White House News

White House Mayor Mike Arnold gave his annual state of the city address to the White House Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, May 21, highlighting city accomplishments and discussing the proposed property tax increase.

This week, the President continued his Jobs & Opportunity tour, this time highlighting bold new efforts in education and manufacturing in Baltimore, gave the commencement address at Morehouse College, invited the President of Myanmar, eight immigration reform advocates and DREAMers themselves, and Gershwin Prize winner Carol King and friends to the ... (more)

The White House Board of Mayor and Aldermen passed on first reading its 2013-14 budget, which includes a 20-cent property tax hike intended to pay for previous debt, renovations and keeping the city's fund balance at a healthy level.

Lamar Alexander appeared on the Fox News' show "On the Record" last week to explain that the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s offers parallels to reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urged private companies to donate money toward implementing the Affordable Care Act.

Natalie Young looks at her little brother and sees joy. The gleeful squeals that brighten the redhead's freckled face.

In vetoing the "Ag Gag" bill last week, Gov. Bill Haslam said it appeared to repeal parts of the Tennessee Shield Law.

A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder after authorities say he went on a shooting rampage through Honolulu in 2011, killing a mother of 10 and wounding two other people as he opened fire... A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder and other charges in a 2011 shooting rampage through Honolulu ... (more)

A longtime Knoxville lawyer and the first female president of the Tennessee Bar Association has been nominated by President Barack Obama to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt -- the benighted Mainstream Media.

The White House's release of nearly 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans demanding more... The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last ... (more)

Has the federal government become ungovernable? It certainly seems that way if we take the reports on recent failures at face value.

Sen. Lamar Alexander doubled down Tuesday on his comparison of fundraising by a top Obama administration official for a nonprofit working to implement the Affordable Care Act to the Iran-Contra scandal of 1986.

President Barack Obama genuinely believed he could buck the second-term curse of fecklessness and scandal that afflicted the last three two-term presidents, even if history and his adversaries suggested otherwise.

The talk on the street is that Knoxville lawyer Pam Reeves has been to the White House as part of the process of being considered for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

The White House Board of Mayor and Aldermen is poised to propose a 20-cent property tax hike to fund capital projects in the 2013-14 city budget, including the construction of a new library and an extensive overhaul of the city's sewer system.

There is no doubt some people love history. Their period clothing can make their passion easy to identify even if the location they are celebrating doesn't. "You may ask, why are we doing this in White House? We have no battlefields in White House." said White House Mayor Mike Arnold.

Conservatives choked on New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's heavy-handed efforts to ban Big Gulp-sized soft drinks in the Big Apple.

The White House Board of Mayor and Aldermen are poised to propose a 20-cent property tax hike to fund capital projects in the 2013-14 city budget, including building a new library and an extensive overhaul of the city's sewer system.

A friend and fellow student of Chattanooga history recently shared a copy of an 1892 Chamber of Commerce advertisement booklet.

With budget and foreign policy issues continuing to cloud the White House's relationship with Congress, President Barack Obama on Monday invited Republican Sen.