Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war.
News in :90 – March 7, 2024
President Biden’s stage is set for tonight’s State of the Union, Timberwolves All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns was ruled out of Thursday’s game with a knee injury and Xcel Energy said its facilities played a role in igniting Texas wildfires. Juan Del Valle has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – March 6, 2024
Nikki Haley suspended her political campaign leaving Donald Trump to be the last major Republican in the race. Biden’s top senate allies are demanding the U.S. does more to ease civilian suffering. Here at St. Thomas, commuter students are struggling to find parking spaces with the south campus construction. Morgan Hanson has today’s News in :90.
At tribal summit, Biden to sign order on funding, support Indigenous lacrosse team in 2028 Olympics
President Biden will sign an executive order that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds and will throw his support behind a request to allow a confederacy to compete under its own flag in the 2028 Olympics.
Biden touts investment in rural areas in Minnesota, the home state of his primary challenger
President Biden visited a family-run farm in Minnesota on Wednesday and is holding a fundraiser featuring many of the state’s top Democrats, championing his administration’s investments in rural America.
News in :90 – Oct. 18, 2023
President Biden arrived in Israel early this morning. A deadly explosion in the Gaza Strip hospital led to the deaths of nearly 500 people. Republican Jim Jordan will continue his second attempt at running for the Speaker of the House. Mason Gugino has today’s News in :90.
Biden denounces Hamas for ‘sheer evil’ in attack on Israel; UST President Vischer condemns attacks
President Joe Biden condemned the militant group Hamas for “sheer evil” for its shocking multipronged attack on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of civilians, including at least 14 American citizens.
News in :90 – Oct. 2, 2023
Twin Cities Marathon was canceled due to record high temperatures and dangerous conditions. Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open. The loss of Ukraine aid was devastating for lawmakers of both parties. Eli Bieker has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – May 8, 2023
Police are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday. In the past few weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have been facilitating these expulsions three times a day as roughly 30,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have entered the U.S. The Biden administration is working on new regulations that would require airlines to compensate passengers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline’s control.
News in :90 – Feb. 27, 2023
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today over President Biden’s student debt relief plan, which impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. The death toll rose to 62 today in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast after rescue crews recovered three more bodies. Bella Adams has today’s news in :90.
News in :90 – Feb. 20, 2023
President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war.” A shooting during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans killed one person, wounded four and sent panicked families running for cover. Opinions editor Rhynn Paulsen has today’s news in :90.
News in 90: – Feb. 13, 2023
A U.S. fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Biden. Ukraine’s presidential office said the situation in Bakhmut’s northern suburb of Paraskoviivka is “difficult” as Russian forces continued to pummel the area. Photo/ video editor Brenda Cabral has today’s news in: 90.
Biden in State of Union exhorts Congress: ‘Finish the job’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden exhorted Congress Tuesday night to work with him to “finish the job” of rebuilding the economy and uniting the nation as he delivered a State of the Union address aimed at reassuring a country beset by pessimism and fraught political divisions.
Biden signs gay marriage law, calls it ‘a blow against hate’
WASHINGTON (AP) — A celebratory crowd of thousands bundled up on a chilly Tuesday afternoon to watch President Joe Biden sign gay marriage legislation into law, a joyful ceremony that was tempered by the backdrop of an ongoing conservative backlash over gender issues.
WNBA star Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer Bout
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic prisoner exchange, as the U.S. released notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout but failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years.