Politics Oct 28 WATCH: Biden gives remarks on legislative agenda, infrastructure and climate change proposal President Joe Biden declared Thursday he has reached a “historic economic framework” with Democrats in Congress on his sweeping domestic policy package, a hard-fought yet dramatically scaled-back deal announced just before he departs for overseas summits.
Politics Oct 28 Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise Top Democrats signaled a deal is within reach on President Joe Biden's big domestic bill but momentum fizzled and tempers flared late Wednesday as a paid family leave proposal fell out and a billionaires' tax appeared scrapped, mostly to satisfy…
Politics Oct 28 Biden heads to Capitol to push agenda with fellow Democrats President Joe Biden is traveling to Capitol Hill to pitch House Democrats on a dramatically scaled back domestic policy package.
Politics Oct 27 Pelosi expresses optimism over Biden plan, infrastructure bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling colleagues that Democrats are in “pretty good shape” on President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy plan and a related $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
Nation Oct 20 WATCH: Rahm Emanuel faces confirmation hearing for ambassador to Japan job Several liberal House lawmakers and activists complain that Emanuel's handling of the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times as he ran away from police, should have disqualified him for consideration for a coveted role.
Politics Oct 14 WATCH: Biden meets with Kenya’s president to discuss financial transparency, vaccines Kenyatta was one of more than 330 current and former politicians identified as beneficiaries of secret accounts in recent reports known as the Pandora Papers.
World Oct 12 Biden to meet Kenya president as war roils nearby Ethiopia The talks come just weeks after Biden signed an executive order threatening to levy sanctions against Ethiopia's prime minister.
Nation Oct 07 WATCH: Biden champions vaccine mandates during visit to Chicago President Joe Biden on Thursday championed COVID-19 vaccination requirements, determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledged that mandates weren't his “first instinct.”…
Politics Sep 24 WATCH: Biden hosts Indo-Pacific leaders as China concerns grow President Joe Biden declared Friday that the U.S. and other member of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as “the Quad," are showing they “know how to get things done" in an increasingly complicated corner of the globe.
Politics Sep 20 WATCH: Biden speaks at 2021 U.N. General Assembly President Joe Biden said the world stands at an "inflection point in history" and must move quickly and cooperatively to address the festering issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuse.