Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid did not attend the White House meeting with President Obama and congressional leaders this morning due to injuries sustained during the Christmas recess. His staff reports that Reid was hurt while exercising. President Obama and Vice President Biden met with leaders of both parties today, including Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
In the first weekly address of 2015, Vice President Joe Biden filled in for a vacationing President Barack Obama to argue that Americans make their New Year’s resolution to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act. Transcript
Vice President Joe Biden offered his condolences to the family of slain New York Police Department officer Rafael Ramos at his funeral on Saturday. Follow Brietbart.tv on Twitter @BreitbartVideo
While President Obama is vacationing in Hawaii, he has dispatched Vice President Joe Biden to attend the funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos, one of the police officers murdered in New York City.
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds Democrats cooling to Hillary Clinton as a possible 2016 presidential contender. When Democratic voters were asked which Democratic candidate they would back in the primary, 61% said Hillary Clinton, a 12% drop since
University of Austin researchers had lost their minds (brains), but then realized that dozens of human brains they reported missing were actually disposed of 12 years ago. The university released a statement wednesday saying environmental workers disposed of between 40
President Obama met with over two dozen people regarding the Ferguson unrest on Monday, including law enforcement officials, civil rights leaders, and young people involved in activism protesting the decision by the grand jury in the Michael Brown case. “When
Ferguson activists meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House today posted a list of demands they proposed to the president, which include: The federal government using its power to prosecute police officers that kill or abuse people Removing
President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet on Monday with Vice President Joe Biden, his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, and law enforcement officials among others, to discuss the the civil unrest that happened in Ferguson, Missouri. Riots were set off
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 22 (UPI) — Vice President Joe Biden announced Saturday the United States will send $135 million more in humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians. He was speaking at a news conference in Istanbul during a trip to visit
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says Russia must uphold its end of a truce in east Ukraine in order to resolve the conflict which has claimed at least 4,300 lives since March. Biden met with Ukrainian President
President Obama is huddling with Vice President Joe Biden and top staff as he prepares his executive action on immigration reform. Aides tell reporters he will act soon. “I can’t wait in perpetuity when I have authorities that, at least
Vice President Joe Biden previewed President Obama’s decision to grant executive amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, during a speech to the Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Central America in Washington D.C. today. “In the absence of congressional action, the president
On Friday, Vice President Joe Biden formally announced a new asylum program that will allow juveniles in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to apply for refugee status from their home countries. And even some who do not meet the requirements
Monday at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federation of North America, Vice President Joe Biden joked about not agreeing with a damn thing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. The vice president’s remarks come at a low point in
Aaron David Miller, one of the most prominent analysts of U.S.-Israel relations, conducts an extended thought experiment in Foreign Policy today about the possible impact of a Hillary Clinton presidency on the alliance. His conclusion is that Clinton “would indeed
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is deferring to Vice President Joe Biden’s mid-term election prediction that Democrats will finish with a Senate majority of 52 seats. Biden appeared bullish that Democratic Senators Mark Begich, Kay Hagan, and Jeanne Shaheen
At least one man is likely to be surprised if the polls prove accurate and Republicans take control of the Senate. That’s Vice President Joe Biden, who insists that Democrats will retain control of the Senate because Americans agree with
Vice President Joe Biden has a 1-in-10 chance of becoming the most powerful person in the world today. No–not because President Barack Obama will resign after the election results, or that–God forbid–something will happen to him. Rather, Biden stands a
Where is the White House Ebola Czar Ron Klain? He’s doing a great job, according to the White House. Since he began his job last week, Klain has been largely invisible to the public and to the press, but White
In response to Mark Begich Says Obama No Longer Relevant: By Senator Begich (D-AK) saying that Obama isn’t “relevant” to this year’s mid-term election, the embattled Senator is all but admitting that Obama is in fact relevant to what could
President Barack Obama’s new Ebola Czar won’t start until Wednesday, even though the White House announced his new role on Friday. Although Klain has visited the White House since his appointment, White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz confirmed that
With the announcement last week that a second nurse had contracted the Ebola virus – and then flown with the Ebola virus already manifesting as a “low-grade” fever – it has become clear that the government is not in control
Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis slammed the Obama administration for picking a “political operative” instead of a medical expert as its ‘Ebola Czar.’ “President Obama is making it clear that he is more concerned about political optics than he
Despite being cashiered out of the Navy Reserve for testing positive for cocaine, Vice President Joe Biden’s son is still being allowed to practice law and won’t lose his Connecticut law license. Late last week the Wall Street Journal reported
