Politics

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As mass shootings continue to rock the nation, President Joe Biden delivered prime-time remarks on guns Thursday evening, imploring the nation to “For God’s sake, do something.” Rows of illuminated white candles lined the carpet of the White House Cross Hall as Biden called on lawmakers to take […]

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will deliver prime-time remarks on Thursday evening “on the recent tragic mass shootings, and the need for Congress to act to pass commonsense laws to combat the epidemic of gun violence that is taking lives every day,” according to the White House. Biden taking the […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With another mass shooting at a hospital complex in Tulsa on Wednesday, and as families in Uvalde are still holding funerals for loved ones massacred last week, lawmakers are under pressure to find solutions to gun violence, but it’s unclear if even the massacre of schoolchildren will yield any new […]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Adm. Linda Fagan became the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military when she was sworn in as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard at a sunny ceremony in Washington on Wednesday. President Joe Biden, who nominated Fagan to the post in April, spoke at […]

Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House says it will celebrate Pride Month this June by signaling support for the LGBTQ community and their families amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation. There have been more than 300 anti-LGBTQ bills proposed in at least 28 states this year, […]

Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When an 18-year-old shooter arrived last week at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas — where he ultimately killed 21 people, including 19 children and two teachers — he carried 1,657 rounds of ammunition, authorities said. The large number of rounds should not come as a […]

Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Making the most of the attention-getting White House visit by BTS, the South Korean supergroup, President Joe Biden has tweeted out a video of their time together in the Oval Office. The international K-pop sensation met with Biden Tuesday to address efforts to stop […]

Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff called attention to the “epidemic” of antisemitism and reflected on the history he has made while speaking Tuesday at a virtual event on U.S. Jewish military history. “This role has enabled me to use this microphone to speak out […]

Grant Faint/GettyImages (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Texas law that would ban social media companies from removing users and the content they post because of a particular viewpoint expressed. The court did not elaborate on the decision, which is temporary while legal challenges proceed through lower courts. “We are relieved that […]

Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following a holiday weekend with at least 12 mass shootings across the country, President Joe Biden met with New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the White House on Tuesday morning, as families in Uvalde, Texas, prepared tiny caskets for the first funerals this week. Biden told reporters he would […]