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White House Says Russia Suffered 100,000 Casualties in Ukraine

Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties in Ukraine over a five month period, according to US intelligence estimates shared by the White House on Monday. A significant number of the Russian dead and wounded are believed to be from the Wagner...

Joe Biden Names First Black, Openly LGBTQ White House Press Secretary

President Joe Biden on Thursday chose Karine Jean-Pierre as the next White House Press Secretary—the first Black and the first openly LGBTQ+ individual to serve as the public face of a United States administration. Jean-Pierre will take over from Jen...

White House Briefed TikTok Stars on Ukraine

The White House briefed a number of top TikTok stars on the war in Ukraine in an attempt to dispel fake news about the conflict last week. Last Thursday, 30 stars on the video sharing social media app TikTok met...

White House “Ghost Cat” has Haunted Washington for Decades

Of all the scary things that have gone on in Washington D.C. over the years -- and there have been many -- the “Demon Cat” apparitions have pride of place, at least when it comes to all things Halloween-related. Showing...

Greek-American Jen Psaki Named Biden’s White House Press Secretary

Joe Biden has hired an all-female senior communications team for his administration, including naming veteran Democratic spokesperson Jen Psaki as his White House press secretary. Psaki, of Irish, Greek and Polish descent with her Greek roots in Messinia through her...

White House CTO Michael Kratsios Given Top Pentagon Tech Job

The US Department of Defense announced that White House Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios will take over as acting research and engineering head at the Pentagon. The statement was released on July 14 by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who said...

White House Indirectly Acknowledges Armenian Genocide

In a statement made by White House Press Secretary Kaleigh McEnany on Monday, July 6, the Trump administration appeared to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, albeit indirectly. The reference was made in regard to the Armenian Genocide Memorial, which had been...

White House Cancels Celebration for Greek Independence Day over Coronavirus

The White House has canceled the upcoming celebration at the White House for the annual commemoration of Greece's Independence Day on March 25. The decision was taken out of an abundance of caution due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. The event...

President Trump Extends White House Invitation to Greek PM

The White House announced on Monday that US President Donald Trump will welcome  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Washington on January 7, 2020. The statement issued by the White House notes that ''President Donald J. Trump will welcome His...

Greeks, Armenians, Kurds to Rally Against Trump-Erdogan White House Meeting

A large protest at Washington’s Lafayette Park across from the White House is being organized before the Trump-Erdogan meeting on Wednesday by Hellenic, Armenian, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac-American, Kurdish-American, Arab-American and other human rights groups. The call for protest accuses Erdogan of a long list of...

Greek American Michael Kratsios Nominated as White House Chief Technology Officer

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Greek-American Michael Kratsios as Chief Technology Officer of the United States, according to a Bloomberg report. Kratsios, a former venture capitalist, served as Deputy CTO until now. The CTO post had been vacant for...

President Trump to Honor Greek Independence at The White House on March 18

United States President Donald Trump will host an event at the White House on Monday, March 18, 2019 to honor the men and women who fought for Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire. Many Greeks, Greek Americans and Americans are...

White House Intent on F-35 Sales to Turkey

The saga of U.S. warplanes sales to Turkey has taken another twist with the White House apparently intent on supplying the high-tech fighters despite opposition from Congress. In a letter to the Senate Appropriation Committee head, Richard Shelby, senior White House...

Former White House Chief to Get Greek-American Award

The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation has revealed that former Greek-American White House chief of staff Reince Priebus is to be honored with its 2018 Paradigm Award. Priebus, a lawyer and politician who is now president and chief strategist of Michael Best...

White House Turns Greek for Independence Day Celebration (photos+video)

A big crowd of Greeks and Greek Americans in Washington have gathered to listen to an address by U.S. President Donald Trump at an event to honor the men and women who fought for Greece's independence. Trump, standing beside Thessaloniki-born...