Covid US: Joe Biden promises ‘wartime effort’ to get vaccine to 100m

President Joe Biden on Thursday called for the nation to summon a ‘full scale war-time effort’ to beat back the coronavirus – but snapped when questioned about the ambition of his new 100 million-shot goal.  Biden made the revealing comment as he signed new executive orders to speed vaccine delivery and called wearing a mask a … Read more

Donald Trump ‘struggles to get lawyers for Senate impeachment trial’

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will ask Democrats to delay the start of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial until early February to give the former president’s legal team time to prepare a defense. McConnell revealed his plans on a phone call with Republican senators Thursday.  Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana said McConnell confirmed Trump had … Read more

Joe Biden puts bust of Mexican socialist Cesar Chavez in Oval Office

There is a new radical socialist in the White House, and Joe Biden also moved in yesterday.  A bust of firebrand Latino union leader Cesar Chavez now takes pride of place behind the President’s chair in the Oval Office, under a new decor regime that includes numerous civil rights leaders at the expense of a … Read more

Canada’s Justin Trudeau will be first foreign leader called by Biden

Who the presidents called first  Joe Biden (Jan 22, 2021): Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Donald Trump (Jan 21, 2017): Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto  Barack Obama (Jan 23, 2009): Canadian PM Stephen Harper, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, British PM Gordon Brown George W. Bush (Jan 23, 2001): Mexican president Vicente Fox, … Read more

Queen and the Pope lead world leaders in congratulating Biden

The Queen and the Pope led world leaders today in congratulating Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States. While the contents of Her Majesty’s message to Biden were kept private, Boris Johnson heralded the ‘step forward’ following a ‘bumpy period’ under Donald Trump. The triumphal tone was echoed by … Read more

Donald Trump HAS left Joe Biden a letter in Oval Office desk

President Joe Biden appeared in the Oval Office for the first time on Wednesday afternoon to sign new executive orders and read the ‘private’ letter Donald Trump left for him. ‘The president wrote a very generous letter,’ Biden said. ‘Because it was private, I won’t talk about it until I talk to him. But it … Read more

Queen leads world leaders in congratulations for Joe Biden

The Queen and the Pope led world leaders today in congratulating Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States. While the contents of Her Majesty’s message to Biden were kept private, Boris Johnson heralded the ‘step forward’ following a ‘bumpy period’ under the Trump administration.  The triumphal tone was echoed … Read more

Donald Trump fans dance in Mar-a-Lago streets as Biden is sworn in

DONALD TRUMP: Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you very much, and we love you and I can tell you that from the bottom of my heart. This has been an incredible four years, we’ve accomplished so much together. I want to thank all of my family and my friends and my staff and … Read more

Biden vows to reverse Trump’s legacy in his first tweet as president

JOE BIDEN’S 15 DAY ONE EXECUTIVE ORDERS 1. Mask mandate requiring face coverings in federal buildings and land 2. Halt border wall construction by terminating the national emergency declaration used to fund it 3. End the ‘Muslim travel ban’ from seven countries 4. Reversal of Trump’s expansion of immigration enforcement 5. Stop the U.S. from … Read more

Biden Inauguration: Pence arrives in display of split with Trump

Mike Pence is stepping in as Donald Trump snubbed nearly every tradition that comes with a transition of presidential power as he and second lady Karen Pence arrived at Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday. Trump’s No. 2 did not meet with the outgoing president on inauguration morning, reports revealed. The fallout between Pence and Trump reached … Read more