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Biden Tells China’s Xi, That Both Nations Mustn’t ‘Veer Into Conflict’

President Joe Biden on Thursday held his second phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since becoming U.S. president—the first call between the two leaders in seven months. The White House in a short statement said the two leaders in their approximately 90-minute phone conversation had “a broad, strategic discussion,” including “areas where our interests converge,…


Biden Tells China’s Xi: Both Nations Mustn’t ‘Veer Into Conflict’

President Joe Biden on Thursday held his second phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since becoming U.S. president—the first call between the two leaders in seven months. The White House in a short statement said the two leaders in their approximately 90-minute phone conversation had “a broad, strategic discussion,” including “areas where our interests converge,…


19 Governors, 2 AGs Immediately Resist Biden’s Vaccine Mandates

More than a dozen governors and two attorney generals late Thursday issued statements defying the Biden administration’s impending vaccine mandates for federal workers and private-sector workers. President Joe Biden earlier in the day signed an executive order to require all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist…


19 Governors, 2 AGs Resist Biden’s Vaccine Mandates

More than a dozen governors and two attorneys general late Thursday issued statements defying the Biden administration’s impending vaccine mandates for federal workers and private-sector workers. President Joe Biden earlier in the day signed an executive order to require all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist…


Republicans Buoyed by Democrats’ Outlook for 2022 Turning Grim as Biden Approval Plunges

Bad news just keeps coming for President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies in the Senate and the House of Representatives as they face what could be a November 2022 electoral disaster. Democrats currently control Congress, but just barely, with a 221–213 edge in the House and a 50–50 tie in the Senate that can…


Biden Visits Louisiana After Storm Damage, Promises Federal Aid

President Joe Biden has visited Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida and promised federal aid to recovery efforts in affected communities. Hurricane Ida made landfall on Aug. 29 near Louisiana’s Port Fourchon and headed northward, eventually sweeping through the U.S. East Coast with heavy rain and flash flooding in parts of states including Maryland,…


WHO Urges Countries To Hold Off Giving COVID-19 Booster Shots Through September

The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to hold off on giving COVID-19 booster shots through September so that poorer nations can provide citizens with their first dose of the vaccine. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that some low-income countries, including many in Africa, have less than two percent of their adult populations fully vaccinated….


‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ Looms in Afghanistan After US Withdrawal: UN Chief

The United Nations secretary-general has warned of a looming “humanitarian catastrophe” in Afghanistan following the U.S. withdrawal. In a statement issued Tuesday, Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to provide “flexible and comprehensive funding” to the country in its “darkest hour of need.” Guterres said he was “gravely concerned at at the deepening humanitarian and economic crisis in the country…


US Has ‘Other Options’ If Diplomacy With Iran Fails, Biden Tells Israeli PM in Bilateral Meeting

President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Friday that the United States has “other options” if using diplomacy fails with Iran, in efforts to ensure it never develops a nuclear weapon. The bilateral meeting between the two leaders was delayed by one day after a deadly explosion at…


Biden Says US On Track for Getting Americans out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31

President Joe Biden said during a press conference on Tuesday that the United States is on pace to complete the Afghanistan evacuation mission by the Aug. 31 deadline as long as the Taliban continues to cooperate. “We are currently on a pace to finish by Aug. 31. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each…