Politics

Online harassment and abuse is increasingly widespread in today’s digitally connected world.   This can include online threats and intimidation as well as various forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (GBV), such as the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, cyberstalking, and sextortion. Women, girls, and LGBTQI+ individuals are disproportionately affected.  Survivors of online harassment and abuse—especially image-based...

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar met in New Delhi today to discuss strengthening the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership. They spoke about shared efforts to elevate and expand strategic technology and defense industrial cooperation, promote food, energy and global health security, clean energy...

Oval Office 2:02 P.M. EST PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Well, Chancellor, welcome back to the Oval Office.  Welcome back to the White House. Olaf, we’ve — there’s been a lot changing since the last year you were here.  Matter of fact, if I’m not mistaken, you were here in February of 2022, and Russia was amassing its...

QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here.  I want to start by asking you about the current state of relations between the countries of Central Asia and the United States.  Has anything changed in U.S. foreign policy toward the countries of the region in light of current developments in the international arena, especially...

On Wednesday, the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and the Office of Public Engagement hosted over 50 state and local elected officials and community leaders from across Minnesota at a “Communities in Action: Building a Better Minnesota” event. This was the thirteenth state highlighted in a series of “Communities in Action” events that the White House...

The White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy today to establish an affirmative vision for a secure cyberspace that creates opportunities to achieve our collective aspirations. In this decisive decade, the United States will advance cyberspace as a tool to achieve our goals in a way that reflects our values: economic security and prosperity; responsive...

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. welcomed Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany to the White House today to reaffirm the strong bilateral relationship between the United States and Germany.  At the one-year mark of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the leaders discussed ongoing efforts to provide security, humanitarian, economic, and political assistance to Ukraine and the...

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Governments of Italy, Morocco, and Niger on the occasion of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group meeting. Begin Text: Upon invitation of the Republic of Niger, the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS Africa...

We are deeply concerned by reports of a court order to investigate nine Guatemalan journalists for obstruction of justice.  These individuals include journalists from El Periódico and an independent media organization founder, José Rubén Zamora, who has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest in July 2022. Peaceful, prosperous, and inclusive societies depend on...

Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and ordered federal aid to supplement the Tribal Nation’s efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storm from December 21 to December 25, 2022. Federal funding is available to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and certain private...