President Biden on Thursday publicly endorsed the Justice Department’s recommendation to loosen restrictions on marijuana, a long-expected measure that marks a historic shift in the nation’s drug policy. “Far too many lives have been upended because of failed approach to marijuana, and I’m committed to righting those wrongs,” Biden said in a video posted on […]
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Would Robert F. Kennedy Jr be more of a spoiler for Biden or Trump in the debates?
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump are set to face off in June for the first 2024 presidential debate, but experts warn that Biden may be at more of a disadvantage than Trump if independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also qualifies to be on stage. Some critics have warned that Kennedy, […]
Biden signs sweeping aviation safety, reform bill into law
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed on Thursday sweeping aviation legislation that will boost U.S. air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call incidents and speed up refunds for canceled flights. The $105 billion, five-year measure reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration. It prohibits airlines from charging fees for families to […]
Biden and Trump nixed a debate at a historically black college. Its senators aren’t happy.
Title icon The News As the two candidates battle for Black voters, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is urging Donald Trump and Joe Biden to reconsider their decision to ditch a proposed debate at a historically black college in his state. In an interview with Semafor, Kaine said he spoke to the Biden campaign shortly after […]
First Lady Jill Biden visits Bay Mills Community College, talks with tribal officials
BRIMLEY — The Bay Mills and Sault Ste. Marie tribes hosted First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff at Bay Mills Community College on Thursday to talk about the importance of investing in local communities. Biden and Emhoff were joined on stage by Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle, Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians […]
Brown v. Board litigants, family mark anniversary as Biden decries ongoing school inequality
Plaintiffs and family members of plaintiffs in the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case, Cheryl Brown Henderson, second from right, John Stokes, second from left, and Nathaniel Briggs, right, speak outside the White House with NAACP President Derrick Johnson, left, after meeting with President Joe Biden on May 16, 2024. This week […]
House passes Republican-backed bill designed to pressure Biden on delivering weapons to Israel
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would restrict the president’s ability to withhold weapons transfers to Israel in a vote that drew attention to the divided Democratic caucus on the war in Gaza. The bill passed the House 224-187. Sixteen Democrats voted for it, including Thomas Suozzi of New York, Jared […]
Chinese EV Giants Hammered by Biden Tariff Are Welcome in Brazil
(Bloomberg) — Shut out of US markets and under fire in Europe, China’s electric carmakers are zeroing in on the countries where they’re welcome. One of the big ones is Brazil. Most Read from Bloomberg BYD Co. and Great Wall Motor Co. already dominate EV sales in the world’s sixth-largest auto market. Now the two […]
Biden administration seeks to speed some asylum cases with new immigration docket
Asylum seekers board a bus en route to a shelter in New York City on May 18, 2023. The Biden administration announced changes Thursday, May 16, 2024, meant to speed processing of asylum claims. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will start a new system Friday to hasten asylum claims for single […]
Morehouse College faculty votes to give Biden honorary doctorate in split vote
Morehouse College faculty voted on Thursday to confer an honorary doctorate on Joe Biden during its upcoming graduation ceremony on Sunday, for which he plans to deliver the commencement address. The vote to confer the honorary doctorate was a 50-38 decision, with about a dozen faculty members abstaining ahead of the planned visit, which has […]
These 16 House Democrats voted to force Biden to deliver withheld aid to Israel
Biden is withholding some military aid to Israel over concerns with its war in Gaza. House Republicans put forward a bill designed to force Biden to deliver that aid anyway. All but a handful of House Democrats voted against it. 16 House Democrats on Thursday voted for a bill designed to force President Joe Biden […]
Trump and Biden hone their messages ahead of the first debate and stretch run
A little more than a month before they meet on a debate stage and less than six months before voters go to the polls, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are clarifying their overarching messages to voters. “This is a choice between a candidate who cares about you and a candidate who cares […]