US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for vigorous competition with China to preserve the existing global order but said the United States did not seek a “Cold War.” In a long-awaited speech billed as the most comprehensive remarks to date on China by President Joe Biden’s administration, Blinken said that Beijing posed “the … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday accused Beijing of raising tensions over Taiwan and insisted US policy has not changed after President Joe Biden said Washington would defend the island. “While our policy has not changed, what has changed is Beijing’s growing coercion,” Blinken said in a wide-ranging speech on China. He pointed … Read more
President Joe Biden landed in Japan on Sunday for the second half of his Asia trip that emphasized the United States’ commitment to the area, but was overshadowed by fears that North Korea will test a nuclear weapon after disregarding Washington’s outreach efforts. Biden, making his first trip to Asia as president, flew from South … Read more
The US Commerce Department stated Saturday that the US and South Korea have agreed to collaborate more closely on critical trade and supply-chain concerns. Establishing a US-Korea Supply Chain and Commercial Dialogue, the statement said, would “foster increased collaboration and strengthen the international competitiveness of US and Korean industry.” The announcement, which offered little detail … Read more
President Joe Biden of the United States and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea both signalled an increased military presence in response to North Korea’s “threat,” while also pledging to assist the isolated state in the face of a Covid-19 outbreak. After meeting in Seoul on Biden’s first trip to Asia as president, … Read more
The White House stated Friday that the first flights of baby formula from Europe, approved by President Joe Biden to alleviate a developing U.S. shortage, will arrive in Indiana this weekend aboard military aircraft. 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula will depart Ramstein Air Base in Germany this weekend, … Read more
President Joe Biden on Monday eased the acceleration of US weapons shipments to Ukraine through a law based on a World War II measure helping US allies to defeat Nazi Germany. Biden signed the Lend-lease Act in the Oval Office, saying the United States supports Ukrainians’ “fight to defend their country and their democracy against … Read more
Jen Psaki and Fox News reporter Peter Doocy have shared an adversarial relationship during her time as White House press secretary, but as her tenure draws to a close, they’re leaving things on a lighter note. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will take over from Psaki when she steps … Read more
The unveiling of President Joe Biden’s detailed strategy toward China — delayed by internal deliberations, Covid-19 and the Ukraine conflict — will have to wait even longer. Despite anticipation over how the U.S. sees relations between the world’s two biggest economies developing in the years ahead, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is likely to offer … Read more
In a strong rhetorical escalation before of important elections, President Joe Biden described his Republican predecessor Donald Trump’s supporters as a “extreme” group on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters about the Supreme Court’s potential scrapping of nationwide abortion rights, Biden warned that Trump’s Make America Great Again or MAGA movement poses a danger to US values in the … Read more
President Joe Biden roasted his predecessor during a Saturday evening speech to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. “This is the first time the president attended this dinner in six years,” Biden said. “It’s understandable, we had a horrible plague followed by two years of Covid.” “Just imagine, if my predecessor came to this dinner … Read more
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden hosted their first official film screening at the White House on Thursday. The Bidens showed HBO’s “The Survivor,” in honor of Yom HaShoah and Holocaust Remembrance Week, in the White House movie theater on the ground floor of the East Wing. The film tells the story of … Read more
GDP of the United States unexpectedly declined in the first quarter of 2022, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis data released on Thursday. Between January and March, the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, fell by 1.4 percent on an annualized basis, reversing the previous year’s strong gain. While one … Read more
President Joe Biden will go through with his plan to attend the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner “in a safe way,” press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Wednesday. Saturday’s dinner marks the first time the event has been held in person since 2019. Biden’s decision comes amid a prolonged wave of senior administration officials contracting COVID-19 … Read more
Washington: President Joe Biden said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he was strengthening the Quad alliance in the Indo-Pacific “against China”. “I indicated to Xi Jinping that I was going to pull together the Quad: Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. He said, ‘You’re just doing that to affect us.” At a party fundraiser … Read more
Conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly told Newsmax that White House chief of staff Ron Klain was the man making the final decisions, not President Joe Biden. “I think everybody that pays attention knows Joe Biden is not in charge – that Ron Klain is calling the shots,” O’Reilly told Wednesday’s “Spicer & Co.” “And what Klain … Read more
President Joe Biden’s administration is leaning toward appealing the April 18 ruling that struck down the federal mask mandate, an official said on Tuesday. “We are right now in the process of deciding, and we likely will appeal that ruling, but stay tuned,” Xavier Becerra, Biden’s health secretary, told reporters in Nevada. U.S. District Judge … Read more
The Covid-19 mask requirement for public transportation, imposed by the Biden administration under President Joe Biden, was overturned by a US federal judge on Monday, prompting major airlines to drop the requirement immediately. Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the Middle District of Florida ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not … Read more
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says President Joe Biden’s worst policies are to blame for record-high inflation and the open border catastrophe. “Just like the open border, that “just” didn’t happen. That was caused by bad policy. That’s exactly what the Democrats wanted,” Johnson told Newsmax “Eric Bolling: The Balance” on Monday. “Same thing with inflation. … Read more
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week will call on her counterparts in essential economies to ramp up the economic pain on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, a senior respectable stated Monday. The fallout from the battle and the effect on the worldwide economic system might be key topics of dialogue for the duration … Read more
A worldwide summit to chart an end to the Covid-19 disaster and plan for destiny upheavals will occur on May 12, the White House said Monday, at the same time as President Joe Biden struggles to get important pandemic investment from Congress. The digital gathering will be co-chaired by the United States, along with contemporary … Read more
Washington: President Joe Biden has accused Russia of carrying out a genocide in Ukraine, claiming its soldiers are attempting to destroy the nation and its civilian population. Biden accused President Vladimir Putin’s soldiers of genocide but added that it was up to lawyers to assess if Russia’s actions constituted genocide. “I am going to predict … Read more
WASHINGTON: According to what many Americans already anticipated, prices rose at a record rate last month, following a trend that began in January but was made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There will be a surge in gas prices and other petroleum items in March’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the Labor Department … Read more
WASHINGTON: When President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met virtually on Monday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, they had a “candid exchange of views,” but the United States seemed to have made little progress in luring the subordinate nation away from its neutral stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “It is important … Read more
On Monday, President Joe Biden will unveil new steps to combat so-called “ghost guns,” including an executive order that would tighten limits on weapons that can be constructed in minutes at home and are difficult to track due to their absence of serial numbers. The new rule, which has been in the works for a … Read more
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden won standing ovation upon standing ovation Tuesday in a rousing State of the Union speech seeking to transform bipartisan support for confronting Russia into momentum for broader unity as the United States finally emerges from the Covid pandemic. The entire first section of Biden’s one hour speech to the joint … Read more
VIENNA – Saudi Arabia, Russia and other top oil producers on Wednesday agreed to hold firm on only gradually opening the taps despite Russia’s assault on Ukraine sending prices spiralling. Both WTI crude and Brent broke above $110 a barrel Wednesday. Brent is at a high last seen in 2014, while WTI is at levels … Read more
WASHINGTON: Soaring US inflation rates are “not acceptable” but the health of the world’s largest economy is fundamentally sound thanks to policies that have mitigated the impact of the pandemic, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told AFP. Yellen conceded in an interview she is “concerned” about inflation running at its highest level in decades, and warned … Read more
