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Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney Visit White House
Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, lobbyists and influential donors have been among the first to visit the White House, according to a report issued late last week.

White House Health Care Overhaul Facing More Hurdles in Congress
An ambitious plan to fix the nation’s health care crisis is meeting with predictable results, as concerns over funding are at the top of everyone’s list of questions.

History of the White House
The White House, Washington D.C. is the place of governance and the administration of United States of America. To find out more about this beautiful building and the history behind the White House, read on...

Mitt Romney is Getting His Political Groove on for 2012
Mitt Romney claims to be laying low at present, but political pundits know better and can easily see the 62-year-old making another bid for the White House in 2012.

Facts about the White House
The White House is recognized the world over as the official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America. Here are some interesting White House facts.

Spinning Dixie
Moments after he's fired, Press Secretary Jonah Eastman gets a visit from a mysterious courier outside the White House gates.

White House Urges Newsweek Editors To Apologize On Arab TV
Newsweek has apologized on U.S. television for the faulty story it printed about U.S. personnel desecrating the Quran, but the White House says that apology should be made directly to Muslims on Arab television.

How the White House Chooses Us Envoys
Ambassadors are either career diplomats or political appointees, though infighting can stall approval process

White House 'behind' Us Volte-face on Ceasefire Call
Intense Israeli pressure on White House led to the surprise US abstention in UN ceasefire resolution, say diplomatic sources

Bushes to Swap White House for Dallas Pad
Single-storey red-brick building is in same neighborhood where family lived before US president entered politics

Revealed: The Leftist Plot to Control the White House
Whoever wins on November 4, a powerful group will regain control of the White House

White House Authorised Waterboarding, Us Newspaper Reports
Washington Post presents compelling evidence that Bush administration approved interrogation tactic

Thousands Line the Streets As Popemania Grips Us
9,000 gather on the White House lawn to greet Benedict XVI as he makes his first visit to the US since his election in 2005

Thousands Gather to Greet Pope at White House
With the country in the grip of Pope-mania, about 9,000 gathered on the White House lawn to hear the pontiff

Candidates Will Vie to Prove Preparedness at Petraeus Hearing
The three remaining senators in the race for the White House will attempt to convince Americans they would make a better commander in chief tomorrow

Candidates Will Vie to Prove Their Military Mettle in Questioning Petraeus
White House hopefuls will attempt to convince Americans they would make a better commander in chief when Petraeus reports to Congress on Iraq

US House Votes to Spend $50bn Fighting Aids and Helping Orphans in Developing Countries
Bill goes further than the White House had asked however Senate opposition will come from both parties

'Sober Moment' for White House As Us Deaths Reach 4,000
Bloody milestone likely to refocus election on exit strategy as Bush looks to order a pause on troop withdrawals

Bloomberg Ends Rumors of White House Bid
New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, denied that he was joining in the race for the White House. With this Bloomberg squashed the two-year long rumors that had been circulating that he would be running for President as an independent candidate.

Democrat Vote Fears As Nader Runs Again
Nader makes fifth bid for White House, renewing fears he will draw crucial Democratic votes

Nader Enters Presidential Race
Ralph Nader has formally announced he is to join the race for the White House, renewing fears that he might again take votes from the Democrats in a tight race

Changing America
Leader: Whichever candidate claims the White House in November, this process is hugely beneficial for America, and for the rest of the world

America's Moment of Truth
Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer's political columnist, spends his time scrutinizing Westminister. But last week he traveled America to watch the presidential hopefuls prepare for this week's crucial Super Tuesday primaries. As Republicans and Democrats battle to produce their candidates for the White House, he asks: will the new dawn promised by Barack Obama survive the brutal politics of the two party machines?

Fred Thompson Retires from White House Race
Having faced a number of poor voting results in early campaigning rounds, former US Senator Fred Thompson has decided to withdraw from the presidential race on Tuesday.

