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April 26, 2024 03:56 PM
The Biden administration is delaying a potential ban on menthol cigarettes, the White House said. Black public health officials have been worried about this outcome for months.
April 26, 2024 03:56 PM
April 24, 2024 11:06 AM
The president spoke from the White House after he signed the supplemental the Senate passed last night, following weeks of congressional drama. “It’s a good day for America, it’s a good day for Europe and it’s a good day for world peace, for real,” he said.
April 24, 2024 11:06 AM
April 18, 2024 10:22 AM
The administration has announced new sanctions on Iran’s drone, steel and auto industries, the Treasury Department announced as punishment for Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel over the weekend. The sanctions were coordinated with the United Kingdom and target both individuals and entities involved in Iran’s drone program.
April 18, 2024 10:22 AM
April 17, 2024 02:36 PM
The president said the House and Senate “must pass” the bills giving aid to Israel, Ukraine, Gaza and Taiwan. “I will sign this into law immediately to send a message to the world: We stand with our friends, and we won’t let Iran or Russia succeed,” Biden said in a statement.
April 17, 2024 02:36 PM
April 12, 2024 09:20 AM
The White House announced Friday that it’s canceling $7.4 billion in student loan debt for an additional 277,000 people. “I will never stop working to cancel student debt — no matter how many times Republican elected officials try to stop us,” Biden said in a statement.
April 12, 2024 09:20 AM
April 11, 2024 10:54 AM
The White House announced a new rule on Thursday to require background checks on more firearm purchases, including at gun shows and online. President Joe Biden said in a statement that the rule “is going to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and felons.”
April 11, 2024 10:54 AM
April 02, 2024 10:45 AM
The secretary of state said he has spoken with the Israeli government about strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen, a D.C.-based NGO. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to take responsibility for the attack in a public statement, calling it a “tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people.”
April 02, 2024 10:45 AM
April 01, 2024 02:01 PM
The president plans to go to the site of the Key Bridge collapse later this week, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
April 01, 2024 02:01 PM
March 26, 2024 01:18 PM
The president said he expects Congress to support the federal government’s effort to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. “We’re going to do everything we can to protect those jobs and help those workers,” Biden said of the Baltimore port, a major shipping hub on the East Coast.
March 26, 2024 01:18 PM
March 26, 2024 11:56 AM
Biden said he convened senior members of his team for a briefing on the situation in Baltimore after a container ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse. “I’ve directed my Administration to ensure every federal resource is available to assist search and rescue efforts and response to this terrible incident,” Biden said in a statement via X.
March 26, 2024 11:56 AM
March 15, 2024 03:47 PM
Kamala Harris criticized the current federal classification of marijuana and urged the DEA to quickly move to reschedule the drug. The vice president called the classification “absurd” and “patently unfair” and said “nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed.” Of course, Harris herself is a former prosecutor, a fact she acknowledged in her remarks.
March 15, 2024 03:47 PM
March 11, 2024 12:16 PM
The Housing and Urban Development secretary announced today that she’d leave her post on March 22. “It’s time to go home,” she told USA Today.
March 11, 2024 12:16 PM
March 01, 2024 02:40 PM
“We’re going to pull out every stop we can,” the president said, amid reports of rampant starvation.
March 01, 2024 02:40 PM
February 28, 2024 10:28 AM
The president’s son is currently testifying before the House Judiciary and Oversight committees behind closed doors in Republicans’ inquiry into whether Joe Biden had any involvement in his family’s business ventures. In prepared remarks, Hunter Biden told the committees the investigation was a “baseless and destructive political charade.”
February 28, 2024 10:28 AM
February 16, 2024 02:33 PM
President Joe Biden knocked House Republicans for going on recess without approving aid to Ukraine, calling it “outrageous.” “It’s about time they step up, don’t you think, instead of going on a two-week vacation?” he said. “Two weeks they’re walking away. Two weeks. What are they thinking? My God.” He said their inaction has led to concern about the U.S. as an ally.
February 16, 2024 02:33 PM
February 16, 2024 08:55 AM
Alexei Navalny, a top opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in prison, according to Russian authorities. “Russia is responsible for this,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. “Whatever story they tell, let us be clear: Russia is responsible,” Vice President Kamala Harris said. And President Joe Biden said the same later: “Putin is responsible. What has happened to Navalny is yet more proof of Putin’s brutality.”
February 16, 2024 08:55 AM
January 19, 2024 11:57 AM
The Biden administration is forgiving nearly $5 billion in student debt for some 74,000 additional borrowers, officials announced Friday. Nearly 44,000 of those borrowers have worked in public service for at least 10 years, including as teachers, nurses and firefighters, according to the White House.
January 19, 2024 11:57 AM
January 17, 2024 04:37 PM
The White House was not so amused by the DNC’s snarky tweet about Asa Hutchinson’s ill-fated presidential bid. (The offending DNC comment: “This news comes as a shock to those of us who could’ve sworn he had already dropped out.”) White House chief of staff Jeff Zients called Hutchinson to apologize and Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden has “deep respect” for the governor.
January 17, 2024 04:37 PM
