In late 2022, the White House was so concerned that Russia might launch a nuclear strike against Ukraine that US President Joe Biden's administration created several task forces to develop a response plan.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden had been considering a trip to the southern border for weeks as a way to amplify his efforts to remind Americans that Republicans derailed a bipartisan border deal he was prepared to sign into law, according to two senior administration officials.
Immigration advocates and progressives are raising alarms over reports that the Biden administration plans to use executive action to restrict asylum applications along the U.S.-Mexico border. The reports, sourced to unnamed administration officials by a handful of media outlets, come as advocates were telegraphing a thaw in their relations with the White House after butting…
The U.S. on Friday will impose more than 500 sanctions on Russia, its enablers, and its war machine as the world marks two years since Russia attacked Ukraine, a Treasury Department spokesperson said. This would be the largest single tranche since the start of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion, administration officials said. The sanctions, to be rolled out by the Treasury Department and State Department, will include additional measures intended to punish the Kremlin for its role in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, officials said.