White House Race Claims Two Casualties in a Day
John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani withdraw their candidacies after losses in South Carolina and Florida

Gusto to Embarrassment - the Fall of Giuliani
Former New York mayor to make decision on his White House run

Giuliani Falters in Florida
'Wednesday morning, we'll make a decision,' says candidate on whether he will stay in the race for the White House

Kucinich Abandons White House Bid
Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio congressman who tried to prod his fellow Democrats to take a tougher stand against the Iraq war, dropped out of the race for the White House yesterday.

Thompson Withdraws From Presidential Race
Fred Thompson, the former Law and Order actor who never quite managed to deliver on the anticipation of his run for the White House, withdrew from the race for the Republican nomination today.

Edwards Fails to Win Any Delegates in Nevada
John Edwards faced sharp questions on Saturday about the viability of his run for the White House after the near total collapse of his support in the Nevada caucuses.

Giuliani Rues Tactics As Poll Lead Slumps
New York's former mayor decided to sit out the first Republican primaries and start his run for the White House in Florida, with its 57 delegates to the national convention. But the polls suggest he may have blundered badly ...

Latest Polls Predict Tight Races in Nevada and South Carolina
Voters in the American West and South will get their first chance tomorrow to have a say in the tightest and most chaotic race for the White House in decades from which no clear front runner has yet emerged.

Democrats Neck and Neck As Republicans Split Over Flag
Voters in the American west and south will get their first chance today to have a say in the tightest and most chaotic race for the White House in decades

Jobs to Dominate Michigan for Republicans
The ailing US economy is set to jump to the top of the Republican agenda in the race for the White House as the candidates go head-to-head in the Michigan, the rustbelt state suffering from job losses and increasing poverty.

Speculation Grows Over Bloomberg White House Bid
Aides to billionaire mayor of New York reported to be examining procedure for entering race

Rudolph Giuliani
September 11 turned New York's 'zero tolerance' mayor into a national hero, but will it be enough to take him to the White House, asks Ed Pilkington.

Tancredo Drops Bid for Presidency
Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Congressman who campaigned for the White House on a stridently anti-immigration message, withdrew from the Republican race today, two weeks before the first votes are cast.

Tortuous Path Out of Prison for Guantánamo 3
Secret White House talks began 18 months ago· Campaign forced Britain to reverse refusal to help

US Pours Cold Water on Bali Optimism
· White House wants more from India and China· Future negotiations to achieve cuts made difficult

Caucuses and Primaries Explained
The first test of public opinion in the 2008 White House race is the Iowa caucus on January 3, followed five days later by the New Hampshire primary.

Candidates Hope Primaries Point Way to White House
There are only 22 days left. After a year or more in which candidates have criss-crossed the country to make hundreds of speeches, made embarrassing pleas for funds and been force-fed local delicacies, the 2008 presidential election campaign begins in earnest on January 3.

High Noon in Iowa: One Small State, One Global Decision
The first dramatic stage in the race to the White House takes place in the sparsely populated prairies of the rural Midwest. Paul Harris reports on the struggle to elect the world's most powerful man - or woman

White House Steps in to Tackle Mortgage Crisis
The US government began an urgent effort to ease the fiscal woes of up to 1.2 million cash-strapped homeowners today as new figures showing an unprecedented number of repossessions underlined the severity of America's mortgage crisis.

White House to Reveal Sub-prime Rescue for Struggling Us Homeowners
Deal with lenders will freeze interest rates on 'teaser' loans but critics say the crisis now extends to other borrowers

80,000 Reagan Artefacts Missing From Museum
A government audit of the Ronald Reagan presidential library and museum has failed to account for thousands of items of White House memorabilia.

Hollywood Actor Thompson to Run for President
The likely last of the major Republican candidates to succeed George Bush last night announced his intention to run for the White House.

America is Braced for the General's Verdict
When David Petraeus delivers his report on the 'surge', his assessment will be studied across the world. It won't stop the fighting in Iraq - but it will galvanize the battle for the White House. By Paul Harris and Peter Beaumont.

