White House News

George and Ira Gershwin's 1932 musical comedy "Of Thee I Sing" will be performed June 8-17 by The Tennessee Valley Players.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during a Jewish American Heritage Month reception in the East Room of the White House, May 30, 2012.

A jury's refusal to convict John Edwards was less a redemption of the former White House hopeful than a rejection of the Justice Department's boldest attempt to make an example of someone.

George W. Bush is visiting the White House today and all the Washington press can talk about is how awkward the occasion will be given that President Obama routinely trashes the Bush administration.

Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month, President Obama Wednesday recalled the struggle against anti-Semitism in the U.S. The president told how, 150 years ago, General Ulysses Grant issued an order that would have expelled Jews "as a class" from what was then known as the military department of Tennessee.

You can take the hot chicken out of the shack, but can you take the shack out of the hot chicken? The request to the Robertson County Commission by the City of Springfield for increased assistance in funding the E-911 Center continues to go unanswered by the county.

A 48-year-old Chattanooga man told a Hamilton County Criminal Court jury Tuesday that an overnight stay at his girlfriend's house turned into a home invasion nightmare the morning of Oct.

Senator Bob Corker, R-Tn., on Tuesday congratulated Pat Summitt on being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence for a man convicted of murdering a Scott County couple in their bed and has ordered that a new jury decide whether to execute the inmate or spare his life.

As she was introduced, the speaker called Summitt an "unparalleled leader in collegiate sports" and said her strength and character emphasize all that's best in athletics in America.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it has found white-nose syndrome in caves in Montgomery and Hawkins counties.

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is releasing a television advertisement accusing Mitt Romney of failing to stand up to "the voices of extremism" in his party.

University of Tennessee women's basketball coach emeritus Pat Summitt will be one of the recipients Tuesday of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a White House ceremony.

Michelle Obama will add another title to her name on May 29. That's the day the first lady will become a published author, when her debut book, "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America," hits bookstore shelves nationwide.

A A "Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service" . This Memorial Day, you have the sales papers ready; you know which stores are offering what percent off, and the best place to get your cookout food.

In arguably the most important speech of the campaign, the Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Iowa in 2007, Obama said, "[Lobbyists] have not funded my campaign, they will not work in my White House.A..." Upon taking office, Obama made quite a show of announcing new ethics rules barring lobbyists from working in the administration on issues that fell ... (more)

At 1 p.m., a dozen representatives from the meat industry arrived for a briefing in the New Executive Office Building.

Family and friends came together Saturday to raise money as Andrew Hagewood continues to recover after a heart transplant that saved his life.

So that "CIA coup" in Yemen against another al Qaeda underwear bomber turns out to actually have been a joint Saudi-British intelligence operation - which apparently was prematurely terminated thanks to flapping lips on this side of the Atlantic.

Soon after the election of President Barack Obama, thousands of people began filing for handgun carry permits nationwide, most likely assuming a largely democratic White House and Congress would enact stricter gun laws.