Feb 17 WATCH: White House speaks on toxic train derailment in Ohio By Associated Press The Biden administration on Friday defended its response to a toxic freight train derailment in Ohio two weeks ago, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done. Continue reading
Feb 16 WATCH: Biden calls for ‘sharper rules’ on unknown aerial objects By Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden says the U.S. is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects. Continue reading
Feb 14 White House reports nearly 18 percent drop in people with medical debt By Josh Boak, Associated Press Among the programs they say contributed to less debt was an expansion of the Obama-era healthcare law that added 4.2 million people with some form health insurance. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 4:09 News Wrap: Palestinian gunman kills 7 near Jerusalem synagogue In our news wrap Friday, new violence erupted in the Middle East when a Palestinian gunman opened fire near a synagogue in east Jerusalem, the head of the UN Refugee Agency accused Russia of kidnapping Ukrainian children and the U.S. Continue watching
Jan 27 WATCH: White House says Biden, Nichols family are calling for peaceful protests By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller, Associated Press White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday said President Joe Biden has been briefed about Tyre Nichols' encounter with police but neither he nor White House officials have seen the video. Continue reading
Jan 26 Who is Jeff Zients, Biden’s next chief of staff? By Kenichi Serino President Joe Biden has named Jeff Zients, a businessman and former COVID-19 response coordinator, as his new chief of staff. Continue reading
Jan 26 WATCH: Biden says U.S. needs to protect economic gains as report shows 2.9 percent growth By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press "The news couldn’t have been any better,” President Joe Biden said of Thursday's GDP report. Continue reading
Jan 25 WATCH: White House says battle tanks will ‘have an effect’ in Ukraine By Associated Press The White House said the 31 Abrams battle tanks that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine will "have an effect," but it warned that the American people need to prepare themselves that the U.S. will "have to continue to support… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 6:51 How a new chief of staff will affect the Biden White House amid documents scandal By Geoff Bennett, Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman As President Biden enters his third year in office, there's a change coming at the top of his leadership team. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain will leave his post in the coming weeks. It comes as the president… Continue watching
Jan 23 WATCH: White House holds news briefing amid continuing fallout over found documents By Associated Press Reporters continued to grill the White House Monday on what President Joe Biden knew or didn't know after a Friday search of his Delaware home by the FBI, which turned up even more classified documents. Continue reading