Joe Biden’s next political nightmare is inflation, a force that can destroy family budgets and political careers and is being driven by domestic and global factors tough for a president to quickly fix.
Harris and Macron aim for increased US-French cooperation as world enters ‘new era’
Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday they look forward to closer US-French cooperation as they sat down for a bilateral meeting at the Elysée Palace aimed at revitalizing US-French ties.
Muslim advocacy group says GOP state senator-elect who expressed Islamophobia in tweets ‘committed to renouncing’ hate speech during meeting
The Republican who defeated New Jersey’s state Senate president last week has “committed to renouncing” hate speech amid criticism of old tweets he posted expressing Islamophobia, a Muslim advocacy group in the state said Wednesday.
White House preparing ‘follow up’ sanctions on Belarus
The United States is preparing “follow up sanctions” designed to hold leaders in Belarus accountable for “ongoing attacks on democracy, human rights and international norms,” a spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council said on Wednesday…
Judge rejects another Trump attempt to slow down documents from going to House January 6 committee
A federal judge on Wednesday night said she would not help former President Donald Trump as he attempts to buy time as he argues to keep secret records from his presidency, pointing him instead to an appeals court to seek help.
New York attorney general releases former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s testimony and other documents from sexual harassment investigation
The office of the New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday released a transcripts of investigators’ interview with former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, along with other documents and exhibits, from its investigation into the sexual harassment…
DHS bulletin warns of ‘diverse and challenging’ terrorism threats ahead of holidays
The Department of Homeland Security warned in a new terrorism bulletin Wednesday of a “diverse and challenging threat environment” ahead of the holidays, pointing to the spread of violent extremist narratives online, coronavirus pandemic-related stre…
‘It’s worrisome’: Biden addresses inflation concerns during Baltimore speech
President Joe Biden takes his sales pitch for the newly passed bipartisan infrastructure deal on the road Wednesday, highlighting the effect of the bill on supply chains, hours after new inflation statistics revealed that America’s prices are surging m…
Blinken says US is concerned Russia may be ‘attempting to rehash’ 2014 invasion of Ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the US is concerned by reports of unusual Russian military activity and the possibility that Russia may be “attempting to rehash” its 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
New York tells SCOTUS to allow vaccine mandate for health care workers to remain on the books
New York Attorney General Letitia James urged the Supreme Court Wednesday to deny a request from a group of New York health care workers to block the state’s vaccine mandate, arguing that the emergency rule requiring vaccinations for certain health car…