White Thanksgiving

Some might call it fowl play to joke about their age, but US President Joe Biden made light of turning 81 as he spent his birthday pardoning two Thanksgiving turkeys on Monday.

Joe Biden turned 81 on Monday with the traditional pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House, but don't expect him to mention the issue that has US voters in a flap.

Notorious for leaks and chastened by previous security lapses, the White House went to unusual lengths to keep President Donald Trump's Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan under wraps, devising a cover story for his movements that included posting scripted tweets while he was in the air, administration officials said.

In the 1960s, first lady Jackie Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and Vice President Hubert Humphrey were just a few of the important figures to pay visits to Junior Village, Washington's renowned refuge for impoverished children. Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon sponsored Christmas and Thanksgiving parties at the White House for ...

President Donald Trump, who has raised eyebrows by mulling his power to pardon as investigators probe possible ties between his 2016 election campaign and Russia, used his authority in a less controversial way on Tuesday to "pardon" a Thanksgiving turkey.

A man who draped himself in the American flag and jumped over the White House fence on Thanksgiving Day last year is expected to take a plea deal in the case.

A Connecticut man charged with jumping a White House fence on Thanksgiving while wearing an American flag pleaded not guilty on Monday to a federal misdemeanour charge of illegally entering restricted grounds.

A Connecticut man who police say draped himself in an American flag and scaled the White House fence on Thanksgiving Day left a suicide note with friends he had been staying with in Virginia, according to court documents unsealed Friday.

A man draped in an American flag was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after he jumped the fence of the White House while the First Family was inside celebrating Thanksgiving.

A man draped in an American flag jumped over the fence of the White House while President Barack Obama was inside with his family celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday, officials and US media said.

The latest viral spider news is horrifying at face value: Residents of North Memphis, Tennessee, were treated to an unexpectedly white Thanksgiving when a spider web at least half a mile long appeared on the grass.

Growing up as the first-generation child of Trinidadian and Iranian immigrants, Thanksgiving is my annual chance to be "truly American." But it is also a battle between me and parents, whom I wanted to serve only "white peoples food."

A communications director for a Republican lawmaker said on Monday she would resign after she posted a Facebook rant about US President Barack Obama's daughters.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday pardoned a turkey named Cheese to mark the country's Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, when roasted turkey is the traditional main course.Obama, in a light-hearted ceremony before a small group of White House visitors,...

The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, were mostly quiet on Wednesday after two nights of racially charged unrest following a U.S. grand jury decision to clear a white policeman over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.

Some might call it fowl play to joke about their age, but US President Joe Biden made light of turning 81 as he spent his birthday pardoning two Thanksgiving turkeys on Monday.

Joe Biden turned 81 on Monday with the traditional pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House, but don't expect him to mention the issue that has US voters in a flap.

Notorious for leaks and chastened by previous security lapses, the White House went to unusual lengths to keep President Donald Trump's Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan under wraps, devising a cover story for his movements that included posting scripted tweets while he was in the air, administration officials said.

In the 1960s, first lady Jackie Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and Vice President Hubert Humphrey were just a few of the important figures to pay visits to Junior Village, Washington's renowned refuge for impoverished children. Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon sponsored Christmas and Thanksgiving parties at the White House for ...

President Donald Trump, who has raised eyebrows by mulling his power to pardon as investigators probe possible ties between his 2016 election campaign and Russia, used his authority in a less controversial way on Tuesday to "pardon" a Thanksgiving turkey.

A man who draped himself in the American flag and jumped over the White House fence on Thanksgiving Day last year is expected to take a plea deal in the case.

A Connecticut man charged with jumping a White House fence on Thanksgiving while wearing an American flag pleaded not guilty on Monday to a federal misdemeanour charge of illegally entering restricted grounds.

A Connecticut man who police say draped himself in an American flag and scaled the White House fence on Thanksgiving Day left a suicide note with friends he had been staying with in Virginia, according to court documents unsealed Friday.

A man draped in an American flag was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after he jumped the fence of the White House while the First Family was inside celebrating Thanksgiving.

A man draped in an American flag jumped over the fence of the White House while President Barack Obama was inside with his family celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday, officials and US media said.

The latest viral spider news is horrifying at face value: Residents of North Memphis, Tennessee, were treated to an unexpectedly white Thanksgiving when a spider web at least half a mile long appeared on the grass.

Growing up as the first-generation child of Trinidadian and Iranian immigrants, Thanksgiving is my annual chance to be "truly American." But it is also a battle between me and parents, whom I wanted to serve only "white peoples food."

A communications director for a Republican lawmaker said on Monday she would resign after she posted a Facebook rant about US President Barack Obama's daughters.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday pardoned a turkey named Cheese to mark the country's Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, when roasted turkey is the traditional main course.Obama, in a light-hearted ceremony before a small group of White House visitors,...

The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, were mostly quiet on Wednesday after two nights of racially charged unrest following a U.S. grand jury decision to clear a white policeman over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.