Politics May 16 Harris agrees to debate Trump’s VP pick this summer Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from CBS News, the Biden campaign said Thursday.
Politics May 15 Biden and Trump agree to debates in June and September The quick agreement on the timetable to meet followed the Democrat's announcement that he will not participate in fall presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission that has organized them for more than three decades.
Politics May 13 Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming military base The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. It also forces the removal of certain equipment owned by MineOne Partners Ltd., a firm that is partly owned…
Politics May 09 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after Biden announces plan to withhold weapons delivery to Israel Biden acknowledged that “civilians have been killed in Gaza” by the type of heavy bombs that the U.S. has been supplying -- his first validation of what administration critics have been loudly protesting, even if he still stopped short of…
Politics May 09 WATCH: GOP senators respond to Biden threat stopping weapons for Israel for Rafah attack The decision drew a sharp rebuke from House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who said they only learned about the holdup from press reports.
Politics May 08 Biden says U.S. won’t supply offensive weapons for Israel to assault Rafah Biden said the U.S. was still committed to Israel's defense and would supply Iron Dome rocket interceptors. But he said that if Israel goes into Rafah, "we're not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells used, that have been…
World May 08 Defense secretary confirms U.S. has paused a bomb shipment to Israel over Rafah invasion concerns The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs, with the focus of U.S. concern being the larger explosives and how they could be used in a dense urban setting.
Politics May 07 WATCH: Biden remembers Holocaust victims and condemns ‘ferocious’ antisemitism “We’re at risk of people not knowing the truth," President Joe Biden said of the horrors of the Holocaust, when 6 million Jews were systematically killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. “This hatred continues to lie deep in the…
Politics May 06 Biden reiterates concern about Rafah offensive on call to Netanyahu President Joe Biden also underscored to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he believes reaching a cease-fire with Hamas is the best way to protect the lives of hostages held in Gaza, according to White House officials, who were not…
Politics Apr 30 U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP says The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.