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☆ Biden signs stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown - White House
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Leaders event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small Acquire Licensing RightsSAN FRANCISCO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden signed on Thursday a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown, a day after the Senate passed it, the White House said. Biden signed the document on the sidelines of a dinner at the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco, where leaders are attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson had produced the stopgap funding bill that drew broad bipartisan support, a rarity in modern U.S. politics. Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Gokul Pisharody ; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Biden signs stopgap spending bill to avert govt shutdown- White House
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the weekend that the PA in its current form should not take charge of Gaza. In the wake of Netanyahu's comments, Israeli officials have insisted that Israel does not intend to occupy the Gaza Strip. Dahlan has the backing of the influential United Arab Emirates to lead a post-war administration in Gaza, according to diplomats and Arab officials. So far, the U.S. and its allies have not seen any clear roadmap from Israel for its exit strategy from Gaza beyond the declared aim of eradicating Hamas, diplomats say. Not since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 has there been such widespread concern about military action raging across the Middle East, according to Arab officials and diplomats.

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Leaders Retreat during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Acquire Licensing RightsSAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday urged Asia-Pacific economies to work together to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) brings change for the better, not to abuse workers or limit potential. Addressing the final session of a two-day summit of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco, Biden said he had briefly discussed AI with Chinese President Xi Jinping in talks on the sidelines of APEC on Wednesday. The steps, he said, included committing to ensuring the security of AI systems before releasing them to the public, watermarking AI-generated content to show it has been generated by artificial intelligence and minimizing the risk AI systems posed to society, such as by promoting bias or discrimination. Meanwhile, Washington was expanding grants for AI research in key areas like healthcare and climate change, he said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Loren Elliott, Biden, Xi Jinping, we've, Xi, David Brunnstrom, Don Durfee, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Economic Cooperation, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, Asia, APEC, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Asia, San Francisco , California, U.S, Pacific, San Francisco, United States, Washington

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, raid on Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a news conference at the Filoli Estate on November 15, in Woodside, California. Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesUS President Joe Biden accused Hamas of committing a “war crime” for operating what the US and Israel have claimed is a command node under the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. Biden said he discussed the dangerous situation at the hospital, Gaza’s largest, during his meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday. “You have a circumstance where the first war crime is being committed by Hamas by having their headquarters, their military hidden under a hospital. That's what's happened,” Biden told reporters during a press conference Wednesday.

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☆ Biden and Xi sought to pull away from deepening conflict. They failed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Biden and Xi sought to smooth frayed relations at their meeting on during the APEC summit. AdvertisementChinese leader Xi Jinping was keen to stress the potentially dire consequences of US-China tensions after his first meeting with Joe Biden in more than a year. Xi seemed keen in the speech to find common ground after months of worsening relations between the superpowers. As notable as the successes, were the areas where Biden and Xi failed to reach an agreement. And in the South China Sea, a region where China has sought to establish its dominance, Chinese warplanes have sought to intimidate US fighter jets.

Persons: Biden, Xi, —, Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, Jonathan Ward, Xi's, Nancy Pelosi's Organizations: APEC, Service, Wednesday's, Allies, Atlas Group, The New York Times Locations: China, San Francisco ., United States, San Francisco, Taiwan, Ukraine, East, Russia, Israel, Gaza, South China

☆ Video shows the moment Antony Blinken winces after Biden calls China's Xi a dictator, upending months of careful diplomacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping sought to smooth relations at a meeting Wednesday. Yet hours after the carefully choreographed event, Biden described Xi as a "dictator." AdvertisementA video has captured the moment US Secretary of State Antony Blinken winces after President Biden calls Chinese leader Xi Jinping a "dictator". REPORTER: "Would you still refer to President Xi as a dictator?" AdvertisementBlinken appeared to be taken aback, having laid the groundwork for Wednesday's meeting with months of careful diplomacy.

