3 dead, 1 in critical condition after lightning strike near White House
The victims were near a statue of Andrew Jackson, Maggiolo said, adding that "it appeared they were in the vicinity of a tree."
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The victims were near a statue of Andrew Jackson, Maggiolo said, adding that "it appeared they were in the vicinity of a tree."
While in D.C., Governor Pritzker is also scheduled to meet with the White House COVID Response Coordinator.
Governor JB Pritzker is meeting with President Joe Biden a the White House Wednesday.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown was headed back to Chicago late Monday after meeting with President Joe Biden in Washington to talk about the city's crime problem.
"President Biden will be the first president in 20 years without a cabinet secretary who's AAPI," said Duckworth, who was born in Thailand.
Buttigieg's confirmation elevates the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to a top post in the federal government, and makes him the first openly LBGTQ Cabinet secretary.
Last Saturday, Jenkins was at the White House where there was a large gathering for Amy Coney Barrett's U.S. Supreme Court nomination.
"But I'm here to tell you, there is nothing we can't do or change when we as a collective put our minds to it," she said. "I feel that when I'm out there. We're the ones we are waiting for. But that means we have to roll up our sleeves and do the work every single time."
The co-owner of the Alinea Group tweeted that he was personally inviting the Clemson Tigers "to experience what an actual celebration dinner should be."
Austan Goolsbee is a professor at the University of Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced his appointment to the school board Friday. Goolsbee says the Chicago school system is one of the city's "crown jewels."
Introducing himself as the founder of a successful business incubator, governor-elect Pritzker seemed to hold the president's attention for a bit
Billed as a meeting on Chicago street violence, Kanye pushed back against Trump's support for expanded use of stop and frisk.
"This hat, it gives me power in a way," West said. "It was something about when I put this hat on. It made me feel like Superman. You made a Superman."
Kim Kardashian West was just one of several prison reform advocates and legal activists at the White House for the listening session on Wednesday.
Bernstein and Woodward were both Washington Post reporters who helped uncover the 1970s Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon.
White House ethics lawyer Stefan Passantino, the deputy White House counsel overseeing compliance and ethics issues, is leaving, a White House official confirms to CBS News.
While the White House originally lowered the flag late Saturday evening, White House reporters, including CBS News' Mark Knoller, noticed that the flag was back at full staff Monday morning.
The White House has suspended the practice of publishing public summaries of President Donald Trump's phone calls with world leaders, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell CNN, bringing an end to a common exercise from Republican and Democratic administrations.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that President Trump is "exploring" taking away the security clearances of a variety of former intelligence chiefs.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a tweet Thursday that President Trump has asked his national security adviser to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington, D.C. in the fall.
Bill Shine will likely become the deputy chief of staff in charge of communications.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is spearheading a 10-year plan to improve detection of near-Earth asteroids and comets that could crash into Earth.
Two of the most visible members of the Trump administration are planning their departures, the latest sign of upheaval in a White House marked by turmoil.
