The White House Correspondents Association said President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend its annual dinner on April 30 after a lengthy presidential absence due to former President Donald Trump’s spats with the mainstream media and the pand…
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Biden could try to run out the clock on transportation mask mandate: experts
The fight over the transportation mask mandate is turning into a “Catch-22” for President Biden, who wants to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its powers but doesn’t want to risk a bad result on appeal. The Department of…
VP Kamala Harris to officiate New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s wedding
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to officiate the wedding of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in May. Ms. Grisham, a Democrat, will marry her fiance, Manny Cordova, in a small ceremony at the Naval Observatory, according to CNN. The observatory…
Tenn. GOP boots Trump-backed Morgan Ortagus, two others from primary ballot
The Tennessee GOP sparked a firestorm Tuesday by voting to remove Morgan Ortagus, a Trump-backed candidate, and two other Republican contenders from the primary ballot in a key House race. The state Republican Party removed Ms. Ortagus, Baxter Lee and …
Justice to appeal transportation mask mandate ruling
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday evening that it is ready to file an appeal of the decision out of Florida. DOJ attorneys said they are waiting for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take a second look at its decision to exten…
Biden sticks to mask-wearing on Air Force One despite mandate change
The White House stuck to mask-wearing during President Biden’s trip to New Hampshire on Tuesday even though federal officials are no longer enforcing a mandate on commercial airline passengers. Mr. Biden wore a black mask as he boarded Air Force …
White House says Biden has faith in Sen. Dianne Feinstein amid concerns of her mental fitness
The White House on Monday said President Biden has confidence in Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California after a newspaper report said Senate colleagues are worried about her mental fitness to serve at age 88. “Yes, she’s a longtime friend, a p…
Biden to agencies: Make sure infrastructure materials funded by law are ‘Made in America’
The Biden administration issued guidance Monday that says projects funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law must use steel and other materials from U.S. manufacturers. The 17-page guidance from the White House budget office stems from a line in the …
Bidens welcome families back to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll
Rain or shine, the egg roll is back at the White House. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed families and children back to the White House on Monday for the annual Easter tradition for the first time in three years, as the nation tries to…
White House announces second global COVID-19 summit
The White House and its foreign counterparts said Monday they will hold a second global COVID-19 summit to plot a path out of the acute phase of the pandemic and prepare for future health threats. The governments will use the virtual summit to call on …