Joe Biden set to acknowledge ground-shaking history of the last year in first speech to Congress
3 years, 7 months ago

Joe Biden set to acknowledge ground-shaking history of the last year in first speech to Congress

CNN  

CNN — When President Joe Biden delivers his first address to Congress on Wednesday, two of the past year’s ground-shaking events will be hard to ignore. Foreign policy, which has been described as Biden’s “first love” by his aides, isn’t likely to occupy as much time in his speech as the pandemic and economic recovery, according to a person familiar with the matter, though he is still likely to mention he decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Whether he forgoes “non-spontaneous” applause remains an open question; in his recent memoir, former House Speaker John Boehner said Biden made a pact with him ahead of one of Obama’s State of the Union speeches to “stop this jumping up and down and clapping,” only to back off the agreement when the speech came around. “You know, I’m going to have to stand up sometimes,” Biden told Boehner, who described the vice president shooting him glances every time Obama delivered an applause line that seemed to say, “Is it OK if I stand up now?” He said he understood.

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Joe Biden breaks silence as Harris concedes defeat, invites president-elect Trump to White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden breaks silence as Harris concedes defeat, invites president-elect Trump to White House

Hindustan Times  

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'I Have Good Manners...': Biden Reveals Whether He Would Attend Trump's Inauguration If He Wins
4 months, 1 week ago

'I Have Good Manners...': Biden Reveals Whether He Would Attend Trump's Inauguration If He Wins

News 18  

US President Joe Biden said he would attend the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s inauguration in January in case he wins. Notably, Donald Trump did not attend Joe Biden’s Inauguration in 2021. Recently, in his first TV interview since dropping out of the White House race, warned that Republican candidate Donald Trump was “a genuine danger to American security.” “Mark …

Biden’s speech: Warnings about Trump without naming him, a hefty to-do list, and a power handoff
5 months ago

Biden’s speech: Warnings about Trump without naming him, a hefty to-do list, and a power handoff

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden delivered a solemn Oval Office address Wednesday that laid out in the clearest terms yet why he abandoned his reelection campaign. Biden outlined a hefty to-do list for his final months The president says he’s going to keep working over his final six months in office. But Biden has used the formal trappings of an …

Joe Biden gives Oval Office address on his withdrawal from 2024 US presidential election
5 months ago

Joe Biden gives Oval Office address on his withdrawal from 2024 US presidential election

ABC  

Joe Biden says he believes he's earned a second term as US president, but "personal ambition" cannot get in the way of saving democracy. In a prime-time Oval Office address to explain why he abandoned his bid for re-election, the president declared the "defence of democracy" was at stake and was "more important than any title". Live Moment Joe Biden …

Could Joe Biden be replaced? Why the president is refusing to give in to his critics
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Could Joe Biden be replaced? Why the president is refusing to give in to his critics

ABC  

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Chill out, my fellow Americans. President Biden isn't cognitively impaired
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Chill out, my fellow Americans. President Biden isn't cognitively impaired

LA Times  

President Biden stuck around after his State of the Union address in the House chamber talking to well-wishers. “No one’s gonna talk about cognitively impaired now!” exclaimed New York Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler. Thirteen times, Biden took on former President Trump — “my predecessor” — without deigning to name him, and he batted down the rude members who jeered and …

Can gaffe-prone Biden, 81, avoid flubs, freezes, falls, teleprompter slip-ups and booing Republicans to prove he IS fit for a second term in the most consequential State of the Union of his career...i
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Can gaffe-prone Biden, 81, avoid flubs, freezes, falls, teleprompter slip-ups and booing Republicans to prove he IS fit for a second term in the most consequential State of the Union of his career...i

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden has spent the past five days preparing for his State of the Union address, trying to cover all the possibilities: tea to keep his throat smooth, a print out of his remarks - with giant type – in case the teleprompter goes out, and hours of practice sessions. President Joe Biden gives his State of the Union …

Biden delivers first Oval Office speech, celebrates ‘a crisis averted’
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden delivers first Oval Office speech, celebrates ‘a crisis averted’

LA Times  

Public speech about the bipartisan budget agreement, which is a product of weeks-long negotiations between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. President Biden used the first Oval Office speech of his presidency to declare victory after a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling passed both chambers of Congress, preventing a debt default and economic chaos. The Oval Office …

McCarthy invites Biden for Feb. 7 State of the Union speech
1 year, 11 months ago

McCarthy invites Biden for Feb. 7 State of the Union speech

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address on Feb. 7, the White House said, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy extended the invitation for him to address a joint session of Congress that day. It will come as his administration seeks areas of common interest with the newly empowered GOP while also working to …

Joe Biden's 'creepy' whispering irks conservatives, while experts deem it an 'intimate form of communication'
3 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden's 'creepy' whispering irks conservatives, while experts deem it an 'intimate form of communication'

Firstpost  

The White House and communications experts say Biden’s whispering is just this veteran politician’s old-school way of trying to make a connection while emphasising a point. Biden’s critics on the right as well as some late-night TV talk show hosts say the whispers are “creepy” and “weird". “Under President Biden’s leadership, COVID cases have plunged by over 90 percent, we’ve …

