Former first lady Jill Biden joins TODAY to talk about her new memoir “View from the East Wing,” reflecting on her years in the White House and her husband Joe Biden’s presidency. She opens up about Joe’s battle with prostate cancer, saying he will live with it “for the rest of his life,” and reveals why she did not encourage him to drop out of the race after his poor debate performance in 2024 and concerns around his age. She also discusses criticism from Democrats that she is openi
Former first lady Jill Biden joins TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones to share stories and memories from iconic photos taken throughout her life, including her 49-year marriage with Joe Biden, her connection to the White House's East Wing, and bidding for a cameo in Season 2 of “Heated Rivalry.”
The Islamic Republic is reportedly stopping exchanges with the U.S. through mediators over attacks on Lebanon.
Iran has accused the Trump administration of ceasefire violations and will move to close the Strait of Hormuz and stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries, Iran’s state-affiliated outlet Tasnim News Agency reported Monday. The report, translated from a post on the messaging app Telegram, pointed to Israel’s military operations in Lebanon against the…
Jill Biden conceded Monday that if she had to do it all over again, she would not advise husband Joe Biden to seek re-election.
“With her memoir, Biden has essentially confirmed the speculation that she was part of a cover-up,” Nia-Malika Henderson Henderson wrote on Friday.
Some Democrats have called for the firing of Chairman Ken Martin.
Reactions were mounting Monday after Iran announced it was suspending talks with the United States following Israeli strikes and an increased military offensive in Lebanon, which Iran had set as a condition for any ceasefire.The US had reportedly been in talks with Iran, which said it was now considering a full closure of the Strait of Hormuz just hours after President Donald Trump told critics to "sit back and relax" and let him handle the now cancelled negotiations.Iranian state media Tasnim news agency reported Iran's negotiating team was halting "talks and exchanges of texts through mediators." Media and political commentators shared their reactions on social media, questioning Trump's negotiations amid the ongoing war."$300 billion to Iran for war reparations. 30 billion would have funded healthcare subsidies here," AI expert and Fractional chief technology officer Jeff Nall, who has more than 10,000 followers on Bluesky, wrote in a post."Maybe if he hadn’t been telling us for 3 months that a surrender deal with Iran was imminent he wouldn’t have to post at 1:02 AM that he has no idea how to get out of this war while accomplishing anything meaningful," Ron Filipkowski, MeidasNews editor in chief and former Marine who has more than 782,000 followers, wrote on Bluesky."Another reason to just walk away. Does America benefit at all from playing referee between Israel & Lebanon? Prior to the war, Iran couldn’t dictate terms in Lebanon, but their control of the Strait of Hormuz gives them the ability to do so. Cut our losses & just leave," Joe Kent, ex-Trump administration insider and former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote on X."America voted in 2024 to end foreign wars, not to go to war with Iran and to fund genocidal wars. Americans aren’t billionaires who can afford to sit back and relax paying over $4.50 for gas and nearly $6 for diesel. I’m not sorry for 'chirping' because it’s my 1st amendment right, I don’t belong to a cult where I owe blind faith and obedience, and I want America First and I thought that’s what we promised the American people. If Iran’s military is obliterated and if they’re [SIC] nuclear program is completely wiped out like President Trump has boldly claimed, then America should just pull out of the war and the Strait will reopen and we can call it a victory. Be done with this pointless nonsense before America’s 250 and put America FIRST and ONLY," former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), an ally of Trump now turned critic, wrote on X."It's been nearly two months straight of 'Don't worry guys, we're super close to a deal! Iran really wants to make a deal. This whole Iran war thing was absolutely genius.' Followed by the inevitable resumption and/or expansion of warfare. Rinse, repeat," Michael Tracey, a journalist with more than 346,000 followers, wrote on X.