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☆ Biden stands by comment that Xi is a 'dictator' hours after their first meeting in a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 15: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a news conference at the Filoli Estate on November 15, 2023 in Woodside, California. The news conference follows a meeting between Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week, their first since meeting at the Indonesian island resort of Bali in November 2022. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)U.S. President Joe Biden has again called his Chinese counterpart a dictator — a move that could potentially unravel the progress made between the world's two leading powers. Shortly after his first meeting with China President Xi Jinping in a year, Biden responded to a question on whether he stood by his June comment labeling Xi a dictator. "Well, look, he is," Biden said Wednesday after the two leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in San Francisco.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Xi Jinping, Kent Nishimura, —, Xi, He's Organizations: Economic Cooperation, APEC, China Locations: WOODSIDE , CALIFORNIA, Woodside , California, Asia, Indonesian, Bali, San Francisco

☆ Biden faces a warning sign from younger voters critical to his coalition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A spokesman for the Biden campaign called the election “deeply consequential for young people,” and pledged to build on a strong turnout from younger voters in the 2022 midterm elections. Exit polls in 2020 showed that voters 18 to 29 made up 20% of the Georgia electorate – the only state of the top six battlegrounds where the percentage of young voters exceeded the national share of 17%. Then, Biden won young Georgia voters by 13 points, according to exit polls. I think that brings a lot of mistrust.”Christopher Lambry, a Morehouse freshman, said he was concerned at the softening of support for Biden among many younger Black voters, particularly men. “Just as we hold Trump accountable,” said Singleton, the Morehouse senior who saw Biden early last year, “we have to hold Biden accountable.”

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the White House initiative on climate change, at the White House in Washington, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Acquire Licensing RightsSAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday attacked former President Donald Trump for using the word "vermin" to refer to his political enemies, saying it echoed the language of Nazi Germany. Biden said Trump's comments echoed language heard in Nazi Germany in the 1930's. "Trump also recently talked about quote, 'the blood of America is being poisoned'... Again, echoes the same phrases used in Nazi Germany." Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesman, has previously rejected the comparisons to Nazis, Hitler and Italy's Mussolini.

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the White House initiative on climate change, at the White House in Washington, November 14, 2023. "Hang in there, we're coming," Biden said at the White House, when asked by reporters what his message to family members of hostages was. Hamas fighters surged across the border from Gaza into Israel on Oct.7, killing about 1,200 people and taking around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials. The Israeli bombardment of Gaza has killed more than 11,000 Palestinians, around 40% of them children, according to health officials in the Hamas-ruled territory. Reuters last week reported that Qatar, where several political leaders of Hamas are based, has been leading mediation efforts between Hamas and Israeli officials over the hostages.

Persons: Joe Biden, Tom Brenner, we're, Biden, Brett McGurk, Israel, Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland, Susan Heavey, Katharine Jackson, Doina Chiaacu, Deepa Babington Organizations: White, REUTERS, Rights, West Bank, Gaza, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Washington, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, United States

REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, has promised to crack down on illegal immigration and restrict legal immigration if elected to a second term in office. Trump focused on building a wall on the Mexico border during his first term and has pledged to close gaps in the border wall if reelected. During his first term, Trump greatly reduced the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. from abroad and has criticized Biden's decision to increase admissions. Trump has said he would push for a "a merit-based immigration system that protects American labor and promotes American values." Trump tried to phase out most TPS enrollment during his first term, but was slowed by legal challenges.

