The Latest Breaking News from the White House

Leaked abortion draft made us ‘targets of assassination’, Samuel Alito says

US supreme court justice, who wrote Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe, denies claims he was responsible for leak in draft form

The Guardian - US · Apr 28, 2023

Biden commutes sentences of 31 convicted of drug crimes

President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes who were serving time in home confinement

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023

House votes to restore solar panel tariffs paused by Biden

The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023

US Sanctions Russia, Iran Entities for Detaining Americans

The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Russia's Federal Security Service and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization, accusing them of wrongfully detaining Americans. It's the first rollout of new sanctions authorizations established last year by President Joe Biden for use against those holding Americans unjustly captive. Still, the sanctions are…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 28, 2023

Mike Pence testifies to grand jury about Donald Trump and January 6

Former vice-president’s proximity to the ex-president during the Capitol attack makes him a key witness in the criminal inquiry

The Guardian - US · Apr 27, 2023

Former US Vice President Pence testifies before grand jury

Mike Pence was subpoenaed to testify about the events leading up to the 2021 US Capitol attack by Trump supporters.

Al Jazeera · Apr 27, 2023

Pence testifies before election probe grand jury: AP source

Former Vice President Mike Pence has testified before a federal grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his Republican allies to overturn the 2020 election

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023

Debt ceiling: McCarthy wins 1st round, Biden eyes long game

Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised Washington when he united the raucous House Republican majority to pass a sweeping debt ceiling package

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023

Madonna King: Don’t hold it against Joe Biden for being 80

Why do we focus on a number, and not those factors that might determine whether an 80-year-old can do the job well?

The New Daily · Apr 27, 2023

Latest push to revive Equal Rights Amendment fails in Senate

Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic measure to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, dealing yet another blow to supporters who have pushed for more than five decades to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023