Tag: Biden Administration

In this image taken from a video released by the Israeli Defense Forces on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2023, Israeli soldiers walk in the area of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

US intelligence community ‘confident’ in assessment Hamas held hostages at Shifa Hospital

Mike Brest · January 3, 2024 12:15 pm

Birds rest on concertina wire, or razor wire, along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 6, 2023. A federal judge on Monday, Oct. 30, ordered Border Patrol agents not to interfere with the razor wire that Texas has installed at a busy crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border, keeping in place one of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's newest measures over immigration.

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to remove razor wire at southern border

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2024 3:50 pm

Biden team tries to make 2024 contest about anyone but president

Eden Villalovas · January 2, 2024 12:14 pm

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel hearing to examine the status of Department of Defense recruiting efforts and plans for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democrats upset with Biden administration for bypassing Congress on Israel weapons — again

Breanne Deppisch · January 1, 2024 3:59 pm

Fast food workers and supporters march past California's capitol in Sacramento in 2022 to rally around a $20 minimum wage effort introduced in the state legilsautre. On Jan. 1, 2024, 22 U.S. states implemented new minimum wage increases, affecting an estimated 10 million workers nationwide. (AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Twenty-two states just increased their minimum wage. Here’s what to know

Breanne Deppisch · January 1, 2024 1:56 pm

Roberto Ramirez checks his SuperLotto Plus ticket at a terminal at the gas station that previously sold the $2.04 billion-winning Powerball ticket award at Joe's Service Center, a Mobil gas station in Altadena, Calif., in 2023. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Powerball jackpot ticks to $810 million for New Year’s Day drawing

Breanne Deppisch · January 1, 2024 11:41 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event in San Francisco in November. California on Monday became the first U.S. state to offer comprehensive health insurance to all undocumented immigrants, a plan expected to expand to roughly 700,000 residents living in the Golden State. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Newsom extends free healthcare to 700,000 illegal immigrants despite record budget deficit

Breanne Deppisch · January 1, 2024 11:06 am

The House on Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing President Obamaâs use of executive authority to slow deportations of young people who arrived here as children.

Energy and Environment

Fate of GOP measures to roll back Biden climate agenda: To be determined

Nancy Vu · January 1, 2024 8:31 am

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House on October 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. During the event Biden spoke on how his administration's "Bidenomics" agenda would invest in technology for people in the United States.

Reporter's Notebook

Reporter’s Notebook: Biden administration’s plans for 2024

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2023 1:50 pm

The biggest ways Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped energy markets, two years on

Breanne Deppisch · December 30, 2023 3:00 am

A pump jack operates as the Sun begins to set on the western horizon Monday, March 7, 2022, near Pleasant Farms, an unincorporated community in southeastern Ector County, Texas. Oil prices are rising sharply again Tuesday as the U.S. prepares to ban crude oil imports from Russia in response to that country's unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

Oil and gas rig count dropped by one-fifth in 2023

Breanne Deppisch · December 29, 2023 4:45 pm

Gas prices are advertised in Los Angeles.

Gas prices expected to fall in 2024 as domestic production grows

Breanne Deppisch · December 29, 2023 12:25 pm