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White House

The White House is the official residence of the United States President, located in Washington, DC. It is also the workplace of the president and his advisors.

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Western tourists in a rickshaw in Japan

Is Japan 'xenophobic' like US President Biden claims?

US President Joe Biden's recent remarks about foreign labor have provoked pushback from the Japan's government.
MigrationMay 6, 2024
A burned car is seen outside the National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti

US urges citizens to leave Haiti as violence escalates

The White House said it was "monitoring Haiti's rapidly deteriorating security situation with great concern."
PoliticsMarch 4, 2024
Iris Apfel, wearing round blue-purple glasses

Fashion celebrity Iris Apfel dies at 102

The American style icon and influential designer reached the peak of her fame in her 80s and 90s.
CultureMarch 2, 202402:16 min
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin

US: Lloyd Austin called to testify over secret hospital trip

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been called to testify at a Congressional hearing in February.
PoliticsJanuary 19, 2024
US President Biden shakes hands with Ukraine's Zelenskyy

What's up today!

Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the White House, South Africa to build new nuclear power plant, COP28 climate conference updates
December 12, 202300:59 min
Volodymyr Zelenskyy (l-r), President of Ukraine, a representative of Ecuador and Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, attend the inauguration ceremony of Argentina's new President Milei.

Zelenskyy invited to White House amid aid freeze

The Ukrainian president is meeting US counterpart Biden on Tuesday, following a Argentina to for Milei's inauguration.
PoliticsDecember 11, 2023
A Ukrainian soldier firing a gun in the snow

US nearly out of money to help Ukraine, White House says

Republicans have blocked a $106 billion package that would provide aid to Ukraine and Israel, among other things.
PoliticsDecember 5, 2023
US President Joe Biden holds collar of his pet German Shepherd while sitting on steps of Rose Garden of the White House

Biden's dog removed from White House for biting staff

Media reported that the Biden family's pet dog "Commander" had bitten over 11 people at the White House.
PoliticsOctober 5, 2023
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris speak with civil rights advocates, including children of Martin Luther King Jr, on the 60th anniversary of the march on Washington

US: Biden condemns racism on 60th anniversary of MLK speech

Biden was speaking on the 60th anniversary of the historic Washington march where King made his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Human RightsAugust 29, 2023
Logos of various AI chat apps

AI: White House says tech giants agrees to watermark content

A number of companies working with AI technology have agreed to voluntary measure to mark AI content.
TechnologyJuly 21, 2023
A Marine guard stands watch at the West Wing of the White House.

Tests show powder found at White House was cocaine

Officials say a white powder found at the White House that sparked an evacuation over the weekend was cocaine.
CrimeJuly 6, 2023
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) is received by Cuban President Raul Castro (R) at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, on September 24, 2016.

Cuban, US governments deny secret Chinese spy base in Cuba

The Wall Street Journal said Beijing and Havana secretly agreed on the facility, some 100 miles off Florida.
PoliticsJune 9, 2023
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis standing in front of a US flag

Ron DeSantis: Florida Governor to announce White House run

DeSantis, a conservative, poses a threat to Donald Trump in the Republican primary.
PoliticsMay 23, 2023
The US Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies investigate a rented U-Haul that crashed into security barriers at Lafayette Park across from the White House

Truck crashes near White House, driver arrested

Preliminary investigations have shown that the driver may have intended to crash the U-Haul truck into a barrier.
CrimeMay 23, 2023
President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol stand for the national anthems during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House

South Korea's Yoon welcomed at White House on state visit

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has arrived in Washington for a state visit.
PoliticsApril 26, 2023
Biden giving a speech in North Ireland

US President Joe Biden to run for a second term in 2024

"Let's finish the job," the 80-year-old US president said, announcing he would seek a second term in the White House.
PoliticsApril 25, 2023
Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug.16. 2021.

White House releases Afghan withdrawal review to Congress

US President Joe Biden's administration defended the decision to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan in 2021.
PoliticsApril 6, 2023
Wind turbines at sea

EU and US eye way ahead on green subsidies tiff

EU officials fear that big US green investments could lure tech companies across the Atlantic. Can they find a solution?
PoliticsMarch 9, 2023
A phone showing TikTok with an American flag in the background

US gives federal agencies 30 days to introduce TikTok ban

Canada has also banned the app from government-issued devices, citing risks to privacy and security.
PoliticsFebruary 28, 2023
U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on February 4

Biden says aerial objects 'likely tied to private company'

US President Joe Biden addressed concerns after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down earlier this month.
PoliticsFebruary 16, 2023
White House National Security Council John Kirby answers questions during a press briefing

US probing if flying objects had a 'surveillance aspect'

The White House justified its shooting down of a balloon, saying it posed a risk ot civilian air travel.
PoliticsFebruary 13, 2023
A formation of US Air Force F-35 fighter jets at Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, Alaska

US shoots down unknown object over Alaska, White House says

The US military has shot down the high-altitude object over Alaska.
PoliticsFebruary 10, 2023
Jeff Zients standing behind Joe Biden while wearing a mask

Joe Biden to select Jeff Zients as next chief of staff

Jeff Zients will be replacing Ron Klain. His appointment comes at a time when the White House is mired in a controversy.
PoliticsJanuary 23, 2023
US President Joe Biden speaks by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his Delaware home

White House says classified files found in Biden's home

The admission follows the discovery of classified docs in US President Joe Biden's former think tank office.
PoliticsJanuary 12, 2023
US-Repräsentantenhaus Sprecher-Wahlen Kevin McCarthy

Biden 'surprised' government records found at think tank

US President Joe Biden said he was surprised to hear that classified documents were found at his former office space.
PoliticsJanuary 11, 2023
President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House

Biden condemns antisemitism at White House Hanukkah event

US President Joe Biden said he will not remain silent, as long as antisemitism in the US has been on the rise
PoliticsDecember 20, 2022
A protester at the World Bank headquarters in Washington carries a banner that reads, "World leaders: Drop climate denier Malpass from the World Bank!"