The Saigon Syndrome
Leader: It is surely a sign of desperation in the White House that President Bush yesterday cited the US withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 as a reason for not withdrawing from Iraq any time soon.

Rove Still on Democrats' Hitlist
Democratic Congressmen warned today they will keep up their campaign to have George Bush's strategy adviser, Karl Rove, brought to book in spite of his announcement that he is to leave the White House at the end of the month.

GOP Advances Primary in Race for White House
The South Carolina Republican party today announced it was moving its presidential primary forward by two weeks, a move likely to trigger an early start to election-year voting.

The Calamity of Disregard
Richard Norton-Taylor: It is now chillingly clear: MI6's pre-Iraq warnings were swept aside by an obsessed White House.

Newly Released Tapes Shed Light on Nixon Era
The voice on the tape is eerie. It is the final stretch of the 1972 elections, and in the White House, Richard Nixon is poring over the news from the campaign trail with his aide, Chuck Colson, and weighing up his prospects for re-election.

White House Close to Guantánamo Decision
Growing embarrassment at senior levels within the Bush administration over Guantánamo Bay is driving an intensifying internal debate on how and when the camp should be closed.

CIA Reveals Decades of Plots, Kidnaps and Wiretaps
693-page dossier covers 1950s to early 70s - Contents caused panic in Ford White House

Nader Considers 2008 Bid for White House
Leftwinger blamed for Gore defeat in 2000 - Consumer champion calls for real choice and debate

White House Pushes Out Head of Armed Forces
The increasing weakness of the Bush administration was exposed again today with the forced retirement of General Peter Pace as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff over the Iraq war.

Military Chief Dismissed By White House
The US government today attempted to wipe the slate clean on the Iraq war and chart a new way forward with the surprise announcement that it was replacing General Peter Pace as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

Actor Fred Thompson Set to Enter White House Race
Politician-turned actor Fred Thompson will test the waters for a presidential bid in the coming weeks.

Washington Veteran Gets Nod for World Bank Post
In an attempt to mend bridges with the international community, the White House today nominated a respected veteran diplomat to replace Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank.

White House Turns to Veteran Diplomat to Head World Bank
Robert Zoellick nominated as Wolfowitz successor - Choice of respected figure an attempt to mend fences

White House Promises to Replace Wolfowitz Quickly
Blair championed as new World Bank president - Anger over exoneration of leader forced to resign

White House Stands By Wolfowitz Despite His 'mistakes'
The Bush administration circled its wagons around Paul Wolfowitz yesterday, saying the World Bank president did not deserve to be sacked for the improper pay rise to his partner, though officials did raise the possibility of a compromise.

White House Staunchly Behind Wolfowitz As Report Finds He Damaged World Bank
President broke rules by arranging pay rise for lover - Bush ally faces board before decision on his fate

A Beginner's Guide to the Us Elections
The fight for the White House is a seemingly endless round of fundraising, photo-ops and arcane electoral procedure. Conor Clarke clears it all up.

Rudolph Giuliani
September 11 turned New York's 'zero tolerance' mayor into a national hero, but will it be enough to take him to the White House, asks Ed Pilkington.

President Muddles His Dates in Welcoming Queen
The president yesterday once again demonstrated his gift for the gaffe, injecting an unintended sense of levity into the White House welcome for the Queen.

Singer's Toilet Paper Musings Leave Rove Untouched
What links a triple-ply, ultra-absorbent square of quilted toilet paper and White House special adviser Karl Rove? The answer, obviously, is singer Sheryl Crow.

Country Diary: The Stang
We sat on the soft, mossy carpet on the precipice of Hope Scar, sun on our backs, wind in our faces, with the Stang forest's regimented ranks of spruces below. Beyond lay fields and white-painted farmhouses and, in the hazy distance, hills that divide Teesdale from Weardale. By Phil Gates

US Democrats Accuse Rove of Shady Emailing
The US justice department will today release further documents on the sacking of eight US attorneys as the White House faces a storm of criticism over missing emails.

