JOE BIDEN

The United States has stepped up its heavy rhetoric against China, and wants Europe to follow suit. But the bloc can't quite afford to do the same.

President Joe Biden's first White House state dinner drew big names from the worlds of entertainment, politics, business and fashion to celebrate French President Emmanuel Macron. (Dec. 2)

To help Democrats win their 51st Senate seat in a Georgia runoff election, President Joe Biden is headed north — to Massachusetts.

The White House had not held a state dinner since September 2019, largely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson breaks down the top leaders of the Biden White House and voices his concerns over their behaviors on Thursday's "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Fox News host Jesse Watters weighs in on President Biden's first White House state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

The current order of nominating contests is Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

President Joe Biden says Democrats should give up “restrictive” caucuses and move to champion diversity in the order of their presidential primary calendar.

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The Senate vote was 80-15. It came one day after the House voted to impose the agreement.

President Joe Biden is trying to allay concerns raised by French President Emmanuel Macron about a clean energy law that benefits electric vehicles and other products made in North America.

More than 16 million people had already been approved for student loan debt relief by the Education Department when a federal judge in North Texas struck down the plan last month.

It’s not just the cuisine — France’s energy policy and transportation system are also worthy of admiration.

A Marquette Law School poll revealed that most voters do not want President Biden seeking re-election, while DeSantis was the choice candidate for the 2024 GOP nomination.

The Senate passed legislation that would force a tentative rail labor agreement and thwart a national strike.

House Democrats unanimously chose Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina for a new role in party leadership next year.

The Supreme Court says the Biden administration program to cancel student loans will remain blocked for now, but the justices have agreed to take up the case in late winter.

The Biden administration wants to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt. The Supreme Court could have the final word on the plan's legality.

President Joe Biden's first White House state dinner has drawn big names from the worlds of entertainment, politics, business and fashion to celebrate French President Emmanuel Macron.

As the Senate considers rail labor deal to prevent a strike, rail unions tell CNBC that paid sick leave remains key and votes will have election consequences.

Legislation to avert a freight rail strike in the United States is headed to President Joe Biden's desk.

A House investigations panel says financial technology firms “abdicated” their responsibility to screen out fraud in applications for a federal program designed to help small businesses stay open and keep workers employed during the pandemic.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday approved a nearly $700 million plan to remove all lead water pipes in the Denver region, saying the local water utility’s approach for reducing lead levels is succeedings and making swift progress.

Macron made the comments during the welcoming ceremony of Biden's first state dinner. The president chose to host France in honor of its status as the U.S.'s oldest ally.

Broken promises and decades of discrimination have destroyed trust, but new legislation is offering another chance for the US to address agriculture’s legacy of racism.

As districts sit on unspent federal relief money, students fall further behind.

The French president's visit to the White House on Thursday will conclude with the first state dinner of the Biden administration.

Russia’s foreign minister has accused the West of becoming directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine by supplying it with weapons and training its soldiers.

Twitter users blasted White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s claims during Wednesday’s press conference that President Biden has visited the southern border as false.

Weaken America First is the policy embraced by Biden, Democrats. They make every policy decision based on which hurts the US most. That’s what they pick.

Emboldened by the results of November’s midterms, abortion rights supporters say they are preparing for even bigger fights in state legislatures and pivotal elections to come.

US President Joe Biden and First Jill Biden dined with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife in Washington on Wednesday evening. (Nov. 30)

Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron have vowed to maintain a united front against Russia amid growing worries about waning support for Ukraine in the U.S. and Europe.

Barack Obama is urging Georgia Democrats to keep pushing voting turnout for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Americans had been told that they might see a 'red wave' on November 8. But Republicans could not seal the deal. Will the GOP now use Congress to woo independent voters?

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French President Emmanuel Macron told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos he believes negotiation is still "possible" with Vladimir Putin to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The U.S. Justice Department has received a federal judge’s approval to carry out its proposal to improve the precarious water system in Mississippi’s capital city.

The National Christmas Tree is now blazing with bright color.

Railroad workers are unionized and their contract is set to expire on Dec. 9, which has prompted speculation about a possible railroad strike that could disrupt travel and cripple supply chains.

Industry heating oil inventories have recently risen, but with a 54% jump in price in the last year, any hiccup in supply could mean a headache for consumers.

The White House says Thursday's state dinner for the president of France is meant to highlight the ties that bind the United States and its oldest ally.

Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos was scheduled to be interviewed Wednesday by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who is anti-abortion, alleges Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated state law by not reporting the girl's child abuse to authorities and violated patient privacy laws.

French President Emmanuel Macron met with Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of his private meeting and state dinner with President Joe Biden.

The measure passed by a vote of 290-137 and now heads to the Senate. If approved there, it will be signed by President Joe Biden.

The seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and another leader in the far-right extremist group show that jurors are willing to hold accountable not just the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but those who schemed to subvert the 2020 election.

American soccer hopes to be ascendant, to challenge the NFL, Major League Baseball and the NBA in the competition for U.S. market share.

