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Biden Makes First Late-Night Visit Since Inauguration

President goes on Jimmy Fallon's show

(Newser) - President Biden went on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show Friday night in his first visit to a late-night show since taking office, reports People . Among other things, he made a point to thank Fallon for his recent celebrity-assisted song encouraging people to get vaccinated and boosted. "No joke,"...

White House Says Biden Delivered Warning to Putin

President has 2-hour talk with Putin, with escalating tension in Ukraine the top subject

(Newser) - Update: President Biden warned Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that invading Ukraine would bring a response far beyond the reaction to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, potentially ruining Russia's economy, officials say. In the two-hour video call, Biden told Putin that the US and its European allies would...

Biden, Putin Agree to Talk Tuesday

White House confirms Tuesday meeting prompted by Ukraine tension

(Newser) - President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the situation in Ukraine in a video call on Tuesday, the White House and Kremlin confirmed Saturday. "Biden will underscore US concerns with Russian military activities on the border with Ukraine," presidential spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a statement,...

US Intelligence Analysts Say Russian Troops Near Ukraine

Putin reportedly wants a guarantee that NATO will stay out of Ukraine

(Newser) - Russian troops are massing at its border with Ukraine, and US intelligence analysts say more are coming. They've also seen an uptick in anti-Ukraine propaganda in Russia, and troop movements are being done less openly than last time, NBC News reports. But Ukraine is better prepared to defend itself...

Judge Sanctions Pro-Trump Election Lawyers

9 attorneys, including Sydney Powell, had sued to block Biden's Michigan election victory

(Newser) - Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, and seven other lawyers who sued to block President Biden's election victory in Michigan have been sanctioned by a federal judge. The lawsuit filed by the pro-Trump lawyers sought to decertify Michigan's vote, charging that public officials had illegally manipulated ballots in order to...

White House 'Pulling Out the Stops' With New COVID Plan

Strategy includes focus on at-home testing, booster shots

(Newser) - President Biden is set to roll out his administration's winter COVID strategy Thursday—and he says the nation will fight the virus "not with shutdowns or lockdowns but with more widespread vaccinations, boosters, testing, and more." The White House says the new strategy, which Biden will unveil...

FTC Orders Walmart, Amazon to Explain 'Sky-High Prices'

9 companies asked to turn over information on supply chain woes

(Newser) - Walmart, Amazon, and Kroger will have 45 days to answer to the Federal Trade Commission for their "empty shelves and sky-high prices." With the holiday shopping season now underway, the FTC has ordered nine large retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers including Procter & Gamble Co., Tyson Foods, Kraft Heinz...

Biden Shares His Thinking on Omicron
Biden Shares
His Thinking
on Omicron
Nov 29, 2021 11:45 AM CST

Biden Shares His Thinking on Omicron

It's a 'cause for concern, not panic,' president says of new variant

(Newser) - President Biden on Monday spoke about the emerging Omicron variant , calling it "a cause for concern, not a cause for panic." And he reiterated familiar advice from Dr. Anthony Fauci and the White House: Get vaccinated, including booster shots. "Dr. Fauci believes that the current vaccines provide...

Democrats Prevent Biden&#39;s Plan From Working
Democrats
Prevent 
Biden's Plan
From Working
analysis
Nov 27, 2021 4:40 PM CST

Democrats Prevent Biden's Plan From Working

Divisions have presidency nearing failure, Jonathan Chait writes

(Newser) - Joe Biden came into office with a plan. The president would concentrate on practical issues to win back the working-class voters who had supported Donald Trump. He'd avoid getting caught up in the causes of the Democrats' progressive wing. Polls provided the evidence that child care, community college, expanding...

An Update on Biden's Health After Colonoscopy

Possible 'precancerous lesion' was removed, but the president remains 'fit for duty,' per physician

(Newser) - A clump of cells removed from President Biden's colon during his routine colonoscopy at Walter Reed Medical Center last week was a "benign, slow-growing, but thought to be potentially precancerous lesion," according to a memo from his physician. Dr. Kevin O'Connor described the polyp—a clump...

