Biden says Israel’s action in Gaza ‘not genocide’ after arrest warrant request for Netanyahu
Joe Biden has said “what is happening in Gaza is not genocide” following an arrest warrant request by the International Criminal Court prosecutor for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The US president branded the warrant request as “outrageous,” adding “whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence – none – between Israel and Hamas.” […]
‘They have a point’: Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Biden mid-speech
US President Joe Biden has said that pro-Palestinian protesters who interrupted him mid-speech on Tuesday “have a point”. Two demonstrators were removed from an event in Raleigh, North Carolina on Tuesday after they cut off the president during a speech on healthcare, shouting: “What about the healthcare in Gaza?” “Everybody deserves healthcare,” Mr Biden said, […]
Homemade bombs found in Ireland ahead of Biden’s visit
The Police of Northern Ireland (PSNI) reported that four devices, which it described as viable pipe bombs (homemade bombs), were recovered in Creggan, Derry, this Tuesday before the visit of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, to Ireland. “Police can confirm that four artifacts recovered within the Creggan Town Cemetery grounds yesterday, Tuesday […]
Biden will visit UK and Ireland this week
President Joe Biden will travel to the UK and Ireland this week, a visit the White House confirmed on Wednesday. The president will first travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, before traveling to Ireland, where he will “discuss our close cooperation on the full […]
“I think we grossly exaggerated it”: Biden downplays the strength of the Russia-China alliance
US President Joe Biden said Friday that he is not alarmed after high-profile meetings earlier this week between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Instead, Biden said that “we are the ones who broaden alliances.” “Look, I don’t take China lightly. I don’t take Russia lightly, but I think we […]
Biden’s team scrambles to contain financial and political contagion after Silicon Valley Bank collapse
The Biden administration’s struggle to avoid financial contagion from the Silicon Valley Bank failure is as much an attempt to protect a resilient but still vulnerable economy as it is to avoid serious political fallout. The Treasury Department and federal regulators insisted there was no systemic risk to the banking system as a whole that […]
American jailed in Iran appeals to Biden in unprecedented interview from country’s best-known prison
During an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison, the longest-serving American in Iran made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put “freedom of innocent Americans above politics” and intensify your efforts to win their release. “I continue to be deeply concerned that the White House doesn’t realize how […]
The Biden Government evaluates resuming the detention of migrant families who cross the border
The Biden administration is considering reinstating a policy of detaining migrant families who cross the border irregularly, a practice the president discontinued when he took office, two administration officials said. This is one of multiple options that administration officials have considered as they prepare for the end of Title 42, the public health order that […]
Biden to visit Selma while defending his own right to vote
President Joe Biden will visit Alabama this Sunday to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the historic Bloody Sunday march that launched the civil rights movement and helped expand voting rights. Biden’s stop in Selma comes as he and his fellow Democrats struggle to pass their own sweeping voting rights measures, with slim prospects for passage […]
Biden freezes student loan payments again
The Biden administration again extended the suspension of federal student loan payments on Tuesday, a benefit that began in March 2020 to help those suffering financial difficulties due to the covid-19 pandemic. The extension comes just as Biden’s student loan forgiveness program is stalled in court. Administration officials previously told borrowers that the forgiveness — […]
