The President and First Lady are eating well this week. Tonight’s state dinner to honor Japan’s visiting Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife will feature house-cured salmon, dry-aged Maryland beef, and a salted-caramel pistachio cake prepared by the White House’s chefs. After the lavish three-course meal, plated on George W. Bush and Lyndon B. Johnson china, 230 well-dressed guests at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue can stick around for an intimate concert from famed American singer-songwriter...
Kirby said the reports about U.S. foreknowledge are "nonsense." The post White House Dismisses Claims Iran Warned U.S. Before Israel Attack first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem has imposed travel restrictions on diplomats living in Israel as officials fear an Iranian attack could be coming. An Iranian attack would be in retaliation for an April 1 strike on a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus. The White House on Friday wouldn't go as far as to say that an attack was 'imminent,' instead calling the threat 'viable'
Spokesman John Kirby said U.S. support for Israel was 'not gonna waver'. President Biden had a 'frank' phone call with Israeli Prime Minster Netanyahu. Israel is expecting more military strikes from Iran in response to Damascus strike. READ MORE:
After Iran's strikes on Israel, Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure to pass a foreign aid deal to support the embattled country. Senators passed a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific in February. The deal also includes billions for Ukraine, which many in the GOP don't support. Johnson is also facing the threat of removal from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene if he moves forward with the Senate's bill
Israel has been on heightened alert since an airstrike last week killed two Iranian generals in Syria.
Former President Bill Clinton, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, actor Robert De Niro, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are among the distinguished guests arriving at the White House Wednesday evening for an official state dinner with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The glitzy, black-tie dinner is among the highest diplomatic tools a White House can employ to honor a top ally, with the meticulously planned event aimed at intertwining and highlighting American and...
By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, actor Robert De Niro, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are among the distinguished guests arriving at the White House Wednesday evening for an official state dinner with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The glitzy, black-tie dinner is among the
NEW DELHI (AP) — Nearly 970 million people — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in India's general elections that start Friday and last to June 1. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4. []
Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Charles Brown was 22 when he died at Pearl Harbor.
After Iran's attack on Israel was stopped with major help from the U.S. and other allies, Netanyahu has to heed them going forward.
The top U.S. general in Europe told Congress on Wednesday that Ukraine will run out of artillery shells and air defense interceptors "in fairly short order" without U.S. support, leaving them vulnerable to a partial or total defeat. In a sign of how scarce some weapons were, General Christopher Cavoli,