First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday traveled to the Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, a trip that, according to the White House, included meetings with military families.
Biden to visit storm-ravaged Louisiana
President Joe Biden will visit storm-ravaged Louisiana on Friday as the state attempts to recover from the category 4 Hurricane Ida that plowed into the Gulf Coast over the weekend.
Biden blasts Texas’ 6-week abortion ban as ‘extreme’ and violation of a constitutional right
President Joe Biden on Wednesday blasted the Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into pregnancy as “extreme” and said it “blatantly violates” a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion, as affirmed by the landmark Sup…
50th US Capitol rioter pleads guilty
The Justice Department on Wednesday secured its 50th guilty plea in the January 6 insurrection, a key milestone as it nears its 600th arrest in the massive investigation.
The Point: The Texas abortion law is a reminder of the Supreme Court stakes for Democrats
Sometimes doing nothing can be hugely impactful.
Texas 6-week abortion ban takes effect after Supreme Court inaction
A controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court failed to rule on pending emergency requests brought by abortion providers.
Democrats break ranks to back $24 billion boost to Pentagon budget
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee are planning to file dozens of amendments on a major defense bill Wednesday that will force Democrats on the panel to vote on a variety of politically fraught issues, from Afghanistan and China, to bann…
Biden’s first August as president shreds his momentum, tosses daunting new challenges in his path
President Joe Biden tried twice last month to get to his beach house on the Delaware coast. He never made it.
Biden turns to nation building at home, but the political threats he left behind in Afghanistan could come back to haunt him
President Joe Biden may have ended the “forever war” but the dangerous loose ends he left behind in Afghanistan could still thwart his attempt to throw everything at his top priority domestic goals.
White House thanks interpreter in hiding who helped rescue Biden in 2008 and commits to evacuating Afghan partners
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday praised the Afghan interpreter in hiding who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden during a 2008 rescue mission as she reaffirmed the US’ commitment to helping Afghan allies.