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☆ King Charles invited Biden for state visit, Biden accepted - White House
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles has invited U.S. President Joe Biden to the United Kingdom for a state visit and Biden accepted, the White House said on Wednesday. The invitation came during a conversation between Biden and Charles on Tuesday in which Biden informed the king that U.S. first lady Jill Biden would attend his coronation in May. A print of the picture of Britain's King Charles, used on the bottles of a coronation ale called Return Of The King, is seen at the bar area of the Windsor and Eton Brewery, in Windsor Britain, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo"The president was appreciative of the offer by the King and looks forward to that state visit," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. Reporting by Steve Holland and Moira Warburton in Washington; Editing by Tim AhmannOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Biden shoots down multiple questions about his predecessor's indictment: 'I have no comment on Trump'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Biden was asked multiple times Friday morning about the historic indictment of Donald Trump. Democrats have told Insider that Biden, for many reasons, needs to be quiet about it. I — I'm not going to talk about the Trump indictment," he said, when asked if he's worried about possible protests. But Democrats have told Insider that Biden, for many reasons, needs to be quiet about it. A White House aide on Thursday night told Insider that the White House would not have a comment on the indictment.

☆ Biden on Friday to visit Mississippi town devastated by tornado
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on Friday after the town was devastated by a tornado last week that killed 26 people, the White House said. The Bidens will meet with first responders, state and local officials and people impacted by the recent storms, and survey recovery efforts, the White House said in a statement. The powerful tornado ripped through the town of 1,900 on Friday night, destroying many of the community's 400 homes. On Saturday, Biden ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the affected areas. Reporting by Eric Beech; editing by Costas Pitas and Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Why Biden can't gloat about Trump becoming the first former president to face potential criminal charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Let Trump steep in his own juices." "Let Trump steep in his own juices." If Trump is indicted, Biden undoubtedly will be asked for a response in every interaction he has with reporters. Biden has been more rhetorically disciplined as president than he was as vice president and a senator, when his verbal gaffes were routinely used as punchlines. The smart move would be to say he'll let the criminal justice system take its course and let Republicans fight it out, said Bannon.

☆ ‘Ted Lasso’ Goes to the White House to Discuss Mental Health
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The cast of ‘Ted Lasso.’ The third season of the Apple TV+ show made its debut earlier in March. Jason Sudeikis and other cast members from the hit show “Ted Lasso” are scheduled to discuss the importance of mental health with President Biden at the White House. Mr. Sudeikis and the cast will be meeting with the president and First Lady Jill Biden on Monday, the White House said.

☆ Jason Sudeikis let down White House reporters asking for his Joe Biden impression, saying he needed 'fake teeth' and 'a lot more chutzpah' to pull it off
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The star of "Ted Lasso" made an appareance in the White House briefing room on Monday. Reporters asked to see another character played by Jason Sudeikis — Joe Biden — but Sudeikis turned them down. "You don't have a little Joe Biden impression?" Before playing Coach Lasso, Sudeikis appeared as the affable, aviator-wearing Biden as vice president on Saturday Night Live. His character returned to the show in 2021 when the new Biden, played by James Austin Johnson, got a visit from the ghosts of his past, including Jason Sudeikis' Biden from 2013.

☆ As John Fetterman heals, his Senate staff soldiers on with the help of veteran lawmakers and crisis bonding: 'We all have each other's back'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Sen. John Fetterman has been hospitalized for clinical depression since February 15. Casey is coordinating with Fetterman staff on constituent services issues and legislative priorities, according to recent reports, but doesn't call Fetterman directly so as not to disturb his ongoing recovery. Some of the others working hard to meet that internal standard include legislative assistant Madeleine Marr, a former aide to Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. Conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller has been more blunt, accusing Fetterman's staff of unduly wielding power in his absence. "John Fetterman's chief of staff is not an elected senator," Miller wrote in an op-ed run by the Delaware Valley Journal.

☆ Democrat Jamaal Bowman calls DeSantis’ parental rights push ‘a sham’ and urges Biden to ‘speak up’ to support public education
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But before that, he spent 20 years in public education and founded a middle school in the Bronx. What Youngkin, DeSantis, and other Republicans are doing is "all a sham" because parents have always had rights, Bowman said, and McAuliffe's response was "misguided and misinformed." Bowman said he wants Biden, Cardona, Vice President Kamala Harris, and First Lady Jill Biden, a community college professor, to speak even more about public education and parents' longstanding rights as partners. He wants Biden to hold a town hall and "speak up on what's real in our public schools." His vision for education, he said, includes an end to annual standardized testing, a greater focus on project-based learning, more equitable funding for public education, and greater investments in children with special needs.

