Tourists are seen near the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, July 26, 2021. (File/Xinhua) WASHINGTON, United States -- The White House will keep its mask mandate in place on its grounds even as the indoor masking rule for most public spaces in Washington, D.C. was lifted starting...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a stopgap bill passed earlier by Congress ahead of a midnight deadline to avoid forcing the US government to shut down due to lack of funding. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are struggling to...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Border Patrol halted using horses in migrant operations around Del Rio, Texas, the White House said Thursday, after embarrassing photographs suggested mistreatment of Haitian border-crossers. A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback uses his reins as he...
The United States on Friday (Thursday night in Washington, D.C.) announced that it will provide an additional $11.3 million (approximately P562 million) in additional COVID-19 assistance to the Philippines. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan gave this assurance to visiting Philippine officials...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The White House said on Thursday that the US government has not yet made a final decision on whether to require international travelers to be fully vaccinated. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C.,...
The United States has already donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to over 60 countries, including the Philippines, cementing its promise to make the US as the “vaccine arsenal” of the world. The White House In a statement on Wednesday (Tuesday in Washington,...
The United States government has conveyed its “deep condolences” to the Philippines following the crash of a C130H plane that killed 50 people, mostly army soldiers, and injured several dozens of others in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4, 2021. Office of the President of the United States (via...
The Philippines will be among the priority recipient countries to receive a portion of the latest 55 million tranche of United States government-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses to be distributed globally, the White House announced Tuesday (Monday night in Washington, D.C.). The White House (via the...
The United States government has included the Philippines among the countries to receive the first batch of coronavirus vaccines as earlier promised by US President Joe Biden, Philippine Ambassador to Washington, D.C. Jose Manuel Romualdez said Friday. (via www.whitehouse.gov) In an interview over...
Several leaders of various Filipino-American groups thanked United States President Joe Biden for the recent delivery of more than 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines through the COVAX facility. Filipino-American community leaders gather outside the White House in...
The White House announced on Monday that it would take action against health care providers who discriminate against gay and transgender people. "The Supreme Court has made clear that people have a right not to be discriminated against on the basis of sex and receive equal treatment under the law,...
Closed to the public and ringed by metal fencing for nearly a year, the park in front of the White House reopened Monday in the latest sign Washington was returning to normal after the tense Trump years. Tourists and Washingtonians visit Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington, DC, on...
