Author: Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner

The White House said the decision by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to register as an independent would change little for President Joe Biden’s party in the Senate. The shake-up complicates what had appeared to be Democrats’ outright majority in the Senate after winning Georgia’s runoff on Tuesday. Sinema has said she does not intend to…

The Biden administration’s top diplomat overseeing energy policy said broadening critical mineral supply chains away from China is a concern for the United States amid the green energy transition it hopes to spearhead. Diversifying the critical mineral supply chain will prove “hugely important” to the success of a green energy transition and U.S. national interests…

The White House slammed Republican efforts in the Senate midterm elections as “stunningly bad,” charging that voters had put “to rest” the party’s agenda. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) won Georgia’s runoff on Tuesday, closing the midterm election cycle and delivering Democrats a 51-49 split in the Senate. The result marks the first time since 1934…

A U.S. federal court dismissed a civil lawsuit against Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after the Biden administration moved to shield the crown prince from prosecution. The case stirred controversy after the administration stated that as the sitting head of government, the crown prince should…

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at an event organized by a shadowy Democratic network ahead of the group’s annual confab of influential liberal political donors. Harris began the fall meeting of the Democracy Alliance last week by thanking some 150 organizers at the AFL-CIO headquarters “for their work to protect and defend democracy across our…

With a Trump-era border policy set to end days before Christmas, the Biden administration is weighing restrictive immigration limits for asylum-seekers arriving at the U.S. southern border, according to reports. Democrats in Congress have raised concerns that the administration has not prepared sufficiently for the expected disorder once Title 42 ends. The policy has allowed…

Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in Karen Bass as the first female mayor of Los Angeles. Bass asked Harris, the first black and south Asian woman to be elected vice president, to administer the oath of office, according to a Harris aide. The ceremony will take place next Sunday in Los Angeles, where Harris…

The White House has worked to temper expectations ahead of a highly anticipated OPEC+ meeting, the first since the group moved to slash output ahead of the midterm elections, placing the Biden administration at the center of a public spat with Saudi Arabia. Cartel members will meet virtually on Sunday against the backdrop of potentially…

Vice President Kamala Harris’s communications director Jamal Simmons is leaving his position after nearly one year in the role, according to an internal memo obtained by the Washington Examiner. Simmons, a veteran Democratic messaging operative, joined Harris’s team in January following months of staffing tumult that saw the exits of several high-profile communications aides. BIDEN…

President Joe Biden has no plans to seek legislative changes in a climate bill that has angered European allies, the White House said, even as Washington seeks to tamp down a brewing trade dispute over the policies. Biden had acknowledged “glitches” in the legislation during a press conference with President Emmanuel Macron of France on…