WASHINGTON, May 5, 2024 (AFP) – A driver died after crashing a car into the exterior gate of the White House late Saturday, the US Secret Service said. “Shortly before 10:30pm a vehicle traveling at a high speed collided with an outer perimeter gate on the White House complex,” the service said in a statement on social media platform X, adding there was “no threat” to the White House itself. Officers arriving at the scene […]
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Sticky-fingered journalists on Air Force One put on notice
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2024 (AFP) – Normally they’re the ones grilling Washington power players. But the tables have been turned on the White House press corps. A news report made waves Friday in the US capital with its humorous — but detailed — investigation into rampant theft from the press section of Air Force One, the president’s official plane. “For years, scores of journalists — and others — have quietly stuffed everything from engraved whiskey […]
Life lessons from Trump as he hosts college football champions at White House
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump hosted the Clemson Tigers college football team at the White House on Monday (June 12) to celebrate the team’s national championship victory earlier this year. The president offered congratulations and spoke about what it takes to win. “You never ever gave up, you can never give up in life,” Trump said. Clemson won the championship in January, defeating Alabama 35-31 after a touchdown was scored […]
Melania Trump and son Barron officially move into White house
(Reuters) – United States First Lady Melania Trump and her son Barron Trump will now officially call the White House ‘home.’ They arrived with President Donald Trump in Washington on Sunday (June 11), in what the media said was their official moving day at the presidential residence. Melania Trump and Barron remained in New York after Trump’s inauguration in order to allow Barron to finish out the school year. Ahead of their arrival on Sunday, […]