Hanging Chads Hit Hollywood
The botched Florida election that put George Bush in the White House and introduced the world to the butterfly ballot and the hanging chad is to be immortalised by Hollywood.

White House Approved Sacking of Prosecutors
Key aide tells senators of Bush team's involvement - Attorney general facing growing pressure to quit

White House Closes Ranks Over 'purge' of Prosecutors
The White House yesterday rejected calls by Congress for its senior staff to give evidence in the growing row over the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors.

US Army Hospital Scandal Claims Third Scalp
The White House today forced the US army's surgeon general to resign in the latest fallout from the scandal over squalid conditions at the Walter Reed military hospital.

Dead or Alive, on His 50th Birthday Ghost of the Hindu Kush Haunts Us
CIA think they know where Osama bin Laden is. So do local tribesmen - hiding in the White House.

The Cia Agent, Her Husband and a Leak ... How High-flying Bush Aide Fell to Earth
Conviction ends career of Cheney chief of staff- Trial exposed secretive White House machine

White House Dismisses World Market Turmoil As an Anomaly
London posts its second three-figure fall in a row as Wall Street struggles to recoup the losses from its biggest sell-off since 9/11. By Larry Elliott and Andrew Clark.

Tuesday Was an Anomaly Not a Crash, Says White House
George Bush and Ben Bernanke, head of America's central bank, launched a concerted attempt last night to calm fears of a full-blown crash after a second day of turbulent trading around the globe.

Giuliani Cries Foul Over Leaked Presidential Strategy
For a man with ambitions that could run to the White House, the last thing Rudy Giuliani needed was let the world know about his weaknesses: that stormy failed second marriage, that association with a disgraced official, and those inconvenient views on the issues of the day.

US Tests Call-up System But Denies Return to Conscription
The Bush administration is planning a test run of America's emergency military call-up, stoking speculation about a return to a draft at a time when the White House is considering sending more troops to Iraq.

The Inability of Republicans to Address Gay Rights Could Cost Them the White House
The inability of Republicans to address gay rights could cost them the White House, writes Paul Harris.

A Revolt Against Broken Forms of Government
A crucial lesson from the Iraq war reveals hubris in the White House and the failure of centralisation in Downing Street. By Martin Kettle

Another Day, Another Fall in the Dollar
The White House wants a strong greenback but the US deficit is weighing heavily.

Open Up Nhs to Our Drug Firms, White House Demands
The White House is lobbying British ministers to allow the world's main drug companies unrestricted access to the NHS as part of a package of free market reforms for the service.

Baker's Panel Has 'no Magic Bullet' to End the Agony
The biggest problem facing the Iraq Study Group is the high expectations surrounding its report. The initially obscure panel appointed by Congress in March has lately been treated by the White House as a potential answer to its agony in Iraq.

The Democrats Must Not Think They Speak for America
Victory in next week's elections on the back of the miseries of Iraq won't guarantee a return to the White House in 2008. By Martin Kettle

Disarm the Militias and Take Control - White House Issues Demands to Embattled Pm
· Sanctions threat if al-Maliki fails to meet timetable · Move reflects US frustration

Aide Says White House Mocked Evangelicals
· Administration accused of cynical ploy to win votes · Bush adviser denies he called supporters 'nuts'

Republican in Sex Email Scandal
The White House yesterday fought to contain the damage to Republican electoral prospects from a Florida congressman under FBI investigation for sending inappropriate emails to male teenage congressional pages.

Blue Hats and Wife Storage - Borat Haunts Kazakh President
The president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, met George Bush in the White House yesterday vowing to continue to push for the modernisation of his central Asian country.

Republican Barrage Aims to Halt Advance of Anti-war Democrats
The White House election strategists hope to duck criticism over domestic failures by emphasising the need to fight terrorism.

