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News Articles: The White House

The East Colonnade, previously lined with static photo collages, now features digital displays under each archway, highlighting American history and key moments in the White House and presidency, as seen on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

I went on the new White House tour. This is what you can now see

About 10,000 people a week come to visit the White House. But until recently, they got a public tour that hadn’t changed in decades.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse
President Biden waves as he arrives at the White House on March 9, 2023.

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  • Technology

President Biden would ban TikTok. But candidate Biden is using it for his campaign

The White House supports a bipartisan bill that would ban TikTok unless its Chinese parent company sells it. It's a popular app with young voters, who the Biden campaign is working to woo.

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Biden's dog Commander sits on the Truman Balcony at the White House on Sept. 30, 2023. The German shepherd is not staying at the White House at the moment after a series of biting incidents.

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  • Politics

Biden's dog Commander has left the White House

The Bidens are trying to "work through solutions," a spokesperson said, after Commander bit a series of Secret Service agents. In the meantime, the German shepherd is staying somewhere else.

October 05, 2023
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend.

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  • Politics

The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown

Jeff Zients has been getting the White House prepared for the first government shutdown of the Biden administration. Here's what the chief of staff told NPR about it.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
President Biden's dog Commander takes a walk outside the West Wing on April 29, 2023.

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  • Politics

Commander bites again: Biden's dog has nipped another Secret Service officer

President Biden's dog bit several Secret Service agents a total of 10 times between October 2022 and January 2023. On Monday, he bit another officer at the White House.

September 27, 2023
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  • Tamara Keith
Marvin Jones (left) and Rose Washington-Jones (center), from Tulsa, Okla., took part in the AI red-teaming challenge at Def Con earlier this month with Black Tech Street.

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  • Technology

AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that

The White House is concerned that AI can perpetuate discrimination. So they helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas to help figure out some of the flaws.

August 28, 2023
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Biden's dog Commander looks out from the balcony during the 2022 Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony. Secret Service records show the dog has bitten a number of agents, raising concerns.

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  • Politics

Biden's dog, Commander, has been biting Secret Service agents

The conservative group Judicial Watch obtained Secret Service emails complaining about Commander being aggressive. One bite sent an agent to the hospital.

July 25, 2023
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
The main course of the dinner includes a stuffed portobello mushroom and creamy saffron-infused risotto. A fish entree is available to order upon request.

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  • Politics

For Modi's state dinner, the White House is elevating the mushroom

For the first time in recent history, the White House is hosting a state dinner that's entirely vegetarian. Plant-based chef Nina Curtis came in to help curate the menu.

June 22, 2023
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Prescription drug coverage is just one part of Medicare, the federal government's health insurance program for people age 65 and over.

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  • Health

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again

As the White House and Republicans in Congress gear up for negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling, how to pay for senior health care could be a sticking point, even if cuts are "off the table."

March 14, 2023
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  • Michel Martin,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 1 more
The State Dining Room of the White House is decorated for the holiday season with stockings for family members of President Biden and first lady Jill Biden.

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  • Politics

White House unveils its holiday decor, including 77 trees and a 'We the People' theme

The White House says more than 150 volunteers decorated the building for a week to put together this year's holiday decorations. First lady Jill Biden selected a theme of "We the People."

November 28, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Biden and Vice President Harris will participate in a White House event addressing hate-based violence on Thursday.

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  • Politics

The White House is hosting a summit to combat hate-based violence

The "United We Stand" summit will bring together experts on hate-based violence and honor communities that have survived attacks. President Biden and Vice President Harris will give remarks.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out last month in Youngstown, Ohio. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced Monday.

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  • Health

How to get insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests, according to the White House

The Biden administration says Americans should be able to order COVID-19 tests online later this month. Those who are eligible can get eight free over-the-counter at-home tests a month.

January 10, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin

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