The former speaker of the House sat in the same pew as the president at a memorial service for Ethel Kennedy on Wednesday.

In his final months in office, President Joe Biden is signaling new willingness to use U.S. military assistance to Israel as both a carrot and a stick to influence its high-stakes confrontation with Iran and Iran-backed militant groups.

“Now some have come to (the) Detroit area recently and thrown around some insults, but from what I’ve seen this is a vibrant, thriving city,” she said. It was a swipe at Republican Donald Trump, who aimed a recent dart at the most populous city in a critical Midwestern battleground state.

President Biden spoke by telephone to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine about the security package, which includes munitions, armored vehicles and other weapons.

President Joe Biden will visit Arizona on October 24 and 25, according to the White House. Polls show Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris in the state.

President Biden was reflecting on his own experience as the No. 2 for eight years when he made a remark Tuesday that was widely seen as absolving Vice President Kamala Harris from any fault for [dista

Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump by a large margin among registered Black voters, however, it is smaller than President Biden's back in 2020, according to an NBC News poll. NBC News' Monica Alba reports more.

Data from the National Labor Relations Board show that 3,286 petitions were filed with the government in fiscal 2024, a sharp rise from 1,638 in 2021. This represents a significant shift after decades of stagnation and a decline in petitions during former President Donald Trump 's tenure in the White House.

As Jill Biden and JD Vance also made stops around Philadelphia, the president’s visit highlighted the intense struggle to persuade voters in what may be the most critical swing state.

Biden has been dogged by accusations that he is not exerting as much influence as he could over Netanyahu and how Israel conducts itself in war.

The vice president has been criticized for not creating enough distance between herself and Biden as Election Day nears.