Tag: Barack Obama

• Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  Obama not endorsing Harris' candidacy

  

  After US President Joseph Biden announced he would be stepping down from his reelection campaign and would endorse Vice President Kamala Harris picking up the Democratic Party's baton, silence on the part of the former head of State Barack Obama -under whom Biden served twice as VP- and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi caught the attention of political analysts in Washington DC.

• Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 21:51 UTC

  Biden quitting presidential race by the weekend?

  

  Former US President Barack Obama believes Joseph Biden should drop his reelection bid, The Washington Post reported. Despite his endorsement after the debate in which Biden trailed former President Donald Trump, Obama has been deeply engaged in conversations about the future of Biden’s campaign” because the 81-year-old man who served twice as Vice President under him should “seriously consider” ending it after his chances of victory have “greatly diminished.” The incumbent Democratic head of state is self isolating after testing positive for Covid-19. Other US media noted that Biden's decision is to be announced in a matter of days, probably around the weekend.

• Friday, January 13th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Special prosecutor appointed to handle case of Biden's classified documents at home

  

  US Attorney General Merrick Garland Thursday appointed Robert Hur as special prosecutor to handle the finding of classified documents found at a garage owned by President Joseph Biden dating back to his years as Vice President under Barack Obama.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 07:13 UTC

  Actor, director, diplomat Sidney Poitier dies aged 94

  

  Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, KBE, has died at the age of 94, Bahamas' highest authorities have announced. He had been knighted in 1974.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  US to withdraw from Afghanistan by September, says Joe Biden

  

  US President Joseph Biden announced late Tuesday his country would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, thus putting an end to one of the longest armed conflicts in which the country has been involved.

• Friday, March 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  All US surviving presidents (except Trump) release video of their inoculation; CDC says 92 million vaccinated

  

  All surviving former US presidents except Mr Donald Trump have teamed up in a video urging Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Mr Jimmy Carter, Mr George W. Bush, Mr Bill Clinton and Mr Barack Obama - and the former First Ladies, appear in the one-minute spot released on Thursday, endorsing the US vaccination campaign and sharing what they miss about pre-pandemic life.

• Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Biden plans to nominate ex Iowa governor Vilsack as next agriculture secretary

  

  United States president-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack for agriculture secretary, Axios reported on Tuesday. Vilsack, who led the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under former President Barack Obama, could not immediately be reached. His spokeswoman, Regina Black, declined to comment “as an official announcement hasn't been made.”

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Joe Biden's foreign policy and national security made up of veterans from Obama's time

  

  Veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, 58, has been named the United States' next Secretary of State. The official announcement by President-elect Joe Biden, expected on Tuesday, came earlier on Monday. Mr Jake Sullivan, 43, was named National Security Adviser; and Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, 68, was named Ambassador to the United Nations.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Obama on the campaign trail in support of Biden who is preparing for the debate with Trump

  

  Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday, launching a blistering attack on Donald Trump with less than two weeks to go before the Republican president’s Election Day face-off with Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

• Sunday, June 7th 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  Biden confirmed as Democrat presidential candidate; black woman expected to complete the ticket

  

  Former US vice president Joe Biden secured enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election.