Tag: welcomes

Inside the Beltway: White House Correspondents Dinner welcomes politicians, journalists, celebrities

NEWS AND OPINION: It’s that time of year again. “The 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner takes place on Saturday at the Washington Hilton. The so-called ‘Nerd Prom’ attracts presidents, senior government officials, the media, and — in more recent years — Hollywood stars. “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update Co-Lead Colin Jost headlines this year’s dinner, […]

Dem Sen. Maria Cantwell welcomes House’s TikTok crackdown

Efforts to restrict TikTok won a new ally on Capitol Hill in the Senate Commerce Committee’s chairwoman, who complained about House legislation to restrict the popular app just last week. Sen. Maria Cantwell‘s new view diminishes a major roadblock in the way of the House’s effort to force the app’s China-based owner, ByteDance, to sell […]

U.S.-Israel tensions boil over as Washington welcomes Benjamin Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz for talks

Tensions between the White House and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government neared the boiling point Monday as Biden administration officials ramped up public pressure on the Jewish state over “intolerable” humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip while embracing one of Mr. Netanyahu’s most popular political rivals. In what seems to be a politically calculated […]