Tag Archives: President Joe Biden

The White House said Friday the U.S. will impose travel restrictions from South Africa and seven other countries in the region beginning Monday due to a new COVID-19 variant. A World Health Organization panel named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern, the same …

The number of Americans filing first-time unemployment claims fell to 199,000 last week for the lowest rate in more than 50 years, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday. “In the week ending November 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 199,000, a decrease of 71,000 from the …

President Joe Biden Is continuing to fulfill his promise of having the most diverse Cabinet in history by nominating Shalanda Young to be director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Today, it is my honor to nominate two extraordinary, history-making women to lead the Office of …

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that the Department of Energy would make available releases of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an emergency pool kept by the United States, in an effort to lower gas prices for Americans and address the mismatch between demand exiting the pandemic …

The Biden administration filed an emergency lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to immediately reinstate its vaccine mandate for private employers with 100 or more workers after it faced a series of legal challenges. Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans issued a preliminary pause on the order, which …

President Joe Biden is nominating Jerome Powell to a second four-year term as Federal Reserve Chair, the White House said in a statement on Monday. Biden also said he would nominate Lael Brainard, the lone Democrat on the Fed’s Board of Governors and the person who had been considered a …

President Joe Biden has named two new nominees to serve on the Postal Service Board of Governors, replacing former President Donald Trump’s picks to help lead the agency. On Friday, Biden submitted to the Senate his latest nominees to serve on the board: former head of the General Services Administration …

President Joe Biden received a clean bill of health from the White House doctor on Friday after undergoing a routine check-up during which his powers were briefly transferred to Vice President Kamala Harris. “The President remains a healthy, vigorous, 78-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of …

Nov 19, 2021 Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th For a short period on Friday morning, the United States for the first time had a woman formally acting as president. President Joe Biden, who turns 79 on Saturday, briefly transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris, 57, when he …

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed several bipartisan bills into law that expand benefits for first responders injured in the line of duty and offer more counseling resources to police officers. Biden signed the “Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021,” the “Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support Counseling Act,” and …

The United States government has agreed to pay $5.29 billion for 10 million courses of Pfizer’s experimental COVID 19 antiviral pill as the country rushes to secure new oral treatments to manage the disease. According to Reuters, this deal is for around twice as many treatment courses as those Merck …

President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan in a letter to immediately “consider whether illegal conduct is costing families at the pump,” as he said there’s “mounting evidence of anti-consumer behavior by oil and gas companies.” “Prices at the pump have continued to rise, …

On Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill – The Infrastructure and Jobs Act – into law. “My fellow Americans, today I want you to know: We hear you and we see you,” Biden said at a signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. …

A U.S. appeals court has upheld its ruling to place a hold on President Joe Biden‘s vaccine-or-test mandate for large U.S. employers. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals called it “staggeringly overbroad.” The court, based in New Orleans, issued a stay last weekend of the mandate that will require companies …

Nearly 30 Democratic United States House members plan to introduce a resolution censuring GOP Congressman Paul Gosar for posting an edited video on social media depicting himself murdering Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden. On Sunday, Gosar tweeted from both his official and personal accounts and posted on …