US President Joe Biden’s approval rating rose this week to its highest since early June after a string of legislative victories for the Democratic Party, according to a Reuters and Ipsos poll. In this poll, 41% of Americans approve of the president’s job. It is the first time it has exceeded 40% since the beginning […]
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Putin showed that food can be the ultimate ‘weapon’ in the 21st century
By Hal Brands The administration of US President Joe Biden is reportedly reviewing the National Security Strategy, which the White House is required to send to Congress annually, to take into account the lessons of the war in Ukraine. One issue that this paper should consider is food. The war in Ukraine has brought the […]
Haiti: Members of Congress call on Biden to name new special envoy
Four members of Congress have called on President Joe Biden’s administration to name a new special envoy for Haiti as continued gang violence deepens the crisis in the Caribbean nation, the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. The post was created after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021. But Daniel Foote, a career […]
Biden signs $430 billion spending bill to tackle climate change
US President Joe Biden today signed into law his ambitious investment plan to tackle climate change, cut the prices of some drugs and establish a minimum corporate tax rate. At a White House event, President Biden was flanked by prominent Democrats — including Joe Manchin, whose support was instrumental in getting the so-called Deflation Act […]
USA: President Biden signs $430 billion climate package
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a $430 billion bill billed as the largest climate package in US history designed to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions, Reuters reports. The bill also aims to lower prescription drug prices in the country. Biden attended a White House event with Democratic leaders, including Sen. Joe […]
US: Congress passes climate and health bill
The US Congress on Friday finally approved Joe Biden’s climate and health investment bill, handing the Democratic president a major political victory with less than three months to go before crucial midterm elections. Thanks to their narrow majority, the Democrats in the House of Representatives passed this bill, which provides for public investment of more […]
The implications of Trump’s legal adventures
By Kostas Raptis The Financial Times spoke of an “unprecedented” event. The Guardian, again, spoke of entering “uncharted territory”. But the investigation carried out by FBI forces on Monday at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida mansion, is not the only such test facing the 45th president of the United States. On Tuesday, a Washington appeals court […]
Biden demands from Damascus the release of journalist Austin Tice
Joe Biden demanded yesterday that Syria ensure the release of American journalist Austin Tice, who was kidnapped in Damascus ten years ago. “We know for certain that he is being held by the Syrian government,” the US president said in a press release issued by his administration on the tenth anniversary of his abduction. “We […]
USA: On Friday in the House of Representatives the Biden program for Climate and Health
On Friday, the House of Representatives will vote to approve US President Joe Biden’s climate and health plan, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday. In a letter to Democratic lawmakers, Pelosi called the $430 billion climate, tax and health care program, also known as the “De-Inflation Act,” “life-changing legislation” for Americans. It is […]
Biden’s popularity rises to 40%, the highest level in the last two months
US President Joe Biden’s approval rating rose this week to its highest level since early June, following a string of Democratic congressional victories, according to an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of the Reuters news agency and published by the latter on Tuesday. . A key finding of the two-day survey is that 40% of […]
