Newly-elected French President Francois Hollande met face-to-face Friday with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House.

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have signed a strategic partnership agreement that essentially outlines the relationship that the U.S. and Afghanistan will share starting in 2014.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) called on the White House Thursday to reimburse taxpayers for President Obama’s recent cross-country trip used to press Congress for action on an expiring interest rate on student loans.

The bill does not contain — according to the White House — sufficient protections on the sharing of personal information between private entities nor provide for proper and adequate oversight to ensure the data is used only for the proper purposes of Cybersecurity

No White House staff members were involved in a Colombian prostitution scandal that has plagued both the Secret Service and the Pentagon for over a week, according to the White House.

President Obama’s top spokesman says Republicans have failed to keep their end of last year’s spending deal.

President Obama will not support a pair of measures that are set to receive votes this week in the House.

The administration believes that although traders may not directly cause the price of gas to rise, their activities do cause volatility in the market.

A top White House official told reporters that North Korea has blown its shot at receiving millions in aid from the U.S. Government.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tells the al-Assad regime “stop killing your people,” adding that this isn’t just a message from the U.S. but from the international community. (:30)   [Audio clip: view full post to listen]