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☆ Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian in 2021 because he thought she voted for Biden, book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian after he assumed she had backed Biden, per a forthcoming book. In "Tired of Winning," Jonathan Karl writes that Trump rebuffed Kardashian after she asked for help with a clemency plea. Kardashian previously made high-profile visits to the White House to meet with Trump in 2018, 2019, and 2020. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2018, then-President Donald Trump welcomed Kim Kardashian to the White House as the reality star advocated for sentencing reform for nonviolent offenders. AdvertisementAdvertisementMonths after Trump left the White House, Kardashian reportedly called Trump to get his endorsement for a clemency plea.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden honored the Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights in a ceremony at the White House on Monday, marking the return of an NHL tradition. The Golden Knights are the first team to visit Biden at the White House since the Tampa Bay Lightning in April 2022, when they celebrated their back-to-back titles won during the pandemic in 2020 and '21. The 2022 champion Colorado Avalanche were unable to make a visit work last season because of scheduling conflicts. The Golden Knights' visit came as Biden deals with the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and before he heads to San Francisco for a meeting later this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping. ___Political Cartoons View All 1244 Images

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☆ Biden's infrastructure law has begun 40,000 projects. Will it help him in 2024?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden departs on travel to Chicago, Illinois, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Two years after President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, his administration has launched 40,000 projects aimed at rebuilding America, according to his infrastructure czar, Mitch Landrieu. THE TAKELandrieu spent more than an hour with reporters on Thursday to talk up the benefits of the infrastructure law ahead of the Nov. 15 anniversary. The administration has put signs at construction projects across the country boasting about Biden's role in securing the funding. BY THE NUMBERSLandrieu said thus more than $400 billion in projects has been announced, covering 40,000 projects in more than 4,500 communities in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Native American tribal areas.

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☆ Biden officials reject Moody's shift to 'negative' outlook, point to Republican 'dysfunction'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to United Auto Workers (UAW) union members in Belvidere, Illinois, U.S., November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Top Biden administration officials on Friday rejected a decision by Moody's ratings agency to downgrade its U.S. economic outlook to negative from stable, calling the shift a reflection of what they called "extremism and dysfunction" among congressional Republicans. “While the statement by Moody’s maintains the United States’ AAA rating, we disagree with the shift to a negative outlook. The American economy remains strong, and Treasury securities are the world’s preeminent safe and liquid asset," Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in a statement. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said the change was "yet another consequence of congressional Republican extremism and dysfunction."

Persons: Joe Biden, Leah Millis, “, Moody’s, Wally Adeyemo, Karine Jean, Pierre, Andrea Shalal Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, REUTERS, Rights, Biden, States ’ AAA, Republican, Thomson Locations: Belvidere , Illinois, U.S, American

☆ Manchin’s retirement may end up being his biggest tease yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But the West Virginia senator’s Thursday announcement that he won’t seek reelection next year only refreshed a perennial question arising from his savvy instinct for accumulating power: What exactly is he up to? Second, the announcement immediately stoked speculation that Manchin is mulling a third-party presidential bid. Manchin’s decision to quit Washington comes as a formidable potential Republican challenger, West Virginia Gov. And if Manchin can’t win in the MAGA stronghold of West Virginia, it’s impossible to believe any other Democrat can. West Virginia was once a Democratic bastion, however.

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☆ US Senate votes to reject 'Buy America' EV charging waiver
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The White House argued the Republican bill would eliminate entirely the domestic manufacturing requirement for government-funded electric vehicle (EV) chargers "thereby harming domestic manufacturing and American jobs." Congress has set aside $7.5 billion to fund electric vehicle charging stations. The White House said the bill to rescind the waiver would also overturn the FHWA decision to extend Buy America rules to EV chargers. As a result, the 1983 Reagan administration decision to exempt manufactured products from Buy America requirements would again apply, meaning EV chargers would not be covered by any Buy America requirements, the White House said. Rubio said the waiver would allow government funds to "go into the hands of Chinese companies to build electric vehicle charging stations."

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☆ Trump ally Bannon to ask court to overturn contempt of US Congress conviction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

His lawyers and federal prosecutors are set to argue before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Bannon was sentenced by Nichols in October 2022 to four months in prison and a $6,500 fine. Bannon, an influential right-wing media provocateur, served as Trump's chief White House strategist during 2017 before a falling out between them that was later patched up. Trump supporters assaulted police, stormed barricades and swarmed the Capitol in a failed bid to prevent congressional certification of Biden's victory. The House committee disbanded at the end of 2022 without getting information from Bannon.