☆ Marianne Williamson opens long shot 2024 challenge to Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Biden, 80, is the oldest president in U.S. history and would be 86 at the end of a second term. Biden's political advisers say they aren't worried about the Democratic primary and say Biden is anxious to defeat Donald Trump again in the general election. Williamson insists her 2024 campaign is about far more than just making a statement. A Texas native who now lives in Beverly Hills, California, Williamson is the author of more than a dozen books. She ran an unsuccessful independent congressional campaign in California in 2014 and supported Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 progressive challenge of eventual Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

☆ White House physician says lesion removed during Biden's physical was cancerous, but no further treatment needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A skin lesion removed during President Joe Biden's routine physical exam last month was cancerous, but following its removal no further treatment is required, the White House physician said Friday. "As expected, the biopsy confirmed that the small lesion was basal cell carcinoma. All cancerous tissue was successfully removed," O'Connor wrote. In January, first lady Jill Biden had a pair of cancerous lesions removed that were also identified as basal cell carcinoma. O'Connor said at the time that the procedure was a success and that "all cancerous tissue was successfully removed."

BOSTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins has hired a former Justice Department inspector general to defend her in a widening ethics investigation into her appearance at a political fundraiser and her travel. The controversy has threatened to undermine Attorney General Merrick Garland’s vow to protect the Justice Department from partisan influence and efforts to extend progressive criminal justice policies championed by Rollins to the federal level. It is unclear what the inspector general's probe will find or when it will be completed. James Borghesani, a spokesman for Hayden, said they have received no inquiries from the inspector general's office. Investigators are also looking at Rollins' use of a personal cellphone, rather than her government-issued one, for Justice Department business, said two other people familiar with the matter.

[1/2] Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses the International Association of Fire Fighters in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueWASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden wants Americans to know that her husband, President Joe Biden, does plan to run for a second four-year term, and she's all for it - even as a formal declaration of his intentions has yet to be made. Cedric Richmond, a former Biden White House adviser, said Biden would announce "whenever he's ready" when asked if an announcement was coming in March or April. Some 71% of respondents, including 52% of Democrats, said they did not believe that Biden should run for re-election in 2024. Democratic strategist Bud Jackson said the issue of whether Biden should run again is a topic of great debate in Democratic circles.

☆ Jill Biden Says She Is ‘All for’ President Biden Running for Another Term
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Ken Thomas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

First lady Jill Biden has long had a major influence on her husband’s political decision-making. WASHINGTON—First lady Jill Biden is suggesting that President Biden is closing in on a 2024 re-election campaign, saying in interviews there are few things that would prevent the 80-year-old president from seeking a second term. The first lady was asked in an interview with CNN that aired Monday if there was any chance her husband wouldn’t seek re-election in 2024. “Not in my book,” she said in the interview taped Saturday during her trip to Africa, which included stops in Namibia and Kenya. “I’m all for it, of course.”

☆ Putin gave Biden a $12,000 writing set in 2021. It was among the unusual presents world leaders offered the US president that year.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

These are 7 of the most unusual, unique, or noteworthy presents gifted to President Joe Biden that year. These are 7 of the most unusual presents gifted to President Joe Biden in 2021. Putin gave Biden a $12,000 desk setLess than a year before Vladimir Putin launched his unprompted war in Ukraine, the Russian president gifted Biden a Kholuy Lacquer miniature workshop desk writing set and pen valued at $12,000, according to the State Department. Queen Elizabeth gave the president a photo of herselfThe late Queen Elizabeth gave the gift of herself during the 2021 G7 summit in England. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 1, 2021, in Washington.

☆ Biden ready to run, US first lady says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden return to the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, Aug. 8, 2022. Some of the families, Jill Biden said, had hid underground for weeks before making their escape. When it was her turn to hear a doctor say that, Jill Biden said, "it was a little harder than I thought." Jill Biden is the only first lady to continue her career in addition to her ceremonial duties, teaching writing and English to community college students. Jill Biden recalled Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, reaching out on the eve of Joe Biden's inauguration two years ago.

☆ Jill Biden says Joe is 'pretty much' ready to announce he's running for reelection
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jill Biden says her husband Joe is "pretty much" ready to announce he's running for reelection. She told The Associated Press that, "He's not finished what he started." "He says he's not done," she told Superville during an interview in Nairobi. "He's not finished what he's started. —The Associated Press (@AP) February 24, 2023

☆ How Biden's wartime visit to Kyiv came together
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

President Joe Biden's decision to make a risky wartime visit to Kyiv took root after a similarly clandestine mission just two months ago — when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to Washington and addressed a joint meeting of Congress, according to two sources familiar with the matter. But privately, among a small universe of senior officials, the thinking was that this might be the moment to realize a long-held hope among some officials for an even more potent demonstration of U.S. solidarity: having Biden visit Ukraine. "Discussions about possibly going have been underway for months and really accelerated in recent weeks," a senior administration official said. First lady Jill Biden made a surprise Mother's Day visit to western Ukraine, spending two hours in the border town of Uzhhorod to meet first lady Olena Zelenska. But the level of security needed for the president of the U.S. had long been considered incompatible.

