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IN-DEPTH: Speculation Lingers About When Biden Will Formally Announce 2024 Plans

Speculation has mounted about President Joe Biden’s 2024 plans since late December 2022, when he spent the New Year’s holiday in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Some political pundits projected that he would formally announce his candidacy when he returned, but that didn’t happen. Even after classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered…


IN-DEPTH: The 2024 Presidential Race, All Eyes on Biden’s Next Move

Speculation has mounted about President Joe Biden’s 2024 plans since late December 2022, when he spent the New Year’s holiday in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Some political pundits projected that he would formally announce his candidacy when he returned, but that didn’t happen. Even after classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered…


How House Republicans Have Used Their Majority so Far

When President Joe Biden on April 10 signed into law a House Republican-initiated measure ending the national emergency enacted in 2020 in response to the pandemic, it marked the second time he has approved a bill launched in the Republican-led lower chamber of Congress. Democrats retained control of the Senate after the 2022 midterms, leading…


Belfast Locked Down Ahead of Biden’s Visit

A ring of steel surrounds Northern Ireland’s capital city as the province prepares for U.S. President Joe Biden’s first ever official visit. Parts of Belfast city centre are in complete lockdown as police carry out a huge security operation in the midst of an ongoing severe dissident republican terror threat. Roads have been closed and…


Biden Signs Measure Ending COVID-19 National Emergency

President Joe Biden on April 10 signed a measure that ends the COVID-19 national emergency more than three years after it was enacted, the White House announced. HJ Res 7 passed through the Senate on March 29 by a 68-23 margin, with 21 Democrats joining 47 Republicans to support the measure. Four Republicans and five…


‘I Plan on Running,’ Biden Says About 2024 Presidential Race

President Joe Biden said he intends to seek another term in 2024 but isn’t ready to make a formal announcement. At the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 10, Biden stood next to First Lady Dr. Jill Biden for an interview with the “TODAY Show” host Al Roker as families frolicked on the…


Biden Weighs In on Expulsion of Tennessee Lawmakers, Pushes for Gun Control

President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the ousting of two lawmakers in Tennessee. “Last week, three more students and three school officials were gunned down in yet another tragic mass shooting in Nashville. On Monday, 7,000 Tennesseans, many of them students, marched to their state capitol to call on their lawmakers to take action and…


Biden to Visit Northern Ireland for Peace Deal Commemoration

President Joe Biden will be visiting Northern Ireland next week to commemorate a historic agreement that brought peace to the region despite UK intelligence warnings about a potential terror threat in the area. “President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland from April 11-14,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre…


GOP Lawmakers Ask HHS to Provide Evidence for Policy Supporting Gender-Transition Treatment for Minors

A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provide evidence to justify the administration’s support of what they describe as “dangerous” transgender medical procedures for minors. “We are increasingly alarmed that HHS’ advocacy has led health professionals to prescribe dangerous and experimental drugs and surgeries to troubled children,”…


GOP Lawmakers Ask Top Health Official to Provide Evidence for Policy Supporting Gender-Transition Treatment for Minors

A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provide evidence to justify the administration’s support of what they describe as “dangerous” transgender medical procedures for minors. “We are increasingly alarmed that HHS’ advocacy has led health professionals to prescribe dangerous and experimental drugs and surgeries to troubled children,”…