By Philip Wegmann for RealClearPolitics A few minutes before midnight Saturday, President Biden walked through the humid summer heat back to the White House, stopping briefly to respond to shouted questions over the din of Marine One’s whirling helicopter blades and still distant thunderstorms. A reporter asked, will inflation go …
Read More »Video: The U.S. ‘Is Not Going Anywhere,’ Biden Tells Middle East Leaders
President Biden told a summit of Arab leaders that the United States remained committed to the Middle East amid an escalating great power competition for the region with countries such as China, Russia and Iran.
Read More »Biden Drops Plan to Name Anti-Abortion Lawyer Backed by McConnell as Judge
WASHINGTON — The White House is abandoning plans to nominate a Kentucky lawyer who opposes abortion rights and is backed by Senator Mitch McConnell to a federal court seat, citing opposition from Senator Rand Paul, Mr. McConnell’s home-state colleague. The resistance from Mr. McConnell’s fellow Republican marked a new twist …
Read More »After Summit Snub, Biden Meets With Mexican President
WASHINGTON — One month after snubbing President Biden by refusing to attend a summit meant to show American leadership, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico joined Mr. Biden at the White House on Tuesday to shore up a relationship the United States needs to slow mass migration and bolster …
Read More »Biden Administration May Offer Second Coronavirus Boosters to All Adults
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering whether to expand second coronavirus booster shots to adults under 50 in an effort to counter the latest, highly contagious variant, which has driven up hospitalization rates and deepened worries about waning immunity among those vaccinated or boosted at least six or so …
Read More »Russia is seeking surveillance drones from Iran, a top Biden aide says.
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s national security adviser said on Monday that Russia is seeking hundreds of surveillance drones from Iran, including those capable of firing missiles, to use in the war in Ukraine. The official, Jake Sullivan, said it was unclear whether Iran had already sent any of the remotely …
Read More »Biden Will Find a Changed Middle East on His Coming Visit
JERUSALEM — When President Biden arrives in the Middle East this week, on his first visit as American head of state, he will find a region where alliances, priorities and relations with the United States have shifted significantly since his last official trip, six years ago. His visit opens in …
Read More »At 79, Biden Is Testing the Boundaries of Age and the Presidency
WASHINGTON — When President Biden leaves Tuesday night for a four-day swing through the Middle East, he will presumably be more rested than he would have been had he followed the original plan. The trip was initially tacked onto another journey last month to Europe, which would have made for …
Read More »‘This Is America’: Biden Honors 17 With Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — After conferring the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 17 people, including the gymnast Simone Biles and former Senator John McCain, who was honored posthumously, President Biden said, “This is America.” But the celebratory event in the East Room of the White House on Thursday said as much about …
Read More »Gas Prices Have Fallen For 3 Straight Weeks Under President Biden
Gas prices dropped 10.4 cents in the past week, which makes it the third straight week that the price at the pump has fallen. GasBuddy compiled the data: For the third straight week, the nation’s average gas price has declined, falling 10.4 cents from a week ago to $4.78 per …
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