President Biden has expressed his willingness to debate former President Trump in a shift from his previous remarks, with Trump's campaign eagerly responding. Trump has been pressuring Biden to commit to a debate, calling for additional presidential debates in 2024 to take place earlier than proposed. The two candidates only met for two debates in 2020, marking a departure from the three-time meeting tradition of major candidates since 1996.
US President Joe Biden confirmed his willingness to participate in a debate with former President Donald Trump ahead of their election rematch on November 5th. Trump's campaign had been urging Biden to commit to debates in the 2024 cycle, with the Commission on Presidential Debates tentatively scheduling three showdowns. Biden's camp had expressed concerns about Trump not abiding by debate rules set by the Commission. Both candidates faced each other in two televised presidential debates during the 2020 campaign.
Former President Donald Trump stated that pro-Palestinian student protests display more hateful behavior than the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He described the Charlottesville rally as insignificant in comparison to the hate expressed at student demonstrations against the war in Gaza. President Joe Biden, anticipating a re-election battle against Trump, has referenced the Charlottesville rally as a pivotal moment in his decision to run in 2020. The White House criticized Trump's remarks for downplaying the anti-Semitic and white supremacist sentiments demonstrated in Charlottesville.
Former President Trump downplayed the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, comparing it to demonstrations against Israel's actions in Gaza. The Charlottesville rally led to a woman's death and was condemned for antisemitism. Pro-Palestinian protests across the US have centered on college campuses, with concerns over antisemitism. Trump's comments have sparked controversy and condemnation, with Biden attributing his 2020 presidential campaign to Trump's response to Charlottesville. Meanwhile, Biden has faced criticism for his handling of antisemitic protests and his statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
President Biden appeared to read the words "four more years, pause" from a TelePrompter during a speech at a trade union conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Howard Stern is interviewing President Joe Biden on his SiriusXM show on Friday. And if the former shock jock-turned-Democratic-activist's comments over the past few years are any indication, including an embarrassingly fawning interview with Hillary Clinton, expect Stern to make this conversation as friendly and comfortable as possible for the 81-year-old president.
DONALD Trump must remember that his most important battle is against Joe Biden - not the judge in his trial, says Steve Bannon. Bannon , the former chief White House strategist for ex-US President Trump , told The Sun's Never Mind the Ballots show that Trump "has got to focus" on Biden during this "tough part" of his campaign. Political firebrand Bannon - who hosts the the "ultraMAGA" podcast WarRoom - was President Trump's controversial chief strategist and senior counsellor following his 2016 election victory. He dramatically left the post in 2017 but has remained a staunch supporter of Trump's re-election and his "Make America Great Again" pledge. Bannon, 70, said Trump, 77, "needs to turn the guns on" Biden, 81, when he's out of the courtroom.
President Biden has been criticized for conducting the fewest interviews and press conferences compared to recent chief executives, with only 89 interviews during his first three years in office. The New York Times condemned Biden for avoiding questions from independent journalists, urging him to engage with major news organizations. Tensions escalated between Biden's team and The New York Times over his lack of interviews with major newspapers like The Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Some view the relationship as strained, with accusations of arrogance and reluctance to provide fair coverage.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. ( , BY-dən; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden moved with his family to Delaware in 1953. He graduated from the University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and to the U.S. Senate in 1972. As a senator, Biden drafted and led the effort to pass the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. He also oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Biden ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008. In 2008, Obama chose Biden as his running mate, and he was a close counselor to Obama during his two terms as vice president. In the 2020 presidential election, Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, defeated incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence. He is the oldest president in U.S. history, and the first to have a female vice president.As president, Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession. He signed bipartisan bills on infrastructure and manufacturing. He proposed the Build Back Better Act, which failed in Congress, but aspects of which were incorporated into the Inflation Reduction Act that he signed into law in 2022. Biden appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. He worked with congressional Republicans to resolve the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis by negotiating a deal to raise the debt ceiling. In foreign policy, Biden restored America's membership in the Paris Agreement. He oversaw the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that ended the war in Afghanistan, during which the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban seized control. He responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing civilian and military aid to Ukraine. During the Israel–Hamas war, Biden announced military support for Israel, and condemned the actions of Hamas and other Palestinian militants as terrorism. In April 2023, Biden announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential election.
According to a recent NBC News poll, voters consider President Joe Biden's age and former President Donald Trump's legal challenges as the key reasons to oppose them in the upcoming election. Key concerns for Biden include his mental and physical health, immigration issues, and high inflation, while Trump faces criticism for his legal trials, stance on abortion rights, and response to the Capitol riot. Republicans are less likely to acknowledge Trump's vulnerabilities, while Democrats are more critical of Biden. Independents and third-party supporters may play a decisive role in the election outcome.
