Joe Biden

Democratic support for Biden ticks up on handling of Israel-Hamas war, 麻豆传媒app-NORC poll says

President Joe Biden is getting slightly more support among Democrats for his handling of the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant on Nov. 17, 2021, in Detroit. The Biden Administration targeted half of all new vehicle sales in the nation to be electric by 2030 in August 2021 as part of its efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci, File)

House backs GOP bill to block EPA rule on tailpipe pollution; slams plan as electric-vehicle mandate

FILE - Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from U.S. health regulators to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that anti-tobacco groups fear could scuttle the long-awaited rule. Biden administration officials indicated Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 the process will continue into next year, targeting March to implement the rule, according to a regulatory agenda posted online. Previously, the rule was widely expected to be published in early January. (APPhoto/Jeff Chiu, File)

White House delays menthol cigarette ban, alarming anti-smoking advocates

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

Biden鈥檚 campaign will not commit yet to participating in general election debates in 2024

FILE - President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, leaves after a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. House Republicans are warning Hunter Biden that they will move to hold him in contempt of Congress if he doesn鈥檛 appear this month for a closed-door deposition, raising the stakes in the growing standoff over testimony from President Joe Biden's son. (APPhoto/Julio Cortez, File)

Republicans threaten contempt proceedings if Hunter Biden refuses to appear for deposition

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on funding for Ukraine from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

As Ukraine aid falters in the Senate, Biden signals he鈥檚 willing to make a deal on border security

As Senate Republicans blocked the advance of tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine, President Joe Biden berated their tactics as 鈥渟tunning鈥� and dangerous.

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. Ten Republicans who posed as fake electors for former President Trump in Wisconsin and filed paperwork falsely saying he had won the battleground state have settled a civil lawsuit and admitted their actions were part of an effort to overturn President Joe Biden's victory, attorneys who filed the case announced Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (APPhoto/Morry Gash, file)

Fake Donald Trump electors settle civil lawsuit in Wisconsin, agree that President Biden won

Ten Republicans who posed as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and filed paperwork falsely saying he had won the battleground state have settled a civil lawsuit and admitted their actions were part of an effort to overturn President Joe Biden鈥檚 victory.

President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

At tribal summit, Biden says he鈥檚 working to 鈥榟eal the wrongs of the past鈥� and 鈥榤ove forward鈥�

President Joe Biden told Native American nations gathered for a summit Wednesday that his administration was working to heal the wrongs of the past.

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters during a stop at the Front Street Pub & Eatery, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (APPhoto/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House

Former President Donald Trump declined to rule out abusing power if he returns to the White House after Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity asked him to respond to growing Democratic criticism of his rhetoric.

FILE - A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018. A high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is getting a Biden administration pledge of $3 billion to help start laying track. Nevada's two Democratic U.S. senators said Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 the $12 billion project led by Brightline West has all required right-of-way, environmental and labor approvals. (APPhoto/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Biden administration pledges $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the US West

The Biden administration said it will give more than $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the West.

President Joe Biden walks to board Air Force One for a trip to Boston to attend campaign fundraisers, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

Biden calls reports of Hamas raping Israeli hostages 鈥榓ppalling,鈥� says world can鈥檛 look away

President Joe Biden is calling reports of sexual violence by Hamas militants against Israelis 鈥渁ppalling.鈥�

FILE - Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters as he and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Tuberville announced on Tuesday, Dec. 5, that he鈥檚 ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues in the Senate and clearing the way for hundreds to be approved. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after Sen. Tuberville ends blockade of nominees

The Senate in a single stroke has approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over a Pentagon abortion policy.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters to discuss GOP efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid

House Speaker Mike Johnson tells fellow Republicans that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy will be their 鈥渉ill to die on鈥� in negotiations over President Joe Biden鈥檚 nearly $106 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs.

The members of Japanese Coast Guard carry the debris which are believed to be from the crashed U.S. military Osprey aircraft, at a port in Yakushima, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Japanese and American military divers have spotted what could be the remains of a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan and several of the six crewmembers who are still missing, local media reported Monday.(Kyodo News via 麻豆传媒app)

Air Force identifies the 8 US crew lost in Osprey crash in Japan and recovers 6 bodies

Air Force Special Operations Command has recovered the remains of six of the eight service members who were lost when their Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Japan last week.