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☆ Biden would veto bid to reverse 'Buy America' EV charging waiver
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ET (1030 GMT), would have the effect of eliminating entirely the domestic manufacturing requirement for government-funded electric vehicle (EV) chargers "thereby harming domestic manufacturing and American jobs." The White House said the Republican bill to rescind that waiver would also overturn the FHWA decision to impose Buy America rules on EV chargers. As a result, the 1983 Reagan administration decision to exempt manufactured products from Buy America requirements would again apply, meaning EV chargers would not be covered by any Buy America requirements, the White House said. Republican Senator Marco Rubio challenged the White House argument, arguing they would separately rescind the 1983 waiver at any time. "The Biden administration is waiving the law’s ‘Buy America, Build America’ provision, which means they are directing taxpayer dollars toward foreign-made EV chargers," Rubio said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Leah Millis, Reagan, Marco Rubio, Biden, Rubio, David Shepardson, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Amtrak, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Federal Highway Administration, EV, Thomson Locations: Bear , Delaware, U.S, America, United States

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure during an event at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Bear, Delaware, U.S., November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 7 (Reuters) - A lawyer for the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday told an appeals court that a judge was wrong to block a rule imposing new restrictions on asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. The challenge to the rule was brought by immigrant advocacy groups represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Through September, 12% of migrants who had applied for an exception under the rule had received it, Boynton said. But two of them noted that federal immigration law appears to give the government broad discretion to consider any relevant factors in deciding who ultimately receives asylum protections.

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☆ US lawmakers want Biden to hike tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure during an event at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Bear, Delaware, U.S., November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers want the Biden administration to hike tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles and investigate taking steps to prevent Chinese companies from exporting to the United States from Mexico. Representative Mike Gallagher, a Republican who chairs a select committee on China, and the panel's top Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi and two other lawmakers urged U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai in a letter to boost the current 25% tariff on Chinese vehicles. "It is critical that tariffs on (Chinese) automobiles not only be maintained but also increased to stem the expected surge in (Chinese) imports," they wrote in the previously unreported letter. Reporting by David ShepardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joe Biden, Leah Millis, Biden, Mike Gallagher, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Katherine Tai, David Shepardson Organizations: Amtrak, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, U.S, Trade, Thomson Locations: Bear , Delaware, U.S, United States, Mexico, China

☆ Opinion: Why Biden supports Israel so wholeheartedly
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Stephanie Griffith | Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Why does Biden support Israel so wholeheartedly? The first is a lifelong understanding of Jewish history and the indispensable role a Jewish state plays in countering millennia of antisemitism. For Biden, these imperatives – strategic, historic, moral, emotional – come together in the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hamas, a terrorist group founded on the goal of destroying Israel. Biden learned Jewish history at his father’s foot. Where many see a war between Israel and Hamas, Biden sees something much larger.

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure during an event at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Bear, Delaware, U.S., November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and tout the decision of Chrysler-parent Stellantis to reopen a shuttered assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, a White House official said. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker will attend Thursday's event, where Biden will make remarks, the official said. The new Stellantis investments include $1.5 billion in the Toledo Jeep operations, including building an EV Jeep Wrangler in 2028. The UAW said Stellantis wanted to cut 5,000 jobs going into the talks.

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Some Republicans have been trying to oust state elections administrator Meagan Wolfe, who was in her position during the 2020 election narrowly lost by Trump in Wisconsin. The Senate voted last month to fire Wolfe but later admitted the vote was symbolic and had no legal effect. The Republican president of the Senate has also called on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to proceed with impeachment. The Assembly can only vote to impeach state officials for corrupt conduct in office or for committing a crime or misdemeanor. “We need to move forward and talk about the issues that matter to most Wisconsinites and that is not, for most Wisconsinites, obsessing about Meagan Wolfe,” Vos said.

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