President Biden is slated to speak with reporters on Tuesday in New York to deliver remarks on the bipartisan infrastructure law. The president will announce a $292 million Mega grant for the Hudson Tunnel Project that will improve reliability for its 200,000 passenger trips per weekday on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. Biden’s infrastructure bill…
Author: The Hill staff
Tyre Nichols arrest footage: What we know so far
Peaceful protests took place in cities across the U.S. Friday evening after authorities released footage of the early January traffic stop in Memphis in which officers savagely beat 29-year-old Black man Tyre Nichols. He died three days later due to injuries caused by the attack. The footage was released in four separate videos — one…
Watch live: Schumer, Senate Dems call for probe into marketing of rifle toward children
Senate Majority leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and several other Democratic leaders will speak to reporters on Thursday morning. That’s after the Democratic lawmakers asked the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into the marketing of the ‘JR-15’ rifle. Schumer’s calls for the Federal Trade Commission to get involved comes after ten people were killed…
Watch live: GOP senators hold briefing on debt ceiling
Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Mike Braun (Ind.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Mike Lee (Utah), and Rick Scott (Fla.) on Wednesday will host a press conference on the debt ceiling in the Senate Radio and TV Gallery. The U.S. hit its debt ceiling last week and began inacting “extraordinary measures” to avoid a default that could…
Watch live: Biden delivers remarks on Ukraine
President Biden is set to deliver remarks on the United States’s “continued support for Ukraine” on Wednesday as the U.S. prepares to send tanks to the country to provide much-needed firepower for Ukrainian troops fighting off Russian invaders.The U…
Watch live: White House press briefing
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday afternoon is slated to hold a press briefing. Jean-Pierre continues to face questions concerning the discovery of classified documents from the Obama administration at President Biden’s old office in Washington, D.C., and at his home in Delaware. The press secretary insisted that the White House is cooperating with investigations now…
Watch live: Biden delivers remarks after surveying California storm damage
President Biden will deliver remarks Thursday on the state of disaster recovery following devastating storms in California. Biden will visit California to survey communities hit hard by storms and flooding in recent weeks and to assess first-hand the need for additional federal support for recovering residents. The President approved an expedited major disaster declaration at the request…
Watch live: NBA champ Golden State Warriors visit White House
President Biden will honor the defending NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors, with a visit to the White House on Tuesday. The Warriors, who beat the Boston Celtics in six games this summer to claim their spot back on top of the league, are in town after defeating the Wizards last night. This is the…
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President Biden walks with U.S. Border Patrol agents along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 8. Associated Press/Andrew Harnik
Protesters, supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the National Con…
Watch live: Biden to meet with Mexican President Lopez Obrador
President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will meet Monday in Mexico City to discuss several topics, including immigration, amid a surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Biden made his first trip as president to the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for a first-hand look at the influx of thousands of undocumented migrants….