A sad case of geopolitical theater. President Joe Biden threatened crippling economic sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. The administration imposed a spate of economic sanctions…

The White House warned Tuesday that the situation in Ukraine is “very dire” after congressional leaders held what they called “intense” talks with President Biden. “These Ukrainian soldiers on the front‚ I mean‚ they’re making some real tough decisions about what they’re going to shoot at and what they’re going to shoot at it with. And they’re running out of bullets … So the situation is very dire‚” White House national security communications adviser John Kirby told reporters at...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) emerged from a White House meeting with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders on Tuesday‚ saying he stood firm on his view that immediate action to secure the southern border is the nation’s top priority. The meeting also included Vice President Kamala Harris‚ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)‚ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)‚ and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). Although the Democrat...

Congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Biden on Tuesday saying they were optimistic about averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the week‚ but remained short of a plan to do so before a Friday deadline. Speaker Mike Johnson‚ who is facing intense pressure from Mr. Biden‚ Democrats and Senate Republicans to agree to a spending deal over the fierce objections of right-wing lawmakers in his ranks‚ suggested he might be ready to do so in the coming days. “We...

Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips‚ D-Minn.‚ is distancing himself from a report that one of his campaign's former consultants hired a magician to create a deepfake of President Biden urging New Hampshire voters not to participate in last month’s primary. Paul Carpenter‚ a magician from New Orleans‚ came forward and said he had made the deepfake for $1 and that a Democratic consultant Steve Kramer had paid him $150 to do it‚ according to an NBC report. Kramer...

Steve Kramer‚ a veteran Democratic operative‚ admitted to being behind the fake robocalls of President Biden that were made to New Hampshire voters last month‚ according to a statement given to NBC News. “The evening of Sunday‚ January 20th‚ 2 days before the New Hampshire primary‚ I sent out an automated call to 5‚000 most likely to vote Democrats. Using easy to use online technology‚ an automated version of President Joe Biden’s voice was created‚” Kramer said in a statement to NBC...