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White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Sunday evening that she tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the day after traveling with President Biden on his trip to Europe.

The White House intends to commemorate the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, though specifics are still in the works, press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said text messages between Fox News hosts and former President Trump’s chief of staff on Jan.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) on Sunday said Democrats must "quit lying" about the cost of the Build Back Better Act and called for the House to revote on the massive social spending package.

House Democratic leaders late Thursday postponed a vote yet again on the bipartisan infrastructure bill amid threats from progressives to tank it as leverage for a separate, larger package to expand social safety net programs. 

An entrenched stalemate over the debt ceiling is reopening Senate Democratic wounds over their inability to change the filibuster.

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President Biden on Thursday signed a stopgap bill that will keep the government funded through early December, narrowly averting a government shutdown.

The State Department said in a readout of the call with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi that Blinken “expressed his concerns regarding rocket attacks on Israel and his condolences for the lives lost as a result.” “The Secretary and the Foreign Minister also discussed the violence in Jerusalem, in particular on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and in Sheikh Jarrah. The Secretary reiterated his call on all parties to deescalate tensions and bring a halt to the violence, which has cl...

At 78, Biden is the oldest president in U.S. history. Biden last released a medical assessment, completed by his physician, Kevin O’Connor, in December 2019 during the presidential campaign. That report described Biden as a “healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.” It also said Biden had an irregular heartbeat but that the condition did not require any medication or treatment. At the time, Biden was taking a blood thinner. Afte...