Tag Archives: Joe Biden

LIVE VIDEO: Biden Addresses Nation On War In Israel

NPR reports: President Biden will address the American people Tuesday about the situation in Israel where Hamas militants attacked the country Saturday, killing more than 900 people, including at least 11 Americans. Israel has responded with a siege and heavy bombing of the Gaza Strip. Biden has expressed full-throated support for Israel in the wake of what he and his …

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Leading LGBTQ Groups Endorse Biden For Reelection

ABC News reports: The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) PAC, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) Action Fund and Equality PAC, representing three of the nation’s leading LGBTQ+ organizations, endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign on Tuesday — the eve of National Coming Out Day. “Without question, the Biden Administration has been the strongest advocate for the needs of transgender …

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Biden Interviewed Over Classified Docs Found At Home

The New York Times reports: President Biden met over the past two days with Robert K. Hur, the special counsel investigating how classified documents improperly ended up at Mr. Biden’s home and an office he used after leaving the vice presidency, the White House disclosed on Monday. “The voluntary interview was conducted at the White House over two days, Sunday …

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US And Key Allies Issue Joint Statement On Attacks: Hamas Terrorists Offer Nothing To Palestinian Cause

Via press release from the White House: Today, we — President Macron of France, Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Biden of the United States — express our steadfast and united support to the State of Israel, and our unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of …

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LIVE VIDEO: Biden Delivers Remarks On Hamas Attack

Reuters reports: The attack from the Iran-backed Islamist group erupted amid efforts by Biden and his team to negotiate a landmark normalization agreement between foes Israel and Saudi Arabia and a U.S.-Saudi defense pact. Biden spoke by phone to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday to offer U.S. support, with scenes of violence playing out on American news networks. …

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Biden Calls Netanyahu, Offers Support, Condolences

Via press release from the White House: This morning, I spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu about the horrific and ongoing attacks in Israel. The United States unequivocally condemns this appalling assault against Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza, and I made clear to Prime Minister Netanyahu that we stand ready to offer all appropriate means of support to the Government …

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WH Condemns “Unprovoked Terror Attacks” On Israel

“The United States unequivocally condemns the unprovoked attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians. There is never any justification for terrorism. We stand firmly with the Government and people of Israel and extend our condolences for the Israeli lives lost in these attacks. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has spoken to Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi and we remain …

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Milley: Biden’s Alert, Sound, Engaged On Military Issues

“I engage with him frequently and he’s alert, sound, does his homework, reads the papers, reads all the read-ahead material. And he’s very, very engaging in issues of very serious matters of war and peace and life and death. So if the American people are worried about an individual who is, you know, someone who’s making decisions of war and …

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Biden Admin Waives Laws To Allow Texas Wall Section

The Associated Press reports: The Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency. The Department of Homeland Security posted the announcement on the U.S. Federal Registry with few details outlining the construction in Starr …

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WH Display Celebrates Jimmy Carter’s 99th Birthday

The Associated Press reports: Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains. The gathering will take place in the same one-story …

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Biden Pays Tribute To “Trailblazer” Dianne Feinstein

Via press release from the White House: Senator Dianne Feinstein was a pioneering American. A true trailblazer. And for Jill and me, a cherished friend. In San Francisco, she showed enormous poise and courage in the wake of tragedy, and became a powerful voice for American values. Serving in the Senate together for more than 15 years, I had a …

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Biden Launches Anti-MAGA Digital Response Team

Politico reports: The Biden campaign is entering the chat. And then reentering it again and again. The president’s reelection team is formally launching its campaign war room on social media Wednesday. With the handle Biden HQ, it will serve as a rapid response operation aimed at reaching voters by pumping out content — lots of content. Aides involved in it …

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Biden Joins Striking MI Autoworkers On Picket Line

CNN reports: President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined members of the United Auto Workers in Michigan on the picket line, a historic moment for a modern president that comes amid a tense reelection race against a familiar foe. Biden, wearing a UAW hat, spoke into a bullhorn to the workers on the picket line recounting that “the fact of the …

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TODAY: Biden To Join MI Autoworkers On Picket Line

The Guardian reports: Joe Biden will make a rare presidential appearance on a picket line in Michigan on Tuesday to show solidarity with striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union locked in an escalating dispute with America’s three biggest carmakers. Biden will offer his backing to strikers at a plant in the Detroit area as part of an …

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Rep. Dean Phillips Floats Primary Challenge To Biden

Playbook reports: Rep. Dean Phillips is edging closer to challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. “I am thinking about it. I haven’t ruled it out,” the three-term congressman from Minnesota said Friday — before the latest round of bad polling news for Biden — in an interview with political strategist STEVE SCHMIDT for an episode of …

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Biden Gets Updated COVID Vaccine And Flu Shot

The Associated Press reports: President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu shot, the White House said Saturday. The White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a memo that Biden received both shots on Friday. O’Connor said Biden, 80, also was vaccinated several weeks ago against the respiratory illness known as RSV. “As we enter …

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Biden To Join Striking MI Autoworkers On Picket Line

The New York Times reports: President Biden announced that he would travel to Michigan on Tuesday to “join the picket line” with members of the United Automobile Workers who are on strike against the nation’s leading automakers, in one of the most significant displays of presidential support for striking workers in decades. The trip is set to come a day …

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Biden: “MAGA Puppetmaster” Trump Wants Shutdown

“Donald Trump is rooting for a government shutdown and couldn’t care less what it would mean for American families. The former president continues to act as MAGA House Republicans’ puppetmaster, now ordering them to shut down the government, which would cause chaos at the expense of hardworking Americans and our nation’s security. Every American remembers the jobs lost and lives …

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Watters: The CIA Is Plotting To Steal Election For Biden

“China interfered with the 2020 election on behalf of Joe Biden and the CIA not only let them get away with it but covered it up afterwards. John Ratcliffe, Trump’s top Intel guy, says the Chinese launched a massive anti-Trump disinformation campaign online in 2020. Much bigger than what the Russians did in 2016. “When the CIA found out about …

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TODAY: Biden To Launch “American Climate Corps”

The Hill reports: The White House will create a federal Climate Corps, a major wish list item for progressive Democrats and environmentalist groups, Biden administration officials confirmed on a call with reporters Tuesday. On the call, administration officials said the program will employ 20,000 people in its first year. These recruits, they said, will be “doing the important task of …

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