400,000. [219][220] However, on August 14, 2021, a federal judge in Texas ordered the Biden administration to reimplement the policy; the Supreme Court placed a pause on the ruling to give the administration time for arguments. newsletter for analysis you wont find anywhereelse. "[371][370], The Biden administration's comprehensive review into Russian activities has included an examination of reports that the Russian government offered bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. [313] The resolution was adopted for the 29th time with 184 votes in favor, three abstentions, and two no votes: the U.S. and Israel. [122] It allows partners of states to create vaccine centers in stadiums, convention centers and pharmacies. Biden proposed a significant expansion of the U.S. social safety net through the Build Back Better Act, but those efforts, along with voting rights legislation, failed in Congress. [334], On August 26, a suicide attack was carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan Province at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, killing more than 170 people, including at least 62 Afghan civilians, 13 US service members, two British nationals and the child of a third British national. [362][363], In August 2022, the Biden administration announced that it will be hosting the White House-Pacific Island summit in September 2022 which will coincide with the week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. [319], In August 2021, Biden sanctioned three additional Cuban officials who were also reportedly involved in the suppression of anti-government protesters in Cuba. [339][340][341], After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Biden administration froze about $9 billion in assets belonging to the Afghan central bank, blocking the Taliban from accessing these billions of dollars in reserves held in U.S. bank accounts. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/bidens-first-2-years-in-office-by-the-numbers, Biden says theres no there there amid scrutiny over documents found at residence, WATCH: Biden gives remarks during tour of California storm damage, recovery effort, As government nears debt limit, Biden and House Republicans prepare for face off, U.S. hits borrowing limit as Congress debates raising debt ceiling. As well as promoting a $15 minimum wage, Biden's executive order increases the amount of money going to the families of children who are missing meals because of school closures due to the pandemic by 15%. "[208], On January 21, 2021, Biden proposed a bill that, if passed, would replace the word alien with noncitizen in U.S. immigration law. [185], The Biden administration set a goal of achieving 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy generated in the U.S. by 2030 (sufficient to provide electricity to about 10 million homes). Associated Press "[420], In July 2022, Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid to discuss the Iran nuclear deal and said that he continued to favor diplomacy. [258], Biden proposed in his fiscal 2022 budget to more than double funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program, which helps state and local governments to hire law enforcement officers. [249], Biden made Juneteenth (June 19) a federal holiday in 2021, celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S.[250] In March 2022, Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. He also halted funding for Trump's border wall, an expansion of the Mexican border wall. [226] In February 2021, the U.S. Border Patrol reported a 61% increase in encounters with unaccompanied children from the month before. [242] Press secretary Psaki said it was important that U.S. money and notes reflect the "history and diversity" of the country and that putting Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill would do so. The president spent all or part of 197 days in his home state of Delaware, traveling most weekends to either his home near Wilmington or his vacation home at Rehoboth Beach, according to an AP tally. [469] This was largely attributed to a backlash against the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,[470] as well as the perceived extremeness of certain Republican candidates in competitive races. The story of "Phantom of the Opera's" meteoric rise and bittersweet closing. 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[342][343], In February 2022, Biden signed an executive order that seeks to unfreeze approximately $3.5 billion of Afghan assets in the U.S. for the purpose of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. HRW said a policy reversal by the US could lead to added rights violations in Yemen. President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. [255][256] He also called on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade, saying "No executive action can do that.". On 28 October 2022 the Pentagon announced the 24th Presidential drawdown of materiel worth $275 million; the security assistance has totalled $18.5 billion to Ukraine since January 2021. The worst pandemic in more than a century had already taken 415,750 lives by Bidens inauguration. [398], The Russian invasion of Ukraine instigated significant and substantial support to Ukraine during the Biden presidency including two dozen military aid packages to assist them against the invasion. "[377], On June 16, 2021, Biden met with Putin in Geneva, Switzerland. "Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion". "[295], In April 2021, it was reported that the Biden administration was rallying U.S. allies in consideration of a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. [a] Two NASAMS units arrived in Ukraine on 7 November 2022. "[374][375] Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "killer" in an ABC News interview, and said that Russia would pay a price for election meddling. Biden, meanwhile, was the top administration official arguing for a much more limited role for American forces in Afghanistan. [139], In 2021, the U.S. suspended its diplomatic trade engagement with Myanmar following an escalation in violence perpetrated by the Burmese military against anti-coup protesters. 