Articles filed under Joe Biden
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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major US-backed rail project in AfricaDec 04, 2024 8:18 am - Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains.
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Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa during his Angola visit meant to counter ChinaDec 03, 2024 7:56 am - Joe Biden on Tuesday used the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote billions of dollars of investments in the sub-Saharan African nation and speak at a slavery museum, where he'll acknowledge the trafficking of humans that once linked the nations' economies.
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Some Democrats are frustrated over Joe Biden reversing course and pardoning his son HunterDec 02, 2024 2:02 pm - Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes, with some calling the move misguided and unwise after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law.
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After delay, Trump signs agreement with Biden White House to begin formal transition handoffNov 26, 2024 7:01 pm - President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a required agreement with President Joe Biden's White House to allow his transition team to coordinate with the existing federal workforce ahead of taking office on Jan. 20. The overdue agreement was supposed to have been signed by Oct. 1, according to the Presidential Transition Act, and the Biden White House has issued appeals in both public and private for Trump's team to sign on.
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Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese AmericansNov 26, 2024 9:32 am - Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning.
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Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden’s arms decision for UkraineNov 19, 2024 7:53 am - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles.
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Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles for deeper strikes inside RussiaNov 17, 2024 5:29 pm - MANAUS, Brazil — President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as ...
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Arlington Heights family and District 214 officials were at White House during historic Biden-Trump meetingNov 15, 2024 8:39 pm - On a historic day when two presidents met in the Oval Office of the White House, an Arlington Heights family and a group of Northwest Suburban High School District 214 officials were at an invitation-only education summit down the hall.
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Biden is sending aid to help Ukraine keep fighting next year, Blinken saysNov 13, 2024 6:43 am - The Biden administration is determined in its final months to help ensure that Ukraine can keep fighting off Russia's full-scale invasion next year, sending it as much aid as possible so that it might hold Russian forces at bay and possess a strong hand in any potential peace negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.
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How Illinois’ congressional Democrats are preparing for the political battles aheadNov 09, 2024 1:45 pm - With a second Trump administration on the horizon, members of Illinois’ Democratic congressional delegation are girding for the political fights ahead and urge like-minded Americans to do the same.