[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The news about the economy seems almost freakishly good. Growth is up. Unemployment is down. Inflation has slowed to about 3%, the lowest pace in almost three years. The Federal Reserve has even hinted that it might cut interest rates, which has sent stock markets soaring. But this news hasn’t much helped President Biden’s standing in the polls. His approval rating is stuck below 40%; no president has won a second term from…
"Column: Can Biden convince voters his economy is working?"Tag: Biden
[ad_1] Saturday Night Live featured another Joe Biden in its cold open tonight, this time with Mikey Day portraying the POTUS in an offbeat Halloween-themed skit that featured a cameo by Christopher Walken. Day is the latest figure to play Biden, as James Austin Johnson played the president last season and Jim Carrey played him during the 2020 election season. The cold open was a bit disjointed, like three skits in one, starting with Biden,…
"Saturday Night Live cold open features yet another cast member as Joe Biden – Deadline"
[ad_1] When President Biden visits Vietnam after his stop at the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi this month, he is expected to upgrade our two nations’ bilateral relationship to a “strategic partnership.” The shift will mark a significant turning for both countries. But it should not come at the cost of skipping the summit of the Assn. of Southeast Asian Nations around the same time in Indonesia. Biden’s choice to go to Hanoi…
"Opinion: Biden heads to Southeast Asia next week, but his itinerary is ‘exactly backward’"
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden on Wednesday that he was “anxiously looking forward” to the country’s acceptance into NATO, reiterating their shared goal of strengthening the Western alliance against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In their meeting at the White House, both emphasized the potential benefits that could come from adding Sweden to the group: “We also do think that we have things to contribute,” Kristersson told…
"Biden says he is ‘anxiously’ waiting for Sweden to join NATO"
[ad_1] Narendra Modi was once shunned by the U.S. In 2005, the then-chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat was denied a diplomatic visa amid accusations he tacitly supported Hindu mobs during communal violence three years earlier that left more than a thousand people, most of them Muslim, dead. But he is shunned no more. On June 22, Washington will roll out the red carpet for Modi, who will become just the third world…
"Why Biden Is Honoring Modi With a State Visit"
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Top Democrats are warning President Biden against restarting the controversial practice of detaining migrant families who cross the U.S. southern border without authorization. “I urge you to learn from the mistakes of your predecessors and abandon any plans to implement this failed policy,” Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 17 other senators wrote in a letter sent to the White…
"Top Democrats warn Biden: Don’t restart family detentions"
[ad_1] CUIDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Sitting on train tracks a few hundred feet south of the U.S. border, Nathalie Gonzalez, 23, pulled her 4-year-old daughter a little closer. Night was coming. She had no idea where they would sleep. They had journeyed 3,000 miles from Venezuela to seek asylum, slogging through jungles, hiding in cargo trains and begging on streets for food. At last they had arrived in this chilly industrial city in northern Mexico,…
"As Biden prepares to visit El Paso border, northern Mexico fills with stranded migrants"
[ad_1] About 400 kilometres away, Trump also headlined a rally in the regional city of Latrobe, stumping for two of his endorsed candidates: celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz, who is vying for a seat in the Senate against Democrat rival John Fetterman, and far-right state politician Doug Mastriano, who is trying to become Pennsylvania state governor against former attorney general Josh Shapiro. Former President Donald Trump speaks at an election rally in Latrobe.Credit:AP Standing near a…
"Manchin slams Biden, as Obama and Trump make late push for votes"
[ad_1] I have a bunch of thoughts actually, none of them so flattering. I’m going to break them down by category. President Biden pardoned 6,500 people previously convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law. The pardons don’t release anyone from prison, as no one was in federal prison for this dubious crime. Everyone serving time for simple possession of cannabis is in state prison for violations of state (and not federal) controlled substances…
"I Have Some Thoughts on This Biden Cannabis Play"
[ad_1] President Joseph Biden’s historic announcement that he would pardon all federal marijuana possession convictions and direct administration officials to study easing restrictions on the drug sent shockwaves across the country on Thursday, with activists, cannabis industry officials, pundits, and policymakers all weighing in on the issue. Biden announced the move on Thursday, finally taking the first steps on a pledge while running for office to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. “As I often…
"Biden Weed Pardon Spurs Reaction From Cannabis Community and Beyond"