Tag Archives: President Joe Biden

Colin L. Powell, the nation’s first Black secretary of state, was remembered by family and friends Friday as a principled man of humility and grace whose decorated record of leadership can serve as a model for generations to come. “The example of Colin Powell does not call on us to …

The Labor Department on Friday said more than a half-million jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October — soundly beating what most analysts had predicted. The department said in its monthly report that 531,000 jobs were added last month. In the run-up to Friday’s report, most economists projected …

The House of Representatives on Friday night passed a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill after months of delay and negotiations, sending the long-waited legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature. The bill was approved by a vote of 228-206, with 13 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the legislation. …

The Biden administration set a January 4 deadline on Thursday for employees at large companies to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face weekly tests and mandatory mask-wearing on the job, a move that impacts 84 million private-sector workers. Seventeen million employees at health care facilities that receive federal funding …

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced 10 new judicial nominees, including 9 for the federal bench. This is President Biden’s ninth round of nominees for federal judicial positions, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 62. Biden has put forward more judicial candidates during his 287 days in …

Southwest Airlines announced on Sunday that it is investigating an incident in which one of its pilots reportedly signed off over the intercom using a coded insult of President Joe Biden. The phrase, which was amplified through the cabin, is a well-established chant among supporters of former president Donald Trump: …

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been stonewalling the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s Ambassador nominees for months. By this point in former President Donald Trump’s administration, 22 such U.S. ambassadors had been confirmed, 17 of them by voice vote, according to data compiled by Senate Democratic leadership aides and shared …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that he is suing the Biden Administration over its order requiring vaccinations against COVID-19 for federal employees and contractors by December 8. The lawsuit alleges that the president doesn’t have the authority to issue the rule and that it violates procurement law. DeSantis has …

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he had reached a “historic economic framework” with Democrats in Congress on his social spending plan, the Build Back Better Act. President Biden: "Today, I'm pleased to announce that after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations, I think we have an historic, I …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said that Democrats are nearing a deal on President Joe Biden‘s ‘Build Back Better’ Act. The social spending bill that Democrats have been negotiating for months includes most of the president’s priorities, including an array of benefits for students, families and the elderly, and …

The memorial service for former Secretary of State Colin Powell will be held at Washington National  Cathedral on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. “Beyond his military and diplomatic success, Secretary Powell became a universally respected north star on the nation’s moral compass,” said Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of Washington National Cathedral. “Now, in this …

Colin Powell, the influential former U.S. secretary of state who played a pivotal policy role during the George W. Bush administration, died Monday due to complications from COVID-19, his family said in a statement. He was 84. Powell, the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs …

The United States on Thursday rejoined the UN Human Rights Council, following its withdrawal in June 2018. In a vote at the UN General Assembly, the United States was elected along with 17 other countries for a three-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2022. Former President Donald Trump withdrew from …

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill raising the nation’s debt limit until early December, delaying the prospect of an unprecedented federal default that would cause economic disaster. The House passed the $480 billion increase in the country’s borrowing ceiling on Tuesday, after the Senate approved it …

In an effort to address the growing supply chain issues caused by the cargo ship bottleneck, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday a deal in which the Port of Los Angeles will begin operating 24 hours a day. “Today, I’m announcing that the Port of LA will begin operating around the clock …