“Robbing children of the chance to find their voices in literature is a violation of their right to free thought and free speech”, the poet wrote on Facebook in reaction to the news
The president said from a solemn White House memorial that too many schools, too many everyday places have become ‘killing fields’
Republicans are insisting on spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt limit, while Biden says the GOP lawmakers will have to back off their “extreme positions”
The Tuesday lawsuit is the latest legal attack against the administration’s plan to manage migration in the aftermath of the end of Title 42
Last weekend, the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, issued its advisory warning that recent laws and policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are ‘openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals’
Without a political agreement between the Republicans and Democrats, the risk of default looms large, while shocks are guaranteed across the global market. Financial experts are advising clients to buy gold and keep cash on hand
‘No nation should bear this responsibility alone,’ the president said last year as he summoned the leaders of 23 nations attending a Summit of the Americas to come up with a shared plan on migration and security
Biden’s green light came after President Volodymyr Zelensky spent months pressing the West to provide his forces with American-made jets as he tries to repel Russia’s now 15-month-old grinding invasion
The Florida governor’s biggest rival in the Republican primaries is former U.S. president Donald Trump, who has a double-digit lead according to the polls
The families of the victims want to raise the age to buy semi-automatic rifles, such as the AR-15 used in the shooting, but the measure has been stalled by Republican lawmakers. Meanwhile, teachers say schoolchildren no longer go to the bathroom alone
Washington is racing to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation’s borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially devastating federal default as soon as next week
The drug, which is responsible for a record number of overdose deaths, began to make inroads in the 2010s, then skyrocketed with the Covid-19 pandemic. Dealers don’t know how to use it so they don’t kill their customers, says Sam Quinones, the great chronicler of the opioid crisis
Both sides have said progress was being made but that they remain far apart. The Treasury Department has said an agreement should be reached before funding runs dries early next month
Republican lawmakers are holding tight to demands for sharp spending cuts, rejecting the alternatives proposed by the White House for reducing deficits
The prospect of delivering F-16 fighter jets to the embattled country – as well as President Zelensky’s activism at the international forum – will influence the future of the conflict
Reaching a compromise won’t be easy, but it’s critical to achieving President Joe Biden’s vision of slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years
Japan says Zelenskyy’s decision to visit Hiroshima stems from his “strong wish” to participate in talks with G7 and other countries that will influence his nation’s defense against Russia
President Joe Biden and Republicans are racing to strike a deal as the nation careens toward a potentially catastrophic debt default if the nation fails to pay its bills
The world’s most industrialized democracies announced a series of cooperation mechanisms to control strategic investment flows to the Asian giant
Republican Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana says gaps remain in the negotiations with the White House. Graves says it’s ‘just not productive’ to continue discussions at this point
Washington has shown no signs of fatigue in its commitment but at the same time it is aware that aid has to be seen to be making an impact with presidential elections on the horizon
President Joe Biden and McCarthy both tapped their top representatives to press for results ahead of a deadline as soon as June 1. That’s when the U.S. could run out of funds to pay its obligations, sparking an economic crisis
He said he and lawmakers will come together “because there’s no alternative.” Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed, though he was more combative, saying Biden had “finally backed off” and come to the negotiating table
The Pacific nation had declared next Monday a public holiday in anticipation of an historic visit by the US President and other leaders from the region, but Biden has decided to cut the trip short to focus on debt limit talks at home
The United States could run out of money to pay its bills as soon as June 1 if no deal is reached to raise the debt limit
Rural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs
Meanwhile, the president is cutting short his upcoming foreign trip to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia because of the looming debt limit crisis, the White House announced Tuesday