White House defends political briefings
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The White House said Tuesday that there was nothing improper about Bush administration political advisers briefing top diplomats about key congressional and gubernatorial races and President Bush's re-election goals.
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US Treasury Secretary John Snow defends the White House's budget plans and tax cuts to a key congressional committee.
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purred by a New York Times report, the presidential campaigns Sunday renewed their debate over the Bush administration&#39;s use of intelligence in the build-up to the Iraq war, with allies of Senator
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The statement by the White House made clear that the president is ready for a showdown early next year with Democratic senators.
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White House aides are defending President Bush against new allegations relating to his military service during the Vietnam War, which he served in the United States.
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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 White House on Thursday accused Democrat John Kerry and his surrogates of instigating a new attack on President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service because Kerry is dropping in opinion polls.
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The president's pitch for more time &#151; which has aggravated Democrats as well as many rank-and-file Republicans &#151; was scheduled for a televised address at 9 p.m. EDT Thursday. Aides chose the Oval Office, the White House's most formal, presidential setting, for the 18-minute speech.
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WASHINGTON - The White House has pounced on the disclosure that a CBS producer put the source of discredited documents about President George W. Bush&#39;s national guard service in touch with a senior adviser to Senator John Kerry.
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Prime minister defends government's preparations.
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The Bush administration on Wednesday called "pernicious and troubling" a New York Times article on the White House's role in the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes.
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The White House said today it would not comply with congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony relating to the firings of federal prosecutors last year, setting up a potential constitutional confrontation over its claim of executive privilege.
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The White House challenges a report for Congress saying Iraq has met few targets used to measure progress.
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The White House on Thursday defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against Republican criticism that her desire to fly in an Air Force transport plane is an extravagance
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COLMAR, Pa.  - The White House on Thursday accused  Democrat John Kerry and his surrogates of instigating a new  attack on President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service  because Kerry is dropping in opinion polls.
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The White House can argue all it wants that it properly scrutinized Bernard Kerik before President Bush nominated him for homeland-security secretary, but the facts demonstrate that those arguments are hollow.
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The White House on Thursday asserted "executive privilege" on documents and testimony requested by the Senate and House Judiciary Committees in subpoenas over the firings of several U.S. prosecutors.