A Proclamation on National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, 2024

A Proclamation on National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, 2024

By The White House During National Caribbean American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions and the diverse cultures of the millions of people across our Nation with Caribbean heritage, who have never let us walk away from our Nation’s most sacred values of opportunity and freedom. Caribbean Americans are dreamers and doers, always finding ways […]

Executive Order to Shut Down the Border Would Put Thousands of Lives at Risk

Executive Order to Shut Down the Border Would Put Thousands of Lives at Risk

By Deirdre Schifeling and Lee Gelernt | ACLU WASHINGTON — The White House released today a fact sheet announcing details on an impending executive action from the Biden administration that will severely restrict people’s legal right to seek asylum. Among the measures announced, the administration will effectively shut off asylum for the overwhelming majority of people arriving […]

Everything We Know About the White House Coronavirus Outbreak

Everything We Know About the White House Coronavirus Outbreak

Reporters wear masks at the White House. Staffers will soon join them. Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock By Adam K. Raymond, NY Mag “It is scary to go to work,” President Trump’s economic adviser Kevin Hassett admitted on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. After weeks of avoiding an outbreak as staffers continued to come to work in the cramped […]

White House Tightens Food Stamp Work Requirements

White House Tightens Food Stamp Work Requirements

By Juliet Linderman, AOL WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is tightening work requirements for the federal food stamp program in a move that will slash benefits for hundreds of thousands of people. The finalized rule, announced Wednesday, will restrict states from exempting work-eligible adults from having to obtain steady employment in order to receive […]