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Joe Biden to double free Covid-19 tests, add N95s, to fight Omicron

Biden also announced that starting next week 1,000 military medical personnel will begin deploying across the country to help overwhelmed medical facilities

Biden imposes sanctions over N Korea weapons program after missile tests

The Biden administration imposed its first sanctions over North Korea's weapons programs following a series of North Korean missile launches

President Joe Biden to huddle with Senate Democrats on voting bills

President Joe Biden is set to meet with Senate Democrats at the Capitol on Thursday, a visit intended to deliver a jolt to the party's long-stalled push for voting and elections legislation

Joe Biden sending more Covid tests to schools to keep them open

The new initiative comes as the White House faces mounting criticism over long lines and supply shortages for testing

NATO, Russia to hold more high-level talks despite tensions

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said both parties had expressed the need to dialogue

US President Biden asks Senators to declare their stand on Democracy

US President Joe Biden gave a statement on changing the Senate's so-called filibuster rules to push the voting rights legislation

'I'm tired of being quiet!': US President Biden on voting rights passage

Pounding his fist for emphasis, President Joe Biden challenged senators to stand against voter suppression, urging them to change Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation

Biden approves $200 mn aid for Ukraine under Emergency Powers: Report

US President Joe Biden has quietly approved a new $200 million security aid package for Ukraine under emergency powers, Politico reported citing multiple sources.

US President Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill

Biden on Tuesday will pay tribute to civil rights battles past visiting Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church

Biden admin closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House

President Joe Biden's administration is closely monitoring the India-China border dispute, informed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

No concessions, no breakthroughs: Russia, US set terms in Ukraine talks

American official says won't discuss limits on deployments as Russian diplomat predicts fragile prospects for negotiations.

Joe Manchin's $1.8-trillion social-spending plan shelved: Report

Manchin is no longer supportive of moving that offer along after the breakdown in the negotiation process with the administration

Pelosi invites Biden to deliver State of the Union address on March 1

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Joe Biden to deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1.

US President Joe Biden says he doesn't think Covid-19 is here to stay

US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) said that he doesn't think that the COVID-19 is here to stay, but added that he does think it will remain around the world."No, I don't think COVID is here to stay, but having COVID in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay," Biden said at the White House briefing, according to The Hill."COVID as we're dealing with it now is not here to stay, the normal doesn't have to be. We have so many more tools we developed and we continue to develop that can contain COVID and other strains of COVID," the President added, according to The Hill.Biden's remarks come amid a severe surge of the coronavirus in the United States and across the globe due to the highly transmissible omicron variant.The US government awarded a contract worth over 50 million USD for the distribution of over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits on Friday (local time).The contract was issued as part of Biden's plan to deliver 500 million at-home COVID-19 tests ..

Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1

The speech is normally timed for January, and occasionally for February

US President Joe Biden's economic challenge: Finding workers and goods

The index of consumer sentiment tracked by the University of Michigan is 12.5% lower than a year ago

Joe Biden warns of US peril from Donald Trump's 'dagger' at democracy

Joe Biden forcefully blamed Donald Trump and his supporters Thursday for holding a dagger at the throat of democracy with election lies that sparked last year's deadly assault on the US Capitol

US job growth seen accelerating in Dec; record employment likely in 2021

The Labor Department's closely watched employment report on Friday is also expected to show the jobs market rapidly tightening, with the unemployment rate seen falling to a 22-month low in November

Joe Biden taps combat-hardened officer to lead Central Command

A senior Army three-star general with extensive experience in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has been nominated to become the top US commander for the Middle East. President Joe Biden has nominated Army Lt Gen Erik Kurilla to head US Central Command and be promoted to four-star general, according to multiple US officials. The Senate Armed Services Committee notice says only that Kurilla has been nominated to become a general, and does not detail which job he would get if confirmed. But his nomination for US Central Command has been expected for several months. US officials confirmed the planned job on condition of anonymity because it has not yet been made public. If confirmed by the Senate, Kurilla would replace Marine General Frank McKenzie, who has led the command for the past three years and is expected to retire. Kurilla would take over as the Pentagon continues to try and shift its focus to the Indo-Pacific and counter a rising China, and to bolster defences against Russia in

Joe Biden warns of US peril from Donald Trump's 'dagger' at democracy

President Joe Biden forcefully blamed Donald Trump and his supporters for holding a dagger at the throat of democracy with election lies that sparked last year's deadly assault on the US Capitol