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The latest to arrive is Joao Felix, who comes to London on a six-month loan deal from Atletico Madrid. Joao Felix’s time with Chelsea will be limited, as all reports indicate there is no purchase option in the loan and he will return to Madrid in the summer having extended his contract by a year until 2027. Still, he will aim to bring renewed vigor to the Chelsea attack and his own career, both of which are sputtering at the moment....
“We do not want a guarded border. We want to make sure, we’ve worked too long to get Ireland worked out,” Biden told reporters. “The idea of having a border north and south once again being closed is just not right, we’ve just got to keep the border open.” Biden also said he has spoken to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin as well as the French and other European leaders about the issue, as Brexit deal negotiations enter their final weeks....
Biden’s tweet reads, “What happened today to @JussieSmollett must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie.” Harris’ tweet reads, “.@JussieSmollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying for his quick recovery....
Speaking during a press conference with the South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Biden answered questions from the press regarding foreign policy. One of them concerned his relationship with his own party regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East. “What is your message to Democrats who want you to be more confrontational with Israel and, specifically to those that are saying that there should be an end to arms sales?...
Biden’s 11-page proposal also involves conducting research into the correlation between gun ownership and domestic violence, with a taskforce that will study links between violence against women, mass shootings, online harassment, and extremism. He also proposes closing the so-called “boyfriend loophole” and “hate crime loophole” by preventing people who were abusive former partners or have a stalking conviction, or a conviction for a hate crime from buying firearms. “It’s within our grasp to end our gun violence epidemic and respect the Second Amendment, which is limited,” Biden’s campaign statement on the proposal, launched on the morning of the Gun Safety Forum in Las Vegas, said....
According to betting website Oddschecker, the Republican party on Wednesday had odds of +257, meaning an implied chance of 28 per cent of turning the state red. Democrats meanwhile had odds of -286, giving Biden a 74 percent implied chance of winning the key state. Emphasizing the importance of Pennsylvania to the hopes of the Democratic candidate, a source close to the Biden campaign told Newsweek in recent days that the state was “driving everyone’s strategy,” adding: “We’ll probably win here....
Millions of users on the social network have flocked to Biden’s account over the past 30 days, ahead of his inauguration next month. While his profile had roughly 12 million followers around election day, the count has since topped 20 million. According to data from analytics platform Factba.se, Biden’s Twitter account had 12,056,660 followers on November 3. At the time of writing, on December 3, the president-elect had 20,447,338, which is a rise of about 8....
According to the latest survey of students released by College Pulse and Chegg on Friday, more than two thirds of undergraduates (69 percent) intend to vote for Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris on November 3. By comparison, fewer than one in five (19 percent) told pollsters that they would vote for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to have a second term in the White House. A further six percent said they would be voting for a third party candidate....
Texas has traditionally voted for Republican presidential candidates since 1980. During the 2016 election between Trump and Hillary Clinton, Trump carried Texas by 9 percentage points. However, Biden’s campaign has made strong inroads into the state, particularly with Latino voters. Trump said that he knew “for a fact” that his campaign was going well in Texas. In his speech, which began around 12:00 a.m. EST, Trump said that some of Biden’s policies would not be beneficial to Texas....
Biden’s approval rating is higher now than it was in January and February, according to polling from Gallup, defying the usual trend for presidents to lose popularity heading into midterms. Analysis from Roll Call published on January 24, based on Gallup’s presidential polling archive, found that no president over the past 70 years had substantially improved their approval from late January/February of a midterm year to late October/November. That analysis also found that there had been an average drop of 8 percent in presidents’ approval in midterm election years going back to President Harry S....
The survey found that Biden received negative scores in the double digits on a number of issues, including the economy, immigration and his handling of the crisis in Afghanistan. Biden’s 38 percent job approval rating is his lowest in any poll since he took office. It’s down from the 42 percent he received in Quinnipiac’s last poll three weeks ago. The results are part of a trend that has seen Biden’s approval ratings drop consistently....
In his address on Thursday, Biden called for “national unity” in order to overcome the coronavirus crisis. “And national unity isn’t just how politics and politicians vote in Washington or what the loudest voices say on cable or online,” he said. “Unity is what we do together as fellow Americans.” While he persists with his aim of bringing Americans together, polling indicates public doubts over this possibility. A Pew Research survey conducted March 1 to 7 asked 6,044 respondents how confident they are in Biden to bring the country closer together....
“The need is immediate and the urgency is increasing,” a Biden senior official told Newsweek and other reporters Thursday ahead of the public address. “He believes we need to take decisive action to give American people some direct relief, to get our hands around this virus and put our economy on a positive trajectory.” The official said Biden’s already been speaking to Congressional leaders about his plan and sees Thursday’s speech as a way to build public support behind the ideas it contains....
Following his inauguration, he signed a raft of executive orders while directing other actions, looking to shift the nation’s course. Below, Newsweek looks at what executive orders Biden signed on day one of his presidency. Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government Biden signed an executive order calling for the federal government to “pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality....
The New York Post obtained photos of Biden’s “cheat sheet” he used during the press conference on Thursday, which went on for just over an hour and hosted a pool of 25 reporters. The press conference covered a number of areas, including plans for U.S. manufacturing and the country’s future relationship with China. Biden took 10 questions from a list of journalists whose names and outlets he read from a cue card....
“I stand by what the jury has concluded. The jury system works. We have to abide by it,” Biden told reporters. He added that he didn’t watch the high-profile trial. Later, in a lengthier statement released by the White House, Biden said he remained committed to his 2020 campaign promise to “bring Americans together.” “While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken,” he said....
“I’m not going to shut down the economy, I’m going to shut down the virus,’ Biden said, according to Bloomberg News political reporter Emma Kinery. “There will be no national shutdown…. There’s no circumstance I can see that would require a total national shutdown.” His statement reiterated comments he made last Friday contradicting a suggestion from a member of his coronavirus advisory board of a four- to six-week national shutdown....
The news comes hours after President Donald Trump and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, tested positive COVID-19. “Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden underwent PCR testing for COVID-19 today and COVID-19 was not detected,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a press release on Friday. “I am reporting this out in my capacity as both Vice President Biden and Dr. Biden’s primary care physician.” Following the announcement, Biden tweeted: “I’m happy to report that Jill and I have tested negative for COVID....
During the event, organized by CNN and hosted by Anderson Cooper, the president discussed China’s aggression, abolishing the filibuster and gas prices. He also shared details on the stalled negotiations to pass his multi-trillion-dollar social safety net bill. On the Build Back Better Act, Biden insisted he would not support a work requirement for the child tax credit, as sought by Senator Joe Manchin. He added that a paid parental leave provision has been reduced from 12 to four weeks....
