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Biden finally heads to Africa in an attempt to counter China. Will Trump take up his approach?

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Joe Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in three countries that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China’s global influence. Biden’s first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president — which he left to the very end — will highlight the Lobito Corridor railway redevelopment in Zambia, Congo and Angola. Biden starts a three-day trip to Angola on Monday. En route to Angola, he stopped off in […]

todayDecember 3, 2024 1

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Biden has pardoned his son Hunter. What does that mean?

 President Joe Biden had long pledged that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions. But on Sunday, the president did it anyway. The sweeping pardon covers not only Hunter Biden’s convictions in two cases in Delaware and California, but also any other “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.” […]

todayDecember 2, 2024 4

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President Biden pardons his son Hunter, citing ‘miscarriage of justice’

President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after his convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to […]

todayDecember 2, 2024 1

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Biden funded new factories and infrastructure projects, but Trump might get to cut the ribbons

WASHINGTON (AP) — All that’s left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants. Trump won the White House in large part because of voters’ frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in January, Trump will inherit an economy primed for growth. The unemployment rate is low, inflation is easing and President Joe Biden’s administration has teed-up a ready-made list of infrastructure projects that could […]

todayNovember 13, 2024 1

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Biden to meet with Trump for White House tradition Trump broke four years ago

President-elect Donald Trump, the incoming 47th president of the United States of America, will meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday in the Oval Office as part of a peaceful transition of power tradition at the White House. The peaceful transition of power dates back to 1801, when a president from the outgoing administration handed over power to the incoming administration and an opposing political party. At that time, John Adams, the nation’s second president, peacefully transferred the presidency to […]

todayNovember 12, 2024 1

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Watch: Biden reflects on his Black agenda and what he wished he did differently

In an exclusive interview with theGrio’s “The Hill with April Ryan” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President Joe Biden reflected on his Black agenda over the past nearly four years and more. “I wish we could have gotten more work done quicker in terms of the Black agenda,” Biden admitted. However, the 46th president of the United States listed off a number of achievements during his administration, including reducing Black poverty and unemployment.  “We increase the participation of the number of small […]

todayOctober 13, 2024 1

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Watch: Biden explains why he wants to eliminate every lead pipe in America

“It is important that we focus on things that change people’s lives,” said President Joe Biden while in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this week as he focused on the effects of lead pipes in the nation’s antiquated infrastructure system. Lead pipe remediation was a campaign promise that took three years to implement as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had to overturn a Trump-era policy. Now, as the process is moving forward, President Biden told theGrio exclusively that his administration is focusing on […]

todayOctober 12, 2024 1

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Watch: Biden reflects on Harris as governing partner and her historic run to succeed him

“She believes, as I do, everyone deserves a fighting chance,” said President Joe Biden about his vice president, Kamala Harris, and her historic run to become the 47th president of the United States of America. In an exclusive interview with theGrio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Biden said he has “great confidence” in his governing partner as she embarks on her quest to the White House with four weeks to go before voters cast their ballots on Nov. 5.  Reflecting on the […]

todayOctober 10, 2024 1

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Allen Media Group’s ‘TheGrio’ presents an exclusive interview with President Joe Biden

The Allen Media Group (AMG) digital media platform, TheGrio (www.thegrio.com), is excited to announce an exclusive interview with President Joe Biden, conducted by April Ryan, White House Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief for TheGrio. On October 8, 2024, April Ryan traveled to Milwaukee to meet President Biden for an in-depth conversation at the Department of Public Works. The interview covered a range of critical topics, including the President’s upcoming trip to Angola, his reflections on his contributions to the Black […]

todayOctober 9, 2024