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Biden says he warned Iran’s ayatollah over drone attacks on U.S. troops

President Biden on Wednesday said drone attacks that recently injured two dozen U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria have "nothing to do with Israel" amid growing fears the Middle East conflict is expanding and has already roped in American forces.

October 25, 2023

House Speaker Mike Johnson won’t impede Biden’s possible reelection, president says

President Biden said Wednesday he isn't worried that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to thwart his second term if he wins reelection in November of next year.

October 25, 2023

Biden says Israel has a ‘responsibility’ to defend itself, but urges restraint

President Biden on Wednesday reiterated firm U.S. support for Israel in its war with the terrorist organization Hamas, but also warned the Jewish state to operate within the rules of war to avoid civilian casualties in Hamas-controlled Gaza.

October 25, 2023

Trump: Mark Meadows never told me 2020 election fraud claims were baseless

Former President Donald Trump is pushing back on a report saying his former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, took an immunity deal from special counsel Jack Smith and repeatedly told Mr. Trump in late 2020 that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

October 25, 2023

Report: Mark Meadows told Jack Smith, grand jury that Trump’s election fraud claims were bogus

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has reportedly secured an immunity deal and told special counsel Jack Smith's grand jury that he informed then-President Donald Trump that claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 election were baseless.

October 24, 2023

Jenna Ellis becomes third ex-Trump lawyer to plead guilty in Georgia case

Lawyer Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in an Atlanta courtroom Tuesday, making her the third attorney to admit to wrongdoing and agree to cooperate with prosecutors who are zeroing in on former President Donald Trump while he coasts toward the GOP's nomination in 2024.

October 24, 2023

Turkey? Hungary? Trump confuses world leaders in New Hampshire speech

Former President Donald Trump seemed to mix up the leaders of Hungary and Turkey in a speech in New Hampshire on Monday.

October 24, 2023

Trump denies disclosing sensitive sub info to Australian businessman

Donald Trump is denying reports he leaked sensitive information to Australian businessman Anthony Pratt, a Mar-a-Lago member who claims the ex-president had a penchant for disclosing secret information about U.S. submarines and relations with Iraq and Ukraine.

October 23, 2023

White House selects 31 regional ‘hubs’ to spur tech manufacturing

President Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Monday named 31 communities as "Tech Hubs" that will use grant money to spur work in semiconductors, clean energy, quantum computing and other emerging industries.

October 23, 2023

Biden bets on border money to entice Republicans on $105 billion spending bill

Biden requested nearly $14 billion as part of his new $105 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, figuring it might win over some Republicans who are reluctant about deeper entanglements.

October 22, 2023

Biden expects humanitarian aid to Gaza to flow within two days

President Biden said Friday he expects to see truckloads of aid cross into the Gaza Strip from Egypt within two days.

October 20, 2023

Pro-Trump lawyer Chesebro takes plea in Fulton County case, expected to cooperate with prosecutors

Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer who assisted former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, has taken a plea deal in a Georgia state case accusing Mr. Trump and his associates of scheming illegally to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in the state.

October 20, 2023

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff meets with Jewish students, speaks to Israeli refugees at D.C. school

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Friday met with young students who recently arrived from Israel and are taking shelter in the U.S., the White House said.

October 20, 2023

Biden seeks more than $100B for Ukraine, Israel and border security

The White House said Friday it is sending a roughly $105 billion funding request to Congress that packages aid for the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel with enough money to hire thousands of agents and judges at the southern U.S. border.

October 20, 2023

Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia case, ordered to testify against Trump

Sidney Powell, a lawyer who pushed claims of 2020 election fraud on behalf of former President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in Georgia Thursday and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, a threatening development for the GOP presidential front-runner and other co-defendants facing trial on conspiracy charges in Atlanta.

October 19, 2023

New York governor tours Israel, discusses hostages with Netanyahu

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to offer her state's concern for the local population and discuss efforts to rescue constituents taken hostage.

October 19, 2023

Biden returns from Middle East trip without incident, no air raid sirens during visit

President Biden landed safely in Washington early Thursday after visiting Israel to show solidarity with the Middle East ally that was raided by Hamas and has turned into a war zone.

October 19, 2023

Trump’s new campaign mantra: Car choice

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday the auto industry will be "dead" if workers don't back his 2024 presidential bid, positioning himself as a champion of car choice in the latest jockeying over the monthlong autoworkers strike.

October 18, 2023

NIH nominee vows to focus on rural needs, cooperate on COVID-19 probes if confirmed by Senate

President Biden's pick to lead the National Institutes of Health pledged Wednesday to restore trust in the research agency by highlighting the "doctor-patient relationship" after a pandemic marked by government directives and to cooperate with Congress on efforts to explore the origins of COVID-19.

October 18, 2023

Kamala Harris’ college tour confronted by the left’s pro-Palestinian young voters

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday urged Arizona students to distinguish between Palestinian civilians caught in conflict and terrorist militants in Hamas after students pulled her into a campus fracas that is overlapping with President Biden's visit to Israel.

October 17, 2023