May 11 Debt limit meeting between Biden, Congress leaders put off until next week By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The White House says President Joe Biden's follow-up meeting with congressional leaders on averting a potential default has been postponed until next week. Continue reading
May 11 WATCH: Biden gives remarks after EPA proposes greenhouse gas emission rules for power plants By Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Joe Biden called the plan “a major step forward in the climate crisis and protecting public health.”… Continue reading
May 10 Republicans are using financial records to investigate Hunter Biden. Here’s how By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The White House dismissed the whole investigation as “yet another political stunt."… Continue reading
May 10 WATCH: Biden goes after Republicans on debt limit in campaign-style speech By Seung Min Kim, Josh Boak, Associated Press Biden on Wednesday blasted Republican-demanded spending cuts as “devastating,” making his case in a campaign-style speech to voters as lawmakers met in Washington on raising the government's borrowing limit to avoid a potentially catastrophic U.S. default. Continue reading
May 09 WATCH: Biden says debt ceiling talk with McCarthy was ‘productive’ By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim, Josh Boak, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Biden said he and congressional leaders had a “productive” meeting Tuesday on trying to raise the nation's debt limit though no agreement was reached, and they will meet again Friday to try to avert the risk in weeks of an… Continue reading
May 09 WATCH: McCarthy says he ‘didn’t see any new movement’ on debt ceiling after meeting with Biden By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim, Josh Boak, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says after meeting with President Joe Biden and other Democrats that he "didn't see any new movement" toward ending a months-long impasse over raising the nation's borrowing limit. Continue reading
May 08 Biden promises to veto any House GOP bill on border enforcement By Colleen Long, Stephen Groves, Associated Press The White House says President Joe Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S. lawfully. Continue reading
May 08 WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Biden, Congress continue debt ceiling fight By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press As President Joe Biden meets Tuesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders for the first time over the debt ceiling crisis, the options for easing out of the standoff are many. Continue reading
May 05 Biden taps White House aide Neera Tanden as domestic policy adviser By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Joe Biden says he's chosen Neera Tanden, currently one of his senior advisers, to be his chief domestic policy adviser. Biden says Tanden has overseen decision-making involving his domestic, economic and national security teams. Continue reading
May 04 Biden issues order setting path for sanctions in Sudan By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden has signed an executive order setting the path to sanction individuals involved in the recent violence in Sudan that's left hundreds dead and thrown the African nation into chaos. Continue reading