The House passed legislation Wednesday that would force a tentative rail labor agreement and thwart a national strike.

A judge says Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer can't share lawyers with 10 other fake electors in matters related to a special grand jury probing possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election.

Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez warned President Joe Biden that ending Title 42 “may prove disastrous” for the county as it braces for a possible uptick in asylum seekers.

Indiana’s Republican attorney general has asked the state medical licensing board to discipline an Indianapolis doctor who has spoken publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio after its more-restrictive abortion law took effect.

Indiana's Republican attorney general on Wednesday asked the state medical licensing board to discipline an Indianapolis doctor who has spoken publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio after its more-restrictive abortion law took effect. The complaint alleges Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated state law by not reporting the girl’s child abuse to Indiana authorities and violated patient privacy laws by telling a newspaper reporter about the girl’s treatment. Bernard and her lawyers maintain the girl’s abuse had already been reported to Ohio police and child protective services officials before the doctor ever saw the child.

Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen shut down Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's questions about President Biden's role in the 2016 firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor.

The use of hydrogen in the shift to a more sustainable future has become a big talking point in recent years.

Lawmakers from both parties grumbled about stepping into the labor dispute, but they also said they had little choice.

President Joe Biden is pledging to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs.

Democrats gathering to consider shaking up the order of their 2024 presidential primary are waiting on President Joe Biden.

Constitutional law experts dispute the claim by Texas' two senators that the bill would invite lawsuits against religious groups.

Across the globe, there are brave citizens demanding freedom. We see them in China and the Middle East today. Why then is President Joe Biden and his White House so quiet?

The cars were used by Secret Service agents and neither Biden nor his family rode on the vehicles, a spokesman told NBC10.

The Senate will hold a hearing Wednesday to examine Biden's judicial nominees, some of which will face GOP criticism for their soft-on-crime track records.

Congress is moving urgently to head off the looming U.S. rail strike.

Only scattered challenges to certification of the midterm election have been reported in the United States, and not a single one is based on any problems with the accuracy of the results.

Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right group Oath Keepers, was found guilty by a jury of seditious conspiracy on Tuesday.

Colombia wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status to its citizens now living in the United States, noting its own efforts to address regional migration by hosting 2 million Venezuelans who fled their homes

Colombia wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status to its citizens now living in the United States, noting its own efforts to address regional migration by hosting 2 million Venezuelans who fled their homes.

The White House instructed agents to focus on deporting undocumented immigrants convicted of felonies or those who pose a danger.

The president was in Bay City, Michigan, giving a speech about his economic plan when news of the US men's national team's victory arrived.

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Majority of rail workers were holding out for better conditions, but Biden has called for Congress to overrule them.

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President Joe Biden is asking Congress to intervene to avert a potentially crippling freight rail strike before Christmas, even if it means handing a defeat to Democratic allies in the labor movement.

The rarely used, Civil War-era charge of seditious conspiracy calls for up to 20 years behind bars.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has been convicted of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Joe Biden's election, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Without intervention by Congress, the effects of a potential rail workers strike could begin to hit the U.S. economy as soon as this weekend.

President Joe Biden’s call for Congress to intervene in the railroad contract dispute undercuts efforts to address workers’ quality of life concerns and unions decried the move.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has issued an executive order banning state employees and contractors from accessing the video platform TikTok on state-owned devices, citing its ties to China.

The Interior Department has proposed new measures to curb methane leaks from gas drilling. The new rules are a step in preventing further climate change.

The Justice Department is making a rare intervention to try to bring improvements in the beleaguered water system in the Mississippi capital city.

The Biden administration has announced plans for a second Summit for Democracy next year, this time to be co-hosted by the governments of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia.

A new Pentagon report warns that China continues to rapidly modernize its nuclear force and is on track to have 1,500 active warheads by 2035.

President Joe Biden says he hopes lawmakers can work together to fund the government, boost spending for Ukraine and avert a crippling rail strike.

The Senate has passed landmark bipartisan legislation to protect same-sex marriages.

President Xi Jinping says China is ready to “forge closer partnership” with Russia in energy.

President Joe Biden is telling Americans he is a “pro-union” president, just a day after he sided with business leaders in asking Congress to pass legislation to stave off a crippling rail strike.

House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they assume the majority next year.

French President Emmanuel Macron will be the guest for the first state visit of Joe Biden’s presidency.

The Supreme Court has wrestled with a partisan-tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.

The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

The Interior Department has proposed rules to limit methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands.

Early in-person voting for the nation's last U.S. Senate seat is underway statewide in Georgia.

President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass legislation to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks.

Jurors who will decide whether to convict Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates of seditious conspiracy have resumed deliberations in the high-stakes trial stemming from the U.S. Capitol attack.

When John Fetterman goes to Washington in January as one of the Senate’s new members, he’ll bring along an irreverent style from Pennsylvania.

The White House says first lady Jill Biden has drawn inspiration from the nation's founding documents to decorate for the holidays.

President Joe Biden is strengthening U.S. policy aimed at stemming sexual violence in war conflict zones.

Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.