‘They feel the need to attack because they’re scared that we will win based on the merit of the work that Joe Biden and I, and our administration, has done.’
President Joe Biden
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Biden visits Twin Cities to tout green investments
President Biden visited the Twin Cities on Monday to tour a manufacturing plant in Fridley, and to tout his investment to address climate change.
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Biden issues full pardons for federal marijuana possession convictions
President Joe Biden has issued a pardon to all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, fulfilling a campaign promise.
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The Inflation Reduction Act: celebrating, but continuing the work
‘I implore Congress to address the financial burden children and families in our country are facing and to bring back the monthly Child Tax Credit payments that helped to eliminate this.’
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President Biden tests positive for COVID
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced this morning.
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Biden celebrates historic gun legislation bill at White House ceremony
President Joe Biden on Monday touted “historic progress” on actions to reduce gun violence.
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Fred Gray, the ‘chief counsel for the protest movement,’ to get Medal of Freedom for his civil rights work
Over the past seven decades, longtime Alabama civil rights lawyer Fred Gray represented Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the victims of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, in which the U.S. Public Health Service refused for decades to provide readily available treatment to Black men who had the disease. Gray played important roles in […]
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President Biden signs landmark police reform executive order
The president signed the order on May 25, the two-year observance of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
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President Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court
By selecting Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Feb. 25, President Joe Biden completed his pledge to select a Black woman for the court for the first time in history.
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Justice Breyer’s retirement allows Biden to make good on appointing first Black woman to Supreme Court
When President Joe Biden campaigned for office in 2020, one of his most profound pledges included naming a Black woman to the United States Supreme Court. He now has an exceptional opportunity to fulfill that promise. Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the senior liberal wing member, is expected to retire with an announcement planned at the […]
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‘We delivered!’: Landmark infrastructure bill passes in House, awaits Biden’s signature
‘It will lower bills for healthcare, childcare, elder care, prescription drugs, and preschool. And middle-class families get a tax cut…’
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President Biden signs Juneteenth holiday into law
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held a signing ceremony, officially marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday—the first since MLK Day in 1983.
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WATCH: President Joe Biden’s first joint address to Congress
President Biden marked his 99th day in office with a forward-looking speech that touched on a mix of issues. He also called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
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Congress passes $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan; Biden set to sign first legislative victory (updated)
‘Now we move forward with the resources needed to vaccinate the nation. To get $400 in direct payments to 85% of American households.’
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President Biden: All American adults can expect COVID-19 vaccination by end of May
‘We’re now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May.’
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‘We have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow’: Pres. Biden honors 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19
As the U.S. death toll rises to the tragic number of 500,000, President Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris marked the solemn occasion with a candlelight memorial.