Author: Darlene Superville
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Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime
WASHINGTON • Presidents typically say a few words before they turn legislation into law. But Joe Biden flipped the script Tuesday when it came time to put his signature on the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. He signed the bill at a desk in the White House Rose Garden. Then he spoke. “All right. It’s law,”…
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Biden announces major non-NATO ally status for Colombia
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden said Thursday that he intends to designate Colombia as a major non-NATO ally, a step that will provide the Latin American nation with benefits in the areas of defense, trade and security cooperation. Biden made the announcement as he hosted Colombian President Ivan Duque at the White House for the…
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Biden, Cabinet fan out around nation to sell domestic agenda
SUPERIOR, Wis. • President Joe Biden on Wednesday used an aging bridge spanning a corner of iced-over Lake Superior to promote billions of dollars that will flow to communities across the U.S. in coming years to fix roads, bridges and other infrastructure, a day after highlighting the spending in his State of the Union address.…
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President, VP and spouses help food kitchen for holiday
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, helped a local food kitchen prepare Thanksgiving meals for the needy before leaving town — like millions of other Americans — to resume their family tradition of spending the holiday on tiny Nantucket island in Massachusetts. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, joined…
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Biden decries ‘horrific’ Tulsa massacre in emotional speech
TULSA, Okla. • An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday that he had “come to fill the silence” about one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed — moments of racial violence. “Some injustices are so heinous, so horrific,…
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In Pennsylvania, Biden to highlight aid to small businesses
WASHINGTON — After opening his presidency by playing down expectations for combating the pandemic, President Joe Biden and his top messengers are touring the country to raise hopes over his $1.9 trillion relief package. The president — as well as his vice president and his wife — is promising that the spending will bring transformational…
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Biden surveys Texas weather damage, thanks emergency workers
HOUSTON • President Joe Biden heard firsthand from Texans clobbered by this month’s brutal winter weather on Friday as he and his wife made their first trip to a major disaster area since he took office. Biden was briefed by emergency officials and thanked workers for doing “God’s work.” With tens of thousands of Houston…
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Biden strikes tough tone on Russia in diplomatic push
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden on Thursday said the days of the U.S. “rolling over” to Russian President Vladimir Putin are gone as he called for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. During his first visit to the State Department as president, Biden issued his strongest condemnation of Putin as large protests…
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Biden calls on rioters to ‘pull back,’ urges restoring decency
WILMINGTON, Del. • President-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday for the restoration of “simple decency” as violent protesters incited by his predecessor stormed the U.S. Capitol and delayed Congress from certifying the results of November’s election. Biden had planned to deliver a speech focused on how to revive the economy and provide financial relief for small-business…
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Bitter debate taunts overpower Trump’s, Biden’s visions
CLEVELAND • The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into a bitter showdown Tuesday as the president repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry — and personal — taunts that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has of a nation facing historic crises. In the most chaotic presidential…