Author: Alexandra Jaffe
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Harrisl struggling to define herself one year in VP job
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WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden put the full weight of his presidency behind voting rights action last week, heading to Capitol Hill in an effort to push Democrats to change Senate rules to pass legislation. Vice President Kamala Harris — whom Biden tapped to take the lead on passing voting rights legislation in June —…
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In Kentucky, Biden sees firsthand toll of storm devastation
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DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. • President Joe Biden saw firsthand the striking devastation in two Kentucky towns rendered unrecognizable by deadly tornadoes as he offered prayers and comfort Wednesday to residents left homeless and their lives uprooted. In Dawson Springs, Biden walked through piles of debris. Shattered Christmas decorations were tangled up with shards of furniture…
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Biden pushing COVID-19 boosters
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BETHESDA, MD. • With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden on Thursday appealed for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his plan to tackle the new omicron variant through wider availability of vaccines and shots, but without new major restrictions on daily life. Biden wants to require private…
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California recall vote offers test of Biden political clout
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SAN LEANDRO, Calif. • President Joe Biden has been beset by public health, military and climate crises in the past month. Not much time has been left to help fellow Democrat and California Gov. Gavin Newsom fight off an attempt to boot him from office. With less than a week to spare, the White House…
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Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable
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NEW YORK (AP) As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic’s front-line workers. A year later, most of those workers are waiting their turn to receive COVID-19 vaccines, with little clarity about when that might happen. A decentralized vaccine…
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Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
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WASHINGTON Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path. With a handful of states still up for grabs, Trump tried to press his case in court in some key swing…
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Trump, Biden fight for Florida, appeal for Tuesday turnout
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TAMPA, Fla. • President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are encouraging voters to turn out in person on Election Day next Tuesday, both campaigning in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican’s pathway to another term. More than 80 million Americans have voted, absentee or by mail, and Trump and Biden…
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Biden says he trusts vaccines and scientists, not Trump
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden said Wednesday that while he trusts what scientists say about a potential coronavirus vaccine, he doesn’t trust President Donald Trump. His comments come as the debate over a vaccine — how it will be evaluated and distributed when it’s ready — has taken center stage in the presidential race…
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Biden vows end of national ‘darkness’ in convention finale
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden vowed to unite an America torn by crisis and contempt Thursday night, accepting the Democratic presidential nomination and achieving a pinnacle in an unfinished quest that has spanned three decades and been marred by personal tragedy, political stumbles and more dynamic rivals. The past hurdles fell away as Biden…
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Harris seizes historic moment in accepting VP nomination
WILMINGTON, Del. — Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, cementing her place in history as the first Black woman on a major party ticket and promising she and Joe Biden will rejuvenate a country ravaged by a pandemic and riven by racial and partisan divides. In an address capping the…