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U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday revealed the first image from NASA’s new space telescope – the deepest view of the cosmos ever captured. (July 11)

The White House tried to defend President Joe Biden’s seemingly drowsy response to the reversal of Roe v Wade on Saturday but instead sparked instant backlash by labeling pro-choice activists “out of touch.”The apparent jab was made in a statement to The Washington Post responding to criticism of what many Democrats see as a response…

WASHINGTON – A retired three-star general has been suspended from a $92-an-hour contract consulting the Army and is under investigation after posting a tweet that appeared to mock first lady Jill Biden on a hot-button social issue, according to the Army.Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, the Army’s former top spokesman and recipient of the Silver Star for gallantry in Iraq, had been a…

A former House GOP aide said former President Donald Trump will likely announce his 2024 presidential run soon, despite the mounting criticism he’s been facing over the January 6 hearings.”Well, we all know from past experience that Donald Trump doesn’t care about anybody else but Donald Trump,” Kurt Bardella, a former GOP senior adviser for…

At a news conference following the NATO summit in Madrid, President Biden urged the Senate to change its filibuster rule to allow a vote on legislation to protect abortion rights. He also said he would take executive action after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Watch his remarks.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The leader of Bosnia’s Serbs said Sunday he hoped former U.S. President Donald Trump would return to power and that the Serbs would “wait for appropriate global circumstances” to reach for their goal of seceding from Bosnia, which he called an “unsustainable state.”Milorad Dodik, who was a rare European official to…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The White House is pictured from the West Wing Driveway in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The Group of Seven wealthy countries will address what they see as China’s use of forced labor and intellectual property theft and other issues, the White House…

The House passed the most meaningful gun reform legislation in 28 years. President Biden said he will sign into law.

Stephen Colbert gave one U.S. lawmaker a scathing new distinction on Wednesday.“Most historians agree: Ron Johnson is the dumbest person ever to sit in the United States Senate,” Colbert declared on “The Late Show.”Newly revealed text messages showed the Wisconsin Republican’s chief of staff tried to arrange a meeting in which Johnson would hand-deliver a…

President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that the US would eventually face another pandemic and said the country must start preparing for it.”We do need more money,” he said at a White House press conference when asked about getting Congress to fund COVID-19 vaccines for infants and toddlers. The president said funding for the vaccine…