Tag: Joe Biden

Biden: Russian Troop Withdrawal ‘Not Verified,’ 150,000 Still Threatening Ukraine

President Joe Biden continues to caution against a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine despite reports of Russia withdrawing some of its troops from the Ukrainian border. Not long after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that he is open to security talks with the West and that some Russian forces are leaving their position near…


Dissatisfaction With US Immigration Levels Rises Under Biden

The percentage of Americans dissatisfied with the levels of immigration into the United States has risen since President Joe Biden took office, according to a new survey. Some 58 percent of respondents to the Gallup survey said they were somewhat or very dissatisfied with the levels, an increase of 8 percent from early 2021. The…


GOP Senators Pen Letter Urging Colleagues to Help Defund Biden’s Vaccine Mandates

A group of Republican senators led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Monday penned a letter to their colleagues asking for their support to oppose the passing a measure until it explicitly ends funding for President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates. The group urged their colleagues to join them in opposing the passage of the Continuing…


Senior Biden Communications Director Announces White House Departure

A senior White House communications adviser announced Monday she is leaving her post in the near future and will move to the private sector—the latest messaging official to depart the Biden administration. Mariel Saez, White House director of broadcast media, confirmed to media outlets she is leaving the White House. Previously, she worked as an…


Federal Judge Blocks Key Biden Climate Change Executive Order

A federal judge on Feb. 12 blocked a key climate initiative that was signed by President Joe Biden on his first day in office last year. U.S. District Judge James Cain blocked the president’s January 2021 executive order that would factor in an alleged “social cost” for emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide…


Biden Speaks With Ukraine Leader, Says US Will Respond ‘Swiftly and Decisively’

President Joe Biden communicated with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by phone on Sunday and the two “reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” according to a White House statement. The White House, in a readout posted online that offered little in details, said that Biden told Zelensky that the United States…


Biden Admin Claims Russia May Use Pretext to Attack Ukraine, Kremlin Denies

Officials with the Biden administration on Sunday again claimed that Russia may attack Ukraine soon and the Kremlin might create a surprise pretext for an invasion, although Moscow denied the allegations. “We cannot perfectly predict the day, but we have now been saying for some time that we are in the window, and an invasion could…


Biden Narrows List of Potential Supreme Court Picks

President Joe Biden said he’s narrowed down his list of candidates to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat. With the announcement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement on Jan. 27, Biden said that he would fulfill a campaign promise by nominating the first-ever black woman to the high court and would do so by…


Biden Orders Frozen Afghan Funds Split Between Aid to Afghanistan and 9/11 Victims

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday that will steer frozen assets from Afghanistan’s central bank toward both addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country and compensating Sept. 11 victims. The funds were frozen and held in the United States in the wake of the U.S. troop withdrawal and subsequent collapse of the…


Biden, Putin to Speak by Phone Amid Ukraine Tensions: Spokesman

President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to a top Kremlin spokesman on Friday. “Indeed, the U.S. side requested a conversation with President Putin, and the talks of the two presidents are planned to take place tomorrow in the evening,” Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “The request was…