Tag: Joe Biden

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:03 UTC

  Biden will have an all-female communications team at the White House

  

  President-elect Joe Biden is set to hire an all-female communications team, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Biden selected Democratic spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki as his White House press secretary. Psaki also briefly served as communications director for the Obama administration and as a spokeswoman for former State Secretary John Kerry.

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Biden strains an ankle while playing with his dog Champ

  

  President-elect Joe Biden twisted his ankle after slipping while playing with his dog, his office said on Sunday.

• Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Iran's top nuclear scientist ambushed and killed: Teheran points to Israel and Trump

  

  An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb program was killed in an ambush near Teheran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Trump will leave the White House when the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for president-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the Nov 3 election, even as he reiterated his unfounded claims of massive voter fraud.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Chinese president Xi Jinping finally congratulates president elect Joe Biden

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated President-elect Joe Biden, state media reported on Wednesday, becoming one of the last world leaders to do so.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Biden does not want an Ireland/UK guarded border; insists on Good Friday peace deal

  

  U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday he did not want to see a guarded border between Ireland and the United Kingdom, adding that he had previously discussed the matter with the British and Irish prime ministers and other European leaders.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:38 UTC

  Trump gives go-ahead to presidential transition, but continues with legal challenges

  

  President Donald Trump on Monday said he had given Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, the go-ahead to proceed with a transition for President-elect Joe Biden’s administration despite plans to continue with legal challenges.

• 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.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Janet Yellen, ex-Fed chair expected to become next Treasury Secretary

  

  Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will serve as the 78th Treasury Secretary of the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported Monday afternoon, citing people familiar with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:27 UTC

  US withdraws from Open Skies Treaty, Democrats criticize the decision

  

  The US has withdrawn from the Open Skies Treaty due to non-compliance by Russia, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday, making good on a planned move by the outgoing Trump administration.