27K likes, 662 comments - Breitbart (@wearebreitbart) on Instagram on February 11, 2021: "Amazon has made a "thinly veiled attempt to kill its small business competitors," the @jobcre . At age 78, Biden is the oldest U.S. president in history. [283][284] After Biden's first year in office, drone strikes had hit a 20-year low and were heavily limited by the administration. [197] Beginning in 2022, Biden condemned Trump and Trumpism in stronger terms; he likened the "MAGA philosophy" to "semi-fascism" and, in a a 2022 speech outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, said the "extreme ideology" of Trump, and a Republican Party dominated by him, "threatens the very foundation of our republic." [272], In April 2021, as part of his first annual budget request, Biden proposed a $24.8 billion budget for NASA in 2022, a $1.5 billion increase on what Congress allocated to 2021. [352], On April 24, 2021, the Biden administration declared that the Turkish killings of Armenians at the start of the 20th century were a genocide. [13][14] His age and mental fitness have also been a subject of discussion. [4], In response to what Biden describes as the growing influence of special interests and gerrymandering in elections, he has pledged to seek electoral and government ethics reforms. [15], Biden announced his candidacy in April 2019, having previously sought the Democratic nomination in 1988 and 2008, being unsuccessful both times. [257], The Biden administration rescinded a Trump administration policy that curtailed the use of consent decrees that had been used by previous administrations in their investigations of misconduct in police departments. [171][172], In March 2021, 21 Republican state attorneys general of 21 states sued the Biden administration for revoking the Keystone XL pipeline permit. The foundation further estimates that 90% of those are wrongly detained by foreign governments hostile to the U.S., including Venezuela, Russia, China, Iran, and others. [478], Very early in Biden's presidency, opinion polls found that Biden's approval ratings were steadier than Trump's, with an average approval rating of 55% and an average disapproval rate of 39%. They met in person on the sidelines of a summit in Indonesia in November. Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that temporarily established expanded unemployment insurance and sent $1,400 stimulus checks to most Americans in response to continued economic pressure from COVID-19. No Republican in Congress voted for the American Rescue Plan. [297], On June 3, 2021, Biden announced an executive order that would come into effect from August 2, and ban Americans from investing into 59 Chinese firms, includingHuawei. [457] Moreover, the Biden administration also permitted the arms sales of $23 billion to the UAE, which was initiated by Donald Trump and involved a transfer of sophisticated weaponry like the F-35 fighter jets. [52][53], On November 23, 2020, Biden announced Alejandro Mayorkas to be his choice for Secretary of Homeland Security and Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence. ", "Fact-check: Is the surge of migrant children arriving at border a result of Biden policies? Biden held fewer solo or joint news conferences than his three most recent predecessors at the same point in their presidencies. Nelson was confirmed unanimously by the Senate in April 2021. [370] The Biden administration is also planning to impose sanctions against Russia because of the 2020 SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign, which compromised the computer systems of nine federal agencies. Borrowers earning under $125,000 per year, or under $250,000 for married couples who file jointly, would be eligible for up to $10,000 in loan forgiveness. The minimum number of times that Biden has publicly lapsed into a nostalgic recollection of an intimate conversation he had with Xi during a visit to China when Biden was vice president. Motorists were paying a $2.39 per gallon average the week Biden took office. [124], The plan invokes the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the production of personal protective equipment, glass vials, syringes, and other supplies exceeds the demand. Adding his signature to three executive orders on immigration Tuesday, Biden has now signed 28 executive orders since taking office. Transition period, inauguration, and first 100 days. "[330], By early July 2021, most of the American troops in Afghanistan were withdrawn. It marked the first federal gun safety law to have been enacted in 30 years. Biden has outpaced his two immediate predecessors. [315] The Biden administration sanctioned a key Cuban official and a government special forces unit known as the Boinas Negras for human rights abuses in the wake of historic protests on the island. As of March 2022, Iran and Venezuela were still barred by sanctions from selling much of their crude oil into the international market. [159][160], In August 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia questioned the administration's "legal justification for acting without coming to Congress." Potato Head" toy. President Biden is taking heat for spending 40% of his days in office "on vacation" after he was away from the White House for two-thirds of August. This decision came amidst legal cases and Supreme Court decisions that jeopardized abortion access in the United States. [223][224], Early on in Biden's tenure, a surge in unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border stirred controversy. The full text of Joe Biden's Inaugural Address at Wikisource. "[136][137] U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said she planned to aggressively enforce trade rules to combat unfair practices by China. [421], On February 1, 2021, Biden condemned the Myanmar coup d'tat and called for the release of detained officials. [290], In March 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and other administration officials met with the Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, and other Chinese officials in Alaska with heated exchanges on China's human rights abuses, cyberattacks, its threats against Taiwan, its crackdown in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and other issues of U.S. interest. Biden also created the position of U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, appointing former Secretary of State John Kerry. [113] This move was criticized by health experts who worry that without rapid testing, COVID-positive people may unknowingly spread COVID-19 in workplaces under the recommended CDC guidelines. The percentage of Americans ages 5 and older who have an updated bivalent vaccine. The U.S. Department of State spokesman Ned Price told reporters that a joint boycott "is something that we certainly wish to discuss. [425], Biden ordered a halt in the arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which the Trump administration had previously agreed to. The Biden administration appealed the decision but agreed to continue with the sales, and in September 2021 held the largest federal gas and oil lease auction in U.S. history, selling