Biden signs $1.2 trillion spending package

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with (L-R) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), on February 27, 2024 at the White House in Washington, DC. Roberto Schmidt | Getty Images President Joe Biden on … Read more

Why Biden Offered a UN Ceasefire Resolution That Got Vetoed

The U.S. tried and failed to pass a UN Security Council resolution on Friday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza linked to talks over a Hamas-Israel hostage deal. China and Russia both voted to veto the resolution. President Biden has faced increasing pressure and ongoing protests from the left to more forcefully push Israel … Read more

Biden Unleashes Absolutely Vicious Joke At Trump’s Expense

President Joe Biden mocked Donald Trump’s financial struggles during a reception at a campaign event in Dallas on Wednesday. “Just the other day a defeated-looking man came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, I have crushing debt, and I’m completely wiped out,’” Biden said. “And I had to look at him and say, ‘Donald, … Read more

Biden administration begins evacuating citizens from Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. government on Thursday airlifted more than 30 stranded Americans out of the Haitian capital, as the gang violence racking this city showed no signs of abating and an already dire humanitarian crisis worsened. The government-organized helicopter flights out of Port-au-Prince began Wednesday, carrying more than 15 U.S. citizens, a State … Read more

A Blackberry With a Cracked Screen Led to Some Weird Moments in the Biden Impeachment Inquiry

The House of Representatives had plenty of fireworks Wednesday during the Oversight and Accountability Committee’s hearing into the impeachment of President Joe Biden. Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, was one of the star witnesses of the hearing and so was his Blackberry. See How X-Men ’97 Faithful Riffs on the Classic … Read more

Top former US generals say failures of Biden administration in planning drove chaotic fall of Kabul

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration for the chaotic departure, telling lawmakers Tuesday that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time. The rare testimony by the two retired … Read more

Irish PM Pressures Biden on Gaza in St. Patrick’s Day Speech

It’s an annual tradition for the leader of Ireland to spend St. Patrick’s Day with the leader of the United States to celebrate the close bonds between the two countries. But what would normally be a festive occasion at the White House, especially as President Joe Biden likes to herald his own personal Irish heritage … Read more

New restrictions to U.S. asylum system under consideration by Biden

The U.S. officers who screen migrants at the border to determine eligibility for asylum have been plowing through cases at a record clip since last May, when the Biden administration placed tougher restrictions on people who cross illegally. The officers are completing twice as many interviews per month as they did a year ago, and … Read more

Biden says at DC roast that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. ‘The other’s me’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party’s nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said. “The other’s me,” Bidden quipped. The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from … Read more

A history of failed intervention weighs on the Biden administration in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Heavily armed gangs are sowing mayhem, killing indiscriminately, breaking open prisons and blocking aid. Nearly half the country is hungry; 1 million people are starving. The country’s leader has announced plans to resign. Haiti has been here before — several times, in fact, since the ouster of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986: … Read more