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

Examples of the White House in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Neither the White House nor Landry's office responded to queries about the post, whether the ship had been requested by Denmark or Greenland and which sick people needed help. —Reuters, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and a homeland security adviser, both described Renée Good and Alex Pretti as domestic terrorists after immigration agents fatally shot them last month in separate incidents in Minneapolis. —Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026

Although there are no details yet on what that will entail, the federal government's seed funding is expected to arrive on July 4, according to the White House. —Jessica Dickler,kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026

Washington time, according to a fact sheet released by the White House. —Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026

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