Joe Biden calls for an assault weapons ban and for Senate to pass background check bills

President Joe Biden renewed his call for an assault weapons ban as he spoke Tuesday in the aftermath of the Boulder, Colorado mass shooting, in which 10 were killed.  ‘We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again,’ he said, encouraging lawmakers to act.    He also told U.S. senators that they should … Read more

Biden speaks to Americans ‘scarred’ by gun violence

President Joe Biden spoke to a nation scarred by gun violence twice in a week, as he commended fallen officer Eric Talley, who responded to Monday’s mass killing in Boulder, Colorado.  Biden also called on the U.S. Senate to act – and pass two gun control bills, which close up loopholes and passed the House … Read more

Donald Trump says he left a couple page letter to Joe Biden in Oval Office that ‘was from the heart’

Donald Trump said he left a ‘couple page’ letter for President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on Inauguration Day that he wrote from ‘the heart’ as he bashed his successor’s policies on the border. ‘Basically I wish him luck,’ he said in an interview with Lisa Boothe for her podcast.  It’s a tradition for an … Read more

Nancy Pelosi says the Biden administration has the border situation ‘under control’

Two migrant teens drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande River back to into Mexico after being caught on the U.S. side of the border by patrol agents, a disturbing new video shows.  The tragic crossing comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed the situation at the border was ‘under control’ even as government figures show … Read more

Donald Trump Jr posts video showing his father knocking down Joe Biden with golf balls

President Biden’s stumbles as he climbed the stairs to board Air Force One on Friday was given the meme treatment, with Donald Trump Jr posting a video which made it appear that he was knocked down by a golf ball hit by his father. The former president’s eldest son posted a mock tweet showing Donald … Read more

President Joe Biden, 78, falls up the stairs of Air Force One

New questions over Biden’s health as the president, 78, stumbles multiple times up the stairs of Air Force One before falling down: Recovers to give a salute before flying to Atlanta President Biden fell as he climbed up the stairs of Air Force One on Friday morning at Joint Base Andrewss  The President stumbled multiple … Read more

Biden could lift COVID international travel restrictions in mid-MAY

Biden could lift COVID international travel restrictions in mid-MAY: White House ‘is aiming to relax bans on flights from the UK, Europe and Brazil and allow Mexico and Canada border crossings’ after all adults are eligible for the vaccine The international travel restrictions for the US have been in place since March last year when … Read more

‘There is no way to strangle China’: Talks with the Biden administration get off to a bad start

China has bluntly accused the United States of attempting to ‘strangle’ it, on the opening day of talks which descended into a remarkably hostile litigation of each others’ shortcomings. The U.S. delegation, led by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, spoke out against China’s actions in Hong Kong and Tibet; its handling of the COVID pandemic; … Read more

Russia demands apology after Biden called Putin a killer and threatens further action

Vladimir Putin wished Joe Biden ‘good health’ on Thursday after the U.S. president called him a ‘killer’ – a description seen as an insult by the Russians and has escalated tensions between the two countries. The Russian president made the veiled threat in an interview on state TV. Western officials have accused Putin ordering the … Read more

US President Joe Biden says he won’t take sides in the post-Brexit Northern Ireland border dispute

Joe Biden says he WON’T take sides in the post-Brexit Northern Ireland border dispute between the UK and EU in a boost to Boris Johnson PM enraged Brussels by announcing he would delay agreed checks on goods  Ireland and the EU had hoped to persuade President Biden to criticise the move But the White House … Read more