☆ Biden’s Kyiv Visit Was Months in the Making
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Sabrina Siddiqui | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV, Ukraine—President Biden spent Saturday evening at Red Hen, a favorite spot in Washington’s dining scene, with first lady Jill Biden. Hours later, he departed Andrews Air Force Base aboard Air Force One under a shroud of secrecy for a roughly 20-hour journey that eventually brought him to Ukraine’s capital city for a historic wartime visit. Mr. Biden’s trip was meticulously planned for months and aimed to send a strong message of American support for Kyiv days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, top U.S. officials said Monday. It was known to only a handful of people at the White House, the National Security Council, the Secret Service and the Pentagon, officials said. A last-minute “huddle,” as White House officials described it, on Friday sealed the planning details for the trip, which was seen by officials as high-risk but high-reward.

Biden's private lawyer disclosed on Saturday that DOJ officials turned up classified documents related both to Biden's vice presidency and even his time in the US Senate. Garland's swift announcement came after earlier news that a second batch of classified documents was found on Biden's property. Here, a timeline lays out Biden's involvement with the classified documents — and how it sometimes overlapped with the turmoil around Trump's classified documents probe. January 14: White House says more classified documents were found in Biden's homeAdditional pages of classified documents were found in Biden's Wilmington home in a storage room next to the garage, The New York Times reported. January 21: DOJ finds 6 more pages of classified documents in Biden's homeFederal investigators searched Biden's Wilmington home on Friday and found half a dozen classified documents, according to Biden's personal attorney, Bob Bauer.

☆ Elon Musk asked engineers to boost his tweets after Joe Biden's Super Bowl post got more engagement than his, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Hannah Getahun | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Musk asked engineers to find ways to promote his tweets after the Super Bowl, Platformer reported. Musk made the request after President Joe Biden received more engagement for an Eagles tweet. Engineers worked under the threat of being fired to create a system that would boost his tweets. Biden's tweet gained nearly 29 million impressions, while Musk's tweet got over 9 million impressions, Platformer's Zoë Schiffer and Casey Newton reported. Platformer reported Tuesday that the boost factor for Musk's tweets is now lower than 1,000.

☆ Fact Check-Image does not show Joe Biden’s pants on backwards
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Pictures of Joe Biden’s visit to Puerto Rico in October 2022 show the president was wearing his pants correctly, despite posts on social media claiming otherwise. A search through Reuters Pictures returned a similar image to the one used in the meme, in which Biden is also wearing a blue shirt, beige pants and dark glasses. This higher definition photograph shows he was wearing his pants correctly, as a belt buckle and zip can be seen (bit.ly/3RVpdLy). President Joe Biden walks with First Lady Jill Biden and Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi at Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, October 3, 2022.”A photograph from the same day shared by the White House (here) also shows Biden was wearing his clothes properly. Joe Biden did not wear his pants backwards during a visit to Puerto Rico.

☆ House GOP asks Fauci and dozens of health officials to testify in investigation into Covid origins
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

House Republicans have asked former White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony to testify before Congress as they launch a new investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. "If there are oversight hearings I absolutely will cooperate fully and testify before the Congress," Fauci told reporters during his final briefing at the White House. He stepped down from his posts at the White House and at the helm of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December. EcoHealth Alliance provided funding, which originated at NIH, to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to study coronaviruses. About $600,000 of that money went directly to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to study the threat posed by bat coronaviruses.

☆ President Biden says he'd be 'sleeping alone' if he wasn't a Philadelphia Eagles fan alongside his 'Philly girl' wife, Jill Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden joked that he'd be "sleeping alone" if he wasn't an Eagles fan alongside his wife. First lady Jill Biden, who grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, is a longtime fan of the team. But Jill Biden, who graduated from high school in the Philadelphia suburbs, doesn't play around when it comes to her team. Last week, Biden joked that "I'd be sleeping alone" if he wasn't a fan of the team alongside his wife. I mean, the certitude," Biden said of his wife's belief that the Eagles will win the championship this year.

☆ Biden's Super Bowl: Home alone, with ice cream and guacamole
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - With first lady Jill Biden attending the big game, President Joe Biden says he plans to watch this coming Sunday's Super Bowl at home on television, with a bowl of ice cream. The first lady's beloved Philadelphia Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, and she is planning to attend with her grandson. The Super Bowl, played every year since 1967, decides who is the best team in the U.S.'s National Football League, and draws tens of millions of viewers. When the interviewer suggested he have some guacamole to eat during the game, Biden said "exactly right," and added:"Ice cream. A little chocolate chip ice cream afterwards."

Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address at about 9 p.m. (0200 GMT Wednesday). It will be broadcast live on major U.S. broadcast television networks and online by the White House and the House of Representatives. The speech could deliver Biden his largest television audience of the year. The White House has also invited Brandon Tsay, who disarmed a gunman responsible for a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California. Republicans have picked Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as White House press secretary under Donald Trump, to deliver their response.

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