Joe Biden
Biden opens the possibility of more offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
An oil and gas drilling platform stands offshore as waves churned from Tropical Storm Karen come ashore in Dauphin Island, Alabama, October 5, 2013. Steve Nesius | Reuters The Biden administration released a five-year offshore oil and gas drilling development plan on Friday that would block all new drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans […]
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Biden to meet with 10 Democratic governors to discuss abortion access
Abortion rights demonstrators march to the houses of US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on June 29, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is meeting with several Democratic governors Friday afternoon to discuss what the administration and states can […]
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Biden awards posthumous Medal of Freedom to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs
The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiling the first iPhone in 2007. David Paul Morris | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, along with 16 other people. The award is the country’s highest civilian honor and the White […]
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Russia says iron curtain is ‘already descending’; Biden pledges to stick with Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’
Russian trial for American basketball player Brittney Griner begins American basketball player Brittney Griner (pictured here at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games) was accused by Russian authorities of having cannabis oil in her luggage and smuggling the narcotic material, a crime that could draw a 10-year jail sentence. Jean Catuffe | Getty Images American basketball […]
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GOP megadonors turn on Trump after Jan. 6 hearings, set sights on DeSantis, Pence and other 2024 hopefuls
A video of former U.S. President Donald Trump from his January 6th Rose Garden statement is played as Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the Trump administration, testifies during House Select Committee a public hearing to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, […]
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Watch Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice, replacing Stephen Breyer
Ketanji Brown Jackson is making history Thursday as the first-ever black woman sworn in as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Jackson, 51, replaces Justice Stephen Breyer, whose resignation from the Supreme Court becomes effective at noon after his nearly 28 years of service there. CNBC Politics Read more of CNBC’s politics coverage: President […]
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Biden calls on Congress to ease Senate rules to codify Roe v. Wade
A person holds a sign reading “Codify Roe v. Wade” as abortion rights activists protest after the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in Downtown Los Angeles, on June 24, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would support a suspending the […]
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire Thursday, to be replaced by Ketanji Brown Jackson
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks during an event at the Library of Congress for the 2022 Supreme Court Fellows Program hosted by the Law Library of Congress, in Washington, February 17, 2022. Evan Vucci | Pool | Reuters Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told President Joe Biden that he will officially retire at […]
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NATO deal between Turkey, Sweden and Finland brings home wins for Erdogan — and a possible F-16 breakthrough
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan holds a news conference during the NATO summit at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2021. Yves Herman | Reuters NATO officials on Tuesday celebrated Turkey’s lifting of its veto against Sweden and Finland joining the transatlantic alliance, a move that brought the Nordic states one step closer to […]
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Trump’s fury on display at Jan. 6 hearing. Key takeaways from explosive day of testimony from former White House aide
Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, departs after testifying during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 28, 2022. […]
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