‘You must be silly’: Biden hits back at Fox News reporter’s Ukraine questions
Joe Biden spoke to Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday morning about the situation in Ukraine. The call comes as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators discuss a de-escalation deal that could result in Russia withdrawing troops from the area near Kyiv.
Both the White House and the Pentagon have said they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed about progress in the war by his senior advisers, who are afraid to characterize it as a “strategic blunder.”
Mr. Biden also gave a speech on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US and announced the launch of a central website for Covid resources ahead of his second booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine. The FDA just approved a second booster shot for all Americans over the age of 50 and those who have been determined to be clinically extremely susceptible to the virus.
Meanwhile, after controversial nomination hearings where Republican senators addressed her on critical race theory and her track record in sentencing child-targeted sex offenders, Ketanji Brown Jackson has found a key supporter: the Maine senator, Susan Collins, who was the first Republican to announce her, will vote to confirm Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee.
The news all but guarantees Ms Jackson’s confirmation. She has already secured the support of West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin, who was thought to be the most likely of his party’s 50 senators to withhold his support.
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Biden urges Congress to increase Covid funding
President Joe Biden said Wednesday the US government will not be able to afford to give Americans the Covid-19 booster shot he received on camera Wednesday unless Congress steps forward to seek more funding for vaccines , provide tests, treatments. and other Covid-19 requirements.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.
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The US will support the Ukrainian government with $500 million
The United States will provide an additional $500 million in “direct budget support” to the Ukrainian government to support its operations while Ukrainian forces continue to fight against Russia’s unprovoked invasion.
Andrew Feinberg has the latest from Washington, DC.
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Advertisement of Zelenskyy’s call to the White House
President Biden spoke today with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine about the ongoing efforts by the United States and its allies and partners to provide military, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and to exact heavy costs from Russia for its brutal aggression against Ukraine. The leaders discussed how the United States is working around the clock to meet Ukraine’s key security assistance requests, the critical impact of these weapons on the conflict, and the United States’ continued efforts with allies and partners to identify additional assistance capabilities The Ukrainian military defends its country. In addition, President Biden informed President Zelenskyy that the United States intends to provide the Ukrainian government with $500 million in direct budget support. He also reviewed the additional sanctions and humanitarian assistance announced last week. President Zelenskyy updated President Biden on the status of Ukraine’s negotiations with Russia.
The White House – March 30, 2022
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Report: Biden wants to lift Trump-era pandemic restrictions on US-Mexico border
According to reports citing administration officials familiar with the situation, President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to lift a public health order imposed by Donald Trump that has barred most asylum seekers from the U.S.-Border during the Covid-19 pandemic held Mexico.
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The Biden administration is recalibrating Russia’s nuclear strategy
The “kinetic” aspect of the Ukrainian conflict has so far played out almost entirely on Ukrainian territory, but the impact on the world’s strategic balance is still huge – especially in the nuclear sphere, as Vladimir Putin places his nuclear forces under a “special regime of combat duty” just two days after his army invaded the neighboring country.
The Biden government and other NATO governments are now trying to overhaul their strategy for a Russian nuclear escalation or even an accident with nuclear reactors or waste disposal sites damaged by the invading forces.
Jonathan Tirone has this report.
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GOP Senator: Joe Biden should stop talking
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, a right-wing Republican, has attacked Joe Biden for his unwritten line declaring that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”
“I really think it would be best for everyone involved to get Joe Biden involved, but especially for the American people if the President just stopped speaking publicly in an unprepared way,” he said in an interview with right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt yesterday, adding that he doesn’t think the President should be “adlib” or even “ask questions or hold press conferences”.
“If we could get Joe Biden to consciously speak out words that have been carefully checked and verified for three years … that would be safer than what happened in the last five days.”
Mr. Cotton’s grandiose proposal contradicts criticism from many on the right, who have long tried to claim that Mr. Biden is overly resilient when it comes to speaking to the press or answering questions.
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Susan Collins will vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson
In a development that almost ensures Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee will be confirmed, Maine Republican Susan Collins has announced she will vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson if the vote to bench her goes in Senate takes place.
Ms Brown Jackson has already secured the support of Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator thought most likely to withhold his support.
Eric Garcia has the news:
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Joe Biden yesterday signed legislation making lynching a federal hate crime, a measure that has been waiting to become law for more than a century.
Named for Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal murder in 1955 helped spark the civil rights movement, the bill received just seven “no” votes in the House of Representatives and passed unanimously in the Senate.
“From the bullets in the back of Ahmaud Arbery, to countless acts of violence, countless victims known and unknown … Racial hatred is not an old problem, it’s an ongoing problem,” Biden said at the signing ceremony. “Hate never goes away. It’s just hiding, it’s hiding under the rocks. With little oxygen, it comes out roaring and screaming. What stops it is all of us, not a few.”
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Since the mid-1980s, more Americans have worried about inflation than ever before
American concerns about inflation have risen to the highest level in almost 40 years.
A new Gallup poll found that nearly one in five Americans, or 17 percent, cited inflation as their top economic concern.
The most recent poll numbers from March 1 through March 18 are up from 10 percent in February and 8 percent in January and the highest Gallup has recorded since 1985.
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