President Joe Biden speaks during an event on gun control in the Rose Garden at the White House April 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden signed executive orders to prevent gun violence and announced his pick of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Alex Wong | Getty Images President
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President Joe Biden announced a series of executive actions on Thursday to reduce gun violence and urged Congress to pass broader gun-control legislation. The bundle of actions, Biden’s first attempt as president to tackle the fraught politics surrounding guns in America, was unveiled in the wake of a recent spate of mass shootings across the
A U.S. Capitol Police Officer pays his respects to fellow officer Brian Sicknick, who died on January 7 from injuries he sustained while protecting the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 attack on the building, as he lies in honor in the Capitol Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2021. Leah
In this article .FTFCNBCA [The stream is slated to start at 1:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is set to deliver remarks Wednesday afternoon on his more than $2 trillion infrastructure package. Vice President Kamala Harris is also expected to
Chinese citizens walks past a sign for Beijing’s Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China. Lintao Zhang | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The State Department denied Tuesday evening that it was considering a joint boycott alongside allies of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. “Our position on the 2022 Olympics has not changed. We have
Marc Bleicher is a hostage negotiator — but he’s not trying to rescue human hostages, he’s trying to rescue data. Bleicher, managing director at cybersecurity consulting firm Arete Incident Response, is a specialist who helps companies deal with ransomware — the type of cyberattack in which hackers lock up a company’s computers and then demand
Representative Matt Gaetz, (R-FL), speaks during a hearing in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings | Reuters One of Rep. Matt Gaetz’s former staffers said Monday that FBI agents contacted him last week, shortly after news broke that the Florida Republican was embroiled in a
Harvey Weinstein enters the courthouse on July 11, 2019 in New York City. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Lawyers for film producer Harvey Weinstein on Monday filed an appeal of his conviction for rape and another sex crime. Weinstein, 69, was convicted in February 2020 after a trial in Manhattan Supreme Court. He is serving
The U.S. Capitol came under attack on Friday, killing one police officer after an individual rammed his car into two officers at a checkpoint. The attacker and a U.S. Capitol Police officer have both died, a law enforcement representative announced at a press conference. The U.S. Capitol Police later identified the officer who died as
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) asks questions during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing to discuss the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. Greg Nash | Getty Images Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri on Sunday urged the Biden administration
Protesters gather outside of the Georgia State Capitol to protest HB 531, which would place tougher restrictions on voting in Georgia, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 4, 2021. Dustin Chambers | Reuters U.S. corporations face growing pressure and threats of boycotts to publicly oppose Republican-backed election legislation in Georgia and other states that critics say
In this article FB Johanna Geron | Reuters The Supreme Court turned to its grammar books to deliver a victory for Facebook on Thursday in an under-the-radar case about whether the internet giant had run afoul of a three-decade-old federal law curbing abusive telemarketing practices. In a unanimous ruling authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the
In this article UPS T KO HD DAL Protesters gather outside of the Georgia State Capitol to protest HB 531, which would place tougher restrictions on voting in Georgia, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 4, 2021. Dustin Chambers | Reuters Several major corporations in Georgia have criticized the state’s controversial new voting restrictions, signed into
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters after the weekly Republican caucus policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 26, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Any hopes that Washington could scrape together a bipartisan infrastructure package took a hit Thursday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters the more than
US President Joe Biden speaks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 31, 2021. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images While President Joe Biden tries to steer his mammoth new infrastructure plan through Congress, his administration is planning the next phase of its economic recovery efforts. As the White House prepares to unveil a second proposal
President Joe Biden holds a chip as he speaks prior to signing an executive order aimed at addressing a global semiconductor shortage, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters As part of an ongoing review into critical supply chains, the Biden administration is
President Joe Biden speaks during his first press briefing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2021. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. business community is trying to figure out how to address President Joe Biden‘s infrastructure plan, which calls for higher corporate taxes to
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an update on the administration’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the state of vaccinations during an event in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, March 29, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden will unveil a more than $2 trillion infrastructure package on Wednesday as