Government shutdown unlikely after White House backs clean spending bill

Government shutdown unlikely after White House backs clean spending bill

US President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as they attend the National Prayer Breakfast Foundation’s annual event at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2024.  Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration on Tuesday announced its support for the latest short-term government … Read more

Biden Fed Jay Powell meeting Oval Office

Biden Fed Jay Powell meeting Oval Office

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell (left) meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on May 31, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Thursday said he had “never once spoken” to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell while he was president. But the pair, joined by Treasury … Read more

Quad More Strategically Aligned, Relevant Than Ever: White House

Quad More Strategically Aligned, Relevant Than Ever: White House

QUAD leaders have been holding an annual summit on a rotation basis. Washington: The upcoming Quad Summit in Delaware will show that the four-nation grouping is more strategically aligned and relevant than ever before, the White House has said. QUAD, comprising Australia, Japan, India and the US, is an initiative of President Joe Biden. In … Read more

Who Is Karen Dunn? Top Google Lawyer And Kamala Harris’ Debate Coach

Who Is Karen Dunn? Top Google Lawyer And Kamala Harris’ Debate Coach

Karen Dunn’s dual roles have worried antitrust experts about her close ties to Kamala Harris. New Delhi: As US Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to take the stage against former President Donald Trump in her White House bid in November, her secret weapon seems to be a high-powered lawyer with a surprising side gig – … Read more

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google leaders meet with White House to talk AI

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google leaders meet with White House to talk AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during a fireside chat organized by Softbank Ventures Asia in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google and several American power and utility companies met Thursday at the White House to discuss the future of artificial intelligence … Read more

White House ‘Outraged’ At Israel Killing Ayşenur Eygi, But Stops Short Of Consequences

White House ‘Outraged’ At Israel Killing Ayşenur Eygi, But Stops Short Of Consequences

Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris expressed outrage on Wednesday after Israel acknowledged responsibility for killing American activist Ayşenur Eygi in the West Bank, but they stopped short of implementing or threatening to implement any consequences for the country, which the U.S. continues to arm unconditionally. Before Wednesday morning, the White House … Read more

Trump Media shares climb more than 7%

Trump Media shares climb more than 7%

Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Trump Media by climbed more than 7% on Monday, a respite from the stock’s two-months-long losing streak ahead of the date when its majority shareholder, former President Donald Trump, can begin selling his shares. Shortly before 1 p.m. ET, shares of Trump Media … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg Says Biden Officials Were ‘Wrong’ To Pressure Meta To ‘Censor’ COVID Posts

Mark Zuckerberg Says Biden Officials Were ‘Wrong’ To Pressure Meta To ‘Censor’ COVID Posts

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday said he regrets not speaking out more forcefully about the pressure his company received from President Joe Biden’s administration to “censor” content related to the COVID pandemic, adding that he would push back against similar efforts in the future. In a letter addressed to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the … Read more

PM Modi going to Ukraine can be helpful to getting us to an end to conflict: White House

PM Modi going to Ukraine can be helpful to getting us to an end to conflict: White House

Washington DC: Calling India a strong partner of the US, White House said that the United States welcomes any other country willing to be helpful in trying to end the conflict in Ukraine and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kyiv can contribute to achieving a peaceful resolution aligned with Zelenskyy’s vision. National Security Communications … Read more

Biden Jokes He’s ‘Looking For A Job’ After Election Exit

Biden Jokes He’s ‘Looking For A Job’ After Election Exit

While President Joe Biden may be out of a job soon, it’s clear he still knows how to work a room. The commander in chief poked fun at his employment prospects while addressing the White House Creator Economy Conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, where he praised online content creators for helping reinvent how people … Read more