Jul 04 Awaiting trial in a Russian prison, WNBA star Griner sends letter to Biden pleading for help By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press Brittney Griner made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed on to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she may never return home and asking that he not "forget about me and the other… Continue reading
Jul 04 WATCH: President Biden delivers July 4th remarks in the wake of another mass shooting By Bobby Caina Calvan, Kathleen Foody, Associated Press A shooting that left at least six people dead at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb rattled Monday's celebrations across the U.S. and further rocked a country already awash in turmoil. Continue reading
Jul 01 Supreme Court leaves little hope for Biden administration’s plan to curb climate change By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press It's a blow to Biden's commitment to slash emissions in the few years scientists say remain to stave off deadlier levels of global warming. Continue reading
Jul 01 Presidential Medal of Freedom to be awarded to Biles, McCain, Giffords, Jobs By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, with whom Biden served in the Senate. Continue reading
Jul 01 WATCH: President Joe Biden and Democratic governors give remarks at meeting on reproductive rights By Associated Press President Joe Biden holds virtual meeting with governors on reproductive health care on Friday as the states continue to react to the overturning of Roe v. Wade which ended the constitutional right to an abortion. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 4:15 News Wrap: Kentucky, Florida judges block abortion limits In our news wrap Thursday, judges in Kentucky and Florida became the latest to block new abortion limits since the end of Roe v. Wade, Hong Kong prepares for the 25th anniversary of its return from British to Chinese rule,… Continue watching
Jun 30 Biden supports filibuster exception to protect abortion access By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden says he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on Supreme Court By Associated Press Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: Biden supports changing filibuster rules to codify abortion rights By Darlene Superville, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden says the Supreme Court's decision ending a constitutional right to abortion is "destabilizing" and he supports changing Senate rules to codify nationwide abortion protections. Continue reading
Jun 29 Biden says U.S. will increase long term military presence in Europe By Darlene Superville, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the opening of the alliance’s annual leaders' summit in Madrid, Biden said “NATO is strong and united" and that steps to be taken during the gathering will "further augment our collective strength.”… Continue reading