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FBI agent charged with attempted murder in 2020 shooting
Kuzma/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- An FBI agent has been charged with attempted second degree murder stemming from a December 2020 shooting aboard a Washington-area subway train, according to court documents...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden delivers remarks on Tulsa Race Massacre after meeting with survivors
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(TULSA, Okla.) -- President Joe Biden visited Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, becoming the first sitting president to...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden says democracy 'worth dying for' in speech honoring fallen troops at Arlington
Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ARLINGTON, Va.) -- President Joe Biden, observing his first Memorial Day as commander-in-chief, delivered remarks Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, ...
May 31, 2021
GOP embrace of $1 trillion infrastructure package could help make a deal: Buttigieg
CHUNYIP WONG/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans' potential embrace of a $1 trillion infrastructure package is an encouraging sign a bipartisan deal could be reached, Transportation Secretar...
May 30, 2021
Biden calls rise in antisemitic attacks 'despicable, unconscionable, un-American'
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is condemning a rise in antisemitic attacks across the United States as "despicable, unconscionable, un-American," s...
May 29, 2021
US to reimpose sanctions on Belarus after forced landing of Ryanair flight, journalist arrest
Win Mcnamee/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The White House has announced that the United States will reimpose sanctions on Belarus next week after the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight to the co...
May 29, 2021
Untapped US intelligence to be probed for clues to COVID-19 origin
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After assessing the intelligence and raw data before them, it became apparent to Biden and his top officials that a large cache of information had yet to be...
May 29, 2021
Biden unveils $6 trillion 2022 budget that includes costly pandemic recovery and jobs plans
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday unveiled a $6 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2022, which includes his costly initiatives already an...
May 28, 2021
Harris is first woman to make Naval Academy commencement address: 'Our world is fragile'
Official White House t by Lawrence Jackson(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- Vice President Kamala Harris made history once again on Friday as the first woman to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Ac...
May 28, 2021
Senate Republicans use filibuster to kill Jan. 6 commission
uschools/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- In a remarkable political moment, Republicans on Friday blocked the Senate from moving forward on a bill that would establish a bipartisan, independent commission to inv...
May 28, 2021
