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Biden blocks U.S. Steel takeover by Japan's Nippon Steel, citing national security
His decision comes after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of the deal last month, and sent a long-awaited report on the merger to Biden.
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Biden to visit New Orleans following deadly New Year's rampage on Bourbon Street
President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans next week, with the city still reeling from the deadly New Year’s rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers.
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Biden rejects Nippon Steel's proposed deal to acquire US Steel
President Joe Biden has rejected the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.
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Biden briefed on New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks
President Joe Biden had a meeting to discuss the latest on the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks.
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Biden honors 20 with 2nd highest civilian award, including leaders of the Jan. 6 committee
President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump has said should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry.
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Biden on New Orleans attack: ‘Our nation grieves with you'
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his administration “will support the people of New Orleans as they begin the hard work of healing.”
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Biden commutes death sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row to life sentences
Next month, Biden, a practicing Catholic, will meet with Pope Francis, who recently called for prayers for U.S. death row inmates in hopes their sentences would be commuted.
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Biden commutes dozens of death row sentences
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is one of three federal inmates to remain on death row
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Tsarnaev remains on death row after Biden commutes dozens of other sentences
President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land...
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Biden and the first lady bring holiday cheer to patients and families at a children's hospital
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some holiday cheer to patients and families at a children’s hospital in Washington.
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Biden to visit Pope Francis at Vatican in final international trip of his presidency
President Joe Biden will travel to Italy next month to meet with Pope Francis and top Italian officials for what is expected to be the final international trip of his presidency.
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Biden says he supports a congressional stock trading ban
In an interview, Biden weighed in on the issue, which has come under increasing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.
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Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about phony Biden bribery scheme
A former FBI informant has pleaded guilty to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, that became central to a Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.
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Biden is on track to appoint more federal judges of color than any other president
As President Joe Biden makes a final push to confirm judicial nominees before his term in office ends, he is on track to have appointed more federal judges of color than any president before him. On Monday, the Senate confirmed Biden’s judicial nominee for the Northern District of Georgia, Tiffany Johnson, making her the 40th Black woman he has...
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Biden grants clemency to almost 1,500 offenders
The White House said that Thursday was the highest number of commutations and clemencies granted in a single day.
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Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 ‘non-violent' offenders, in the biggest single-day act of clemency to date
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement Thursday.
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WATCH: Biden's full remarks on end of Assad regime in Syria
President Joe Biden spoke about the fall of the government of President Bashar Al-Assad in Syria.
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Biden and Trump spoke by phone last week
President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone over the Thanksgiving holiday last week, according to two people familiar with the call.
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Biden weighs pre-emptive pardons for potential targets of Trump's retribution
During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump made threatening comments about people he said had slighted or wronged him.
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Record ridership for Amtrak as Americans embrace trains as easier, greener
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is pumping nearly $70 billion dollars into improving and expanding passenger rail across the U.S. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows us that traveling by train can also be good for the planet.