Tag: Joe Biden

Psaki: Biden Administration Respects Jury’s Conviction of Jussie Smollett for Faking Hate Crime

President Joe Biden’s administration respects the jury’s conviction of actor Jussie Smollett for faking a hate crime against himself, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday. “I would say that we respect the jury’s decision. Lying to the police, particularly about something as heinous as a hate crime, is shameful. Instances of that need…


Biden Reassures Allies During Calls With Ukraine’s Zelensky and the Bucharest 9

President Joe Biden, on a call Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelensky, said no decisions or discussions would be made “about Ukraine without Ukraine.” The two leaders took part in a 90-minute phone call Dec. 9 two days after Biden held a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Biden told Putin the United…


White House Warns of ‘Other Options’ if Diplomacy With Iran Fails

The White House says it is preparing in case diplomacy with Iran fails. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Thursday that given ongoing advances in Iran’s nuclear program President Joe Biden has ordered his team to make preparations for the possibility that diplomacy fails and the United States must resort to other options….


Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers Faces Opposition From Over 150 Republicans

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers promulgated by President Joe Biden’s administration is being opposed by over 150 Republicans in Congress, who say the administration hasn’t taken into account the mandate’s potential effect on already short-staffed hospitals. “We are concerned that if the Biden administration moves forward with their vaccine mandate for medical personnel,…


University Shielding Biden’s Records Must Provide More Information Justifying Decision: Court

The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled partly in favor of conservative groups seeking access to documents related to President Joe Biden’s time in the Senate. Biden donated his Senatorial papers to the University of Delaware (UD) in 2012. This consisted of 1,850 boxes of archived records and 415 gigabytes of electronic records from Biden’s 36-year career…


Putin Knows Biden Is Weak

Commentary President Biden’s virtual meeting Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin might be thought of as a final check-up before Russian troops invade Ukraine. Biden has displayed nothing but weakness since taking office. Even his threats of “consequences” sound weak. The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, sounded bolder than the U.S. president when he threatened to “derail” any invasion…


Biden Executive Order Makes Cuts to Federal Government Emissions

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to reduce carbon emissions across the federal government, with the goal of net zero emissions from overall federal operations by 2050. The measure calls for the use of the federal government’s annual purchasing power of $650 billion to make sweeping changes to the government’s 300,000…


Biden Says Sending Troops to Ukraine ‘Not On The Table’

President Joe Biden confirmed Wednesday that sending troops to Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion is “not on the table.” The president took questions Nov. 8 before departing for Kansas City, Missouri. When asked about placing troops on the ground in Ukraine, Biden said, “That is not on the table. “We have a…


Psaki: Biden Will Veto Senate Effort to Block White House Vaccine Mandate

The Biden administration this week signaled it would veto a Senate-led effort to nullify a vaccine mandate for private businesses, even as several Democratic lawmakers suggested they would support the effort. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday that if the bill “comes to the President’s desk, he will veto it” even…


Wisconsin Investigation Finds Illegal Votes, But No Widespread Election Fraud

The number of votes cast illegally in Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election almost certainly exceeded Joe Biden’s nearly 21,000-vote margin of victory, a newly released investigation concludes, but the report found no evidence of widespread fraud or an unexpected or illegal late-night ballot dump that thrust Biden to victory. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty,…