Tag: Joe Biden
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U.S. had no vaccine when I came into office – Biden
U.S. President, Joe Biden on Tuesday claimed that the country had no coronavirus vaccine before he moved into the White House in January. The U.S. vaccination campaign kicked off in December under the Donald Trump administration. “We talked about its one thing to have the vaccine, which we didn’t have when we came into office,…
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What Biden said about Trump’s acquittal
President Joe Biden has reacted over the acquittal of former president Donald Trump in the US Capitol insurrection trial at the Senate. In a statement after Senate voted 57-43 to acquit Trump in his second impeachment trial, Biden described democracy as fragile and that it must always be defended. Trump was charged of inciting the…
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Biden anxious over Trump’s impeachment
U.S. President, Joe Biden told reporters on Friday that he is anxious to see how Republicans will vote in the impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump. “I’m just anxious to see whether what my Republican friends do if they stand up,’’ Biden said. Biden added that he was not going to speak with any…
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Man charged with plotting to kill Joe Biden
A man from North Carolina, USA, David Kyle Reeves, 27 has been charged with making threats to kill US leader Joe Biden. According to a federal criminal complaint unsealed in court Thursday, February 11, David Kyle Reeves, was detained February 5 for knowingly and willfully making threats to take the life of and inflict bodily…
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Joe Biden to give first foreign policy address as U.S. president
U.S. President Joe Biden will visit the State Department on Thursday and deliver his first foreign policy speech as president. Biden has had an intense interest in U.S. foreign policy since he became a ranking member on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee in the late 1990s. He is expected to discuss how his administration will…
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VIDEO: Joe Biden gets first impeachment threat in less than 24 hours as U.S. President
The new 46th United States President, Joe Biden took the oath of office on Wednesday and quickly got to work after his predecessor Donald Trump left the White House. The Democrat has already put the pandemic at the top of his list of challenges he faces in his administration’s early days, including rebuilding a devastated…
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Assuming U.S. presidency, Biden tells divided nation ‘democracy has prevailed’
Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. With his hand on a five-inch thick heirloom Bible that has been in his family…
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Burna Boy’s song to be played at Biden’s inauguration ceremony
Afro-pop singer Burna Boy has once again gained international recognition for his works and being rewarded as one of his songs made the list of songs to be played on January 20, 2020 at U.S President-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris inauguration ceremony. This was confirmed after the president-elect, and vice president-elect released a…
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Impeachment: Biden reminds Senate of ‘other urgent business’ of state
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday evening said he hoped the Senate would find a way to balance its “constitutional responsibilities on impeachment” with ‘other urgent business’ of state. Biden’s remarks came in a statement shortly after the House of Representatives led by Nancy Pelosi impeached outgoing President Donald Trump for allegedly inciting the Jan.…
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Biden’s inauguration: Police bar public access to Capitol grounds
There will be no public access to the Capitol grounds during Joe Biden’s inauguration as U.S. president on Jan. 20, acting Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman said. Pittman took over the leadership from Steven Sund after he stepped down amid criticism of the force’s handling of rioters who breached the Capitol building last week. She…