The Latest Breaking News from Joe Biden

California’s 2035 Gas Car Ban May Be Finalized Next Week: Report

California is the first state planning to phase out the sales of gas-powered vehicles by 2035, but that decision isn't federally approved yet. Now President Biden is racing to safeguard his climate legacy before leaving office next month, pushing forward multiple climate-focused agendas in the final days of his tenure. That…

InsideEVs · Dec 15, 2024

South Korea’s president reportedly defies summons in martial law inquiry

Report comes day after MPs voted to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol, who faces possible charges of insurrection

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2024

Farewell to Washington's real power duo

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were not the most powerful people in D.C. in 2024 — Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema were

Salon · Dec 15, 2024

S. Korean Opposition Urges Swift Removal Of Impeached President Yoon

South Korea's opposition leader urged a top court on Sunday to swiftly formalise the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol and ease the "suffering of the people" after his short-lived martial law decree.

International Business Times · Dec 15, 2024

Social Security Recipients May Face Delays as GOP Cuts Put 2,000 Jobs at Risk

A continuing September resolution imposed a hiring freeze on the SSA last month, meaning the agency's staffing levels could reach a 50-year low as they offer Social Security services to a record number of recipients.

International Business Times UK · Dec 15, 2024

US Fed Expected To Cut Rates In Last Meeting Of Biden Era

The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce a quarter point cut to its key lending rate on Wednesday despite a recent uptick in inflation, in the central bank's last meeting of Joe Biden's presidency.

International Business Times · Dec 15, 2024

Hochul: Feds "must step in" on drones

The New York governor changed her tune on drone sightings after activity closed an upstate airport on Friday night.

Salon · Dec 14, 2024

US Secretary of State Blinken acknowledges contact with Syria’s HTS rebels

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, has been designated a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ in US since Trump’s term in 2018.

Al Jazeera · Dec 14, 2024

Victims of ‘kids-for-cash’ judge outraged by Biden clemency: ‘What about all of us?’

Michael Conahan was convicted of accepting $2.8m for jailing more than 2,300 children, some as young as eight

The Guardian - US · Dec 14, 2024

Mystery drone sightings keep happening in New Jersey. Here's what we know (and don't know)

A large number of mysterious drones been reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks and have more recently been spotted over New York City, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them and why

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2024