leases to extract 1.7 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. President Joe Biden departs for travel from Joint Base Andrews, to view storm-damaged areas of California's central coast, Maryland, U.S., January 19, 2023. The result has been a collapse in the popularity of Biden's COVID-19 strategy. [481][482], Following the fall of Kabul and the surge of COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant in July and August 2021, Biden's approval rating began to steadily decline, from a high of 52.7% approval on July 26, 2021, to 45.9% approval by September 3, 2021, according to FiveThirtyEight. President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. The deal angered the French government, which recalled its ambassador to the U.S. (Philippe tienne) as well as the ambassador to Australia. [349][347] Biden committed an additional $2 billion for emergency humanitarian aid and $11 billion for food security programs in Africa. Of those, 73 have been spent in his Wilmington, Delaware home - spread over a total of 25 trips;. The first NASAMS is coming to Ukraine (17 October 2022), now that NASAMS training is nearly complete. A comprehensive guide to what Biden has and hasn't accomplished President Biden is running for a second term. ", "As Biden faces ongoing surge of migrant children, Republicans criticize White House for border crisis", "Number of children held in Border Patrol facilities drops 84% since peak last month", "Biden is giving Kamala Harris the thorniest issue to oversee as VP: immigration", CBP: Far fewer migrant families, unaccompanied children came across the border in October, Border crossings decline again in October, with drop in families, children, "Joe Biden will be the second Catholic president. The health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. [453][454] He was found not guilty on all charges in November 2022. [491][493] The July 2022 Gallup survey saw Biden's sixth quarter approval rating of 40%, the lowest sixth quarter rating of any president in modern history dating back to Dwight Eisenhower. [181], In January 2021, Biden had issued a 60-day ban on oil and gas leases and permits on federal land and waters. [434][435] However, so far, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have declined requests from the US. Biden signed AUKUS, an international security alliance, together with Australia and the United Kingdom. [348] The summit was part of a broader effort by the U.S. to rebuilt U.S.-African relations and counter Chinese influence on the continent. What's Biden's Next Big Move? [332] He has been criticized over the manner of the American withdrawal. [306] Chinese officials accused the U.S. of indiscriminately using force against the civilian airship in violation of international law. WASHINGTON President Joe Biden took his oath of office more than three months ago, after a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and the second impeachment of his predecessor and during a. [311][312], In June 2021, the Biden administration continued America's tradition of voting against an annual United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba. [285][286], Biden has said the U.S. needs to "get tough" on China and build "a united front of U.S. allies and partners to confront China's abusive behaviors and human rights violations. [133] On August 16, 2022, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, which included provisions to support the domestic production of solar panels, wind turbines, and other infrastructure. Biden admin says the CIA intel is not conclusive", "Intel officials have "low to moderate" confidence in reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops", "Joe Biden brands Putin a 'killer', says he will pay for poll meddling", "Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline", "Biden and Putin conclude high-stakes diplomacy at Geneva summit", "Putin praises summit result, calls Biden a tough negotiator", "Putin praises Biden, calling him a 'professional' following Geneva summit", "Russia will act if Nato countries cross Ukraine 'red lines', Putin says", "NATO Pushes Back Against Russian President Putin's 'Red Lines' Over Ukraine", "Putin Demands NATO Guarantees Not to Expand Eastward", "US will help to end Ukraine conflict with Russia, Biden tells Kyiv", "Is Russia preparing to invade Ukraine? [431] The record-high energy prices were driven by a global surge in demand as the world quit the economic recession caused by COVID-19. The trip comes after he became the first US president in . According to NBC News' count, he signed 29 in his first 100 days. This year, after several days of tense waiting and watching, The Associated Press called the presidential race Saturday morning, declaring that former Vice President Joe Biden will become the. [472] Polls for the election cycle were the most accurate since 1998, though Republican-aligned pollsters such as the Trafalgar Group had a notable polling miss. [33][34] More than 26,000 National Guard members were deployed to the capital for the inauguration, with thousands remaining into the spring. [163][164] With the U.S. rejoining the agreement, countries responsible for two-thirds of the global greenhouse gas emissions would make pledges of becoming carbon neutral, while without United States it is only half. [121][123] In her first press briefing, press secretary Psaki said the plan was likely to change. This is a wartime undertaking. [268][270] The administration also emphasized the role of NASA in studying climate change. [140], As a part of the Build Back Better Plan, the Biden administration aimed for massive spending on the nation's infrastructure on the order of $2 trillion. According to a 2021 Politico report, Republicans expected prior to Biden taking office that there would be a border surge at the start of 2021 (due to seasonal patterns and regional crises) and coordinated to make it a central issue in the lead-up to the 2022 mid-term elections. As such, it's time for us to take a step back along . [263][264] As a result of the shooting, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was eventually passed by Congress and signed into law. [361] In response, China described the proposed grouping as a "closed and exclusive club." [389] On April 12, he called the war a "genocide". According to Biden, the US will be playing a key role to rebuild damaged infrastructure in the Gaza alongside the Palestinian authority. [246][247][248], Three days after the Atlanta spa shootings that killed 8 people, including 6 Asian women, Biden and Vice President Harris travelled to Atlanta.
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