Joe Biden signs with talent agency to shape post-presidency career

Former US President Joe Biden has signed with a Los Angeles talent agency, marking a move in shaping his career after the presidency. This signing reconnects him with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which represented him from 2017 to 2020, reports BBC "President Biden is one of America's most respected and influential voices

500,000 immigrants could get US citizenship under Biden’s new plan

President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance his own aggressive crackdown on the southern border earlier this month that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers. The White House announced

Biden signs $886B defense policy bill into law

President Joe Biden of the United States signed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (starting on October 1) in the amount of $886.3B on Friday, the White House said in a statement. "The Act authorizes fiscal year appropriations principally for the Department of Defense, Department of Energy national security

Biden, Xi agree to restore military ties at ‘productive’ summit

US President Joe Biden hailed his "most constructive" talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday, as they agreed at their first summit in a year to restore military-to-military communications and ease tensions. The leaders of the world's biggest economies shook hands and smiled as they met at a historic estate in

Biden to address US on Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine

US President Joe Biden will give a primetime speech on Thursday about the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Wednesday. Biden will speak at 8 pm (0000 GMT) in the Oval Office, from which presidents have traditionally addressed the nation at times

Deal struck to open Gaza border for aid

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a deal to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to enter worn-torn Gaza, where one million people have fled their homes amid withering Israeli air strikes. After face-to-face talks in Israel and intense telephone diplomacy with Egypt, Biden said a limited number of trucks would be

Israeli-Palestinian cauldron tests US as Blinken visits

An alarming spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence and sharp responses by both sides are testing the Biden administration as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plunges into a cauldron of deepening mistrust and anger on visits to Israel and the West Bank this week.  What had already been expected to be a

North Korea condemns US decision to send tanks to Ukraine

North Korea has slammed Washington's decision to supply Ukraine with tanks, claiming the US is "further expanding the proxy war" to destroy Russia.Earlier this week, US President Joe Biden promised 31 Abrams tanks, one of the most powerful and sophisticated weapons in the US army, to help Kyiv fight off

Top Biden aide Ron Klain expected to soon leave White House

White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who has spent more than two years as President Joe Biden's top aide, is preparing to leave his job in the coming weeks, according to a person familiar with Klain's plans. Klain's expected departure comes not long after the White House and Democrats had