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President Joe Biden says Putin has decided to invade Ukraine
President Joe Biden said Friday he is “convinced” that Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine within the week, an event that would trigger Western sanctions set to turn Russia into what a US official called a “pariah.” “As of this moment I’m convinced he’s made the decision,” Biden said in televised remarks at the …
President Joe Biden pushed to speak out more as US democracy concerns grow
President Joe Biden to host Canada, Mexico leaders at White House November 18
President Joe Biden calls this decade decisive for fighting climate change
President Joe Biden was swinging the focus of his battle for fast, concerted action against global warming from the US Congress to the world on Monday, scolding rival China on climate and appealing to other leaders at a UN summit to commit to the kind of big climate measures that he is still working to …
Astonishing death toll another reminder of ‘how important it is to get vaccinated’: Biden
A day after the United States surpassed the mark of 700,000 deaths from the Covid-19 late Friday, President Joe Biden on Saturday mourned “the painful milestone”. Asserting that the nation has made “extraordinary progress” in the fight against the coronavirus in the past eight months because of vaccines, the president, in a statement, said the …
China hopes Biden turns statement on no Cold War into action
China’s UN ambassador expressed hope on Tuesday that President Joe Biden will translate his statement that the US has no intention of starting a “new Cold War” with China into actions, saying he should avoid “a confrontational approach” and “provocative attacks against China.” “I believe that if both sides walked towards each other, they will …
Top US generals recommended having 2,500 troops in Afghanistan; White House defends withdrawal
Top American generals on Tuesday told lawmakers that they had recommended having 2,500 troops in Afghanistan to which President Joe Biden disagreed. The White House, however, defended the presidential decision, acknowledging that it was a split recommendation from Biden’s advisors and generals.
India, US committed to taking on toughest challenges together, says Biden after meeting Modi
India and the US are the world’s largest democracies and the two countries are committed to taking on the toughest challenges together, President Joe Biden said after his first-ever in-person meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House. The meeting of the two leaders in the Oval Office of the White House on …
Majority of Americans disapprove of Biden’s performance after Afghan pullout: Poll
A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling his job as president after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, a new poll revealed. “Americans’ views have dimmed on the way President Joe Biden is handling his job as president, with 42 per cent approving and 50 per cent disapproving, according to …
President Joe Biden vaccine mandate will test US workplace regulator OSHA
FBI declassifies documents associated with 9/11 attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday declassified several documents associated with the investigation of the horrific 9/11 attacks on the US. The documents also carry information related to the suspected Saudi government support to the attacks. The documents were released following an executive order by President Joe Biden.
US doubling fines for travelers not wearing masks
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is doubling fines for first-time offenders who fail to wear masks, effective Friday, and said repeat offenders could face fines as high as $3,000. The White House said President Joe Biden was directing the higher fines to “ensure that masking requirements remain in place on the other modes of transportation …
Near-total abortion ban takes effect in Texas as Supreme Court silent
A new law that effectively bans most abortions went into force in the southern US state of Texas on Wednesday, as the conservative-leaning Supreme Court failed to respond to an emergency request to block it. President Joe Biden vowed to defend abortion rights after the law known as the “Texas Heartbeat Act,” the most restrictive …
US touts leverage – but influence on Taliban seen as limited
After ending the 20-year US war, President Joe Biden hopes America’s economic might can serve as leverage on the Taliban to shape the new Afghanistan. But experts question how much the triumphant Islamists can be swayed.
Ahead of Tuesday deadline, US completes withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan after 20-year war
The United States completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Monday, after a chaotic evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies to close out US involvement there after 20 years of conflict. The operation came to an end before the Tuesday deadline set by President Joe Biden.
America’s longest war ended ignobly, in the dead of night in Afghanistan
America’s longest war ended ignobly, in the dead of night in Afghanistan. A giant C-17 transport laden with troops and the US ambassador flew out of Kabul airport a minute before midnight local time on August 31, the deadline set by President Joe Biden.
