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The Biden administration orders the release of thousands of documents on the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy for the first time. With 13,173 files now published online, more than 97% of records are now publicly available, according to the White House.
2022-12-15

U.S. President Joe Biden declares in a speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power". In response to reports that the statement constitutes a call for regime change, the White House later releases a statement saying that Biden's "point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change". In response to Biden's statement, the Kremlin states that this is a choice of the Russian people.
2022-03-26

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) releases a statement that a screening facility for White House mail intercepted a package containing ricin poison that was addressed to Donald Trump earlier this week. The FBI and the Secret Service are investigating where the package came from and whether others have been sent through the postal service.
2020-09-19

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a meeting at the White House with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to discuss the new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declines to attend.
2020-07-8

Madeleine Westerhout is forced to resign as Director of Oval Office Operations at the White House after leaking private information about the Trump family and White House operations to reporters at a private dinner. Westerhout had allegedly bragged about her personal access to U.S. President Donald Trump.
2019-08-30

On the last day of the 115th United States Congress, Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and others meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss implementing a new budget agreement that may include funding for a new Mexico–United States barrier that could end the current federal government shutdown.
2019-01-2

President Donald Trump revokes the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan, and the White House announces clearance reviews for other current and former national security officials.
2018-08-15

The White House reaches an agreement with congressional Republicans on a "fiscal cliff" deal.
2012-12-31

Barack Obama, the President of the United States, presents 16 people with the National Medal of Arts at the White House including actor Al Pacino, country music singer Mel Tillis and former United States Poet Laureate Rita Dove.
2012-02-13

The White House issues a statement of condemnation "in the strongest terms [of] the unauthorised disclosure of classified documents and sensitive national security information".
2010-11-28