Joe Biden just gave his first big presidential address to Congress. These were the key takeaways
3 years, 7 months ago

Joe Biden just gave his first big presidential address to Congress. These were the key takeaways

ABC  

Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress laid out some of what the US President considered were his major achievements from his first 100 days in office along with his vision for the future. Biden's message of hope: America's back Joe Biden began by reflecting on the situation he walked into when he took the Presidential oath in …

Why Joe Biden's speech today isn't a State of the Union but a look at the year ahead
3 years, 7 months ago

Why Joe Biden's speech today isn't a State of the Union but a look at the year ahead

ABC  

Joe Biden has given his first address to a joint session of Congress but it wasn't a State of the Union speech. Just four months after his shock victory in the US election, Donald Trump used his first address to Congress in March 2017 to declare "a new chapter of American greatness". Barack Obama Then-vice president Joe Biden and Speaker …

Opinion: What grade did Biden get on his speech to Congress
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion: What grade did Biden get on his speech to Congress

CNN  

CNN — CNN Opinion contributors grade President Joe Biden’s first speech before a joint session of Congress. Errol Louis: Biden’s speech was focused, sharp and brilliant Errol Louis CNN Joe Biden took a pitch-perfect victory lap for reaching 200 million Covid vaccine doses administered in less than 100 days in office – more than twice the number he’d originally promised …

Cooling the temperature: Biden faces fractious Congress
3 years, 7 months ago

Cooling the temperature: Biden faces fractious Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Can lawmakers all just listen to the president — even for one night? “I think the tension is high, but the one person who can cool the temperature in the room is Joe Biden,” especially if he reaches across the aisle, said former Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida, a Republican who retired two years ago and has expressed …

Biden to address joint session of Congress on April 28
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden to address joint session of Congress on April 28

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will address a joint session of Congress for the first time on April 28. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi extended the invitation to Biden on Tuesday, “to share your vision for addressing the challenges and opportunities of this historic moment.” The White House said Biden accepted the invitation. Traditionally all members of Congress and …

Biden speech live: Presidential press conference as it happens
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden speech live: Presidential press conference as it happens

The Independent  

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Today Joe Biden to hold first press conference since taking office 65 days ago
3 years, 8 months ago

Today Joe Biden to hold first press conference since taking office 65 days ago

Daily Mail  

Joe Biden will hold his first press conference as president Thursday afternoon with a room of 25 reporters – waiting longer than any other president in the last 100 years to formally take questions from members of the media. President Joe Biden will hold his first press conference as president Thursday at 1:15 p.m. in a nationally televised event in …

Text of Biden’s inaugural address as the 46th president
3 years, 11 months ago

Text of Biden’s inaugural address as the 46th president

Associated Press  

President Joe Biden’s inaugural address Wednesday, as provided by CQ Transcripts: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris. Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, and my distinguished guests, my fellow Americans, this is America’s day. We have never ever ever ever failed in America when we have acted together, and so today at this time in this place, …

Joe Biden sworn in as 46th President of the United States, delivers message of unity
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden sworn in as 46th President of the United States, delivers message of unity

The Hindu  

While the transfer of power was not peaceful in the world’s oldest constitutional republic, that transfer did occur on Wednesday on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th President of the U.S. Just two weeks earlier a mob had broken into the Capitol seeking to block the ratification of …

Biden inaugural: Abrupt pivot to civility in post-Trump era
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden inaugural: Abrupt pivot to civility in post-Trump era

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Washington couldn’t turn the page quickly enough from Donald Trump to President Joe Biden. Four years after Trump’s dark portrayal of “American carnage,” Biden set out his intent on the same platform of the flag-bedecked Capitol to write “an American story of hope.” Masked in the Oval Office, as he’d been all day except when speaking, the new …

Joe Biden’s inaugural speech to plead for unity in wake of riot
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden’s inaugural speech to plead for unity in wake of riot

Live Mint  

Joe Biden ascends to the presidency on Wednesday with an inaugural speech outlining how he’ll tackle the health and economic crises he inherits while attempting to knit the country back together, just two weeks after the outgoing president’s loyalists waged a deadly riot to block the change of power. The speech is likely to contrast markedly from Trump’s inaugural address …

Joe Biden’s inaugural address: Full transcript
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden’s inaugural address: Full transcript

Al Jazeera  

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States just before Noon EST on Wednesday and then delivered his inaugural address, asking Americans to put their differences aside amid the pandemic and deep political divisions. Here is the full transcript of Biden’s inaugural address: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, …

Inaugural address: Biden crafts speech to unify a country in crisis
3 years, 11 months ago

Inaugural address: Biden crafts speech to unify a country in crisis

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Joe Biden has spoken volumes inside the US Capitol over more than four decades, but the weight of those words does not approach the magnitude of the message he will deliver on its steps during his inaugural address Wednesday. “Despite all that’s happened, despite all that the country has endured, his message never strayed from restoring the …

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