The Pigeon Express
Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in a United States court on Monday in an attempt to block the US Congress from obtaining White House records on the deadly January 6 Capitol insurrection. Trump is challenging a decision by President Joe Biden and the US National Archives to turn over his presidential records to […]
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have announced the death of their German Shepherd Champ, who had been with them for 13 years. “Our family lost our loving companion Champ today. I will miss him,” President Biden wrote on Twitter. Champ was one of two German Shepherds living at the White House […]
US lawmakers introduced five bills aimed at limiting the power held by Big Tech companies. The bills were drafted after a 16-month investigation into the powers of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook. They address topics including data, mergers, and the competitive behaviour of these companies – which could ultimately lead to them being forced to […]
The White House press charter plane scheduled to leave Washington on Tuesday evening ahead of Joe Biden’s first trip abroad as president was delayed by cicadas, the noisy insects that have emerged after their nearly two decades of slumber. The chartered plane was scheduled to depart around 9:00pm ET but a new plane had to […]
The White House has partnered with popular online dating platforms such as Match, Tinder and Bumble to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated against the virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone. With restrictions loosening across the country as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths decline, people are increasingly […]
US President Joe Biden has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to de-escalate tensions in the Gaza conflict “on the path” to a ceasefire. “The two leaders had a detailed discussion on the state of events in Gaza, Israel’s progress in degrading the capabilities of Hamas and other terrorist elements, and ongoing diplomatic efforts by […]
Damon Weaver, who interviewed President Barack Obama in 2009, has died at the age of 23, according to a medical examiner. At age 11, Weaver was selected to meet and interview President Obama at the White House to ask questions primarily about education. Weaver died on May 1, according to the Palm Beach County, Florida, medical […]
Joe Bidens’ dog Major has been involved in a second biting incident, just days after returning from training in Delaware for a biting incident at the White House earlier this month. First Lady Jill Biden said that “out of an abundance of caution” the individual who was bitten was seen by the White House medical […]
President Joe Biden said his rescue dog, a German Shepherd named Major, is being trained after an incident last week but has not been banished from the White House, adding the pet is still adjusting to life there surrounded by strangers. “Major did not bite someone and penetrate the skin,” Biden told the ABC program […]
The dogs of the US First Couple were removed from the White House after the younger dog, Major, reportedly bit a security agent. According to US media, the pets have been sent back to the Biden family home in Wilmington, Delaware. It follows Major’s aggressive behaviour towards White House staff. The Bidens adopted three-year-old Major […]
Donald Trump has said he will leave the White House if Joe Biden is formally confirmed as the next US president by the electoral college. The president has refused to accept defeat in the 3 November vote, and told reporters on Thursday it would be “hard” to concede. He also once again repeated unsubstantiated claims […]
United States will reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January, before Joe Biden takes over. The Pentagon also outlined a modest withdrawal of US forces days after Trump fired former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who had insisted on the need to maintain troop levels in Afghanistan to […]