Joseph Clark

Biden seizes on McCarthy’s threat to reel in Ukraine aid

President Biden chastised Republicans on Thursday for having "no sense of American foreign policy" after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Congress will not provide a "blank check" for Ukraine if the GOP, as expected, wins the majority.

October 20, 2022

Biden awkwardly tells Gisele Fetterman she will be a ‘great lady in the Senate’

President Biden on Thursday said John Fetterman's wife Gisele would make a "great lady in the Senate" in an awkward stumble amid questions over the Senate candidate's health after a stroke.

October 20, 2022

Low-polling Biden bristles about Democrats snubbing him on the campaign trail

President Biden became defensive on Thursday when asked why so few Democrats have asked him to campaign with them ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

October 20, 2022

Most Americans say Biden not paying enough attention to their most pressing problems

A majority of U.S. adults think President Biden is not focusing enough on the issues that matter most to them, a new poll revealed.

October 20, 2022

House Republicans press Biden administration over purchase of Chinese COVID kits

House Republicans are pressing the Biden administration over reports that the government purchased $1.3 billion worth of Chinese-manufactured COVID-19 test kits.

October 20, 2022

Biden wades into Philly crime wave trying to boost Fetterman in tight Senate race against GOP’s Oz

The popular convenience store chain Wawa is shutting down two locations in the city because of "safety and security challenges," which is but another symptom of the crime epidemic that has propelled law-and-order issues to the top of voters' minds in this year's midterm elections.

October 20, 2022

One arrested after Capitol police recover weapons from van near Supreme Court, Library of Congress

U.S. Capitol Police officers detained three people after discovering weapons in an illegally parked van near the Library of Congress and Supreme Court buildings on Wednesday.

October 19, 2022

Flooding the zone: Biden, Harris, Blinken descend on Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA -- The Biden administration is mounting a full-court press in Pennsylvania in a bid to stir up Democratic voters for the state's crucial U.S. Senate election that's now just 21 days away.

October 18, 2022

Biden spent more presidential time in Delaware than Trump did at Mar-a-Lago

President Biden has spent more than a quarter of his time in office on getaways to his home state of Delaware, surpassing former President Donald Trump's highly criticized time away from the White House.

October 17, 2022

Most voters ready to give Biden the boot: Only a third would reelect him to a second term

Just one-third of voters say they would elect President Biden for a second term in 2024 if the election was held today, a new poll revealed.

October 17, 2022

Plan for nationwide ban on assault rifles resurfaces at White House after shooting in North Carolina

President Biden on Friday doubled down on calls to ban assault weapons after a 15-year-old boy in North Carolina allegedly shot five people to death, including an off-duty police officer.

October 14, 2022

Trump trashes House Jan. 6 committee ‘witch hunt’ in 14-page memo, mum on subpoena

Former President Donald Trump offered no response to the House Jan. 6 committee's demands that he testify under oath in a 14-page memo Friday that sharply criticized the panel's investigation as a "witch hunt of the highest level."

October 14, 2022

Ukrainian POW: Russian security forces tried to recruit me to fight the West

Russian intelligence officials attempted to recruit captured members of Ukraine's Azov Regiment to join a large-scale fight planned against Western Europe and the U.S., a senior leader of the unit said after being released.

October 14, 2022

Biden to campaign for John Fetterman in Pennsylvania next week

President Biden will travel to Pennsylvania next week to campaign for Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman, the White House announced Thursday.

October 13, 2022

Biden extends COVID public health emergency after declaring pandemic ‘over’

The Biden administration on Thursday extended the COVID-19 public health emergency through Jan. 11 despite the president's declaration last month that the pandemic was "over."

October 13, 2022

U.S. and Saudi officials trade shots over OPEC cuts, testing longstanding ties

An escalating feud between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia got even hotter Thursday in a tense back-and-forth over President Biden's accusations that a Saudi-approved cut in global oil production was a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin and a response from the oil-rich kingdom that it would not be bullied.

October 13, 2022

White House mulling ban on Russian aluminum: reports

President Biden is considering a ban on Russian aluminum imports in response to the Kremlin's military escalation in Ukraine, according to reports.

October 13, 2022

Nothing to see here: Biden dismisses latest inflation numbers as old news

President Biden on Thursday dismissed the Labor Department's dismal inflation figures saying Americans have been battling rising costs "for years."

October 13, 2022

Biden claims son Beau died in Iraq during speech in Colorado

President Biden falsely claimed that his son Beau Biden "lost his life in Iraq" in during a speech in Colorado on Wednesday.

October 13, 2022

Biden stumps for Democrats out West with a message of climate, health care and infrastructure wins

President Biden on Wednesday kicked off a three-state trip out West with a stopover in Colorado to designate his first national monument before heading to California and Oregon.

October 12, 2022