White House Rebuffs Congress in Firings Inquiry
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The White House said today that it was invoking executive privilege to reject subpoenas for documents.
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The Bush administration wants a federal court and congressional committees not to pursue investigations into the destruction of videotapes showing CIA interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects.
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The Bush administration on Thursday rejected a call from labor, textile and steel groups for an investigation into the value of China&#39;s currency that could lead
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The White House tried to distance President Bush from any political backlash from the page sex scandal Thursday, saying House Republicans were dealing with the matter and do not need to be told what to do.
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The White House denied that the government panel was aimed primarily at China.
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The resolution cites Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel, and Joshua B. Bolten, the presidentâs chief of staff, for refusing to testify about the firing of federal officials.
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The White House chief of staff faced possible contempt charges after a congressional panel on Thursday ruled as invalid President George W. Bush's bid to limit the probe of the firing of federal prosecutors.
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A former White House aide apologized on Wednesday for calling one of nine fired federal prosecutors "lazy," but refused to answer a host of questions at an investigative congressional hearing on the dismissals.
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The White House went on the offensive yesterday against a new book that reports President Bush resisted demands to boost U.S. troop numbers in Iraq and misled Americans about the level of violence there.
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House cites former White House aides for their refusal to cooperate in U.S. attorney firings probe.
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Back from its Fourth of July recess, Congress returns to two contentious topics that dominated the news from Capitol Hill for the first half of the year: the White House's strategy regarding Iraq and last year's Justice Department firing of nine U.S. attorneys.
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The White House defended Vice President Cheney yesterday in a dispute over his office's refusal to comply with an executive order regulating the handling of classified information as Democrats and other critics assailed him for disregarding rules that others follow.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush won't allow the prosecution of his aides if they are cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the firing of eight US attorneys, the White House said.
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The White House has refused to give Congress documents about the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman, with White House counsel Fred F. Fielding saying that certain papers relating to discussion of the friendly-fire shooting "implicate Executive Branch confidentiality interests."
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The White House asserted executive privilege in refusing to comply with Congressional subpoenas related to the dismissal of federal prosecutors.
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Former White House aide Sara M. Taylor will refuse to testify today about matters President Bush has deemed shielded by executive privilege, but she will offer to respond to other questions from senators that do not breach White House confidentiality, her attorney said yesterday.
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At issue is whether the White House has the power to keep an alleged victim from seeking redress in US courts.