Tag: Biden
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Two found guilty of robbing off-duty Secret Service agent at gunpoint after Joe Biden fundraiser
Two men have been convicted of robbing an off-duty Secret Service agent at gunpoint after the agent had finished working at a Los Angeles fundraiser that President Joe Biden attended, prosecutors said Monday. The robbery unfolded on June 15 after the agent, who was not identified, had attended the star-studded campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles,…
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Kamala Harris allies seek to keep the ‘Biden coalition’ in the fold
As President Joe Biden fought to remain in the presidential race this summer, advisers often argued there existed a “Biden coalition” — a cohort only the incumbent could hold together. With Vice President Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket, there has been a shift in the focus on these voters, like white working-class voters in…
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Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy that caused abuse and deaths of children
PHOENIX — President Joe Biden delivered an apology Friday for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally backed boarding schools for forced assimilation. “I formally apologize as president of the United States of America for what we did,”…
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Biden to formally apologize for Indian boarding school system
President Joe Biden is slated to issue a formal apology on Friday for a government-run boarding school system that forcibly separated generations of Native American children from their families. “I’m heading to do something that should have been done a long time ago: make a formal apology to the Indian nations for the way we treated…
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House Republicans subpoena Biden administration over alleged social media censorship
WASHINGTON — The top Republican on a key House subcommittee has issued a subpoena to the Biden administration as her panel probes whether the federal government is attempting to limit information being shared on social media platforms ahead of November’s elections. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., the Chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information…
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Biden says ‘lock him up’ in remarks about Trump
President Joe Biden on Tuesday echoed language former President Donald Trump has used in the past, saying of the former president that “we gotta lock him up.” Speaking at a campaign event in New Hampshire, Biden said Trump’s policies are so “bizarre” and dangerous that if he’d warned about them five years ago “you’d lock…
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Biden White House proposes insurance cover OTC birth control at no cost
The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would provide women with private insurance access to over-the-counter birth control pills and other contraceptives at no cost, the White House said on Monday. The rule, which expands a federal mandate requiring health insurers to cover preventative care services at no cost to patients under the Affordable…
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Kamala Harris has no current plans to campaign with Biden before Election Day
WASHINGTON — With just two weeks left in the 2024 campaign, there currently are no plans for Vice President Kamala Harris to appear on the trail with President Joe Biden before Election Day, according to three Harris campaign officials and three White House officials. Instead, Biden plans to try to help Harris this week by…
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Biden in Germany speaks of hope of ceasefire in Gaza after Sinwar death
BERLIN — President Joe Biden is on his way back to the United States from a day of meetings in Berlin, appearing alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and marking the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a “moment of justice.” “He had the blood of Americans and Israelis, Palestinians and Germans and so many…
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Harris team and White House discussed plans for her to distance from Biden
WASHINGTON — The White House and Vice President Harris’ team have been in frequent contact about how she planned to distance herself from President Joe Biden, while maintaining her overall loyalty to him, according to three people familiar with the dynamic. That’s why Biden’s comments Tuesday night about how she would “cut her own path”…