President Joe Biden is set to visit Italy next month in what is likely the final international trip of his presidency. This week, the White House announced Biden will tour Italy from January 9 to 12, where he will visit with Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. At a […]
President-elect Donald Trump has announced the nomination Aaron Reitz, former Texas deputy attorney general, to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy (OLP), a critical arm of the agency responsible for crafting legal policy, vetting judicial nominees, and coordinating key legislative initiatives. Trump made the announcement in a Dec. 21 post on social media, […]
President Joe Biden signed legislation on Dec. 21 to avert a government shutdown just ahead of Christmas, concluding a week of political turmoil in Washington. The White House announced on the morning of Dec. 21 that Biden had signed into law the American Relief Act (H.R. 10545), which funds the government at current levels through […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some Christmastime cheer to patients and their families at a children’s hospital on Friday but a toddler in a light blue jumper entertained, too. The president and first lady visited privately with patients and their families for photos at Children’s National Hospital before Jill Biden read “‘Twas […]
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Dec. 20 that it is withdrawing efforts to implement two student loan forgiveness plans. Two filings to The Federal Register described the Department of Education’s decision to withdraw the efforts. Undersecretary of the Department of Education James Kvaal also notified a federal court of the changes on Dec. 20. […]
President Joe Biden announced on Dec. 20 that the federal government has canceled an additional $4.28 billion in student debt for 55,000 public service workers across the country. In a statement, Biden said teachers, nurses, service members, and law enforcement officials, are among the public service workers who will benefit from the latest debt cancellation. […]
While Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued his tour of Capitol Hill in a quest to gain backing from lawmakers, a group of Republican senators launched a new caucus to support the objectives of President-elect Donald Trump and his pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Congressional Make America Healthy Again […]
Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for director of national intelligence (DNI), picked up a key endorsement from the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC). The NBPC—a labor union representing 18,000 Border Patrol agents and support personnel across the country—endorsed Gabbard in a on Dec. 17. letter addressed to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Cotton […]
The Biden administration has granted California the authority to phase out the sales of new gasoline-powered cars, a move that President-elect Donald Trump will likely attempt to reverse. On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its decision to grant two requests from the state under the Clean Air Act. The EPA granted a Clean […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 17 that he has nominated Florida-based art collector Nicole McGraw to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to Croatia. “Nicole is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and World renowned art collector,” Trump wrote in a statement posted on Truth Social. McGraw opened her first art gallery in Palm Beach Gardens back […]
