Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix While members of Congress may not be able to speak during the State of the Union address, they often get their message across through the guests they bring. This year is no exception. Lawmakers through their invitees attempted to signal their approval or disapproval of President …
Read More »Congressional Black Caucus Meets With Biden To Push For Police Accountability
Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch The Congressional Black Caucus met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday evening to urge the administration to use its executive power for law enforcement reform, following criminal charges for police officers in the killing of a Black man in Memphis, Tennessee. …
Read More »Biden, McCarthy Hold ‘productive’ and ‘frank’ Debt Limit Talks As Fiscal Cliffs Loom
Jennifer Shutt, Wisconsin Examiner President Joe Biden and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy huddled behind closed doors at the White House on Wednesday in the first of what will likely be several conversations as the country approaches two fiscal cliffs this year amid divided government. The top issue at the …
Read More »President Biden To End COVID-19 Public Health Emergency In May
The two national emergency declarations dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic will end in May, President Joe Biden said Monday. The Biden administration will end both the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency on May 11, the White House informed Congress on Monday night. Doing so will have many effects, …
Read More »Democrats in Congress Condemn Biden Administration Expansion of Title 42
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Nearly 80 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the White House expressing their “great concern” that the Biden administration is walking back on its promise to restore migrants’ access to asylum. In the letter, they also condemned the administration’s expansion of a controversial policy that immediately …
Read More »Two Years In, Biden Has Prioritized Nominating Women Of Color As Judges
Candice Norwood, Jasmine Mithani Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden entered the White House two years ago this month, bringing with him a promise to help diversify the nation’s highest court by appointing a Black woman. He fulfilled that commitment in June when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became …
Read More »Biden Visits Virginia To Tout Economic Progress
President Joe Biden spoke at a union hall in northern Virginia Thursday afternoon, attempting to cast himself as a defender of the middle class by leaning into his economic accomplishments and contrasting them with the Republican proposals he says would be catastrophic for Americans’ pocketbooks. “We’re moving in the right …
Read More »Wave Of Mass Shootings Prompts Biden To Call Yet Again For Assault Weapons Ban
Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent Following a mass shooting on the eve of Lunar New Year in which 11 people in a predominantly Asian neighborhood in California were killed, President Joe Biden again urged Congress to pass legislation banning assault weapons. Communities across America “have been struck by tragedy after tragedy, …
Read More »Biden, Democrats To House Republicans: Show Us Your Debt Limit Plan
Danielle E. Gaines, Maryland Matters Democratic leaders huddled with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday, ahead of what will be a tumultuous few months, with lawmakers sharply divided on the debt limit and short on time. “I have no intention of letting the Republicans wreck our economy, …
Read More »White House Says DOJ Had ‘unprecedented access’ To Biden Home During Search
Ashley Murray, Arizona Mirror Department of Justice officials had “unprecedented access” to every room in President Joe Biden’s Delaware home Friday during a search that followed several days of disclosures that classified material from the Obama era had been found in Biden’s garage and think tank office, White House officials …
Read More »Prior to VP Harris’ Remarks In Florida Sunday, Biden Provides Statement On Abortion Rights
Diane Rado, Florida Phoenix Sunday, on what was going to be the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22, 1973, President Joe Biden provided a statement from the White House: “Today, instead of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, we …
Read More »U.S. Mayors At White House Hear Praise From Biden On Rebuilding Post-Pandemic
Adam Goldstein, Nebraska Examiner President Joe Biden hosted more than 200 of the nation’s mayors at the White House on Friday afternoon, highlighting economic growth and the effectiveness of their bipartisan leadership as the country moves on from the COVID-19 pandemic. “I want to thank the mayors across the country …
Read More »Biden Visits Storm-Damaged California
President Joe Biden repeated his warnings about climate change on Thursday during a visit to California as he toured the damage caused by recent storms. The president promised more federal help and touted his plan to mitigate the effects of extreme weather, which Biden said are caused by climate change. …
Read More »Biden Preaches Message Of Redeeming America’s Soul During Visit To MLK Jr.’s Hometown Church
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden took to the pulpit Sunday at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr. once delivered many powerful and eloquent sermons in the final years of his life. With an invitation from Ebenezer pastor and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, Biden on …
Read More »AG Garland Names Special Counsel For Classified Docs Found In Biden’s Garage
Jennifer Shutt, South Dakota Searchlight The White House revealed Thursday morning that more classified documents from President Joe Biden’s time as vice president were discovered outside of secure government facilities, this time in the garage at his Wilmington, Delaware home. The files have since been turned over to the U.S. …
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