Apr 05 WATCH: Biden gives remarks during virtual Easter event By Associated Press Departing from the White House tradition of the Easter Egg roll, President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny celebrated a virtual Easter event Monday. Continue reading
Apr 05 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds news briefing By News Desk and Associated Press Biden’s ambitious “Rebuild America” agenda has a price tag of $2.3 trillion, and plans to help roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. Continue reading
Apr 02 Estimated 25 million Americans to see boost in federal food benefits By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press The change announced late Thursday ensures the lowest-income households can access up to $95 in additional monthly emergency food assistance benefits approved by Congress last year. Previously, people already receiving the maximum benefit amount pre-coronavirus weren't eligible for more. Continue reading
Apr 02 Biden affirms support for Ukraine in first call to leader By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Biden's call Friday to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy follows reports of Russian troop movements on Ukraine's eastern border. Continue reading
Apr 02 Biden lifts Trump sanctions on international court officials By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Biden says the United States still has strong disagreements with the court, which has pursued cases against Americans. But Biden says those disagreements are best dealt with through diplomacy, not sanctions. Continue reading
Apr 02 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds briefing By Associated Press The White House COVID task force is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. ET today. Watch their remarks here. Continue reading
Apr 02 WATCH: Biden credits American people for jobs numbers By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press President Joe Biden welcomed March job data as America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring, adding 916,000 jobs for the month. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 8:56 Energy Sec. Granholm: Focus on renewable energy will protect U.S. ‘manufacturing backbone’ President Biden's infrastructure proposal includes hundreds of billions of dollars to address climate change by cutting emissions and increasing the use of clean energy, which critics say amounts to a version of the Green New Deal proposal released by Rep. Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 7:28 Rep. Davis says Pelosi, Schumer not for bipartisanship on infrastructure plan The Biden administration's plans to spend hundreds of billions to address climate change as part of the latest infrastructure package has been likened to The Green New Deal proposal released by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.,… Continue watching
Apr 01 Biden infrastructure plan would spend $16 billion to clean up old mines, oil wells By Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Joe Biden’s plan to transform America’s infrastructure includes $16 billion to plug old oil and gas wells and clean up abandoned mines. Continue reading