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CDC pleads with Americans to ‘please limit travel’
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Joe Biden invites 40 world leaders to virtual summit on climate crisis | Joe Biden
Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to a virtual summit on the climate crisis, the White House said in a statement on Friday. Heads of state, including Xi Jinping of China and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, have been asked to attend the two-day meeting meant to mark Washington’s return to the front lines of the …
Biden will announce new vaccine goal of 200 million shots by first 100 days in office
The Biden administration on Thursday announced new plans to allocate Covid-19 vaccines to dialysis centers nationwide. This new partnership with dialysis clinics is an effort to vaccinate people receiving dialysis, as well as health care personnel in outpatient dialysis clinics. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, applauded the partnership …
Biden and Harris are meeting with Asian American leaders in Atlanta
Mario Gonzalez, the husband of Delaina Yaun, 33, one of the victims of the spa shootings, said he heard the gunshots from inside the spa, according to his interview with Mundo Hispanico. “It was a very sad day,” said Gonzalez. The father of two went to Young’s Asian Massage with his wife, but was in …
Russia reacts angrily after Biden calls Putin a ‘killer’
When interviewer George Stephanopoulos asked Biden if he thought Putin was “a killer,” the President said, “Mhmm. I do.” Responding to the comments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday that “there hasn’t been anything like this in history.” He said it was clear that Biden “definitely does not want to improve relations” with …
Biden Shifts Focus Back to U.S. Alliances in Japan, South Korea
SEOUL—To see the Biden administration’s balancing act with the U.S.’s two most important Asian allies, just look at suit lapels. During the first leg of a multicity trip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sported blue pins while in Tokyo—a show of solidarity with Japanese abducted by North Korea. But on …
US intelligence report says Russia attempted to interfere in 2020 election with goal of ‘denigrating’ Biden and helping Trump
The landmark intelligence report provides the most comprehensive assessment of foreign threats to the 2020 elections to date, detailing extensive influence operations by US adversaries including Russia and Iran that sought to undermine confidence in the democratic process, in addition to targeting specific presidential candidates. But while the report concludes that multiple foreign adversaries did …
North Korea’s Message to Biden: ‘Refrain from Causing a Stink’
SEOUL — North Korea issued its first warning shot against the Biden administration on Tuesday, denouncing Washington for going forward with joint military exercises with South Korea and raising “a stink” on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea released its statement hours before Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin …
Biden says he wants to see investigation outcome when asked if Cuomo should resign
“I think the investigation is underway and we should see what it brings us,” Biden told reporters on the White House South Lawn, explicitly weighing in on the allegations against the governor for the first time. White House press secretary Jen Psaki has previously pointed to New York Attorney General Letitia James’ independent investigation in …
Biden’s make or break moment: president aims to build on success of relief bill | Biden administration
In the White House Rose Garden, where for four years Donald Trump raucously celebrated political wins with his allies, it was now the turn of Democrats to take a victory lap – masked and physically distanced, of course. Kamala Harris, the vice-president, heaped praise on Joe Biden for signing a $1.9tn coronavirus relief bill, the …
