Politics & Government

Biden will release another 15 million barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve

7:43am October 19, 2022

President Biden is under pressure to show he's doing all he can to bring down prices at the pump. He plans to talk Wednesday about how he'll pull more oil from emergency reserves.

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Flowers and candles lay outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022.

Online platforms radicalized the Buffalo mass shooting suspect, a new report says

7:20am October 19, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The New York attorney general's office said it reviewed thousands of pages of documents and social media content to study how the suspect used online platforms to plan and publicize the mass shooting.

News brief: Ukrainian infrastructure, Biden addresses gas prices, Haiti crises

6:29am October 19, 2022

Russian attacks are destroying Ukraine's infrastructure as winter nears. President Biden is making more moves to rein in gas prices. Haiti suffers as gangs keep a stranglehold on supply lines.

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Bodycam footage shows confusion over voter fraud arrests in Florida

5:11am October 19, 2022

NPR's A Martínez and Tampa Bay Times reporter Lawrence Mower discuss new police body camera video showing the confusion in Florida as arrests were made for voter fraud.

Biden administration plans to release 15 million barrels from U.S. oil reserves

9:46pm October 18, 2022

President Biden is set to announce Wednesday that the U.S. plans to draw 15 million barrels of oil out of its strategic stockpiles in December.

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President Biden, seen here in Washington on Tuesday, will announce Wednesday the release of an additional 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Biden to release another 15M barrels from strategic reserve

7:33pm October 18, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The Department of Energy has another 400 million barrels in its strategic reserves, which the White House plans to restock as soon as prices fall to $67 to $72 per barrel.

Igor Danchenko leaves the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 4, 2021. On Tuesday, a jury acquitted the think tank analyst of charges that he lied to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump.

Politics & Government

An analyst is acquitted of lying to the FBI over the Trump-Russia 'Steele dossier'

5:15pm October 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

A jury acquitted think tank analyst Igor Danchenko, who was accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump.

Why Biden gave a speech about abortion rights

4:26pm October 18, 2022

President Biden gave a speech about abortion rights Tuesday, billed as a political event ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

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Getting an abortion as a trans person is hard — with or without state restrictions

4:26pm October 18, 2022

by Brianna Scott

Abortion restrictions across the U.S. affect transgender men and non-binary people who can get pregnant. For many trans people, getting an abortion is already a challenge even without restrictions.

President Joe Biden speaks about abortion access during a Democratic National Committee event at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18.

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Biden says he will push to codify Roe if Democrats keep the House and Senate

3:41pm October 18, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The president is calling on Democrats — especially young voters — to turn out in the midterm elections to secure more seats in Congress.