Joe Biden - report

President of the United States since 2021

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden

2022 2023 2024

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Significant news events for Joe Biden

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U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he thinks there will not be a government shutdown on Friday. Biden announced a series of new policies to be implemented that would hopefully curb pandemic-related infections within the United States. New HIV infections fell 8 percent between 2015 and 2019, "a hopeful sign"
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China hails a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden. Biden would have preferred to meet Xi in person, but the Chinese leader has not left his country since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The cordial tone of the virtual meeting is an indication that relations may be turning a corner.
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President Joe Biden claimed victory in his months-long fight to pass a sprawling infrastructure and social spending agenda. Biden claimed he has forged a “framework’ for a deal on an approximately $1.75 trillion plan that all Democrats can support. Democrats control Congress but with a razor-thin margin, making it hard to pass legislation.
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Business Roundtable said it "welcomes" Biden's plan requiring companies to mandate vaccines or weekly testing. Biden may put future stimulus checks on autopilot — no vote required. The former president is reportedly quite jazzed about the mess of a withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sen. Bernie Sanders is celebrating his 80th birthday with a toothache.
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President Joe Biden will require all federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Department of Labor will issue a rule requiring businesses with more than 100 employees to have their workers vaccinated or tested weekly. Just over 53% of Americans are fully vaccinated, including two-thirds of the adult population. The disease has killed more than 651,000 Americans.
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Taliban fighters entered Kabul Sunday demanding unconditional surrender. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been installed as the head of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Special Forces units are joining 600 British troops from the 16 Air Assault Brigade, including 150 Paratroopers. RAF planes are being scrambled to airlift more than 500 British Government employees out of Kabul.
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1,800 borrowers who went to Westwood College, Marinello Schools of Beauty and the Court Reporting Institute will receive relief. Biden's total debt cancellation for defrauded borrowers to $1.5 billion for 92,000 people. Order addresses several issues with major tech companies and alleged anti-competitive behavior.
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U.S. will purchase and share with lower-income nations 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Two hundred million doses — enough to fully protect 100 million people — will be provided this year. Comes on top of 80 million doses he has already pledged by the end of the month.
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A CNN poll showed that immigration is one of Biden’s worst issues right now. An NBC News survey published Thursday shows Biden trailing behind law enforcement in popularity by almost 10 points. Biden has the third-lowest 100-day approval rating compared to every American president since World War II.
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Biden laid out a pro-labor, pro-worker agenda that seeks to fulfill the promises and pledges he made in his campaign for the White House. He announced strong investment in infrastructure, and not only in green energy, but also in traditional transport, power, water, and high-speed internet access needs.
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Kremlin says Biden's comments show he has no interest in mending ties with Moscow. CNN hemorrhaging viewers since former President Trump left office, down nearly 50%. Dan Bongino to take over Rush Limbaugh's radio time slot.
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President Joe Biden faces mounting challenges on the politically volatile issue of immigration. Republicans have been working to paint Biden as the cause of the growing border crisis. The Democratic Party has folded, almost to a man, within seven weeks. Team New Zealand won the 36th America's Cup on Wednesday.
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American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) passed on party-line votes by Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. The bill's passage is a huge moment for Democrats early in the Biden presidency. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a high for the second day in a row.
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German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer welcomes Biden's announcement to keep U.S. troops in Germany. Joe Biden praised the alliance between the EU and the US, as he failed to mention Boris Johnson or the UK. Biden administration says it's ready to join talks with Iran and world powers.
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Germany's president: "Today is a good day for democracy" Spain's prime minister: "Biden represents victory of democracy over the ultra-right" Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) welcomes President Joe Biden's announced termination of the previous administration's discriminatory Muslim and African Bans.
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Environmental groups celebrated the ruling by a three-member panel of the Court of Appeals. Biden is expected to ‘do the right thing regarding world affairs’ by 79 percent of Germans, 72 percent of the French and 65 percent of Britons. Trump will lift entry bans for most non-US citizens who were recently in Brazil.
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Pierce O'Loughlin, 9, was found dead at his home in San Francisco on Wednesday. Arizona bill would effectively make the Grand Canyon State a "Second Amendment sanctuary" Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly wants no part of President Trump's impeachment trial. Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package misses the mark.
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Biden names geneticist Lander for new Cabinet-level post, elevating role of science. Biden will extend the nearly year-long pause on federal student loan payments on "day one" Deanne Criswell will head FEMA, the federal government’s lead disaster response agency.
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More than half of the Republicans in the House voted in favour of nullifying Mr Biden's victory in Arizona. Almost half of all voters, including 69 percent of Republicans, don’t believe Biden won the November election fairly. Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has sued the federal government for $250,000 over his treatment.
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Congress voted 282-138 in the House of Representatives and 92-7 in the Senate. With Congress approving Vermont’s votes, Biden now has at least the 270 Electoral College votes that are the minimum for claiming the presidency. President-elect Joe Biden will select Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as his labor secretary. Merrick Garland, previously put forward for a U.S. Supreme Court spot that didn't pass, is the nominee.
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Iran seized a South Korean-flagged oil tanker off its southern border on Monday just after announcing that it will ramp up its uranium enrichment. The move appears meant to intimidate the U.S. as Joe Biden takes over the presidency and could complicate Biden's future attempts at nuclear deescalation with Iran. About three-quarters of voters who backed Republican candidates in Georgia’s Senate runoffs say Biden was not legitimately elected in November. Candace Owens falsely claimed President Trump beat Joe Biden in the November election.
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Raphael Warnock, a pastor from Atlanta, is projected to have won his Senate runoff race, becoming the first black senator for the state. President-elect Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes, 36 more than he needs to win the White House. Congress is set to confirm Biden's victory in the Electoral College on Wednesday. If Democrats sweep the Georgia runoff elections, as is looking likely, they’ll control the Senate with a 50-seat majority.
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Congress meets in a joint session at 1 p.m. on Wednesday to certify the electoral college results. Republicans have vowed to object to the results from six states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada. If all six state challenges are successful, Biden would lose 79 electoral votes.
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Iran says it resumes 20% enrichment at Fordow in latest nuclear deal breach. Move is the latest Iranian contravention of the accord, which it started violating in 2019. Move could hinder attempts by the incoming Biden administration to re-enter the agreement. At least a dozen Republican senators are expected to challenge Biden’s victory.
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A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge's decision on Friday to toss the lawsuit. 12 GOP senators are challenging Vice President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election. 11 GOP senators plan to formally object to the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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President-elect Joe Biden is going all-in to help Democrats win two Senate runoffs in Georgia. Biden and his team have steered at least $18 million to help unseat Republican Sens. Jon Ossoff and David Perdue. A federal appeals court threw out Rep. Louie Gohmert's lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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A group of 11 Republican senators and senators-elect say they will reject President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The group, consisting of seven senators and four Senators-elect, said there should be a 10-day audit of results ‘in the disputed states’ Under federal election law, any move to reject electoral votes for Biden and Kamala Harris would have to be supported by both houses of Congress.