Big Business, Not Religion, is the Real Power in the White House
Bush is again pandering to the Christian right over gay rights. But Democrats should not be distracted from the main enemy. By Jonathan Freedland

Seven Years On, the West Wing Falls Silent
· Final episode of White House series shown in US · Show depicted parallel world of liberal presidency

Republicans on Edge After Calls for More Resignations
White House shake-up is just the beginning as Bush's party fights to keep control of Congress.

Red Paper Clip Nets Internet Trader a House in Phoenix
For the price of a paper clip, it's not a bad place to live for a year: a modest semi-detached house with a white picket fence in sunny Phoenix, Arizona.

White House Row Over Gay 'invasion' of Easter Egg Roll
The Bush administration already has its fair share of controversies, national and international, with which to contend. But now one more can be added to the list: the growing dispute over the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

US Religious Charities Win $2.15bn in State Grants
· White House increases awards to faith groups · Concern that public funds used to gain converts

Arab-owned Firm Bows to Pressure to Sell Off Us Port Operations
The Arab-owned company Dubai Ports World agreed yesterday to sell off its United States operations after its proposed takeover of the running of six American ports led to a Republican revolt against the White House.

STARVING THE BEAST: Programmed Ineptitude
The neoconservatives in charge of the White House are essentially indifferent to the efficiency of government institutions because their ultimate goal is to decimate those institutions. From mining regulations to emergency management, the objective is to privatize and reduce government to a rubber stamp.

Welcome Distraction
The Abramoff scandal has taken the heat off the White House, says Philip James.

US Intelligence Service Bugged Website Visitors Despite Ban
· Agency apologises for use of 'cookie' tracking files · Exposure adds to pressure over White House powers

White House Drops Long-standing Opposition to Torture Legislation
The White House bowed to international and congressional pressure yesterday and abandoned its opposition to Senate legislation prohibiting the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading interrogation methods of detainees in US custody around the world.

Christmas Row Hits White House
The White House has blundered into the latest, seasonal dispute in the culture wars: is it appropriate to mention Christmas at this time of year?

THE WOODWARD GAMBIT: Latest Move in the Plame Game
In the footsteps of NY Times reporter Judy Miller, the Washinton Post's Bob Woodward of Watergate fame is the latest journalist to fall victim to the White House political hit machine. He has only himself to blame. He thought he was a knight but he was only a pawn.

Ludendorff, Not Lincoln
Bush's White House is dismissive of history, yet increasingly desperate to rewrite it.

Interrogation Broke Un Pact, Cia Report Warned
· 2004 internal document embarrasses · White House 'Drowning' technique singled out as key concern

Libby Pleads Not Guilty As White House Braces for Scandal Hearing
· Case will delve deeply into argument for Iraq war · Vice president likely to be called as witness

Profile: Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald
From the moment Patrick Fitzgerald was chosen to investigate the leak of a CIA operative's identity there must have been some very sweaty palms inside the White House.

Rove and Co Face Cia Leak Decision
The Bush administration was today waiting to hear whether senior officials would be charged with leaking the identity of a covert CIA agent in the latest crisis to hit the White House.

White House Awaits Plame Fallout
· Inquiry into naming of CIA agent presents findings · Speculation continues over charges for top aides

White House Jitters As Rove Faces Grand Jury
· Top Bush aide warned he could face indictment · Charges in CIA leak case could come next week

Uranium Fallout
Coverage of the Plame affair has been tainted by the press's cosy duet with the White House.

Leandro Aragoncillo: Mole In The White House
It's time to re-examine the hiring practices used in our most sensitive areas.

World Briefing
Predictions that Syria's Ba'athist regime would follow its Iraqi counterpart into oblivion in the wake of last spring's forced withdrawal from Lebanon are looking like White House wishful thinking. Simon Tisdall

FBI Memo Reignites Qur'an Furore
Further allegations that US interrogators at Guantánamo Bay flushed copies of the Qur'an down a toilet emerged yesterday, a week after the White House denounced reports of the incidents.

Senatorial Filibuster: A Curse On Both Houses
It is the triple witching hour in American politics. With rightwing extremists controlling both houses of congress and the White House, how can we reasonable expect anything but rightwing control of the judiciary? More importantly, how did we arrive at this juncture?

