[ad_1] “It’s entirely normal for a president to be briefed on reporters who will be asking questions at a press conference and issues we expect they might ask about,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a briefing on Thursday. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo The White House said on Thursday thatContinue Reading
[ad_1] “This tank story is not satisfactory,” he added. “The decision’s been made, OK. Then let’s get ready to execute it and cut through whatever the red tape is.” The independent, who caucuses with Senate Democrats, said there is a “bipartisan concern” over the time frame, warning that not sendingContinue Reading
[ad_1] Canada and Spain have agreed to accept referrals from the processing centers, officials said. News of the centers comes just two weeks before a seismic shake-up in border policy, the lifting of Title 42. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will announceContinue Reading
[ad_1] And it was a hard-fought victory, at that. The conference had been in talks over the bill for months, yet McCarthy was still negotiating with on-the-fence members shortly before the vote. Still, GOP lawmakers cheered the bill’s passage, hoping it will give them some leverage to force leading DemocratsContinue Reading
[ad_1] But voters will be the ultimate decider about whether he’s too old for office, he added. His answer marks his first public comments on the 2024 race after Tuesday’s launch — and his first addressing the obstacles hovering over his reelection bid. “I respect them taking a hard lookContinue Reading
[ad_1] When the U.S. president on Tuesday announced that he would seek reelection in 2024, attention quickly turned to his advanced age. If elected, Joe Biden would be 82 on inauguration day in 2025, and 86 on leaving the White House in January 2029. POLITICO took a look around theContinue Reading
[ad_1] “It’s one of the great hesitations people have, and it’s not just chronological age, it’s the perceived age, the performance,” said Dave Carney, a longtime Republican consultant who hasn’t decided whom to support in 2024. Both Biden and Trump battled questions of their physical and mental acuity while inContinue Reading
[ad_1] Here’s our verdict, using the following scale: Kept his promise, in progress, stalled, broke his promise. President Joe Biden receives his updated Covid-19 booster at the White House campus on Oct. 25, 2022. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Combating Covid-19 GRADE: KEPT HIS PROMISE What Biden pledged: “When I’m electedContinue Reading
[ad_1] The president’s long-awaited announcement on Tuesday allows Biden to begin fundraising for what will be an expensive campaign. But his April launch also gave the green light for Democratic groups like Priorities USA to jumpstart 2024 efforts backing the president. “It is essential to remind voters of what’s atContinue Reading
[ad_1] Unlike the U.S., which is queasy about prosecuting any former president no matter how awful they are, South Korea is a global leader among wealthy democracies in putting its former presidents in jail. Excluding Yoon, South Korea has had eight presidents since 1980; four of them were imprisoned. Yoon,Continue Reading