News in :90 – May 16, 2024

The White House has blocked the release of audio from President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel about his handling of classified documents, the UN’s top court opened hearings on the Israeli military’s incursion into Rafah and St. Thomas announced that the men’s hockey team will be transferring into the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2026-27 season. Managing Editor Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.

Biden welcomes Macron amid friction over US climate law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron are celebrating the long-standing U.S.-French relationship, but these are friends with differences. The French leader is using his visit to Washington to sharply criticize aspects of his ally’s signature climate law as a bad deal for Europe.

News in :90 – Nov. 16, 2022

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, the University of Virginia student accused of killing three football players and wounding two other students, is currently facing three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of malicious wounding and additional gun-related charges. Senate Democrats are moving forward with legislation this week to protect same-sex and interracial marriages. Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will mount a third White House campaign, launching an early start to the 2024 contest. Annabelle Wiskus has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Dec. 9, 2021

President Joe Biden opened the first White House Summit for Democracy, authorities say a crash in Minneapolis early Thursday following police pursuit of a SUV that was reportedly stolen has left two juveniles dead and three others hospitalized, and the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years. Kylie LaValle has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 9, 2021

Prince Phillip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died at 99, and president Joe Biden announced a half-dozen executive actions to combat gun violence in the United States. Photojournalist Connor Steil has today’s News in :90.

AP: Biden aims for quicker shots, virus ‘independence’ by July 4

One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address Thursday night to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1 and raised the prospect of “independence from this virus” by the Fourth of July. He offered Americans fresh hope and appealed anew for their help.

Closing the college gap

Opinions editor Jamie Bernard believes the U.S. needs another movement for education, which could lie in President Obama’s America’s College Promise proposal.