Capitol Cleared in Plane Alert
Fighter jets yesterday fired warning flares at a small plane that entered restricted airspace over Washington causing the White House and Capitol building to be evacuated.

The Price of Gas
A poem about the link between the high price of gas and the Texas White House...

Ex-CIA Chief Eats Humble Pie
A chastened former CIA director, George Tenet, says he regrets telling the White House that it was a "slam dunk" that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, an assertion that provided the Bush administration with its prime justification for the war.

Wrangling Delays Vote on Un Envoy
The White House suffered a last-minute setback to one of its most ideologically charged appointments last night when a Republican-controlled Senate panel put off a vote to confirm President George Bush's choice for America's ambassador to the United Nations.

Bolton Was a Bully, Says Ex-spy Chief
A former American intelligence chief yesterday described John Bolton, the White House's choice as ambassador to the UN, as a "kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy", who tried to bully government analysts into producing the intelligence he wanted.

Politics in red robes
Sidney Blumenthal: Bush's attendance at the Pope's funeral merely masks White House exploitation of Catholic division.

CIA Chief Bogged Down By Workload
The new director of the CIA, Porter Goss, has admitted that he is being overwhelmed by the job, and that he is unsure what his role will be under the new anti-terrorism structure unveiled by the White House.

A Hireling, a Fraud and a Prostitute
Sidney Blumenthal: Bush's agent in the press corps has given spin a new level of meaning. The White House press room has often been a cockpit of intrigue, duplicity and truckling. But nothing challenges the most recent scandal there.

Fake Reporter Unmasked at White House
The White House face fresh accusations of a clandestine propaganda campaign after it emerged it granted regular access to a rightwing blogger with a habit of asking President Bush easy questions.

Congress Passes Bill Creating Spy Director
Republicans end rebellion on intelligence shake-up. The US Congress voted yesterday to adopt the September 11 commission's recommendations for sweeping reform of America's intelligence services, after the White House intervened to reach a compromise with Republican dissidents.

Democrats Seek Solace at Sorryeverybody.com
On election night James Zetlen, 20, ran the gamut of distress as it became clear that George Bush would be returned to the White House ... Then he set up a website, sorryeverybody.com, to apologise to the world for failing to prevent Mr Bush's victory.

A Moment of Silence
As Palestine mourns the death of their chosen leader, the White House plays politics. If Yasser Arafat was a barrier to peace, three monumental barriers remain.

Defeated Kerry Refuses to Go Quietly
Brother hints that senator may bid for the White House in 2008, while former rival aims to strengthen hand in Democratic party.

Voters Turn Out in Record Numbers Across the Us
10.30pm: Long queues formed at polling stations across the US today as voters turned out in record numbers to deliver their verdict on the bitterly contested race for the White House.

Record Turnout Expected in Us Vote
US voters are expected to turn out in record numbers today, eager to deliver their verdict in a deeply polarised race for the White House. Election experts said that as many as 121 million voters may cast their ballots, easily surpassing record of 106 million of four years ago. With the...

All Eyes on Third Debate After Kerry Ups 'likeability' Rating
The contest for the White House was locked in a dead heat yesterday, with Republican and Democratic strategists looking to the third and last debate to score the convincing victory that could alter the dynamics of the race. With just three weeks until voting day, the gap between George...

Still No Votes in Leipzig
US policy now affects every citizen on the planet. So we should all have a say in who gets to the White House.

Much Hope But Little Expectation for Kerry
An informal poll of Guardian Unlimited users shows huge support for the Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry, but considerable pessimism over his chances of entering the White House in November's election. With George Bush riding high in the opinion polls after last week's...

White House Race Gets Nasty
John Kerry, buffeted by a new assault yesterday on his wartime credentials, has scoured Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 for memorable lines to deploy against President Bush. Although Mr Kerry yesterday unveiled a £16.2bn plan to wean the US off foreign oil, and Mr Bush fended off...

