MJ Lee
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Biden White House closely watching Federal Reserve following bank failures
All eyes are trained on the Federal Reserve as it prepares to announce another potential interest rate hike Wednesday afternoon -- exactly 10 days after the Biden administration stepped in with dramatic emergency actions to contain the fallout from two bank failures. → Read More
Biden emphasizes US banking system is safe after Silicon Valley Bank collapse
President Joe Biden on Monday underscored that the American banking system remains safe, laying out how his administration is taking action to contain Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. → Read More
Biden administration tells student loan forgiveness applicants it is 'confident' in face of Supreme Court skepticism
The Biden administration is projecting confidence about the fate of President Joe Biden's student loan cancellation program in a message to applicants, even in the face of skepticism from conservative Supreme Court justices in Tuesday's high-stakes oral arguments. → Read More
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to visit Ohio town affected by toxic train derailment
The secretary has come under intense pressure from East Palestine residents and other critics to visit the town in the wake of the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train that released toxic chemicals. → Read More
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to visit Ohio town affected by toxic train derailment
The secretary has come under intense pressure from East Palestine residents and other critics to visit the town in the wake of the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train that released toxic chemicals. → Read More
FBI finds no classified documents at Biden’s Delaware vacation home
The FBI has completed its search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home and no documents with classified markings were found, according to a source familiar with the matter. → Read More
‘Unforced errors’: A White House facing a fresh crisis
Since the day in early November when President Joe Biden's lawyers first found documents with classified markings at his private office in Washington, DC, the extraordinarily small number of aides kept in the loop have adhered to one rule: Say nothing publicly that could jeopardize the investigation. → Read More
White House warns of possible Covid-19 winter surge: ‘This is not one disease in isolation’
For Americans across the country preparing to gather and socialize with family and friends during the end-of-year holiday season, the White House has a clear warning: Covid-19 is not over, and you had better protect yourself. → Read More
WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap for convicted arms dealer
WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention, President Joe Biden said Thursday. → Read More
White House sees stronger than expected jobs report following string of promising economic data
The Biden White House had hoped to see continued moderation in US jobs growth in the November jobs report to bolster what it sees as growing evidence that inflation is starting to slow -- but newly released data Friday morning defied the Federal Reserve's aggressive efforts to cool down the economy. → Read More
White House treads carefully as protests unfold in China as US tries to mend relations with Beijing
As frustrated demonstrators take to the streets across China to protest the government's draconian Covid-19 restrictions -- prompting rare civil unrest and clashes between the public and officials -- the Biden White House is choosing its words carefully and deliberately. → Read More
Among the mangroves, Biden cultivates diplomacy
President Joe Biden capped off a consequential week of meetings with his foreign counterparts abroad -- in which discussions centered on Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, climate change's existential threat to the Earth and a pandemic that has unleashed food, energy and economic crises across the globe -- with a final symbolic gesture in Bali. → Read More
Biden and Xi sit down for high-stakes first in-person meeting as presidents
President Joe Biden on Monday greeted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in person for the first time since taking office, their handshake launching high-stakes talks whose effects could ripple around the world. → Read More
Biden readies for 'a horrible two years' if GOP takes control of Congress
As if Democrats needed any more convincing Tuesday's midterm elections carry enormous stakes, President Joe Biden offered a bluntly dire assessment during a fundraiser last Friday in Chicago. → Read More
Biden readies for 'a horrible two years' if GOP takes control of Congress
As if Democrats needed any more convincing Tuesday's midterm elections carry enormous stakes, President Joe Biden offered a bluntly dire assessment during a fundraiser last Friday in Chicago. → Read More
White House gets 'Goldilocks' jobs report as they look to make up ground on the economy
As White House officials prepared for the last jobs report before the midterm elections set to be released Friday morning, the last thing they wanted to see is a blowout hiring number. → Read More
Biden to give speech on protecting democracy Wednesday night in DC
President Joe Biden is set to deliver a speech Wednesday on protecting democracy, just six days before the midterm elections as the nation deals with a tense political climate following the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband. → Read More
Biden sends a stark warning about political violence ahead of midterms: 'We can't take democracy for granted any longer'
President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a stark warning to Americans that the future of the nation's democracy could rest on next week's midterm elections, an urgent appeal coming six days before final ballots are cast in a contest the president framed in nearly existential terms. → Read More
The Fed and White House combine for a day that cuts to the heart of Biden’s political problem
Two Washington power centers Wednesday laid bare the politically poisonous dynamics of the top economic issue threatening President Joe Biden's congressional majorities with the midterm elections less than a week away. → Read More
Biden hopes to use Florida's 'extreme MAGA Republicans' as foils for his closing midterm pitch
When President Joe Biden rallies Democrats in Florida on Tuesday for a final-stretch campaign stop, he will finally land in the state his advisers have long eyed as the ideal backdrop for his warnings against "mega-MAGA" Republicans. → Read More