the White House
noun
1
: the place in Washington, D.C., where the U.S. President lives
2
: the executive branch of the U.S. government
The White House announced the new appointments to the Cabinet.
White House staffers
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Beatty's lawyer, Nathaniel Zelinsky, said the White House has engaged in a pattern of trying to stifle dissent at meetings like the one scheduled for Monday.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
Noem, who’d been willing to do virtually anything in the role to boost her standing, was a product of the White House agenda, never a shaper of it.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Due to the construction of the White House's new East Wing ballroom, visitors currently gather at an alternate location in Lafayette Park.
—Emma Nicholson, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
But my interest piqued recently when the president invited a blue-ribbon panel to the White House for a saving college sports roundtable to dig into the problems plaguing college sports in this country.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
Noem, who’d been willing to do virtually anything in the role to boost her standing, was a product of the White House agenda, never a shaper of it.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Due to the construction of the White House's new East Wing ballroom, visitors currently gather at an alternate location in Lafayette Park.
—Emma Nicholson, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
But my interest piqued recently when the president invited a blue-ribbon panel to the White House for a saving college sports roundtable to dig into the problems plaguing college sports in this country.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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