The House will vote next week on formalizing its Biden impeachment inquiry, Speaker Johnson says

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the chamber will vote next week on authorizing its impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden arrives at Boston Logan International Airport to attend several campaign fundraisers, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Boston. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

Biden tells donors: 鈥業f Trump wasn鈥檛 running I鈥檓 not sure I鈥檇 be running. We cannot let him win鈥�

The president was using a trio of fundraisers to caution against what might happen should his predecessor again claim control of the White House.

This combination of photos shows a Hawaiian Airlines plane at Kahalui, Hawaii, March 24, 2005, left, and Alaska Airlines planes March 1, 2021, in Seattle. Alaska Airlines announced Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, that it will buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion. That's raising questions about how antitrust regulators will view the deal, and whether past airline mergers have hurt consumers. (APPhoto/Lucy Pemoni, Ted S. Warren)

Alaska Airlines is buying Hawaiian Airlines. Will the Biden administration let the merger fly?

Alaska Airlines saying it will buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion is raising questions about how antitrust regulators will view the deal, and whether past airline mergers have hurt consumers.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the IRS about the upcoming tax filing season Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at IRS headquarters in Washington. (APPhoto/Jacquelyn Martin)

Janet Yellen is heading to Mexico after Treasury launches a new fentanyl trafficking strike force

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is heading to Mexico this week, a trip announced shortly after her agency created a new strike force to help combat illicit fentanyl trafficking.

FILE - A man uses plastic to cover a broken window in his apartment following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. On Monday, Dec. 4, the Biden Administration sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying that Kyiv's war effort to defend itself from Russia's invasion may grind to a halt without it. (APPhoto/Felipe Dana, File)

The US is out of money for Ukraine, which could hinder the fight against Russia, White House warns

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address U.S. senators by video during a classified meeting Tuesday.

FILE - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators say they're done 鈥渁sking nicely" for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in its war against Hamas in Gaza. (APPhoto/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Biden鈥檚 allies in Senate demand that Israel limit civilian deaths in Gaza as Congress debates US aid

Sen. Bernie Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators say they鈥檙e done 鈥渁sking nicely鈥� for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a caucus event, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via 麻豆传媒app)

Trump calls Biden the 鈥榙estroyer鈥� of democracy despite his own efforts to overturn 2020 election

Former President Donald Trump is trying to turn the tables on President Joe Biden by arguing the Democratic incumbent is the actual threat to democracy.

In this image taken from video, Muslim community leaders from several swing states pledge to withdraw support for U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at a conference in Dearborn, Mich., citing his refusal to call for a cease-fire in Gaza. (#AbandonBiden via 麻豆传媒app)

Group of swing state Muslims vows to ditch Biden in 2024 over his war stance

Muslim community leaders from several swing states are pledging to withdraw support for U.S. President Joe Biden, citing his refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

FILE - People gather in the parking lot of the Hamilton County Board of Elections as people arrive for early in-person voting in Cincinnati, Nov. 2, 2023. A federal appeals court ruled Nov. 30 that a regulation allowing federal family planning grants for organizations that provide abortions will be paused, but only for Ohio. (APPhoto/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

An appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive family planning grants 鈥� but only in Ohio.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, flanked by Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters about efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans reiterate their demand for Hunter Biden to appear for a private deposition

House Republicans are demanding that Hunter Biden appear this month for a closed-door deposition, rejecting his offer to testify publicly while pledging to release a transcript of the private interview for transparency.

FILE - Driller Helper Chris Palmer, right, attaches a core sampling tube to a drilling rig at the Talon Metals Corporation drilling site, June 7, 2023, near Tamarack, Minn. Developers of a proposed nickel ore processing plant in western North Dakota that would supply electric automaker Tesla have reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Energy Department on spending nearly $115 million that the federal agency awarded the project last year. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via 麻豆传媒app, File)

Nickel ore processing plant that will supply Tesla strikes deal to spend $115M in federal funds

Developers of a proposed nickel ore processing plant in North Dakota that would supply electric automaker Tesla have reached a deal with the U.S.

