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Biden Sums Up Carter in 3 Words
Biden Sums Up
Carter in 3 Words
Jan 9, 2025 12:15 PM CST

Biden Sums Up Carter in 3 Words

'Character, character, character'

(Newser) - President Biden delivered the eulogy for his predecessor Jimmy Carter on Thursday, one in which he praised Carter as a friend, mentor, and president. Highlights from the Hill , the AP , CNN , and the New York Times :
  • Biden laid out "what I believe is Jimmy Carter's enduring attribute: character,
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Carter Funeral Brings a Rarity: 5 Living Presidents

All are present in DC

(Newser) - Jimmy Carter's state funeral is underway in DC on Thursday, and the ceremony has resulted in a rarity: the assemblage of five living presidents. President Biden will be delivering the eulogy, and in attendance are George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. The New York Times ...

Trump Blames Wildfires on Democrats' Policies

Newsom's office calls president-elect's claims 'pure fiction'

(Newser) - Destructive wildfires would not be tearing through the Los Angeles area if it weren't for the policies of Democrats, President-elect Trump said in posts Wednesday. He blamed state regulations that protect endangered species for limiting the amount of water sent to Southern California from the northern part of the...

Biden Becomes a Great-Grandfather
Biden Becomes
a Great-Grandfather
Jan 8, 2025 3:12 PM CST

Biden Becomes a Great-Grandfather

He says granddaughter Naomi gave birth to a baby boy in California

(Newser) - The oldest president in US history is now a great-grandfather. "The good news is, I'm a great-grandfather as of today," President Biden told reporters in California on Wednesday after receiving a briefing on the Los Angeles wildfires. NBC News reports that Biden said his granddaughter Naomi Biden...

Biden: Yes, I Think I Could Have Won
Biden:
I Think
I Could
Have Won
Jan 8, 2025 6:04 AM CST

Biden: I Think I Could Have Won

But president acknowledges to USA Today he's not sure if his health would have held out

(Newser) - President Biden has begun giving exit interviews ahead of his departure from the White House, and in one with Susan Page of USA Today , the president suggests he could have beaten Donald Trump had he stayed in the race.
  • "It's presumptuous to say that, but I think yes,
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Opinion: Biden Blew It With US Steel Move
Opinion: Biden Blew It
With US Steel Move
OPINION
Jan 7, 2025 3:59 PM CST

Opinion: Biden Blew It With US Steel Move

Catherine Rampell writes that he hurts steelworkers by appeasing their union leaders

(Newser) - President Biden describes himself as the most "pro-union president" in history, but economics columnist Catherine Rampell writes that he betrayed union workers by blocking Nippon Steel's acquisition of US Steel . What's unusual here is that by moving against the Japanese company, Biden gave the United Steelworkers union...

Guantanamo Is Now Down to 15 Inmates

11 were moved to Oman on Monday; 3 others remain eligible for transfer

(Newser) - There are just 15 inmates left at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, the smallest number "at any time in its more than 20-year history," after 11 were transferred to Oman early Monday, per the New York Times . All 11 transferred men hail from Yemen, were captured...

Biden Meets With Families, Survivors of New Orleans Attack

Administration announced security aid to help city host Mardi Gras, Super Bowl

(Newser) - President Biden met with survivors and families of the victims of the New Orleans attack on Monday, after his administration announced an increase in federal security resources to help the city host Mardi Gras celebrations and the Super Bowl in the next few months. "We will use every tool...

Biden Makes 'Epic' 11th-Hour Move on Offshore Drilling

President bans it across major swath of US, in mandate that Trump will have a tough time undoing

(Newser) - With just two weeks before he hands the keys to the White House to Donald Trump, President Biden is taking some last-minute steps to push back on climate change, including a new ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters, reports the BBC . The move made under...

2.5M Americans to Get a Catch-Up Social Security Check

President Biden on Sunday signed the Social Security Fairness Act

(Newser) - President Biden on Sunday gave a financial boost to more than 2.5 million retired Americans—former teachers, firefighters, and police officers among them. CNBC reports he signed the Social Security Fairness Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation that repealed a pair of decades-old provisions that impacted public employees who...

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington
A Momentous
Jan. 6 Dawns
in Washington
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 6, 2025 6:43 AM CST

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington

Kamala Harris will certify election of rival Donald Trump at US Capitol on Monday

(Newser) - As Congress prepares to convene during a winter storm on Monday to certify the election of Donald Trump, the AP makes note of one "extraordinary fact": that "the candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is legitimately returning to power." Four years...

Biden Bestows Medals on 19 'Truly Extraordinary People'
Biden Awards
19 Medals of Freedom
Jan 4, 2025 5:00 PM CST

Biden Awards 19 Medals of Freedom

Recipients include Hillary Clinton, Magic Johnson, and Robert F. Kennedy

(Newser) - President Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and science on Saturday at the White House. Accompanied by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation in...

Trump Can't Raise Flags, Until He Takes the Oath

President-elect complained about honor for Jimmy Carter, but there are rules

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month. President Biden issued the order to honor President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100. It's not a timeline that Trump can do anything about—until he takes office, the...

Indian PM Gave Jill Biden a $20K Diamond

And other swank gifts the first family and other federal officials reported receiving from foreign leaders

(Newser) - President Biden and his family were given tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders in 2023, according to an annual accounting by the State Department, with first lady Jill Biden receiving the single most expensive present: a $20,000 diamond from India's leader. The 7.5-carat...

Biden Blocks Sale of US Steel to Nippon

President pushes back against takeover bid by Japan's Nippon Steel to scoop up US Steel

(Newser) - President Biden has long expressed his disapproval for a deal in which Japan's Nippon Steel scoops up the iconic US Steel, and this week he made that disapproval official. In a Friday morning statement, the commander in chief rebuffed the proposed $14 billion-plus deal, noting that "we need...

Biden Will Award Medal to Liz Cheney

She and Bennie Thompson, co-chair of Jan. 6 panel, to receive the Presidential Citizens Medal

(Newser) - President Biden is bestowing the second-highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson—the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot. Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to them and 18 other people in a ceremony Thursday at the White House, including Americans who fought...

The Scandal of 2024: A Coverup for Biden
The Scandal of 2024:
A Coverup for Biden
OPINION
Dec 27, 2024 9:31 AM CST

The Scandal of 2024: A Coverup for Biden

Peggy Noonan argues concealing president's true mental state is 'Democratic Party gospel'

(Newser) - Looking back on 2024, Peggy Noonan has no doubt of the scandal of the year: "the decline of Joe Biden's mental acuity" and what she says was a coverup by White House staff. The Wall Street Journal columnist claims President Biden "has been in apparent cognitive decline...

Biden Commutes 37 of 40 Federal Death Row Sentences

President converts them to life terms

(Newser) - President Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings,...

Report Suggests Biden Aides Shielded His Decline
Report Suggests
Biden Aides
Shielded His
Decline
longform
Dec 21, 2024 4:35 PM CST

Report Suggests Biden Aides Shielded His Decline

Wall Street Journal reports on how a 'diminished' president was protected

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal is out with a deeply reported story about how aides to President Biden have gone to unusual lengths to manage what the piece describes as his "diminished" capabilities throughout his presidency.
  • "Presidents always have gatekeepers," reads the story. "But in Biden's
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As He Heads Out, Biden Beats a Trump Record

President secures his 235th judicial confirmation, the most in single term since Jimmy Carter

(Newser) - President Biden secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency on Friday, an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor's total by one after Democrats put extra emphasis on the federal courts following Donald Trump's far-reaching first term, when he filled three seats on the Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader...

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