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White House releases Benghazi attack emails

The White House on Wednesday released 100 pages of emails detailing discussion inside the administration over last year’s deadly attacks on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

Bordoff hopes that a multi-disciplinary approach to energy policy will make change easier.

Energy policy takes the podium at Columbia

Jason Bordoff hopes that multi-disciplinary action will make real strides in energy policy.

Everett Dutschke works on his mini-van in his driveway in Tupelo Mississippi on April 26, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Wells

FBI says lab tests link Mississippi man to poisoned letters

Dutschke is expected to appear in U.S. district court in Oxford, Mississippi, for a detention hearing on Thursday.

President Barack Obama: "I inhaled frequently. That was the point."

The best lines from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner

Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the annual event where journalists and celebrities mix with the Washington elite, was [...]

FBI charges Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis in ricin letter case

Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man who was arrested a day earlier in the FBI’s investigation of letters believed to have contained the deadly poison ricin.

‘Suspicious substance’ found in letter sent to President Obama at White House

A “suspicious substance” has been found inside a letter addresses to President Obama at the White House Wednesday, according to CNN. Officials said it is similar to the one sent Tuesday to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker.

A man in a bomb-disposal suit investigates the site of an explosion which went off on Boylston Street during the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts.
Credit: Reuters

White House: Boston Marathon explosions to be handled as ‘act of terror’

The White House does not yet know who planned and carried out explosions at the Boston marathon but is handling the incident as “an act of terror,” a White House official said on Monday.

U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Obama to meet with Putin in Russia in September: White House

President Barack Obama will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September when he travels to Russia for the G20 summit.

U.S. singer Beyonce (L) and her husband rapper Jay-Z walk as they leave their hotel in Havana in this April 4, 2013 file photo.
Credit: Reuters

‘I guess nothing rhymes with Treasury’: White House denies involvement in Jay-Z Cuba trip

U.S. President Barack Obama’s spokesman on Thursday denied any White House role in allowing a visit to Cuba by rapper Jay-Z and pop star Beyonce last week

Sam Kass (C), Assistant White House Chef and Executive Director of first lady Michelle Obama's health program 'Let's Move!,' hosts a question-and-answer session with (L-R) Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy players Todd Dunivant, Mike Magee and Landon Donovan and National Hockey League Stanley Cup winning Los Angeles Kings Dustin Brown, Rob Scuderi and Jonathan Quick in the State Dining Room of the White House March 26, 2013 in Washington, DC. The White House says the children participating in the clinic come from soccer and hockey programs in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus, Ohio, Detroit and Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Philly’s young hockey players visit White House

Five young Philadelphia hockey players visited the White House Tuesday as part the First Lady’s program to encourage young people to get more exercise.