Biden marks Pride Month with memorial, LGBTQ envoy

Agence France Presse 06/26/2021

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden marked Pride Month with joyful optimism and somber reflection Friday as the US president named an LGBTQ rights envoy and created a national memorial marking the deadliest tragedy to hit the country’s gay…

Face shield nation

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 01/29/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic may be global in scope, and the practices it has engendered can be found around the world: mask wearing, social distancing, PCR testing, working from home. Nonetheless, every country has its own unique way…

Joe Biden sworn in as 46th U.S. president, urges end to ‘uncivil war’

Reuters 01/21/2021

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, offering a message of unity and restoration to a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic…

Biden names picks for top economic advisers, signaling more diverse White House

Reuters 12/01/2020

WILMINGTON, Delaware – President-elect Joe Biden named his choices for several top economic positions on Monday, including former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as nominee for Treasury Secretary and three other women, setting the stage for a…

Early lessons from the US elections

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 11/06/2020

As I write this, Joe Biden seems to be on the verge of victory over Donald Trump, in a general election that has turned out to be much closer than polls suggested (A “nail-biter,” as my sister…

Trump stumps in Florida, Georgia, countering signs of Democratic surge

AFP 10/17/2020

OCALA, Florida  – President Donald Trump fought Friday to recover from sinking election polls by campaigning in Florida with a hardline pitch to America’s right-wing, claiming that his Democratic opponent Joe Biden would deliver communism and a…

Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate, first Black woman

08/12/2020

WILMINGTON, Delaware  — Joe Biden named California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role…

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