President Joe Biden stopped in north Florida for a whirlwind visit to meet with local leaders and residents reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene last week.

U.S. President Joe Biden will visit on Thursday communities in Florida and Georgia impacted by Hurricane Helene, the White House said on Wednesday. Biden was visiting North and South Carolina on Wednesday.

Some remote communities still cut off and more people reported missing; governors of Florida and Georgia won’t meet president during visit

Former President Donald Trump, seeking to capitalize politically on the devastation from Hurricane Helene, falsely claimed in a social media post on Thursday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris “are universally being given POOR GRADES for the way that they are handling the Hurricane,

The commander-in-chief, 81, stood in silence during sweltering heat when a Ray City farmer concluded his remarks at a post-hurricane event with a prayer.

Joe Biden has said the US is discussing with Israel the possibility of Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil infrastructure. When asked if he would support such strikes, Mr Biden said: "We're discussing that.

Israel pressed ahead with its campaign against Hezbollah militants with clashes in southern Lebanon and airstrikes targeting Beirut, as the US and its allies braced for Israeli retaliation against Iran for a ballistic-missile barrage earlier this week.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he directed the U.S. military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles -- an attack, Biden said, that appears to have been "defeated and ineffective." "This is testament to Israeli military capability and the U.