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WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

President Joe Biden was set to address the nation Tuesday night shortly after returning to the White House from a five-day trip to Asia that was bookended by “horrific” mass tragedy

President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to revise use-of-force policies for federal law enforcement on Wednesday’s two-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

An 18-year-old gunman opens fire at Robb Elementary School in Texas, fatally shooting young children in the deadliest attack on a US school since the Sandy Hook massacre.

Psaki is the latest in a line of former White House and administration spokespeople to join the media.

WASHINGTON — One of Eric Garcetti’s top advocates in the Senate said the White House needs to make a decision on the future of the Los Angeles mayor’s bid to be ambassador to India within weeks, suggesting the embattled nomination has lingered in a state of limbo too long.

The uncertainty over whether Jacinda Ardern might land a White House meeting and photo opportunity with US President Joe Biden was perhaps fitting, given the lack of clarity about one of their main topics of discussion.

Will Xi Jinping just chalk up Biden's latest remarks as an accidental straying from "strategic ambiguity"?

Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the ATF.