Fox News correspondent Nate Foy has more after former President Trump slams the 'unconstitutional' gag order in NY vs. Trump on 'Special Report.' The latest polling from Bloomberg on the rematch race between former President Trump and President Joe Biden is stunning. Trump is being prosecuted in a show trial-circus in Manhattan that serious observers know is both complete nonsense and an utter disgrace. On top of that, Trump is subject to a gag order.
Former President Donald Trump compared the 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, where a woman was killed, to protests condemning Israel's actions in Gaza, claiming the latter are more significant. Trump's remarks on social media criticized President Biden for citing Charlottesville as motivation, with Biden responding through a spokesperson. The protests against Israel have led to arrests at various campuses, with concerns of antisemitism raised. Trump's past comments on the Charlottesville rally, where he mentioned 'very fine people on both sides,' have been widely criticized.
Joe Biden assumed office as President of the United States on January 20, 2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.Before confirmation and during congressional hearings, a high-level career member of an executive department heads this pre-confirmed cabinet on an acting basis. The Cabinet's creation was part of the transition of power following the 2020 United States presidential election.In addition to the 15 heads of executive departments, there are 10 Cabinet-level officials. Biden altered his cabinet structure, elevating the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and ambassador to the United Nations as Cabinet-level positions. Biden initially removed the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from his Cabinet, but reversed the move in July 2023.Confirmations had occurred at the slowest pace of any presidential cabinet in modern history that resulted from delays in facilitating an orderly transition of power and passing the organizing resolution for governing an evenly split Senate following the 2020–2021 United States Senate runoff elections in Georgia; and the second impeachment of Donald Trump. By March 2021, a pick-up in the first half of the month brought confirmations close to pace. Biden is the first president since Ronald Reagan in 1981 to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts.This page documents the confirmation process for Cabinet nominees of Joe Biden's administration. They are listed according to the United States order of precedence.
Donald Trump's tenure as the 45th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican from New York City, took office following his Electoral College victory over Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, in which he lost the popular vote to Clinton by nearly three million votes. Upon his inauguration, he became the first president in American history without prior public office or military background. Trump made an unprecedented number of false or misleading statements during his campaign and presidency. His presidency ended following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election to former Democratic vice president Joe Biden, after one term in office.Trump was unsuccessful in his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act but rescinded the individual mandate. Trump sought substantial spending cuts to major welfare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. He signed the Great American Outdoors Act, reversed numerous environmental regulations, and withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change. He signed the First Step Act on job training and early release of some federal prisoners and appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. In economic policy, he partially repealed the Dodd–Frank Act and signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. He enacted tariffs, triggering retaliatory tariffs from China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. He withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and signed the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, a successor agreement to NAFTA. The federal deficit increased under Trump due to spending increases and tax cuts.He implemented a controversial family separation policy for migrants apprehended at the United States–Mexico border, starting in 2018. Trump's demand for the federal funding of a border wall resulted in the longest US government shutdown in history. He deployed federal law enforcement forces in response to the racial unrest in 2020. Trump's "America First" foreign policy was characterized by unilateral actions, disregarding traditional allies. The administration implemented a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia; denied citizens from several Muslim-majority countries entry into the United States; recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and brokered the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements between Israel and various Arab states. His administration withdrew United States troops from northern Syria, allowing Turkey to occupy the area. His administration also made a conditional deal with the Taliban to withdraw United States troops from Afghanistan in 2021. Trump met North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un three times. Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement and later escalated tensions in the Persian Gulf by ordering the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani.Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019) concluded that Russia interfered to favor Trump's candidacy and that while the prevailing evidence "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government", possible obstructions of justice occurred during the course of that investigation.Trump attempted to pressure Ukraine to announce investigations into his political rival Joe Biden, triggering his first impeachment by the House of Representatives on December 18, 2019, but he was acquitted by the Senate on February 5, 2020.Trump reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials in his messaging, and promoted misinformation about unproven treatments and the availability of testing.Following his loss in the 2020 presidential election to Biden, Trump refused to concede and initiated an extensive campaign to overturn the results, making false claims of widespread electoral fraud. On January 6, 2021, during a rally at the Ellipse, Trump urged his supporters to "fight like hell" and march to the Capitol, where the electoral votes were being counted by Congress in order to formalize Biden's victory. A mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, suspending the count and causing Vice President Mike Pence and other members of Congress to be evacuated. On January 13, the House voted to impeach Trump an unprecedented second time for "incitement of insurrection", but he was later acquitted by the Senate again on February 13, after he had already left office. Trump had historically low approval ratings, and scholars and historians rank his presidency as one of the worst in American history.
Former President Trump is criticizing President Biden for a potential TikTok ban moving through Congress, despite Trump's own past efforts to ban the app. Trump accused Biden of aiding Facebook's power and election meddling against Republicans. The House passed a bill urging TikTok's China-based parent company to sell within a year or face a national ban. Biden supported the bill, aiming for an American-owned TikTok to safeguard personal data. Trump's reversal on TikTok, his ties to a GOP donor invested in TikTok, and his shifting stance on the app have raised questions.
Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States, has family members who are prominent in law, education, activism and politics. Biden's immediate family became the first family of the United States on his inauguration on January 20, 2021. His immediate family circle was also the second family of the United States from 2009 to 2017, when Biden was vice president. Biden's family is mostly descended from the British Isles, with most of their ancestors coming from Ireland and England, and a smaller number descending from the French.Of Joe Biden's sixteen great-great-grandparents, ten were born in Ireland. He is descended from the Blewitts of County Mayo and the Finnegans of County Louth. One of Biden's great-great-great-grandfathers was born in Sussex, England, and emigrated to Maryland in the United States by 1820.
Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021. Biden, a Democrat from Delaware who previously served as vice president for two terms under President Barack Obama, took office following his victory in the 2020 presidential election over Republican incumbent president Donald Trump. Upon his inauguration, he became the oldest president in American history, breaking the record set by his predecessor Trump. Biden entered office amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic crisis, and increased political polarization.On the first day of his presidency, Biden made an effort to revert President Trump's energy policy by restoring U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement and revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. He also halted funding for Trump's border wall, an expansion of the Mexican border wall. On his second day, he issued a series of executive orders to reduce the impact of COVID-19, including invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, and set an early goal of achieving one hundred million COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States in his first 100 days.Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that temporarily established expanded unemployment insurance and sent $1,400 stimulus checks to most Americans in response to continued economic pressure from COVID-19. He signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; a ten-year plan brokered by Biden alongside Democrats and Republicans in Congress, to invest in American roads, bridges, public transit, ports and broadband access. Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making Juneteenth a federal holiday in the United States. He appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court—the first Black woman to serve on the court. After The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Biden took executive actions, such as the signing of Executive Order 14076, to preserve and protect women's health rights nationwide, against abortion bans in Republican led states. Biden proposed a significant expansion of the U.S. social safety net through the Build Back Better Act, but those efforts, along with voting rights legislation, failed in Congress. However, in August 2022, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a domestic appropriations bill that included some of the provisions of the Build Back Better Act after the entire bill failed to pass. It included significant federal investment in climate and domestic clean energy production, tax credits for solar panels, electric cars and other home energy programs as well as a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, bolstering the semiconductor and manufacturing industry, the Honoring our PACT Act, expanding health care for US veterans, and the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act. In late 2022, Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and codified same-sex and interracial marriage in the United States. In response to the debt-ceiling crisis of 2023, Biden negotiated and signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which restrains federal spending for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, implements minor changes to SNAP and TANF, includes energy permitting reform, claws back some IRS funding and unspent money for COVID-19, and suspends the debt ceiling to January 1, 2025. Biden established the American Climate Corps and created the first ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. On September 26, 2023, Joe Biden visited a United Auto Workers picket line during the 2023 United Auto Workers strike, making him the first US president to visit one.The foreign policy goal of the Biden administration is to restore the US to a "position of trusted leadership" among global democracies in order to address the challenges posed by Russia and China. In foreign policy, Biden completed the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan, declaring an end to nation-building efforts and shifting U.S. foreign policy toward strategic competition with China and, to a lesser extent, Russia. However, during the withdrawal, the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban seized control, leading to Biden receiving bipartisan criticism. He responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia as well as providing Ukraine with over $100 billion in combined military, economic, and humanitarian aid. Biden also approved a raid which led to the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the leader of the Islamic State, and approved a drone strike which killed Ayman Al Zawahiri, leader of Al-Qaeda. Biden signed AUKUS, an international security alliance, together with Australia and the United Kingdom. Biden called for the expansion of NATO with the addition of Finland and Sweden, and rallied NATO allies in support of Ukraine. During the Israel–Hamas war, Biden condemned Hamas and other Palestinian militants as terrorism and announced American military support for Israel; Biden also showed his support and sympathy towards Palestinians affected by the war, sent humanitarian aid, and brokered a four-day temporary pause and hostage exchange.Biden began his term with over 50% approval ratings; however, these fell significantly after the withdrawal from Afghanistan and remained low as the country experienced high inflation and rising gas prices. His age and mental fitness have also been a subject of discussion.
Former President Trump gains support in Dearborn, Michigan, known for its Arab American and Muslim population dissatisfied with Biden's foreign policy, leading to the rise of "Listen to Michigan" and "Abandon Biden" movements urging voters to oppose President Biden in the general election. Activists express a shift towards supporting Trump due to displeasure with Biden's leadership, particularly in Arab American communities.
Former President Donald Trump visited a construction site in New York City to thank supporters amid his ongoing trial and a key U.S. Supreme Court hearing on presidential immunity. He declared his intention to run hard in New York before a surprise visit and criticized President Biden for border issues. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records, with prosecutors alleging a conspiracy related to promoting his candidacy. Meanwhile, his legal team seeks immunity from prosecution. Trump's actions coincide with his trial and court appearances, where significant testimonies are being heard.
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