President Joe Biden hosts Elton John for a performance at the White House on
Friday — a bit of a thumb in the eye for superfan former President Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden hosts Elton John for a performance at the White House on
Friday — a bit of a thumb in the eye for superfan former President Donald Trump.
The president touted investments in extreme heat resilience and offshore wind at
the site of a converted coal plant in Massachusetts, but stopped short of
declaring a “climate emergency.”
The president touted investments in extreme heat resilience and offshore wind at the site of a converted coal plant in Massachusetts, but stopped short of declaring a “climate emergency.”
President Biden said “I always bring up human rights” on foreign trips, but
stopped short of saying he would raise the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal
Khashoggi when he meets Saudi leaders.
President Biden said “I always bring up human rights” on foreign trips, but
stopped short of saying he would raise the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal
Khashoggi when he meets Saudi leaders.
The site — comparable in size to the Grand Canyon — is about a hundred miles off
the coast of New York City. It’s home to a number of sensitive species including
sperm whales and sea turtles.
Speaking about easing restrictions on higher-ethanol gasoline amid spiking fuel
costs, Biden said prices shouldn’t “hinge on whether a dictator declares war and
commits genocide a half a world away.”
A day after the Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, she spoke at the White House with President Biden and Vice President Harris
When sworn in this summer, Brown will be the first Black woman on the Supreme
Court. With three Republican senators saying they’ll vote for her, Democrats
appear to have enough votes for confirmation.
Sens. Murkowski and Romney said they’ll vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
after the Judiciary Committee reached an 11-11 tie along party lines to advance
her nomination to the Senate.
President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, the
culmination of more than a century of efforts to designate lynching as a federal
hate crime.
President Biden described the implications for Beijing if it decides to provide assistance to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a nearly two-hour phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a senior White House official told reporters.
A White House official declined to lay out the specifics of any potential U.S.
response, but said that Biden was “detailed” and “direct” with the Chinese
leader.