President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco in the Oval office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. (APPhoto/Andrew Harnik)

Biden is heading to Hollywood for a major fundraiser featuring Steven Spielberg and Shonda Rhimes

President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event that will be his first since strikes by writers and actors effectively ground his fundraising to a halt in the heart of the entertainment industry.

FILE - The Ford F-150 Lightning displayed at the Philadelphia Auto Show, Jan. 27, 2023, in Philadelphia. The Biden administration has proposed new rules that could make it harder for electric vehicles to qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit. The rules announced Dec. 1 could complicate efforts to meet President Joe Biden's goal that half of new passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. run on electricity by 2030. (APPhoto/Matt Rourke, File)

New US rules, aimed at curbing China, could make it harder for EV buyers to claim a full tax credit

Americans could have a harder time finding electric vehicles that qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit under new rules being proposed.

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, accused an Indian official of orchestrating an alleged assassination plot in New York City. (APPhoto/Dita Alangkara, Pool, File)

India-US ties could face their biggest test in years after a foiled assassination attempt on a Sikh

The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors accused an Indian official of orchestrating an alleged assassination plot in New York City.

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the White House, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. Harris will face two delicate tasks when she attends a climate summit this weekend in Dubai. She'll be trying to demonstrate U.S. environmental leadership despite President Joe Biden's absence from the annual gathering on climate change. And she'll meet with regional leaders to work to nudge forward fragile efforts to shape the next phase of the war between Israel and Hamas.(APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

Harris heads to Dubai to tackle delicate tasks of talking climate and Israel-Hamas war

Vice President Kamala Harris will face two delicate tasks when she attends a climate summit this weekend in Dubai.

FILE - Concertina wire lines the banks of the Rio Grande on the Pecan farm of Hugo and Magali Urbina, near Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2023. A dispute over razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border to deter migrants continued Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, after a judge allowed Border Patrol agents to continue cutting the barrier but also laid into the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. (APPhoto/Eric Gay, File)

Texas judge rips into Biden administration鈥檚 handling of border in dispute over razor wire barrier

A judge for now isn鈥檛 stopping Border Patrol agents from cutting razor wire that Texas has put on the U.S.-Mexico border to deter migrants.

President Joe Biden speaks as first lady Jill Biden listen after they lit the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, near the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. (APPhoto/Andrew Harnik)

Biden lights the National Christmas Tree, taking his turn to bring holiday spirit to Washington

President Joe Biden has gotten his turn at bringing the holiday spirit to Washington. The president and his wife, Jill, participated in the annual tradition of lighting the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse near the White House.

Biden hosts the Angolan president in an effort to showcase strengthened ties as Africa visit slips

President Joe Biden is hosting Angolan President Jo茫o Manuel Gon莽alves Louren莽o in the Oval Office as he seeks to reaffirm his commitment to Africa.

In this combination of photos, Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa, at left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaks on Sept. 12, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. (APPhoto)

DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff between two White House aspirants

What could have been a preview of a 2024 general election debate was a 90-minute clash between one struggling Republican presidential hopeful and a Democratic rival.

FILE - Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., on April 11, 2018. In the clearest sign yet that the U.S. will consider breaching four controversial dams on the Snake River to help salmon, a leaked administration document says the government is prepared to help build clean energy projects that would replace the power currently generated by the dams. (APPhoto/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)

Leaked document says US is willing to build energy projects in case Snake River dams are breached

In a strong sign that the U.S. will consider breaching four controversial dams on the Snake River, a leaked Biden administration document says the government is prepared to help build clean energy projects to replace the power generated by the dams.

President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One at Pueblo memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colo., Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, to travel back to Washington. (APPhoto/Andrew Harnik)

Senator: White House not seeking conditions on military aid to Israel, despite earlier Biden comment

National security adviser Jake Sullivan has told lawmakers that the White House is not seeking to place conditions on U.S. military assistance to Israel.