Biden News
Will Biden Be Tough or Soft on China?
Biden has been officially certified by Congress as president-elect. But what exactly is his policy on China? We take a closer look at his comments on the US-China relationship. Beijing says it’s looking forward to a new U.S. administration. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi recently said president-elect Joe Biden represents a “new window of hope” […]
Biden Says He Will ‘Defeat the NRA’ While in Office
President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 8 promised to “defeat the NRA,” or the National Rifle Association, after being sworn into office. Biden’s official Twitter account responded to former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was one of 14 people shot by Jared Lee Loughner in Tucson in 2011. Giffords had recounted how her life and community […]
Cruz, Hawley Respond After Biden Compares Them to Nazi Propagandist
Two prominent Republican senators challenged President-elect Joe Biden after he compared them to an infamous Nazi propagandist. Biden on Friday said Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are “part of the big lie.” He then recounted being told that Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s minister of propaganda, falsely said that more people were killed […]
Biden Nominates Merrick Garland as Attorney General
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced his nomination of Merrick Garland as attorney general. Biden’s team described Garland, 68, as a Department of Justice (DOJ) veteran and an independent jurist. Biden also announced Lisa Monaco as nominee for deputy attorney general, Vanita Gupta as nominee for associate attorney general, and Kristen Clarke as nominee for […]
Trump Promises ‘Orderly Transition’ After Biden Certified as President-Elect
President Donald Trump early Thursday promised that the transition of power would be orderly while vowing to continue to fight to better America. “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we […]
Congress Certifies Electoral College Votes for Biden
Congress early Thursday certified the U.S. Electoral College vote for Joe Biden in an election shadowed by a series of allegations of irregularities and election fraud. In a tally read by Vice President Mike Pence, Biden garnered 306 electoral votes while President Donald Trump won 232. The joint session of Congress concluded following a tumultuous […]
Trump’s Budget Director Denies Biden Team’s Claims of Obstructing Transition
President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director, Russell Vought, on Dec. 31 defended his agency’s handling of requests from the transition team of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, denying claims that the Trump administration is obstructing the transition process. In a letter addressed to the head of Biden’s transition team, Ted Kaufman, Vought said he wanted […]
Biden Speaks on Foreign Policy and National Security
Joe Biden says one of his key challenges will be rebuilding foreign policy and national security. He spoke from Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday about his policies if he becomes president after he and Senator Harris received a briefing from their national security team.
Repair Shop Owner at Center of Hunter Biden Scandal Sues Twitter
The repair shop owner who obtained a laptop computer that appeared to have belonged to Hunter Biden is suing Twitter for defamation, claiming he was unfairly branded a “hacker” by the social media platform’s content moderation policies. John Paul Mac Isaac, who owned a computer repair shop in Delaware, said weeks earlier that he was forced […]