Jul 24 WATCH: White House holds briefing as feds sue Texas governor over floating border barrier By Tia Goldenberg, Isaac Scharf, Associated Press The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican's latest aggressive tactic to try stopping migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. Continue reading
Jul 23 Biden will establish a national monument for Emmett Till, Black teen lynched in 1955 By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official… Continue reading
Jul 21 Biden names CIA Director William Burns as a member of his Cabinet By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press President Joe Biden elevated CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet on Friday, a symbolic move that underscores the intelligence chief's influence and his work in U.S. support for Ukraine. Continue reading
Jul 21 WATCH: Biden announces AI safeguards after meeting with tech leaders By Matt O'Brien, Zeke Miller, Associated Press On Friday, representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI are meeting with the president at the White House. Continue reading
Jul 20 Sen. Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Republicans say the information is significant as they probe the financial affairs of the President Joe Biden's family, reviving previously debunked claims of financial wrongdoing. Continue reading
Jul 20 WATCH: Biden talks economy and unions in Philadelphia as possible strikes loom By Josh Boak, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Tensions are rising between unions and companies about a rapidly evolving economy in which AI, clean energy and e-commerce are rewriting some of the basic rules of work. Biden is trying to allay those concerns by saying unions should be… Continue reading
Jul 19 A key part of Biden’s plan to control immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border gets a court hearing By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press A judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit opposing an asylum rule that's a key part of the Biden administration's immigration policy. Critics say the rule endangers migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and is against the… Continue reading
Jul 19 WATCH: Biden administration is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices By Josh Boak, Associated Press The Biden administration is proposing new guidelines for corporate mergers, taking steps to disclose junk fees charged by landlords and launching a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry. Continue reading
Jul 18 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Russia retaliates for Crimea bridge attack By Associated Press White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre held a news briefing on Tuesday as Ukraine claims it shot down Russian drones and cruise missiles targeting the Black Sea port of Odesa. Continue reading
Jul 17 WATCH: White House says Biden is still concerned about judicial overhaul as he extends invite to Israel’s Netanyahu By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Biden on Monday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him in the U.S. this fall, the White House said, even as he expressed ongoing concern about Netanyahu's controversial plans to overhaul his country's judicial system. Continue reading