One measure would give health care providers the right to offer abortion services, and the second bill would protect the right to travel across state lines for abortion. Neither has the votes to advance in the Senate.

During a private meeting in Jeddah, the president said he was 'straightforward and direct' with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the murder of American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

President Biden announced that the United States would give financial assistance to a network of Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen continued to push for imposing a price limit on Russian oil to reduce President Vladimir V. Putin's ability to continue waging war in Ukraine, shrink the Russian economy and lower global oil prices.

The award recognized President Biden's 'true friendship with the State of Israel, the people of Israel and the Jewish people.'

Ukraine policy has been a point of friction between Israel and the United States, as Israel has been wary of provoking a response from Russia.

President Biden said that Israel 'must remain an independent, democratic Jewish state' and reiterated his calls for a two-state solution to the conflict during a news conference in Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid of Israel called on the United States to threaten military action if Iran continued its nuclear program, while President Biden said diplomacy was the best way to counter threats from Iran.

More than 100 homes were damaged after heavy flooding and landslides struck Buchanan County, Va.

António Guterres, the secretary general of the United Nations, said the negotiators had made 'extremely encouraging' progress in an effort to release huge amounts of grain from Ukraine's ports and ship it to a world facing rising hunger.