Brian Naylor
The next round of sanctions from the White House could also target banks and export controls, which would cut Russia off from critical technology like semiconductors.
In a brief address, President Biden said reports of Russian troops moving from Ukraine’s border would be good news, but the U.S. had not verified it.
Biden will reiterate that the U.S. remains open to diplomacy, the White House says, amid continuing tensions in the region. The U.S. “is prepared for every scenario,” the White House said.
Taxpayers seeking access to some information about their taxes were to be required to submit to facial recognition software, a move that has raised privacy concerns.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and President Biden are speaking at the White House Thursday. His retirement gives Biden his first opportunity to nominate a justice to the court.
The at-home tests are expected to be delivered by USPS later this month. The White House said the site is in “beta testing” and will be launched formally Wednesday.
The Biden administration announced Friday that Americans can begin ordering free at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 19. Orders can be placed using the website COVIDtests.gov.
In a speech at the Capitol marking the riot’s one-year anniversary, Biden will lay out “the singular responsibility President Trump has for the chaos and carnage,” said press secretary Jen Psaki.
The former secretary of state died of complications from COVID-19 in October.
In his first speech to delegates at the U.N.'s General Assembly, President Biden will address an array of issues, including COVID-19, climate change and the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
President Biden will address the nation on Tuesday on his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31. He is being criticized for leaving before all Americans were evacuated.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy have sparred over who should be a part of the select committee, which is tasked with investigating the U.S. Capitol riot.
The indictment comes after a three-year investigation into the business dealings of the former president’s family business by the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
The trial had been on a fast track, with many Senators anxious to put it behind them and move on. But a vote on whether to call witnesses now threatens to stretch out the proceedings.
Buttigieg would be first openly LGBTQ person nominated to a permanent Cabinet post.
Democrats boycotted the vote, pointing to what they called the damage she would do to health care, and reproductive and voting rights, and the fact the vote took place amid the presidential election.
President Trump’s third nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court is delivering her opening statement Monday, along with the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The late Supreme Court justice is the first woman to be given that honor. Watch the ceremony held by members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, beginning at 10 a.m. ET.