Tag: Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton Released From Hospital After Infection: Doctors

Former President Bill Clinton was released from hospital in Southern California after spending the previous five days there for a urinary tract infection, his spokesman confirmed on Sunday. Photos showed Clinton, 75, and former First Lady Hillary Clinton leaving the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange County at around 8 a.m. local time…


Ex-President Bill Clinton Recovering From Infection in Hospital, Doctors Say

ORANGE, California—U.S. former President Bill Clinton is recovering after two days of treatment for an infection in a California hospital, his doctors said on Thursday. The 75-year-old was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday evening “for a non-COVID-19 infection,” Clinton spokesman Angel Urena said on Twitter. “He is on the…


Former President Bill Clinton Admitted to Hospital: Spokesman

Former President Bill Clinton has been admitted to hospital with a non-COVID-related infection but is “on the mend,” according to his spokesman. His spokesman Angel Urena said in a statement late on Tuesday that Clinton, 75, was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center that evening. “He is on the mend, in good…


US Needs to Do More to Confront Beijing’s Increasing Regional Influence: Report

U.S. policymakers should work with allies, particularly those in Southeast Asia, to counter Beijing’s growing geopolitical clout, according to a recent report. The 38-page report, titled “China-US Competition: Measuring Global influence,” compared quantifiable factors between the two countries across economic, political, and security dimensions. These factors included the amounts of goods traded and arms transferred,…


Beijing Steadily Expanding Global Influence at Expense of US: Report

U.S. policymakers should work with allies, particularly those in Southeast Asia, to counter Beijing’s growing geopolitical clout, according to a recent report. The 38-page report, titled “China-US Competition: Measuring Global influence,” compared quantifiable factors between the two countries across economic, political, and security dimensions. These factors included the amounts of goods traded and arms transferred,…


Biden Eyes Expanding Welfare State, Overturning Clinton-Era Reform

WASHINGTON—President Bill Clinton in 1996 signed welfare reform into law, fulfilling his campaign promise to “end welfare as we know it.” A quarter-century later, advocates of the reform law accuse the Biden administration of overturning the bipartisan accomplishment, calling its proposal an “attack” on American welfare system. A majority of both Democrats and Republicans voted…


Vernon Jordan, Activist, Former Clinton Adviser, Dead at 85

ATLANTA—Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died, according to a statement from his daughter. He was 85. “My father passed away last night around 10 p.m. surrounded by loved ones his wife…