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Biden’s Saudi trip was uncomfortable, but worth it to improve ties with wary leaders
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Before setting foot in Saudi Arabia, US President Joe Biden knew there would be trouble. Biden was risking criticism by visiting a country he had vowed to make a “pariah” for human rights abuses, and there was no guarantee the visit would immediately yield higher oil production to offset rising…
4 charts explain Biden’s State of the Union address
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Biden’s nominee for top Fed watchdog defends views on climate risks
Receive free US financial regulation updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US financial regulation news every morning. Joe Biden’s nominee for the Federal Reserve’s top regulatory position has told a US Senate committee it is “inappropriate” for the US central bank to pick winners and losers in the economy…
Joe Biden’s FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn, Often At Odds With Media & Telecom Giants, Faces A Key Senate Vote
It’s a bit unusual when any FCC nomination becomes controversial — and even a bit strange when Tucker Carlson seizes on it. But that is what has been happening in recent months in the case of Gigi Sohn, a longtime public interest advocate whose nomination to fill a vacancy on the commission is scheduled to…
Here’s What Biden’s Russia Sanctions Will Target If Putin Invades Ukraine
President Joe Biden’s sanctions plan will target Russian financial institutions, companies and key imports if Russian President Vladimir Putin moves forward with an invasion of Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.While the final suite of sanctions is still being developed, the final lineup will be “unparalleled” in U.S.-Russian history, according to WSJ. Biden stated…
Bidens ilskna svar på frågan: ”Jävla idiot”
Joe Biden Publicerad 25 jan 2022 kl 00.46Joe Biden ilsknade till vid en presskonferens i Vita huset på måndagen. På en Fox News-reporters fråga om inflationen kan påverka honom negativt i mellanårsvalet kom svaret:– Vilken jävla idiot.En timme senare ringde Biden reportern för att rensa luften.Efter en morgon då de amerikanska börserna störtdök mötte USA:s…
On Jan. 13, President Joe Biden nominated economists Philip Jefferson and Lisa Cook for the two empty seats on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. Sarah Bloom Raskin, a law professor at Duke University, was nominated to be vice-chair of Supervision. Cook is facing scrutiny as critics say she is not qualified for the job,…
Biden’s soft-power policy faces reality of Xi-Putin big-power world
President Joe Biden took office with what was, in many ways, a soft-power vision of foreign policy. But China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have been busy reminding the United States that today’s world is one of big-power competition.Regional experts say one key objective of Mr. Putin’s recent actions regarding Ukraine is to convince…
Biden’s Global LGBT Agenda
The Biden administration will use international treaties to promote a global LGBT agenda for children. No longer content to use social media companies to ban speech offensive to progressives in the United States, the Biden administration has now launched a new $2.5 million funding opportunity intended to silence opponents of the LGBT agenda in any…
Biden’s voting rights gamble prompts second-guessing
President BidenJoe BidenSunday shows preview: Democrats' struggle for voting rights bill comes to a head David Weil: Wrong man, wrong place, wrong time Biden's voting rights gamble prompts second-guessing MORE spent the past two weeks expending significant political capital in pushing for voting rights legislation that appears doomed to fail in the Senate, prompting second-guessing…