Joe Biden

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated a senior career diplomat to be U.S. ambassador to the Marshall Islands, a strategic Pacific territory that has become a focus for competition with China. The nominee, Laura Stone, is currently deputy coordinator at the State Department's Office of COVID Response…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s pick to serve as America’s top military officer warned senators Tuesday of the difficulties posed by any potential conflict in Asia and described how he would use lessons learned from the Ukraine war to help the U.S. military prepare. But Air Force Gen. CQ Brown…

A plurality of Americans support President Joe Biden continuing to pursue student debt forgiveness after the Supreme Court struck down his original effort, according to a poll conducted exclusively for Newsweek. The Supreme Court in June ruled, in a 6-3 decision, that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority in…

1/3 The Fed's Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said Monday that tighter controls may be necessary to avert another mini-banking crisis. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo July 10 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden's point man on financial oversight, Michael Barr, said Monday that bank stresses from…

WASHINGTON —  The Republicans who lead three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department’s handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency. Leaders of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means committees opened a joint investigation…

President Biden tapdanced around questions about his age and concerns among even voters in his own party that he is too old to seek reelection to the most important job in the world. Already the oldest president in U.S. history, 80-year-old Biden would be 86 by the time he leaves office, if reelected, leading…

R ishi Sunak will use the Nato summit in Lithuania to urge allies to increase their defence spending as he warns they face “unprecedented” security challenges. The Prime Minister will meet with leaders in Lithuania on Tuesday for talks that will feature support for Ukraine and its future membership of…

All eyes might be on the early-voting states of New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, but the real battle for the Republican nomination for president could be occurring well out of sight. As the candidates in a crowded GOP field battle for influence in the well-treaded battlegrounds of past presidential…

President Joe Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce healthcare costs: a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards. Biden's remarks will build on previous initiatives to limit healthcare…

The U.S. has been providing a steady flow of arms and other military support to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022. But the U.S. is expected to announce Friday that it will, for the first time, send cluster munitions to Kyiv. Sending such weapons will not only undercut much…