“I renew my call for every American, regardless of where they live or who they voted for, to step up and do their part on social distancing, hand washing, and mask wearing to protect themselves and to protect others,” said Biden in a Friday statement. “I understand it’s not easy. I know people are tired. But this will not go on forever,” he continued. “We are moving toward a vaccine....
Trump had challenged the results of the state’s election, alleging widespread voter fraud. The Associated Press called the Georgia race for Biden, but the margin between the two candidates was three-tenths of a percentage point. The manual recount was required by Georgia state law. “Georgia’s historic first statewide audit reaffirmed that the state’s new secure paper ballot voting system accurately counted and reported results,” Raffensperger said in a Thursday statement....
The president tested negative for COVID on Monday a day after he had been in close contact with a White House staff member who had tested positive for the virus. Biden appeared to cough and excused himself twice while speaking about his administration’s plans to deal with COVID amid the surge of the Omicron variant in the U.S. He also appeared to briefly have a catch in his throat....
Discussing the allegations around Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Biden said it was hard to avoid the conclusion that the president had committed an impeachable offense. “Based on material that they acknowledged today it seems to me it’s awful hard to avoid the conclusion it is an impeachable offense and a violation of constitutional responsibility. But I am confident of the ability of the House and Senate to deal with this, my job is just to go out and flat beat him,” he said to applause form the audience, adding that he didn’t want to let the issue distract him from his campaign....
With 72 percent of precincts reporting in Florida, Biden had secured 61.2% of the vote, while Sanders was at 22.6%. Moments later, Associated Press and the New York Times declared Biden the winner of Illinois. Biden spent most of his winners speech tonight addressing COVID-19. “In keeping with the latest guidance from the CDC to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people, I’m speaking to you from my home in Wilmington, Delaware,” he said in a live broadcast Tuesday evening....
World News Tonight anchor David Muir asked Biden about comments made by Vice President Kamala Harris that “you didn’t see Delta coming, you didn’t see omicron coming. How did you get it wrong?” Biden paused and laughed before replying, “How did we get it wrong? Nobody saw it coming. Nobody in the whole world. Who saw it coming?” Muir was referring to an interview Harris gave to The Los Angeles Times last week suggesting that her administration had been caught off guard by the latest strains of the disease....
The Ipsos weekly approval tracker found that Biden’s rating among independents stood at 52 percent in its latest survey, which was conducted on July 14 and 15. The president’s overall approval rating is 53 percent and his disapproval is 42 percent. The survey’s margin of error is 3.5 percentage points. Biden enjoys 88 percent approval among Democrats—a slight dip from 91 percent in the previous survey on July 7 and 8....
A Quinnipiac University national poll, conducted between March 10 and 14, found that 49 percent of respondents have a negative view of Biden’s response to the war, compared to 42 percent who approve. The results show that more people are unhappy with Biden’s reaction to the conflict than they were near the start of the month. According to a previous Quinnipiac University poll taken between March 4 and 6, a total of 45 percent of Americans disapproved of Biden’s response to the war, with 42 percent stating they approve....
In an extract of his upcoming book, obtained by The Guardian, Comey writes that regardless of what evidence there might be the AG should not “pursue a criminal investigation of Donald Trump.” The Guardian quotes: “Although those cases might be righteous in a vacuum, the mission of the next attorney general must be fostering the trust of the American people.” Newsweek has contacted the publishers of Comey’s upcoming book Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust to ask for further context surrounding the reported remarks and to ask for any further comment....
After weeks of progressive pressure, president-elect Joe Biden on Monday promised to immediately deliver $2,000 stimulus checks to millions of Americans if Georgia Democratic senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff win their races this week. The comments come a month after Biden reportedly told congressional Democrats to accept stimulus legislation that included no checks. “One state can chart the course—not just for the next four years, but for the next generation,” Biden said in a Monday evening speech in Atlanta....
Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, was discussing the implications of the investigation into the appearance of classified materials at Biden’s private residence in Wilmington, Delaware, and the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. during an appearance on NewsNation’s Cuomo. Bolton said that while there are key differences between the documents found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and what was discovered at properties connected to Biden, voters will still consider them equally as serious....
A short video clip shared on social sites including Twitter and Gab shows a large group of people lining the route Biden’s motorcade took and shouting at the cars as they pass. Some were carrying Trump signs and flags and others waved large American flags, while several people raised their middle fingers at the motorcade. At least one man can be heard chanting “Trump! Trump! Trump!” The incident took place in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley region and some who shared the video said it had been filmed in Allentown, which is consistent with Biden’s route on Wednesday....
At the top of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s sanctions list announced on Tuesday were the first lady Jill Biden and the first couple’s 41-year-old daughter, Ashley Biden. Also on the 25-strong sanctions list were Republican senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ben Sasse (R-NE). Democratic senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) were also on the list which was created “in response to the ever-expanding U....
On January 4, Joe Biden made an unequivocal pledge, telling voters that by electing Democrats to Georgia’s senate seats, “you can make an immediate difference in your own lives, the lives of people all across this country because their election will put an end to the block in Washington on that $2,000 stimulus check, that money that will go out the door immediately to people who are in real trouble....
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen backed the nine conservative states which included Texas, who had argued that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program had been illegally created under former President Barack Obama. Hanen ruled the program violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) but with around 650,000 enrolled in it, said his ruling would be temporarily stayed for their cases and their renewal applications. On Saturday, President Joe Biden condemned the ruling which throws into doubt the fate of people known as Dreamers....
NORAD has annually been “tracking” Santa’s journey on Christmas Eve to deliver gifts around the world for 66 years. On Friday, Biden and first lady Jill Biden participated in a broadcast as part of NORAD’s tracking efforts, taking calls from viewers. One caller, identified as Jared from Oregon, called in and decided to troll the president. “Yeah, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas as well. Merry Christmas and let’s go Brandon,” the man, who said he was the father of a 2-year-old daughter named Penelope, told the Bidens just before he hanging up the phone....
“I was prepared for them to come after me,” Biden told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday during a campaign stop in Iowa. “But I wasn’t prepared for the person coming at me the way she came at me.” The former vice president added that Harris “knew Beau, she knows me,” referring to Biden’s son, Beau, who died from brain cancer in 2015. Since criticizing Biden during the debate, Harris has struggled to explain her own position on busing....
While the debate started off somewhat civilly with each man nodding towards the other and saying “How’s it going?” the debate quickly became contentious with lots of over-talking and side comments, eventually leading to Biden’s comment. Biden’s comments came in a segment in which both men discussed taxes and their respective tax plans. Fox moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump about a recent New York Times investigative report alleging that Trump only paid $750 in taxes during both 2016 and 2017 while also writing off extravagant personal expenses as deductions....
Unlike former president Donald Trump, who showed remarkable deference to Putin during his presidency, Biden has long made clear his skeptical view of Russia’s president who he said he views as “a killer.” Biden has also repeatedly told the story of meeting Putin when he was vice president a decade ago and telling him to his face: “I don’t think you have a soul.” But he is meeting with Putin for the first time as commander-in-chief in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday....
Biden received 88.5 percent of the vote in New Jersey with 2 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press. In Delaware, Biden’s home state, Biden received 90.4 percent of the vote with less than 1 percent of precincts reporting. Although Biden is the only Democrat left in the Presidential race, the names of former candidates remain on the ballot. In New Jersey, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders garnered 11....
