President Joe Biden has vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 new federal district judgeships. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying “hurried action” by the House left important questions unanswered about the life-tenured positions.

The U.S. federal judiciary's leadership on Tuesday called President Joe Biden's decision to veto a bill that would have added 66 new judges to understaffed federal courts nationally "extremely disappointing" and urged lawmakers to again try to enact the "essential" legislation.

Sen. Chris Coons is expressing disappointment after President Biden vetoed a bill to establish more federal judgeships.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will give most federal employees a 2% increase starting January 2025.

Edward Leon Fields Jr. will serve life without the possibility of parole for the 2003 shooting deaths of a Texas couple, Charles and Shirley Chick, in southeastern Oklahoma.

Nippon Steel's $15 billion bid for U.S. Steel has been referred to U.S. President Joe Biden, a White House spokesman said, giving the president 15 days to decide on a tie up he has previously said he opposes.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States sent its findings on Nippon Steel's $15 billion proposed acquisition to Biden, who has 15 days to make a final decision.