U.S. President Joe Biden holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos (L) at the White House on April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. Leaders from the three nations are meeting in a first-ever trilateral summit in a show of solidarity as China’s assertiveness in the South … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) Partnership as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia participate at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, United States. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The State Department’s No. 2 diplomat suggested … Read more
Singapore made global headlines last year when the government announced that biometric processing will replace travel document verifications at Changi Airport in the first half of 2024. But the city-state is going “passport-free” in another area: its land border with Malaysia. From Tuesday, people traveling by car between Singapore and Malaysia can show self-generated QR … Read more
Frontrunner Donald Trump is hoping to use a sizeable victory in South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday to convince rival Nikki Haley to drop out of the presidential race. While the outcome is expected to put Trump even closer to clinching the party’s nomination, Haley has vowed to press on. Here are some takeaways from … Read more
By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick and Aamer Madhani | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump even as a Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid was rapidly collapsing. The Democratic president has engaged for months with Senate … Read more
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) pushed back on Tesla founder Elon Musk’s criticism of the recently unveiled bipartisan border deal, saying the tech billionaire should keep his focus on recalled Tesla vehicles instead of the legislation. Lankford doubled down on the proposed bill Monday on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” explaining that Musk’s description of … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) slammed the proposed border deal and criticized President Biden for not stopping “the invasion” in Saturday comments. “This border deal is a farce. Joe Biden already has the authority to shut the border down. He could declare it a national emergency,” DeSantis said in a video posted to X, the … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the House GOP won’t shut down the government over border spending following a threat by fellow member Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas). Johnson appeared to try to cool fears over Roy’s recent threat to withhold government funding legislation until Democrats and President Biden agree to border security and asylum reforms … Read more
The White House said Thursday it is now unable to pledge to Ukraine that it will receive more U.S. military, economic and humanitarian aid to help counter Russia’s invasion as the funding continues to get blocked by Congress. Senate Republicans voted unanimously on Wednesday to block an emergency spending bill to provide US$110.5 billion in … Read more
