The Latest Breaking News from White House

Biden's COVID "new normal" is not normal

The administration is trying to normalize COVID deaths as they shift the goalposts on what it means to “beat” COVID

Salon · Jun 26, 2022

January 6 hearings: if Republicans did nothing wrong, why were pardons sought?

Email from Alabama’s Mo Brooks potentially reveals what conduct by lawmakers he feared might be criminal

The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2022

Biden says G-7 countries will ban Russian gold in response to the war in Ukraine

Senior Biden administration officials said gold is Moscow's second largest export after energy. Banning imports would make it more difficult for Russia to participate in global markets, they said.

WEKU · Jun 26, 2022

Maternal mortality rates in the US outpace other industrialised nations. It’s about to get worse

Health providers and advocates fear the end of Roe v Wade will only exacerbate a growing crisis

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Biden signs bipartisan gun safety bill into law after massacres

President Joe Biden signed gun safety legislation into law that he called the most significant of its kind in decades, restricting firearms access for the youngest buyers and offering incentives for states to set up “red flag” laws.

Tribune News Service · Jun 25, 2022

Biden ‘does not agree with’ expanding US Supreme Court, according to White House press secretary

US president likely will not support progressive demands to add justices to nation’s high court

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Biden signs bipartisan gun measure negotiated by Sen. John Cornyn after Uvalde shooting

The new law contains modest provisions but is the most significant gun measure passed by Congress in nearly three decades.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 25, 2022

White House horrified by shooting in Oslo targeting LGBT community

The White House said on Saturday that it is horrified by shooting in Oslo targeting the LGBT community and that it stands in solidarity with its ally Norway.

Reuters · Jun 25, 2022

Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun-Safety Bill Into Law: 'God Willing, It's Going To Save A Lot Of Lives'

Early Saturday morning, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan gun safety bill into law, the first major federal gun reform in three decades.   "God willing, it's going to save a lot of lives," Biden said at the White House as he signed the bill.

Benzinga · Jun 25, 2022

Joe Biden signs landmark gun safety bill into law, saying it will ‘save a lot of lives’

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act marks first major gun reform bill in three decades

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022