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A White House official says President Barack Obama will name labor economist Alan Krueger to a top administration post.

U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the eurozone crisis and financial-market turbulence on Saturday and vowed action to bolster the global economy, the White House said in a statement.

White House hopeful Rick Perry has at least some supporters in the Democratic stronghold of Chicago -- President Barack Obama's re-election team.

White House officials say today's appeals court ruling against the requirement that all Americans buy health insurance -- the key part of President ...

President Barack Obama will address the economy and the situation in Afghanistan in a statement he will deliver later on Monday, a White House official said.

An unidentified man was in Secret Service custody Tuesday night after he climbed over the White House fence.

A new "super" political action committee supportive of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has raised more than $12 million, drawing on big-dollar donations to help the former Republican governor in his bid for the White House.

The White House unveiled a fuel-economy proposal that would roughly double U.S. fleet average to 54.5 miles-a-gallon by 2025. The proposal won support from the largest auto-makers and environmental groups.

The White House signaled on Wednesday it could support a short-term increase in the U.S. borrowing limit for "a few days" if lawmakers agreed to a broad deficit reduction deal but needed more time to pass it.

The Wall Street powerhouse forecasts fiscal gloom in 2012 — which could help Republicans win back the White House.