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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden sent a supplemental funding request to Congress Friday morning, seeking more than $75 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, while also asking for a significant, multibillion-dollar investment in security at the southern border... Read More

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden used a trip to Philadelphia today to tout his economic record and announce his administration is investing $7 billion to launch seven regional clean hydrogen hubs across the nation. In a statement released before his... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday confirmed that 14 Americans were among the more than 1,000 people who died in Israel over the weekend during coordinated attacks by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. Biden also acknowledged Tuesday that Hamas... Read More

WASHINGTON — With a partial federal shutdown growing ever more likely come midnight Saturday, the Biden administration on Monday began underscoring the consequences of Congress not quickly taking steps to avert it. At Monday afternoon’s press briefing at the White... Read More

WASHINGTON — Hours after United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain invited President Biden to join the picket line with UAW workers, Biden said he plans to do just that next week. “Tuesday, I’ll go to Michigan to join the picket... Read More

WASHINGTON — Nine months after being accorded “rock star” treatment during his first visit here in the wake of the Russian invasion of his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a markedly different welcome on Thursday. While a certain amount... Read More

WASHINGTON — Beginning Monday, Americans will once again be able to order free coronavirus tests from the U.S. government, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday afternoon. The Biden administration said it is reviving a program it... Read More

WASHINGTON — Fifty years after Clive Campbell, known as D.J. Kool Herc, first created continuous break-beats during a rec room party in the West Bronx, New York, hip hop is being celebrated both as a rich musical genre that defies... Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House minced no words on Monday in describing how it “strongly opposes” a proposed 2024 spending plan for the Defense Department that would gut the Inflation Reduction Act and other administration programs. The bill, H.R. 4365, also... Read More

WASHINGTON — Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services are reportedly recommending the easing of restrictions on cannabis, a move, if approved by federal law enforcement, that could usher in a new era for the burgeoning though still... Read More

CAMP DAVID, Md. — The U.S., South Korea and Japan are set to convene a historic trilateral summit at Camp David. This meeting, which experts believe marks a significant milestone in international relations, has garnered attention for its potential to... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Maui, Hawaii, on Monday to meet with first responders and tour the historic Lahaina community which was utterly destroyed when wildfires swept through it eight days... Read More

MILWAUKEE (AP) — In a show of preemptive counter-programming, President Joe Biden on Tuesday traveled to Wisconsin to highlight his economic policies in a state critical to his reelection fortunes, just a week before Republicans descend on Milwaukee for the party’s first presidential debate. His arrival... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday restricting American investments and exports of expertise in high-tech technologies China is developing that could be used for its military modernization. The order targets investment in semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum... Read More

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday revived the Biden administration’s restrictions on so-called “ghost guns,” temporarily allowing the government to require makers of the untraceable weapons kits to conduct background checks and add serial numbers to their products.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday proposed revisions to federal agencies’ environmental reviews that would require them to more closely consider climate change and environmental justice in any new projects. The proposed rule change would help fulfill President Joe... Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday unveiled the first initiative of its new cancer-focused research agency, a program intended to improve cancer surgery outcomes by helping doctors more easily distinguish between cancers and healthy tissue. The administration’s Advanced Research... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday will establish a national monument encompassing three sites in honor of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose abduction and murder by White supremacists in 1955 became a defining moment in the Civil Rights... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is tapping Shuwanza Goff — a veteran congressional aide who also served as his main point of contact to the House at the start of the administration — as his new director of legislative affairs, making her... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hosted the annual Congressional Picnic Wednesday evening in an effort to bridge the often contentious divide between Capitol Hill and the White House.  Biden, with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new guidelines for corporate mergers, took steps to disclose the junk fees charged by landlords and launched a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry. The announcements will be discussed as part... Read More

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court on Friday afternoon stayed until further notice a lower court ruling that dramatically curbed the Biden administration’s ability to talk to social media companies due to free speech concerns. The decision by the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Secret Service on Thursday closed its inquiry into who left cocaine in the White House, saying it was unable to identify a possible suspect due to a lack of fingerprint and DNA evidence. On the evening of... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration unveiled plans intended to lower the cost of child care for most Americans and strengthen the existing Child Care and Development Block Grant program. In a call with reporters Tuesday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris... Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House unveiled a new plan Tuesday it believes will dramatically slow if not eliminate the growing threat posed by fentanyl laced with xylazine, a potent drug cocktail that has led to a surge in overdose deaths... Read More

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Joe Biden is visiting the midlands region of South Carolina on Thursday to celebrate the growth in manufacturing in the state since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. After arriving at the metropolitan airport... Read More

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration and federal agencies to stop trying to influence posts on social media platforms. The president and some members of Congress have called for a regulatory crackdown... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel a portion of the student debt owed by millions of borrowers, declaring that the policy change the administration sought was so sweeping it required congressional... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden strongly criticized the Supreme Court's Thursday ruling against using race-based affirmative action in college admissions, saying the decision "walked away from decades of precedent." "We cannot let this decision be the last word," Biden said... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden may represent a lot of different things to a lot of people, but the kid from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is nothing if not resilient. Just two months after receiving the lowest approval rating of his presidency,... Read More