When Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner shared their decision to pick up and move their family to Washington from New York four years ago, multiple sources who know the couple said the idea was the White House years would allow easy entree to their ambitious next steps: Kushner would become a powerful player in global politics and Trump would become a shoo-in to a higher office of her own.
15 hours of chaos that led to Trump’s impeachment
As Congress convened to begin the certification process for President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of Trump supporters gathered near the White House to hear the president speak. Watch the events that led to the insurrection of the US Capitol.
Melania Trump mourns lost lives but doesn’t blame the President for Capitol riot
First lady Melania Trump has broken her silence on the Capitol insurrection incited by her husband in a letter posted on the White House website early Monday morning in which she lashes out at her critics and then condemns the violence.
How Biden defied history at every turn to win
President-elect Joe Biden proved a lot of detractors wrong by winning the 2020 presidential election. It wasn’t easy for Biden, as he took an unusual path to the White House.
White House security official struggling with Covid
The White House security director was offered support Tuesday by White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, after a severe bout with Covid-19 left him hospitalized for three months.
Here’s who Joe Biden has selected for his Cabinet
President-elect Joe Biden is building out his Cabinet as he prepares for his time in the White House.
White House has held multiple pardon meetings since the election
With a rush of pardons expected before President Donald Trump leaves office, the White House has been holding multiple pardon meetings since the election, involving the White House counsel’s office and other staff, two senior administration officials told CNN.
Dr. Scott Atlas resigns from Trump administration
Dr. Scott Atlas, a highly controversial member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, has resigned from his post in the Trump administration.
Pardon for Flynn under discussion at the White House
The White House has discussed a possible pardon for Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, three sources told CNN on Tuesday.
Trump finally gives Biden access to President’s Daily Brief
Three weeks after the election, the White House has given formal approval for President-elect Joe Biden to receive the President’s Daily Brief, a White House official told CNN Tuesday.
Surgeon General Adams: All Americans, even at the White House, should avoid large holiday gatherings
US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams warned Monday that all Americans — even at the White House — should follow US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and avoid gatherings during what he called a “dire point” in the pandemic.
Scranton, Pennsylvania, honors famous ‘scrappy kid’ turned President-elect
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to move into the White House, his hometown honored him Friday just steps from his childhood home.
Gun sales expected to soar after Biden’s win
Joe Biden’s projected White House win could boost gun sales in what has already been a landmark year for gun makers.
Markets have had their election party. Is there a hangover coming?
Like presidential elections, markets can be full of surprises. Despite protracted uncertainty surrounding the race for the White House and rising coronavirus cases in the United States and elsewhere, stocks ended the week higher.
Melania Trump to make first campaign appearance in months
First lady Melania Trump will join President Donald Trump at his Erie, Pennsylvania, rally on Tuesday evening, according to a White House official. It will be the first lady’s first in-person appearance at a campaign event, outside of August’s Republican National Convention speech at the White House, in more than a year, when she joined the President last June at the official reelection kick-off rally in Florida.
Melania Trump renews focus on ex-friend with essay railing against ‘pettiness’
First lady Melania Trump penned an essay on the White House website on Friday that railed against what she described as the “pettiness” of the media and ex-friend and former adviser Stephanie Winston Wolkoff.
Biden crosses 270 threshold in CNN’s Electoral College outlook for first time
Joe Biden is surging in the battle for the White House with less than four weeks to go until Election Day.
Local officials say nine Pennsylvania ballots were discarded due to an error, undercutting Trump claims of intentional fraud
Local officials in Pennsylvania on Friday provided more information about nine potentially mishandled ballots in Luzerne County, which the White House repeatedly cited to attack mail-in voting and question the integrity of November’s election.
Why Florida is a battleground state like no other
Battleground states are critical to winning the White House and Florida is a battleground state like no other. CNN’s Harry Enten explains what makes the Sunshine State so unique and what that means for the 2020 election.
Esper and Milley appear to adopt different strategies to deal with Trump as election approaches
The Pentagon’s two most senior figures were so angry about President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on senior military leadership earlier this month that they got on the phone with the White House chief of staff to express their dismay, according to several defense officials.
East Wing grapples with a familiar West Wing problem: the tell-all book
On Thursday afternoon, Melania Trump entered the East Room of the White House for a roundtable discussion about drug addiction recovery. Dressed in a prim polka-dot dress, she made opening remarks and then listened as former addicts told personal stories. She was as she often is in public, calm, and for the most part expressionless.
Trump to travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday
President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to meet with law enforcement and to survey some of the damage from the recent protests, the White House announced Saturday evening.
Kushner heads to Middle East looking to deliver peace deal ahead of election
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is traveling to the Middle East this weekend to try to convince multiple Arab leaders to attend a splashy signing ceremony at the White House for the recent normalization deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
Hits and misses from Night 1 of the RNC
The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday night, with most of the action coming from an auditorium near the White House.
Here’s why Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his VP
Joe Biden thinks he is going to win the White House in 84 days’ time.
Esper appears to backtrack on Beirut blast cause
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is downplaying any differences he had with the White House’s assessment as to what caused the deadly explosion in Beirut after his speculation that the blast was likely the result of an accident drew push back from the White House.
White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used room
The official portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were removed from the Grand Foyer of the White House within the last week, aides told CNN, and replaced by those of two Republican presidents who served more than a century ago.
Elizabeth Warren as Treasury secretary would be a ‘mistake,’ Barney Frank says
Joe Biden should not pick Elizabeth Warren to be his Treasury secretary if he wins the White House, former Democratic Congressman Barney Frank told CNN Business.
How Dr. Deborah Birx’s political skills made her the most powerful person on the coronavirus task force
As the relationship between Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Donald Trump publicly disintegrated over the past few months, Dr. Deborah Birx, Fauci’s former mentee, solidified her standing inside the White House, to the point that sources familiar with the situation say she has essentially taken charge of running the task force day to day.
White House hosts a party in the midst of a pandemic
The White House was always one of the busiest social hubs in Washington, accustomed to hosting at least three to five events per day, ranging from meetings with dignitaries and VIPs to smaller luncheons or private dinners. That is, until Covid-19.