Monthly payments to produce ‘largest ever decrease in child poverty’ Biden and Merkel to meet before holding joint press conference Senate to vote Wednesday to advance infrastructure bill – Schumer 5.55pm BST Joe Biden predicted Republicans will try to boast about the enhanced Child Tax Credit, even though they did not vote for the coronavirus … Read more
A senior administration official said Biden will provide an update on US plans to move thousands of Afghan interpreters out of the country by the end of August….The Pentagon says the withdrawal of US forces is 90% complete. Washington agreed to withdraw in a deal negotiated last year under Biden’s Republican predecessor, Donald Trump. Biden … Read more
Depending on its outcome, the meeting could shadow Biden as he returns home to help revive his domestic agenda. He arrived to the villa bolstered by support from western allies he spent the past week consulting ahead of his face-to-face with the Russian President, who arrived in Geneva Wednesday morning ahead of the summit. In … Read more
The Guardian’s Sam Levine reports: Joe Biden is officially tapping a leading voting rights lawyer for a role on a federal appellate court. Biden is nominating Myrna Pérez, the director of the voting rights and elections program at the Brennan Center for Justice, to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd circuit, … Read more
Biden continues European trip with summit in Brussels Leaders of US and Turkey have somewhat strained relationship Nato summit: leaders agree that China presents security risks 4.55pm BST As Joe Biden prepares for his meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Brussels, Kamala Harris has just arrived in South Carolina for an event to … Read more
Officials ‘invalidating our injuries and experiences’, letter states Biden says US must redouble efforts to investigate virus origins Senate Republicans want to lower cost of $1.7tn infrastructure plan 1.02am BST We’re wrapping up our US politics coverage for tonight. It was a relatively quiet day, with the news of a mass shooting in San Jose … Read more
He says he hasn’t ruled out anything, but isn’t saying much else. And Texas Democrats are itching for an answer. ‘Impatience is not the word for it,’ Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said. ‘But anxious is.’ For months, O’Rourke has kept his options open. A top aide to the former Texas congressman and presidential … Read more
4.18pm BST16:18 House speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her refusal to alter the mask requirement for members, even though the CDC has said fully vaccinated individuals can go without masks in most settings. The Democratic speaker said too many House members are unvaccinated to justify relaxing the mask guidance, an argument that the attending physician of … Read more