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Biden sends firefighters, aid to Canada as wildfire smoke blankets much of the U.S.
President Joe Biden said the government was aiding Canada in fighting the wildfires that have cloaked the East Coast and Midwest in smoke.
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As the pause on student loan payments is set to end, here's everything borrowers need to know
More than 40 million Americans will be on the hook for federal student loan payments starting in late August under the terms of a debt ceiling deal approved by Congress last week.
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President Biden vetoes bill that would have overturned student debt cancellation plan
The measure had been pushed by Republicans, but it garnered a handful of Democratic votes in the Senate as well.
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FBI Agrees to Show House Republican Lawmakers Document in Biden Family Probe
At issue is an internal FBI document known as an FD-1023, which agents use to record unverified tips and information they receive from confidential human sources.
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New US Aid Package for Ukraine Will Total About $300 Million and Include Munitions for Drones
U.S. officials say a military aid package for Ukraine that is expected to be announced this week will total up to $300 million, and will include additional munitions for drones. The drone ammunition comes as new attacks by unmanned aircraft targeted Moscow. There has been no suggestion that U.S.-made drones or munitions were used in the recent attacks on Moscow,...
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Biden, McCarthy Reach Agreement to Avoid Debt Default. Here's What's in the Proposed Deal
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to increase the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid default. Here’s a look at what’s in and out of the deal.
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White House and Republicans Reach ‘Agreement in Principle' on Debt Ceiling Deal
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached the agreement after the two spoke Saturday evening by phone.
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Biden Picks Air Force General to Lead National Security Agency, Cyber Command
Haugh will also oversee programs to detect and stop foreign interference in American elections, as well as those targeting criminals behind ransomware attacks that have shut down hospital systems and at one point a key U.S. fuel pipeline.
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Will Biden's Hard-Hat Environmentalism Bridge the Divide on Clean Energy Future?
Perhaps the most unlikely feature of high-stakes budget negotiations going on in Washington is a debate over permitting. That’s essentially the regulatory process for deciding what gets built where. It could be power plants, transmission lines or other projects.
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Biden Meets With Indo-Pacific Leaders at G7 Summit Amid Looming Debt Default Concerns
The president on Saturday was also squeezing in meetings aimed at challenging China’s buildout across the Indo-Pacific, including with the so-called Quad partnership made up of the U.S., Australia, Japan and India.
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Biden Administration May Halt Plans to Move Space Command to Alabama Over State's Abortion Law, Officials Say
Some defense and congressional officials believe the White House is laying the groundwork to halt plans to move U.S. Space Command’s headquarters to Alabama in part because of concerns about the state’s restrictive abortion law, according to two U.S. officials and one U.S. defense official familiar with the discussions.
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Asylum Seekers Told to Use a Mobile App to Enter US as Title 42 Expires. Here's How the CBP App Works
But in February, the Biden administration announced that migrants seeking asylum would now be required to use the app to book an appointment with an immigration officer before they can make an asylum claim.
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Biden Pressures House Republicans on Debt Limit in Campaign-Style Speech
President Joe Biden is blasting Republican demands for federal spending cuts as “devastating.”
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First 550 US Active Duty Troops Arriving at Southern Border
U.S. defense officials say about 550 U.S. active duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border, in the first group of new military support ahead of an expected increase of migrants.
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Biden Administration to Allow More US-Bound Flights by Chinese Airlines
The Transportation Department said it will let Chinese airlines increase from eight to 12 U.S.-China round trips per week.
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House Republicans Subpoena FBI for Records Alleging Biden ‘Criminal Scheme'
The White House said it was the latest example in the yearslong series of “unfounded, unproven” political attacks against Biden by Republicans ”floating anonymous innuendo.”
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FBI Watch List Got Me Blocked From White House Eid Event, Says Muslim Mayor in New Jersey
The mayor of a New Jersey town was invited to the White House only to be turned away at the last minute, and he believes that it was due to his name mistakenly being mentioned on a secret government watch list.
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Muslim Mayor From New Jersey Blocked From White House Eid Celebration
The U.S. Secret Service says it blocked a Muslim mayor from Prospect Park, New Jersey, from attending a White House celebration with President Joe Biden to belatedly mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Kim Jong Un's Sister Insults Biden and Slams U.S. Defense Agreement With Seoul
The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new U.S.-South Korean agreement to intensify nuclear deterrence to counter the North’s nuclear threat, which she insists shows their “extreme” hostility toward Pyongyang. Kim Yo Jong also lobbed personal insults toward U.S. President Joe Biden. After a...
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Biden Plan Aims to Stem Border Migration as Restrictions End
The Biden administration is announcing new measures meant to stop migrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, both by cracking down on those who do come, and by creating new pathways meant to offer an alternative to the dangerous journey. The measures were announced Thursday. They include things like setting up migration centers in foreign countries, increasing the number of...