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Kamala Harris tells South Korea’s Moon of U.S. vision for Pacific ‘unconstrained by coercion’

Vice President Kamala D. Harris met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in Friday before his meetings with President Biden at the White House.

May 21, 2021

Democrats brace for defeat of Jan. 6 commission, eye option of go-it-alone probe

The White House and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill fumed Thursday about Senate Republicans yanking their support from a proposed congressional commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, as reality set in that the plan faced all but certain defeat.

May 20, 2021

Moon talks with Congress about COVID-19, security of Korean peninsula

South Korean President Moon Jae-in began two days of high-level meetings in Washington on Thursday by telling congressional leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of greater international cooperation.

May 20, 2021

Jill Biden: Kamala Harris’ busing racism charge and her anger are now in past

First lady Jill Biden on Thursday didn't deny a report that she uttered a profanity about Vice President Kamala D. Harris for accusing Joe Biden of racism during a Democratic presidential primary debate in June 2019.

May 20, 2021

Jen Psaki: January 6 Capitol riot ‘demands’ investigation by Congress

The White House called Thursday for a "full, independent investigation" of the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, as a House-passed proposal to create a commission faces an uncertain fate in the Senate.

May 20, 2021

Trump slams 35 House Republicans who voted for Jan. 6 commission as ‘weak’

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized 35 House Republicans who voted for a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol as "wayward" and "weak."

May 20, 2021

UNC reverses tenure offer to author of The 1619 Project

The University of North Carolina's board of trustees has offered a five-year teaching contract instead of tenure to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, lead author of "The 1619 Project," overturning a recommendation by the school's faculty to grant her a permanent post.

May 20, 2021

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib seek to block U.S. arms sale to Israel

Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Marc Porcan have introduced a resolution to block the sale of $735 million of precision-guided weapons to Israel amid continued fighting against the Islamist group Hamas.

May 20, 2021

Brian Beute sees big con game with Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz ‘wingman’

The Florida man who helped bring down Joel Greenberg, the convicted sex trafficker and former "wingman" of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, still expresses a sense of bewilderment that he was the victim at the center of a high-profile federal investigation that's still unfolding.

May 19, 2021

Kamala Harris urges Asian Americans to turn hate-crime outrage into political power

Vice President Kamala D. Harris said Wednesday night that Asian Americans have an opportunity to turn their anger over hate crimes against them into political power, as she summoned them to fight efforts in states to restrict voting by mail.

May 19, 2021

Kamala Harris: Guatemalan corruption, injustice are barriers to solving U.S.’s border problem

Vice President Kamala Harris met on Wednesday with former Guatemalan judges and prosecutors who fled political reprisals in their country, telling them that rooting out corruption and injustice in Central America are keys to limiting migration to the U.S.

May 19, 2021

Joe Biden blames Donald Trump for U.S. lagging behind China in electric vehicles

President Biden blamed the Trump administration on Tuesday for letting the U.S. fall behind China in electric-vehicle production, saying his multitrillion-dollar spending plans will spur the auto industry and create more union jobs.

May 18, 2021

Rashida Tlaib praised by Joe Biden ‘for being a fighter’

President Biden heaped praise on Israel critic Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday during a visit to Michigan, saying he was praying for the safety of her family in the West Bank during the fighting between Israel and the Palestinians.

May 18, 2021

Joe Biden facing court setback in bid to control states’ tax-cut policy

The Biden administration has suffered a setback in its bid to control states' fiscal policy through the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

May 18, 2021

Janet Yellen’s tax hike pitch swiftly rejected by Chamber of Commerce

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday pitched President Biden's push to increase corporate taxes to an unlikely audience: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

May 18, 2021

Andrew Cuomo book netted him $5.1 million amid scandals

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be paid more than $5.1 million for his book about governing during the pandemic, his office said Monday.

May 17, 2021

Kamala Harris: Illegal immigration worsened by ‘extreme climate’ disasters

Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that "extreme climate incidents" such as hurricanes destroy crops in Central America and prompt more people to migrate illegally to the U.S.

May 17, 2021

HUD under Joe Biden won’t require citizenship for housing vouchers

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge said Monday the Biden administration won't prevent illegal immigrants from access to public housing, as she announced a program to deliver $5 billion in emergency housing vouchers aimed at preventing homelessness.

May 17, 2021

Inflation is temporary result of ‘choppiness’ in recovery, White House says

President Biden's top economic adviser said Friday that a spike in consumer prices reflects "choppiness" in the economic recovery, but it won't likely result in long-term inflation.

May 14, 2021

White House says fee hike would ‘violate’ Joe Biden’s principles on infrastructure plan

The White House reiterated on Friday that proposed increases in user fees would violate President Biden's "red line" in negotiations with Congress over an infrastructure spending package.

May 14, 2021