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Biden, Democrats May Be 'Sleepwalking Into Disaster'

One analyst sees possibility of Trump victory, coupled with veto-proof GOP Senate majority

(Newser) - President Biden is telling confidantes—including former President Obama—that he plans to run for reelection, reports the Hill . The story quotes an anonymous insider who says that Biden, despite cratering poll numbers , believes he is the only Democrat who would be able to defeat former President Trump. "He'...

Despite Rain, White House Easter Egg Roll Returns

This is the first time it's been held since 2019

(Newser) - Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon roamed the soggy White House grounds on Monday for the first Easter egg roll since before the pandemic. Undaunted by rain, President Biden and his wife, Jill, kicked off the equivalent of a daylong garden party for some 30,000 kids...

Bidens&#39; Federal Taxes: $150K
Bidens Release Tax Returns
Apr 15, 2022 5:05 PM CDT

Bidens Release Tax Returns

Federal tab comes to $150K, about 24%

(Newser) - President Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White House and paid $150,439 in federal income taxes. That was a tax rate of 24.6% for 2021, well over the average of around 14% for all Americans, the AP reports. The totals...

Biden's 'Rock Bottom' Poll Numbers Get Worse

Quinnipiac, Gallup say support is crumbling among younger voters

(Newser) - In February, a poll conducted just before Russia's invasion of Ukraine showed " rock-bottom " numbers for President Biden, pollsters said. Turns out there was room for them to fall further. According to a new Quinnipiac poll, the president's approval rating is now at just 33%, with a...

Biden to End Summer Ban on 15% Ethanol Gas

New strategy to lower gas prices to be announced Tuesday

(Newser) - President Biden on Tuesday will announce plans to allow the sale of gasoline containing 15% ethanol this summer in a bid to further lower prices at the pump , according to reports. Most gasoline sold contains up to 10% ethanol. The 15% ethanol blend, E15, costs 10 cents less per gallon...

McCarthy Cautions Republicans About Trying to Impeach Biden

House GOP leader says Democrats used impeachment for political reasons

(Newser) - If Republicans win control of the House in this year's midterm elections, GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has plans. His members will concentrate on "holding this administration accountable," he told Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business on Sunday. But McCarthy cautioned Republicans against a politically motivated impeachment of President...

Biden Wants New Regulations on Ghost Guns


Biden Plans
Crackdown on
Ghost Guns
Apr 11, 2022 5:41 PM CDT

Biden Plans Crackdown on Ghost Guns

President tries again on nominee to run the ATF

(Newser) - President Joe Biden on Monday moved against ghost guns, the privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes, as he struggles to break past gun-control opposition to address firearm deaths. Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House, Biden highlighted the Justice Department'...

Biden Sticker on Gas Pump Leads to Man's Arrest

Pennsylvania man faces charges including resisting arrest

(Newser) - With gas prices still near record highs after a surge earlier this year, stickers blaming President Biden have become a common sight at gas pumps across the country—but one Pennsylvania man ended up in the back of a squad car after getting caught in the act. Thomas Richard Glazewski,...

Judge Jackson: &#39;We&#39;ve Made It&#39;
Judge Jackson:
'We've Made It'
Apr 8, 2022 2:46 PM CDT

Judge Jackson: 'We've Made It'

Biden marks breakthrough at White House event, praising next justice's poise in Senate hearings

(Newser) - After a Senate process that President Biden described as beyond painful, a White House celebration Friday marked the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, focusing on the historic breakthrough her appointment represents. "It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman...

Court Backs Biden's Mandate for Federal Worker Vaccinations

Injunction had put the requirement on hold in January

(Newser) - President Biden's requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the mandate. The ruling, a rare...

Obama Back in White House for First Time in 5 Years

Yes, he and Biden cracked some jokes

(Newser) - It's an old haunt he hadn't graced in a while: Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday visited the White House in what CNN reports was his first time in the building in more than five years. Obama had last been there for coffee with then-President-elect Trump on the...

Bidens' Oldest Grandkid to Enjoy Rare White House Perk

Naomi Biden, 28, and Peter Neal, 24, will have WH wedding reception on Nov. 19

(Newser) - Details are scarce, but a Biden is about to celebrate their wedding in the White House. That would be Naomi Biden, Joe and Jill Biden's oldest grandchild, who'll have her nuptials hosted by the president and first lady on Nov. 19, a spokesperson for Jill Biden tells CNN...

Book Names Biden's Pick as the World's Most Dangerous Man

Comments about Fox News owner are the president's first on the record

(Newser) - President Biden has never commented publicly on Rupert Murdoch. Now there's evidence of what he's been thinking all along about the owner of Fox News. A new book says the president referred to Murdoch last year as "the most dangerous man in the world," the Hill...

Biden on Putin's Tactics: 'I Think It Is a War Crime'

'What's happening in Bucha is outrageous,' he says

(Newser) - President Biden is again escalating his public condemnation of Vladimir Putin. As evidence emerges of mass atrocities against civilians in areas around Kyiv, Biden on Monday doubled down on his branding of Putin as a "war criminal" and said the US is gathering information about alleged war crimes, reports...

Pressure Increases for Biden to Cancel Student Loan Debt

President has canceled more debt than any predecessor, but borrowers feel let down

(Newser) - During his 2020 campaign, President Biden called for canceling student debt up to $10,000 for the 43 million people who borrowed money for school. He hasn't done that, though he's chipped away at the debt, canceling loans for people who are permanently disabled, those employed in the...

Biden Belatedly Commissions Nuclear Attack Sub Delaware

Delaware will improve national security, president says

(Newser) - In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine, saying it would enhance national security, though he made no reference to the global turmoil from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "As the commander in chief,...

As Prices Spike, Biden to Tap Oil Reserve: Sources
It's the Biggest
Drawdown 
of US Oil
in History
UPDATED
Mar 31, 2022 11:40 AM CDT

It's the Biggest Drawdown of US Oil in History

President orders release of 180M barrels from US reserves over six months

(Newser) - Update: This summary has been updated with new developments throughout. President Biden is ordering the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, the White House said Thursday, in a bid to control energy prices that have spiked since...

Manchin Rejects Billionaire Tax
Manchin Rejects Billionaire Tax
Mar 30, 2022 6:08 PM CDT

Manchin Rejects Billionaire Tax

That's probably the end of Biden's plan passing, though Sanders doesn't accept Manchin's veto

(Newser) - Sen. Joe Manchin didn't immediately come out in opposition to President Biden's plan to place a 20% minimum income tax on billionaires—he waited almost 12 hours. Manchin doesn't like the idea of including unrealized gains on stocks and other assets, before they're sold and become...

Biden Rolls Out $5.8T Budget Plan
Biden Rolls Out
$5.8T Budget Plan
Mar 28, 2022 5:08 PM CDT

Biden Rolls Out $5.8T Budget Plan

It includes higher taxes on the rich, more money for law enforcement

(Newser) - President Biden announced a budget blueprint Monday that calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, lower federal deficits, more money for police, and greater funding for education, public health, and housing. Appearing at the White House with budget director Shalanda Young, Biden said the proposal sends a clear message to...

Biden: Putin Line Was an Expression of 'Moral Outrage'

President says 'nobody believes' he was calling for ousting Russia's president

(Newser) - Two days after causing concern around the world by saying Russian President Vladimir Putin should not remain in office, President Biden said his outburst was a personal moral assessment, not a declaration of US policy. Nor was it a slipup, the president told reporters, per the New York Times , though...

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