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When President Biden Joe Biden Sunday shows preview: Democrats' struggle for voting rights bill comes to a head David Weil: Wrong man, wrong place, wrong time Biden's voting rights gamble prompts second-guessing MORE pounded his hand on a podium this week and declared “I'm tired of being quiet!” when he talked about changing Senate rules to pass voters rights legislation, Democrats immediately noticed a shift. In five words, Biden — known for working across the aisle and his relationships with Republicans —was telegraphing that the new year was ushering in a more forceful and liberated version of himself. “It’s about damn time,” said one top Democratic strategist. “It’s like they kept him on a leash for far too long. No one elected restrained Joe Biden. We elected real Joe Biden.” ADVERTISEMENT For a year, some Democrats have complained that Biden was too constrained and kept on too tight a leash for fear of making gaffes and going off script. But … [Read more...] about New year brings more liberated Joe Biden

Joseph R. Biden Jr. laced into President Trump on Tuesday, calling him an “absolute fool” for refusing to wear a mask in public on Memorial Day and for appearing to scoff at the former vice president for wearing one . “He’s a fool, an absolute fool to talk that way,” Mr. Biden said in an interview with Dana Bash of CNN, his first in-person interview since the coronavirus crisis took him off the campaign trail. Castigating Mr. Trump for “this macho stuff,” Mr. Biden accused him of “stoking deaths” and aggravating cultural divisions over mask-wearing. The interview, conducted outside Mr. Biden’s home in Wilmington, Del., and with Mr. Biden and Ms. Bash seated 12 feet apart, occurred a day after he appeared in public for the first time in more than two months, visiting a veterans memorial in Delaware. He and his wife, Jill Biden, both wore black masks as they laid a wreath, cutting a stark visual contrast with Mr. Trump, who has largely declined to wear a mask in public despite … [Read more...] about Biden Calls Trump a ‘Fool’ for Not Wearing Mask in Coronavirus Crisis

17 WASHINGTON (AP) — From the inaugural platform, President Joe Biden saw American sickness on two fronts — a disease of the national spirit and the one from the rampaging coronavirus — and he saw hope, because leaders always must see that. “End this uncivil war,” he implored Americans on Jan. 20, 2021. Of the pathogen, he said: “We can overcome this deadly virus." Neither malady has abated. For Biden, it's been a year of lofty ambitions grounded by the unrelenting pandemic, a tough hand in Congress, a harrowing end to a foreign war and rising fears for the future of democracy itself. Biden did score a public-works achievement for the ages. But America’s cracks go deeper than pavement. In this midterm election year, Biden confronts seething divisions and a Republican Party that propagates the delusion that the 2020 election, validated as fair many times over, was … [Read more...] about After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on

11 WASHINGTON (AP) — By some counts, President Joe Biden can lay claim to a banner first year in office. But numbers also reveal plenty of setbacks. Most in the United States got their COVID-19 vaccines, but other countries fared better. Economic growth surged; so did inflation. America exited Afghanistan, but the war ended with a chaotic evacuation and a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. troops. Pandemic aid and infrastructure bills passed. Pricey legislation to advance Biden's social and climate proposals shrunk and then stalled. Some notable numbers from Biden's first year: —63.5% vaccination rate. Most Americans got jabbed. Countries with higher vaccination rates: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. —3.9% jobless rate. The low unemployment rate is a big highlight of … [Read more...] about By the numbers: Stats that tell story of Biden’s first year

Half the respondents in a new CBS News poll released on Sunday said they were frustrated with Joe Biden Joe Biden Sunday shows preview: Democrats' struggle for voting rights bill comes to a head David Weil: Wrong man, wrong place, wrong time Biden's voting rights gamble prompts second-guessing MORE 's presidency, just a few days before he marks his first full year in office. When asked in the poll how Biden's presidency made them feel, half of respondents said they were "frustrated" and "disappointed." Additionally, 40 percent said his presidency made them feel "nervous," while a quarter of respondents said it made them feel "calm" and "satisfied." Overall, respondents in the CBS News survey appeared to have a less than optimistic view on the current state of the country. ADVERTISEMENT Nearly 75 percent of those surveyed said they felt that America was doing "somewhat" or "very" badly in a general sense. A majority of people said that they … [Read more...] about Half in new poll say they’re frustrated with Biden’s presidency

Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, on Sunday advised the Biden administration to get its agencies on the "same page" when it came to COVID-19 messaging, saying a consistent message would be "enormously helpful." Fox News anchor John Roberts asked Jha for his thoughts on the Biden administration's COVID-19 guidelines messaging, noting that Rochelle Walensky Rochelle Walensky Child hospitalizations reach record high amid omicron surge: WSJ CDC says N95 masks provide the most protection against COVID-19 CDC creating more confusion than calm, but it could be worse MORE , director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and President Biden Joe Biden Sunday shows preview: Democrats' struggle for voting rights bill comes to a head David Weil: Wrong man, wrong place, wrong time Biden's voting rights gamble prompts second-guessing MORE 's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci Anthony Fauci … [Read more...] about Public health expert: Biden administration needs to have agencies on the ‘same page’ about COVID

Stacey Abrams is threading the needle in her approach to President Biden Joe Biden Sunday shows preview: Democrats' struggle for voting rights bill comes to a head David Weil: Wrong man, wrong place, wrong time Biden's voting rights gamble prompts second-guessing MORE as she seeks the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor in 2022. Abrams stirred speculation this week over whether she is seeking to distance herself from the president by skipping a major speech on voting rights – her signature political issue – in her hometown of Atlanta. While both Abrams’s campaign and the White House chalked her absence up to a scheduling conflict, that hasn’t tamped down questions about her campaign strategy and just how closely she should tie herself to Biden, especially in an election that increasingly appears to be a referendum on Democratic control of Washington. ADVERTISEMENT “There’s a risk of reading too far into it, but any candidate has to be aware … [Read more...] about Abrams treads carefully in relationship with Biden

More than two dozen states are balking against the Biden administration's coronavirus vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses that have at least 100 employees, setting up the latest legal challenge between Republicans and the White House. Several coalitions — which include 25 attorneys general and one solicitor general — filed petitions with federal appeals courts asking for the mandate to be blocked. ADVERTISEMENT One, led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and including 10 others, filed a lawsuit in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, claiming that the requirement is “unconstitutional, unlawful, and unwise.” The lawsuit alleges that the Biden administration did not have the constitutional authority to implement the mandate which “unconstitutionally infringes on the States’ powers.” It also claims that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which developed the rule, was not authorized to put in place such sweeping federal public health regulations. … [Read more...] about At least 26 states push back against Biden admin vaccine mandate

NBC late-night comedy show Saturday Night Live delivered a cold open featuring a crazed Joe Biden raving that the latest Spider-Man movie caused the coronavirus omicron outbreak, as reporters peppered him with questions about his massive economic failures and the crashing and burning of his legislative agenda. For the first new episode of 2022, SNL’s James Austin Johnson gave us his doddering, whispering Joe Biden impression, commanding the nation: “There’s one simple thing you can do to make this whole virus go away: Stop seeing Spider-Man .” WATCH: Johnson’s Biden went on lamenting, “This virus has disrupted our lives. It’s canceled holidays, weddings, quinceañeras, gender-reveal parties, wildfires that started as gender-reveal parties.” But there was one big reason why the virus is still vexing America, Johnson added — the box-office hit Spider-Man: No Way Home . “Now, think about it. When did ‘Spider-Man’ come out? Dec. 17. When did every single person get … [Read more...] about ‘Saturday Night Live’ Mocks Joe Biden’s Pandemic Failures: ‘Stop Seeing Spider-Man!’

12 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden packed carrots and apples into food boxes for the hungry and chatted with volunteers Sunday at a food bank as part of a day of service for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The couple traveled about a half-hour from their Wilmington, Delaware, residence to Philabundance, a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia which serves about 140,000 people a week in the Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey region. Before heading to the warehouse floor where conveyor belts carried cardboard boxes full of donated food, Biden said the child tax credit needed to be renewed. The traditional day of service is on the holiday, Monday, but there was a bad winter storm heading for the area and events were being rescheduled around the region. The monthly credits were part of Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package — and the president had … [Read more...] about Bidens pack carrots, apples into boxes during food bank stop