Report: Biden Has Made His Pick to Fill a Long-Empty Role

Shalanda Young's nomination for director of Office of Management and Budget may come Wednesday

(Newser) - Looks like Shalanda Young just got a promotion: The acting chief of the Office of Management and Budget will become the permanent one, with President Biden's nomination of her expected as soon as Wednesday, officials tell CNN . The Washington Post , which first reported on the development, notes that although...

Psaki Speaks on Biden's 'Intention' for 2024

White House press chief says the president plans on running for a 2nd term

(Newser) - Talk of 2024 is already ramping up, and one of the key questions is: Will President Biden run again? The Hill notes a "flurry of reports" on such speculation, including a Washington Post article over the weekend reporting that the president and his inner circle have been telling Democratic...

Biden to Pull 50M Barrels of Oil From Strategic Reserve

Goal is to bring down prices around the globe

(Newser) - The White House on Tuesday said it had ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the strategic reserve to bring down energy costs, in coordination with other countries including China. The move is an effort to bring down gas prices that are currently averaging about $3.40 a gallon...

Democrats Receive Word Biden Will Seek Reelection

Party officials aren't all buying it, but campaign planning is proceeding

(Newser) - Not everyone is convinced, but President Biden and his close aides have been telling Democrats that he intends to seek another term. The recent effort is intended to calm supporters on several fronts, the Washington Post reports. The party is worried about Biden's falling poll numbers, splits in Congress,...

Rittenhouse: 'Self-Defense Is Not Illegal'

President Biden, former President Trump also offer their reactions to Wisconsin teen's acquittal

(Newser) - It was an emotional day Friday for Kyle Rittenhouse after he was acquitted for the shootings of three men in Kenosha in 2020, but the Wisconsin teen pulled himself together to chat with Fox News' Tucker Carlson afterward. The 18-year-old's reaction to the day's events: "The jury...

At Presidential Turkey Pardon, the Jokes Flew

'Instead of getting basted, these two turkeys are getting boosted,' Biden said at WH ceremony

(Newser) - President Biden on Friday pardoned two Thanksgiving turkeys, saying that the white male birds were selected based on their "temperament, appearance, and, I suspect, vaccination status." "Instead of getting basted, these two turkeys are getting boosted today," Biden joked, per the AP . Biden was in a...

Harris Is First Woman to Gain Presidential Power, Briefly

President Biden will be under anesthesia for routine colonoscopy Friday

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris is making history again: She'll become the first woman to hold presidential power while President Biden undergoes a routine procedure on Friday. Biden will temporarily transfer power to Harris while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, according to White House press secretary Jen...

House Democrats Pass Biden's $2T Social Package

But changes await in the Senate

(Newser) - A marathon speech by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy delayed but could not stop the inevitable: The House on Friday passed a nearly $2 trillion spending plan for social programs and the environment sought by President Biden, reports the AP . The vote was along party lines, save for a lone...

Biden Questions Oil Companies&#39; Math
Biden Questions
Oil Companies' Math
Nov 17, 2021 4:52 PM CST

Biden Questions Oil Companies' Math

President wants investigation into why pump prices are up when costs are down

(Newser) - President Biden wonders why the cost of producing gasoline is dropping while prices at the pump are rising. Maybe "illegal conduct" is to blame, he wrote the chair of the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, asking Lina Khan to investigate oil and gas companies and "bring all of...

China's Xi to Biden: US 'Playing With Fire' on Taiwan

Warning comes in otherwise cordial 3-hour virtual meeting

(Newser) - President Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke for more than three hours Monday in a virtual meeting described by both sides afterward as largely cordial. In fact, Xi greeted Biden as his "old friend" at the start, notes the AP . But the BBC highlights at least one area...

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