Kerry Courts America's Corporate Leaders
John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president, published a list of about 200 entrepreneurs supporting his run for the White House, in an effort to reassure voters of his moderate credentials. The list, not unexpectedly, included endorsements from players in the entertainment and...

Kerry Whirlwind Seeks to Sweep All Before It
Paul Harris spends 24 hours on the stump with the man who aims to storm the White House, and finds that the Democrats' strategy of inspiring their core supporters is driving a powerful campaign.

A Matter of Life and Death
In the second of his series on the issues dividing America, Matthew Wells looks at how abortion is affecting the race for the White House in the swing state of Ohio.

Democrats' New Double-act Set Sights on the White House
Democrats' new double-act take their first steps towards the White House with a traditional dose of US optimism.

White House's Taxing Dilemma
The Bush administration's sweeping tax cuts are coming back to haunt it - and the poorest families in the US. David Teather explains.

Medal Row Hits Kerry Hopes
John Kerry's combat medals from Vietnam, which represented some of his trump cards in the presidential elections became a problem for the Democratic candidate yesterday as a row blew up over what he did with them. The White House questioned his credibility after a 1971 television...

Clarke Challenges Rice to Reveal Secret Emails
Richard Clarke, the former terrorism adviser whose revelations threaten to torpedo George Bush's re-election strategy, launched a counterattack yesterday at a White House that he said was determined to destroy him. In a riveting television performance, Mr Clarke called on his principal...

White House Seeks Credit for Cracking Weapons Ring
Bush boasts about uncovering arms network but observers wonder why it took so long.

It's Do-or-die Time for Dean
Former Democratic frontrunner must take Washington state today to keep White House hopes alive.

Wesley Clark Joins the Battle for the White House
A Vietnam hero, a brilliant scholar and handsome to boot - former Nato supreme commander Wesley Clark should be the perfect Democratic candidate. But has he mistimed his assault on the White House? Julian Borger joins him on the campaign trail.

Neck and Neck As the Big Four Tackle First Hurdle in Race for White House
Suzanne Goldenberg on the campaign trail in Iowa. John Kerry paces around the circle of chairs laid out in Maquoketa middle school, and stakes his claim to be America's next president. It is standard political fare: taxes, jobs, healthcare, schools.

The Guardian Profile: Paul O'neill
The new memoirs of George Bush's ex-treasury secretary have hurt the president's image, and the imminent release of his internet archive will not help. Why did the White House ever hire a successful troublemaker?

Dean Well Ahead of Democrat Hopefuls
Bulging war chest makes the contender who began as an outsider look unstoppable in the race for the White House nomination.

Democrats' General on the Retreat
War hero's campaign falters as key staff drift away. When General Wesley Clark entered the race for the US presidency he was hailed as an all-conquering saviour who could provide the magic ingredients to defeat George Bush and capture the White House for the Democrats.

Democrat Hopeful in Race Row About Confederate Flag
Rivals attack White House contender's attempt to appeal to working class southern whites. Howard Dean, a former Vermont governor and one of the frontrunners in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, was yesterday struggling to limit the damage of a race row, the first significant hitch in his campaign.

Baghdad Bombings: White House
George Bush yesterday tried to stifle rising doubts on the occupation of Iraq by insisting yesterday's bombings were a sign that life had improved under America's watch.

Pressure Grows on White House Over Cia Disclosure
The White House came under increasing pressure today to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate claims that a senior Bush administration official illegally broke the cover of an active CIA agent. Newspaper reports this morning revealed a possibly unacceptable closeness between...

Leak risks US security, says ex-CIA official
White House faces criminal investigation as former colleague of outed agent warns of dire consequences. The CIA agent identified by a White House leak was operating under cover and her unmasking could have damaged national security, one of her former colleagues said yesterday.

Half-hearted welcome from White House
The Bush administration, facing the collapse of its Middle East peace map, put the nominated new Palestinian prime minister on early notice yesterday, issuing an immediate demand that he should crush suicide bombers.

