At meeting, Biden to challenge McCarthy to avoid default, release detailed budget, per White House memo
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is expected to pose two questions to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a Wednesday meeting and will challenge him to commit to avoiding a catastrophic default and unveil …
Ten people hurt in mass shooting in Florida: Police
Sheila Paras/Getty Images(LAKELAND, Fla.) — A mass shooting in a Florida city has left 10 people wounded, the Lakeland Police Department announced on Monday.
According to police, two victims are critically injured and eight face non-life-threatening …
Commander says Western tanks will give Ukraine battlefield ‘advantage’
ABC News(DONETSK REGION, Eastern Ukraine) — Eagerly awaiting the arrival of state-of-the-art tanks from Western allies, Ukrainian tank commander Ihor Levchenko told ABC News he’s confident that compared to the “rusty and old” contraptions he now opera…
Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
Tetra Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration will end both the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency on May 11, the White House informed Congress on Monday night.
The current public health emergency is in place t…
Trump sues Bob Woodward for releasing audio of their interviews
Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump sued journalist Bob Woodward on Monday, claiming that the audio companion to Woodward’s book Rage improperly used recordings of his interviews with the former president.
According to…
Lawmakers denounce police in Tyre Nichols’ death but split on potential for new police laws
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Bipartisan outrage continued following the Friday release of graphic footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this month — with lawmakers saying such a brutal reaction wa…
Blinken visits Israel amid heightened tensions with Palestinians
Debbie Hill/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a potentially high stakes visit to Israel on Monday as the Biden administration seeks to deepen collaboration with the nation’s new hard-line government on secu…
Biden touts $6 billion rail tunnel replacement, highlighting infrastructure law
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images(BALTIMORE) — President Joe Biden on Monday traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, to kick off a $6 billion rail tunnel reconstruction project primarily funded by his bipartisan infrastructure law — an improvement he said …
Former “National Enquirer” publisher appears before Donald Trump grand jury
Mint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The former publisher of the National Enquirer is among the first witnesses brought Monday before a grand jury in New York as prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office consider whether to file crimin…
Johnson & Johnson can’t invoke bankruptcy to stop cancer lawsuits, court says
RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Johnson & Johnson cannot use bankruptcy court to resolve civil lawsuits that claim its iconic baby powder caused cancer, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
The opinion foiled Johnson & Johnson’s plan to shift onto…