Biden administration

ICE ends 30-day death reporting rule as detainee deaths reach 20-year high - report

This change in policy comes amid concerns about the quality of medical care provided in ICE facilities after 18 deaths were reported in the first five months of 2026.

Protesters opposing mass deportations by ICE hold signs during a protest held at the Cassidy Gate at Fort Bliss, the U.S. Army base where a large new ICE detention facility is being built, in El Paso, Texas, US, August 17, 2025.
(Illustrative) Former US President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to Vernon Electric Cooperative in Westby, Wisconsin, US, September 5, 2024.

NGOs, committee memo disputes House claims Biden admin directly funded judicial reform

 : Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.

FBI subpoenaed Kash Patel and Susie Wiles phone records during Trump probe

 The logo for the Democratic National Convention is displayed on the scoreboard at the United Center during a media walkthrough in Chicago, Jan. 18, 2024.

The Democrats need a nominee with a backbone on Israel issues - editorial


Brother of Hamas leader Khaled Mashal unexpectedly released from US prison - report

The US has not confirmed the release of Mashaal, but the news has been widely reported in Arab media.

 Mofid Abdel Kader Mashaal

US to work with partners in Syria to manage risk after Assad toppled, Biden says

Biden said US forces on Sunday conducted a dozen precision strikes within Syria targeting camps and operatives of the terrorist group Islamic State.

US President Joe Biden holds a press conference about his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Woodside, California, US, November 15, 2023.

US Supreme Court to weigh bid to sue Palestinian authorities over attacks against Americans

The law is called the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act.

 The US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is pictured on July 30, 2024.

White House puts pressure on Turkey to restrain Syrian rebels - report

The US noted that President Bashar al-Assad's "regime" has been part of an ongoing refusal to "engage in a political process," which has "created the conditions now unfolding."

 A Syrian rebel holds his weapon as he stands near Nubl's city in Nubl, north of Aleppo, Syria December 2, 2024.

Biden says he is pardoning his son, Hunter Biden

The White House had said repeatedly that Biden would not pardon or commute the sentences of his son.

 U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by Hunter Biden and Beau Jr., walks out of a bookstore in downtown Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 29, 2024.

Biden announces Israel's truce with Lebanon with hope of paving pathway for Gaza ceasefire

The US President said that the deal will let Israel retain the right to defend itself while still giving the Lebanese government sovereignty.

 US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House

Biden's shift on missiles for Ukraine, North Korean troops in Kursk, Trump's election victory

The relaxation of the restrictions on US weapons may have come too late to alter the course of the conflict, but it could help Ukraine defend its foothold in Kursk.

 President Joe Biden walks to deliver remarks on the 2024 election results and the upcoming presidential transition of power, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US, November 7, 2024.

DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome, Bloomberg reports

The move would be one of the most aggressive attempts by the Biden administration to curb what it alleges are Big Tech monopolies.

 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia

 UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden hold a bilateral meeting, as the NATO summit takes place in Vilnius, last month.

Netanyahu hints he would hit Iranian oil fields if Tehran attacks

Netanyahu urged Iranians to imagine their free lives without 'the tyrants of Tehran' in an unusual English message.

 (Illustrative) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the backdrop of an Iranian oil field.