White House

Latest Stories

Sean Smith

Families want to know what happened in Benghazi

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Conservative lawmakers and interest groups have said House Speaker John A. Boehner's offer of $800 billion in tax increases abandoned core Republican principles and earned no credit from a White House that has insisted on even bigger tax hikes. (Associated Press)

Boehner’s ‘fiscal cliff’ plan is criticized by both sides

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, before boarding the Marine One helicopter en route to Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Maryland and then on to Hatfield, Pa., to speak at the Rodon Group manufacturing facility. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: GOP budget offer doesn’t go far enough

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat (Associated Press)

Obama’s FOIA lag draws fire from left and right

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Letterman, Hoffman, Zeppelin honored by Obama

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Dec. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

White House calls on GOP to make a counteroffer in debt talks

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republlican, talks to reporters after private discussions with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner on the "fiscal cliff" negotiations at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats shrug off Republicans’ ‘fiscal cliff’ counter

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees, from left, John Paul Jones, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page, Natalia Makarova, Robert Plant, Dustin Hoffman, and David Letterman pose for a group photo after the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Obama ribs Letterman, Hoffman before Kennedy Center Honors

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Letterman, Hoffman, Zeppelin honored by Obama

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, says the public broadcast of negotiations on the “fiscal cliff” could hold lawmakers responsible for their promises and give Americans a firsthand view of public versus private rhetoric. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Republicans urged to call Democrats’ bluff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration by William Brown

MITCHELL: Obama making up drone rules as he goes

By Allyson Mitchell

The National Archives’ release of more than 850 pages of once-secret documents from the 1970s Watergate political scandal reveal behind-the-scenes deliberations involving Judge John J. Sirica (above), federal prosecutors and defense attorneys. (Associated Press)

Watergate files tell of judge who aided case

By Stephen Braun and Richard Lardner - Associated Press

**FILE** With fellow Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota (left) and others looking on, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky outlines Republicans' stance on negotiations with the president and Hill Democrats on the "fiscal cliff" on Nov. 27, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama’s ‘fiscal cliff’ gambit called more of same

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about the Thanksgiving holiday in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The White House said Tuesday, Nov. 27, that the president plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama plans campaign-style trip to push higher taxes

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the White House, President Obama and Mitt Romney meet in the Oval Office before their private lunch on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.

Romney, Obama discuss ‘leadership’ over lunch

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks about the looming financial crisis to reporters at the House Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Lot of movement, no progress on ‘fiscal cliff’: Tax increases vs. spending cuts

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, sees chances for avoiding going over the “fiscal cliff” at less than 1 in 3. President Obama is sending aides to Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with legislative leaders. (Associated Press)

Are parties hurtling toward ‘fiscal cliff’?

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Susan E. Rice, U.N. ambassador, has been meeting with Republicans after the uproar about the handling of the Benghazi attack. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Obama ‘proud’ of Rice, GOP still skeptical

By Guy Taylor and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, about how Americans would see their taxes go up if Congress fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts. The president said he believes that members of both parties can reach a framework on a debt-cutting deal before Christmas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama seeks public’s leverage in ‘fiscal cliff’ fight

By Dave Boyer and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama (right) and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exchange views during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama, Romney to meet for lunch at White House

By Susan Crabtree and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times