Author: Steve Holland
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White House wedding for Biden granddaughter Naomi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, was married on Saturday in what was be the 19th time in history the White House has been used for a wedding. The bride, 28, is a lawyer who has been living at the White House with the groom,…
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Trump adds power attorney to Mar-a-Lago legal team
WASHINGTON • Republican former President Donald Trump has added former Florida Solicitor General Chris Kise to his legal team in the case involving classified documents he stored at his Mar-a-Lago club, a source familiar with the situation said Tuesday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report by NBC News that Kise…
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Top White House lawyer to leave in latest Biden shuffle
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden’s top lawyer, Dana Remus, is departing and will be replaced by her deputy next month, the White House said on Wednesday, the latest staff change for the Democratic president five months before the midterm election. Remus, part of the team that guided the historic nomination of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji…
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Biden White House braces for staff exodus as midterms approach
WASHINGTON • A slow-rolling staff shake-up is under way at the White House as President Joe Biden girds for battle in the November midterm elections, where he hopes to help his Democrats hang on to control of the U.S. Congress. Cedric Richmond, a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana who…
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U.S. bans Russian energy imports, Ukrainians flee cities under fire
LVIV, Ukraine • President Joe Biden on Tuesday banned Russian oil and other energy imports to the United States, piling pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to halt his devastating assault on Ukraine, but an effort to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol failed. Ukraine’s government accused Russian forces of shelling a…
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Biden vows to nominate Black woman to Supreme Court by end of February
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden on Thursday said he plans by the end of February to nominate a Black woman to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, a historic first that he called “long overdue.” Biden appeared with Breyer, whom he has known since the 1970s, at the White House after the 83-year-old…
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Biden warns Putin of sanctions, military support for Ukraine if Russia invades
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW • President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday the West would impose “strong economic and other measures” on Russia if it invades Ukraine, while Putin demanded guarantees NATO would not expand further eastward. The two leaders held two hours of virtual talks on Ukraine and other disputes in a video call…
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Biden blocks second Trump bid to withhold more Jan. 6 docs
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden has blocked a second attempt by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents sought by lawmakers investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and ordered the latest batch to be handed over to Congress. “Biden has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the…