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U.S. President Joe Biden has signed a bill which could see TikTok banned by January if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, does not sell the social media company within nine months. Mackenzie Gray explains why American lawmakers pushed for this crackdown, how Canada could respond, and why some of TikTok’s users are not ready to...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas to swiftly accept Israel’s latest and “extraordinarily generous” proposal for a Gaza truce to secure a release of hostages, at a special meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday. In Washington, D.C., White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told...

U.S. President Joe Biden delivered remarks on Wednesday after signing a bipartisan supplemental foreign aid package on Wednesday. The $95-billion package included funding for, among other things, Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific, but notably did not include any funding for border security. During his remarks, Biden thanked Congressional leadership for passing the bill and said...

After his eighth day in a New York City courthouse for his hush money trial, former U.S. president Donald Trump said he invited current President Joe Biden to a nationally-televised debate prior to the 2024 presidential election, claiming that he was ready “any time.” His comments came after Biden also said he would be “happy...

The United Nations (UN) Security Council convened emergency talks on Sunday after an unprecedented attack by Iran on Israel, where Secretary General Antonio Guterres emphasized the need for maximum restraint. The White House also said that U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately following the attack, reportedly urging Netanyahu not...

In light of Israel’s killing of seven World Central Kitchen members in the Gaza Strip, U.S. President Joe Biden is warning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that future support for Israel depends on what it does to end the suffering and protect civilians in Gaza. Jackson Proskow reports on the pressure piling on Netanyahu to...

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced U.S. President Joe Biden would be visiting Baltimore on Friday, following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge there the week before. The bridge collapsed early last Tuesday, after a cargo ship lost power and control before crashing into a support column. Six people were...

Just days after Israel admitted to an unintentional military act that left seven aid workers dead, the White House is growing increasingly frustrated with how the Netanyahu government is conducting the conflict — a point conveyed during a phone call between leaders of the two countries on Thursday. As Reggie Cecchini explains, it isn’t stopping...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Friday about the progress made thus far in removing debris following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The president says two small channels have been cleared for essential ships. “The Army corps says by the end of April they’ll be able to open the...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke briefly from the White House on Tuesday after a container ship struck a major bridge in Baltimore, collapsing a large section of the Francis Scott Key bridge into the river below early Tuesday morning. “At this time we have no other indication, no other reason to believe there was any...

“We need to get a lot more care into Gaza,” U.S President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, after Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C. The protesters shouted “hospitals in Gaza are being bombed,” to which Biden responded by calling the crowd to “be patient with them” and that “they have a point.”

Former special counsel Robert Hur was grilled by U.S. lawmakers at a hearing in Congress over his report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. As Jackson Proskow explains, both Democrats and Republicans are accusing Hur of being too partisan, but for different reasons.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.

Following President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address on Thursday, U.S. Alabama Sen. Katie Britt delivered the Republicans’ response to the president’s remarks. “President Biden has failed,” Britt said. “We’ve become a nation in retreat.”

While U.S. President Joe Biden says he’s confident a ceasefire could be reached between Israel and Hamas next week, both sides are downplaying that notion. Jackson Proskow looks at the Gaza Strip’s worsening humanitarian crisis, and the state of the peace talks.

Speaking during the State of the Union address, U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the U.S. military will construct a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid by sea. He also criticized his predecessor, former president Donald Trump, for “bowing down” to Russia, as Biden reiterated support for Ukraine.

During a visit to New York on Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden said he hopes to have a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas “by the end of the weekend.” Biden added, “My National Security Advisor tells me that we are close — close but not done yet. My hope is that by next Monday we...

In less than 250 days, the U.S. November election will take place, and Michigan is under the spotlight on Tuesday as the primary schedule rolls out. According to recent polls, Donald Trump has a slight advantage over Joe Biden, but trouble may be looming for the incumbent president. A campaign is underway to vote uncommitted...

U.S. President Joe Biden met the wife and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died last week, in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday. During the meeting, Biden expressed his admiration for Navalny as a “man of incredible courage” and that it was “amazing” how his wife and daughter have been emulating that....

U.S. President Joe Biden reportedly called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” during a fundraiser in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, warning there is always the threat of nuclear conflict but that the existential threat to humanity remains climate change. The following day, Putin responded to a reporter’s question about Biden’s “rude” comment by...