General Poised to Enter Race for White House
Wesley Clark 'has made his choice'. General Wesley Clark, a former US general who commanded Nato's war in Kosovo, is poised to announce whether he will run for the White House next month and enter the Democratic primaries, party officials said yesterday.

White House signals bigger role for UN in postwar government
The White House appeared to signal yesterday that it might be willing to accept a greater role for the United Nations in the interim postwar government of Iraq than previously indicated, including a special UN representative with civil administration powers.

White House clash with TV chiefs
Bush administration claims CBS is allowing the Iraqi leader to set the agenda by refusing them a right to reply.

White House Rules Out Giving Evidence at British Inquiries
The Bush administration will not explain itself to any future British parliamentary inquiry in a ruling that has angered MPs and peers.

Anti-war Poets Force Scrapping of White House Symposium
The White House yesterday confirmed that it had cancelled a poetry symposium after a number of American poets threatened to turn the event into an anti-war protest. The February 12 symposium on Poetry and the American Voice, which was meant to focus on the works of Emily Dickinson,...

Mike Burleson: It's a Dog's Life at the White House
There's a new Bush in town. His name is Barney and he has his own video! Barney, the President's Scottish terrier now has his on web cam and it's getting a lot of viewers this holiday season.

White House scornful as UN inspectors claim early results
The Bush administration drummed up the pressure on Iraq for total disclosure of its weapons arsenal yesterday, but stopped short of threatening immediate hostilities if it detects signs of evasion from Baghdad.

Mike Burleson: "Mayberry Machiavellis" in the White House
The name game continues, this time from a former White House official. The Bush name-calling continues, this time from a former senior aid.

Democrat Starts Bid for White House
The Democratic senator John Kerry announced yesterday that he will be a candidate for his party's nomination for the 2004 presidential race. He announced that a committee will start looking this week into his chances of being chosen to challenge President Bush.

Hart set on White House bid
Gary Hart, whose bid for the US presidency imploded in a sex scandal that shocked a nation yet to learn how the Clinton era would redefine the concept, is considering another shot at the White House.

White House keeps its bristles up
The Bush administration was clearly not in a mood to forgive and forget last night. Diplomats on both sides may have been hoping for a moment's quiet in which to repair the breach caused by the raucous German election campaign, but the White House spokesman, Ari Fleischer, fired off another round.

White House spin parries tough questions
With the United States the bete noire of the conference even before it started, White House spin doctors have prepared a crib sheet for press officers expected to have the world's media on their backs.

White House Acts to Shed Arrogant Image
The White House will set up a new office to try to salvage America's plummeting image abroad, it was announced yesterday as an independent taskforce reported that even the country's allies saw the US as "arrogant", "hypocritical" and "self-absorbed".

Minding their own business at the White House
Bush and his administration have a string of links to the companies at the heart of the scandals rocking America. If the approval polls are correct then George Bush has done an adept job of fashioning himself as a champion of the people during the "war on terrorism".

Arafat's star falling in White House critics
The Palestinian Authority was condemned by the US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice as a "corrupt" body which "cavorts with terror" yesterday as President George Bush prepared to outline his vision for peace in the Middle East.

Kennedy clan pins its hopes for White House on woman
Kathleen Townsend, a coming force in American politics, is a slight, bright woman, with a puckish sense of humour that belies her political gravitas.

White House chief warns of lurch to right
Departure of president's closest adviser raises fear that conservative strategist may seize chance to extend his influence.

Indecision Reigns in the White House
The Bush administration's approach to the Middle East has been confused, ambiguous and hugely divisive, and is set to remain so for some time, writes Julian Borger.

UK Tells White House to Rein in the Hawks
Britain revealed its increasing irritation with America over the war against terrorism yesterday when senior Government sources said that hawkish elements in the White House were using 'unnecessarily belligerent' language. Referring to President Bush's comment that Iraq, Iran and North...