Politics

Karine Jean-Pierre to be next White House press secretary

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the role next week.

WATCH: President Biden, First Lady Jill Biden host Mexican first lady for Cinco de Mayo event

By News Desk

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host a Cinco de Mayo reception on Thursday with Mexico's First Lady, Beatriz Gutiérrez Mueller de López Obrador.

Alabama law criminalizing care for transgender youth faces federal test

By Kimberly Chandler, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Liles Burke set a hearing Thursday on a request to block enforcement of the law while it's challenged in court.

Stocks slump 3 percent as worries grow over higher interest rates

By Damian J. Troise, Alex Veiga, Associated Press

Stocks are slumping on Wall Street, erasing a rally from a day earlier, as markets assess the looming fallout from the Federal Reserve's stepped-up fight against inflation.

WATCH: Sec. Haaland announces panel to focus on Native American missing, slain cases

By News Desk, Felicia Fonseca and Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wants to do more than just put a bandage on a crisis that she says has been decades in the making.

WATCH: Pentagon leadership holds news briefing amid ongoing war in Ukraine

By Associated Press

Yesterday, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said despite Russia ramping up its attacks across Ukraine the weapons allies are filtering into the country "are getting into Ukrainian hands."…

WATCH: Jen Psaki holds briefing after announcement Karine Jean-Pierre will become new White House press secretary

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Thursday named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the role next week.

WATCH: Senate Majority Leader Schumer holds briefing as Senate prepares vote on abortion rights

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

“Next week’s vote will be one of the most important we ever take,” Schumer said Thursday. “Because it deals with one of the most personal and difficult decisions a woman ever has to make in her life.”…

WATCH: Most Russian forces left Mariupol as fighting continues, says Pentagon

By News Desk and Associated Press

U.S. Department of Defense officials said that as heavy fighting raged Thursday at the shattered steel plant in Mariupol, the majority of Russian forces that were dedicated to Mariupol have left and have moved to the north.

WATCH: Attorney General Merrick Garland discusses action on environmental justice

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Following through on a campaign promise, the Biden administration on Thursday announced a wide-ranging enforcement strategy aimed at holding industrial polluters accountable for damage done to poor and minority communities.