US airstrike in Kabul said to kill suicide bomber even as Biden heads for dignified transfer ceremony to honor slain US personnel
The US military carried out a punitive airstrike against a suspected IED-rigged vehicle heading to the Kabul airport on Sunday even as President Joe Biden traveled to an air force base outside Washington to pay respect to 13 American personnel who were killed in the suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
All in or All out? Joe Biden saw no middle ground in Afghanistan
As the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan capping an ill-fated 20-year war has turned uglier and deadlier in recent days, President Joe Biden has stood by his decision but repeatedly blamed one person in particular: his predecessor. Because former President Trump struck an agreement with the Taliban last year to pull out, Biden has insisted …
US begins reprisal attacks despite thousands still stranded in Afghanistan
The United States wasted no time initiating retribution for the carnage in Kabul airport that killed 13 American military personnel and more than 150 Afghans. A drone strike ordered by President Joe Biden killed a ISIS-K operative and an associate in Nangahar province in Afghanistan on Friday, US officials said.
Ensure that Taliban do not destabilise Pakistan and acquire nuclear weapons: US lawmakers to Biden
A group of US lawmakers has urged President Joe Biden to ensure that the Taliban, which is now the de facto ruler of Afghanistan, do not destabilise Pakistan and acquire nuclear weapons. “Do you have a plan to ensure that Afghanistan, under Taliban occupation, will never acquire a nuclear weapon?” they asked in a letter …
Joe Biden given inconclusive intelligence report on Covid origins
The assessment, which was ordered by President Joe Biden 90 days ago, was unable to definitively conclude whether the virus that first emerged in central China had jumped to humans via animals or escaped a highly secure research facility in Wuhan.
Prosecutors push Biden to prioritize criminal justice reform
A group of more than 100 former and current prosecutors and law enforcement officials is calling on President Joe Biden to prioritize criminal justice reform and make good on his campaign promise to form a task force to evaluate how criminal cases are prosecuted in the US.
Kabul falls to Taliban: Joe Biden, Donald Trump trade blame amid American ignominy
American leaders and strategists raged against each other in a bitter blame game over the weekend as US global reputation geo-political equities went up in flames following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Recrimination, anger, and shame coursed through the US political discourse as President Joe Biden blamed his predecessor Donald Trump for the …
Kabul falls to Taliban: Biden, Trump trade blame amid American ignominy
American leaders and strategists raged against each other in a bitter blame game over the weekend as US global reputation geo-political equities went up in flames following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Recrimination, anger, and shame coursed through the US political discourse as President Joe Biden blamed his predecessor Donald Trump for the …
Jill Biden wears medical boot after foot injury in Hawaii
The boot was on the first lady’s left foot Friday as she and President Joe Biden boarded a helicopter in Delaware to fly to the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. She also held onto crutches.
Biden made ‘Obamacare’ cheaper, now sign-up deadline is here
With the Obama health care law undergoing a revival under President Joe Biden, this Sunday is the deadline for consumers to take advantage of a special sign-up period for private coverage made more affordable by his Covid-19 relief law.
Bipartisan infrastructure bill set for final Senate passage
After weeks of fits, starts and delays, the Senate is on track to give final approval to the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, with a growing coalition of Democrats and Republicans prepared to lift the first phase of President Joe Biden’s rebuilding agenda to passage.
US Senate poised to pass bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill
The US Senate on Tuesday is set to hand President Joe Biden a $1 trillion victory when it passes the largest infrastructure bill in decades which, if enacted, will spur years of investments in roads, bridges and improved internet access.
Biden taps major donors for Argentina and Switzerland envoys
The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden has picked LGBT rights activist and philanthropist Scott Miller to serve as his administration’s envoy to Buenos Aires and trial lawyer Marc Stanley to serve in Bern. The US ambassador to Switzerland also serves as the chief envoy to Liechtenstein.