World Bank chief rejects calls to quit over climate remark

Environmentalists had slammed him after he refused to say if he accepted the scientific consensus on climate change.
PoliticsSeptember 24, 2022
Police vehicles and a police officer outside Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, August 8, 2022.

US judge orders redacted release of Trump search affidavit

The Justice Department has ordered to release a court document connected to the search of Trump's property.
CrimeAugust 26, 2022
US President Joe Biden wearing a face mask

Biden tests positive for COVID

The White House has said the president was experiencing "very mild symptoms" and was taking antiviral drug Paxlovid.
PoliticsJuly 21, 2022
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol

Testimony: Donald Trump wanted to join Capitol rioters

The former US president allegedly tried to grab the steering wheel in a Secret Service limo to go the Capitol.
PoliticsJune 28, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre smiles during a press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House

Biden names first Black press secretary of White House

Karine Jean-Pierre will be the first Black and the first openly gay person to become White House press secretary.
PoliticsMay 6, 2022
Smoke rises after shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine

Scholz demands cease-fire in call to Putin

Along with French President Emmanuel Macron, Scholz "demanded an immediate cease-fire from Russia."
ConflictsMarch 10, 2022
Trump aides carry boxes to Marine One across the White House lawn prior to his departure on his final day in office.

Trump took classified documents to Florida

The US National Archives said Donald Trump took classified information to Florida as he left the White House.
PoliticsFebruary 19, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the White House

US vows to stop Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine

President Joe Biden has said there is no chance of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project going ahead if Russia invades.
PoliticsFebruary 7, 2022
Olaf Scholz in front of the White House

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet President Joe Biden

Olaf Scholz is set to meet the US president for the first time since becoming chancellor.
PoliticsJanuary 27, 2022
Joe Biden stands at the podium while looking down

Biden's first year weighed down by disappointment

From record vote winner to unpopular president, DW reflects on Biden's tricky first year.
PoliticsJanuary 20, 2022
A black and white cat holding onto the podium in the White House press room.

First Pets: Famous presidential companions

Joe Biden is getting a new German shepherd. Over the years, the White House has been home to many different pets.
LifestyleDecember 21, 20218 images
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

White House taps Jerome Powell for second term as Fed chair

A Republican, Powell was first elevated to his post by President Donald Trump.
PoliticsNovember 22, 2021
USA I Kuba Proteste in Florida

Cuba: Authorities thwart protests, arrest dissidents

The Cuban government has accused the US of endorsing the unrest in an attempt to destabilize the island.
Human RightsNovember 16, 2021
President Joe Biden signs the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" during an event on the South Lawn of the White House Monday

Biden signs $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law

US President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law in a rare bipartisan White House ceremony.
PoliticsNovember 15, 2021
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen exits the West Wing of the White House after meeting with US President Joe Biden

EU and US accuse Belarus of 'hybrid attack'

"It is important that Lukashenko understands that [this] behavior comes with a price," the EU executive body chief said.
PoliticsNovember 10, 2021
A Trump supporter with a confederate flag inside the US Capitol on January 6 during the insurrection

Trump sues to keep January 6 records secret

Ex-US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit to keep records leading up to the insurrection secret.
PoliticsOctober 19, 2021
John Hinckley Jr. (L) escorted by police in Washington, DC, following his arrest after shooting and seriously wounding then US president Ronald Reagan

US man who shot Reagan wins 'unconditional release'

John Hinckley tried to kill the US president in 1981, bizarrely to win the affection of actor Jodie Foster.
CrimeSeptember 27, 2021
US President Joe Biden received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in January before he was sworn in as 46th president

Joe Biden receives COVID vaccine booster shot

Only BioNTech-Pfizer has been approved as a booster shot by US regulators.
HealthSeptember 27, 2021
Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office

Ukraine presses US on NATO membership

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Joe Biden and he reiterated Kyiv's NATO aspirations.
PoliticsSeptember 2, 2021
US President Joe Biden

Biden's democracy summit set for December

The White House announced plans to hold a virtual summit for democracy in December.
Rule of LawAugust 11, 2021
Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks at a rally in the US

Biden welcomes Belarus opposition leader to White House

Democracy and human rights were the focus of talks between the US president and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
PoliticsJuly 28, 2021
A normally busy shopping area in Sydney is nearly empty of people earlier this month

Coronavirus: Sydney extends COVID lockdown

A spike in COVID cases means Australia's largest city will stay in lockdown until August 28. Follow DW for the latest.
HealthJuly 28, 2021
President Joe Biden meets Ashraf Ghani in the Oval Office

Biden, Ghani meet amid Afghanistan troop withdrawal

President Biden has pledged a "sustained" US-Afghanistan relationship, despite the pullout from the war-torn country.
PoliticsJune 26, 2021
Angela Merkel and Joe Biden

Angela Merkel will visit Joe Biden in US on July 15

The outgoing German chancellor will travel to Washington for talks with the US president on COVID and climate change.
PoliticsJune 11, 2021