The Hill Staff

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is scheduled to brief reporters on Friday afternoon. The briefing comes after President Biden drew a clear line in a Thursday address between his administration’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas, tempered by criticism for the conflict's high number of civilian casualties, and the violence and illegal...

The Biden administration announced Thursday that it reached a preliminary agreement with Idaho-based semiconductor manufacturer Micron, the latest in a series of investments through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act. The investment will support the construction of two manufacturing hubs, one in Clay, N.Y., outside of Syracuse, and one in Boise, Idaho, where Micron is...

President Biden will deliver a live, virtual keynote address from the White House to the National Action Network’s (NAN) 2024 Convention in New York City Friday afternoon. Founded by Rev. Al Sharpton, NAN works on racial justice and civil rights issues, dedicated to following the vision of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Polling has suggested...

President Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold a joint press conference Wednesday afternoon following a bilateral meeting between the close allies. In comments earlier in the day, Biden praised Kishida and described the relationship between the U.S. and Japan as “unbreakable,” referencing a goal set decades ago by President Eisenhower. Japan was...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is scheduled to hold the daily briefing Tuesday. President Biden, whose administration has recently been focusing on women’s health issues, released a statement in opposition to the Florida Supreme Court’s upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban. That decision will also allow a six-week ban authorized by Florida Gov. Ron...

North Dakota will hold its Democratic presidential primary Saturday. There are 13 delegates up for grabs in the Peace Garden State. President Biden has already clinched enough votes throughout the primary season to clinch the Democratic nomination. He is expected to take the victory in the North Dakota race as well, which was conducted almost...

President Biden is expected to speak Tuesday about the partial collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at Baltimore's harbor when it was struck by a cargo ship around 1:30 a.m. EDT. In updates earlier in the day, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) and other officials described the scope of a search and rescue mission....

GOP voters in Louisiana will head to the polls Saturday to cast votes in the state's primary. Former President Trump is expected to bring in all of the state's 47 Republican delegates. The GOP front-runner garnered enough votes earlier this month to clinch the nomination, and pave the way for a rematch against President Biden in...

Congressional leaders unveiled their $1.2 trillion, 1,012-page government funding package in the early hours of Thursday. Now, they're racing to try to pass the six-bill measure — which covers the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and State; the IRS; and general government and foreign operations — by a Friday night shutdown deadline....

Lawmakers on Tuesday are grilling special counsel Robert Hur over his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents. Hur's report cleared Biden of wrongdoing, but he still drew the ire of Democrats with his comments on the president's memory. Biden-Hur transcript offers insight into special counsel’s classified documents report Biden special counsel defends decision...