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A Greek peanut vendor who set shop outside the White House became famous in the US in the first half of the 20th century. Nicholas Stefanos “Steve” Vasilakes emigrated from Ligerea, Laconia, Greece, to the United States in 1910 and...

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...

President Biden hosted the traditional Greek Independence Day reception at the White House on Wednesday. Hundreds of Greeks and Greek Americans attended the event to honor the men and women who fought for Greece’s independence against the Ottomans, and to...

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...

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary of Greek heritage, will apparently leave her job sometime in May, U.S. media reported on Friday. An Axios report says that Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after...

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...

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...

United States President Joe Biden gave a speech this afternoon on America's response to the crisis in Afghanistan. Biden took a firm stance defending the withdrawal of American troops from the country. The president gave a harrowing context for his...

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...

With the blessing of his team of personal physicians at Walter Reed Naval Medical Center in Maryland, President Trump returned to the White House on Monday evening after spending a long weekend hospitalized for Covid-19. In one of a storm...

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...

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...

President Donald Trump won't be unveiling former President Barack Obama's portrait at the White House, breaking a 40-year tradition, NBC News reported on Tuesday. Obama would not be interested in attending such an event, according to the report, which cited...

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...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with United States President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. President Trump referred to Greece as a "reliable partner" and congratulated the country for its recent rapid economic development. "Greece and its...