security barricades after drinking at a late-night party last week, the Washington Post reported.
Officers who witnessed the incident wanted to arrest the agents and conduct sobriety tests, but a supervisor let the agents go home.
The Obama administration is investigating the allegations. One of the agents involved in the March 4 incident is a top member of President Obama’s protective detail. Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary confirmed the investigation with the Post, saying the agency was “aware of the allegations of misconduct involving two of our employees.”
Leary didn’t specify what the focus of the inquiry was, but told the news outlet that the incident was reported to the White House and Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy, and is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general.
The White House blasted Senate Republicans’ open letter to Iran on Monday, comparing it to “efforts of neocons in the previous administration” to prefer military options over diplomacy, thereby harming America's standing in the world.
President Obama’s spokesman, Josh Earnest, said that regarding negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, congressional Republicans are “ready to fast-forward to the military approach before the diplomatic approach has been given the opportunity to succeed.” This is consistent with the pattern of foreign policy decisions the Republicans have made over the past two decades, he said.
Netanyahu previews speech to Congress as tensions with White House rise
The White House will seek an emergency stay to fight back against a recent decision by a Texas federal judge who ruled earlier this week against the Obama administration’s immigration plans, a spokesperson for the president said.
Lawyers with the United States Department of Justice will soon file an injunction on President Barack Obama’s behalf in an attempt to stay the recent court order, Josh Earnest, the press secretary for the White House, told reporters during a briefing on Friday.
Male dominated Hollywood writes women out of history - White House official
White House declares ‘Taliban aren’t terrorists’
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A White House spokesperson preferred to talk of the Taliban as “an armed insurgency” rather than a terrorist organization during a press briefing, when a reporter pressed him about Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s release.
Responding to a question posed by ABC’s chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl, deputy press secretary Eric Schultz argued the US can swap prisoners with the Taliban because the group is not a terrorist organization but “an armed insurgency.”
An off-duty Department of Defense employee trying out his friend’s drone from an apartment is responsible for flying the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over White House grounds, The New York Times reported.
While the drone was airborne, the US government worker – who had reportedly been drinking – lost control of it. He texted his friends, telling them he thought the drone might have crashed onto the White House grounds, and fell asleep. He woke up the next day to find out that his fear had turned out to be reality.