The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellation on Wednesday, saying it will erase $7.7 billion in federal student loans.
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The Biden administration said Tuesday it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer.
President Joe Biden addressed U.S. student protests over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of Morehouse College that he heard their voices and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his heart, too.
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it would send more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday.
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman called President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold military aid to Israel “deeply disappointing.”
US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid
The United States warned that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries out plans for an all-out assault on Rafah.
The move was made over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Reps. Susie Lee and Steven Horsford joined 13 other House Democrats in urging President Biden to take executive action on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The president, speaking at a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust, also denounced new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews.
President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that “order must prevail.”
TEL AVIV, Israel— The White House on Sunday said President Joe Biden had again spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas terrorists to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a cease-fire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House meeting with Abigail and her family was “a reminder of the work still to do” to win the release of dozens of people who were taken captive by Hamas terrorists in an Oct. 7 attack on Israel and are still believed to be in captivity in Gaza.
The measure, which President Joe Biden signed Wednesday, requires TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform or face a nationwide ban.
President Joe Biden hosted Iraq’s leader at the White House as his administration worked to prevent an escalation in Mideast hostilities.
Tensions are at their highest since the Israel-Hamas war began six months ago after a suspected Israeli strike this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria killed 12.
