Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the situation in Ukraine on Wednesday morning. The call comes as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators discuss a de-escalation deal that could lead Russia to withdraw troops from the area near Kyiv. Both the White House and the Pentagon have said they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed about the progress of the war by his top advisers, who are afraid to call it a “strategic blunder.” Mr Biden also gave a speech on the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US, announcing the launch of a central Covid resource website, before receiving the second commemorative shot of the Pfizer vaccine. The FDA has just authorized a second booster dose for all Americans over the age of 50 and for those classified as clinically extremely vulnerable to the virus. Meanwhile, after controversial nomination hearings that saw Republican senators harass her for her critical race theory and record of child sex offenders, Ketanji Brown Jackson has found a crucial supporter: Sen. which became the first Republican to announce it. will vote to confirm Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee. The news guarantees Ms. Jackson’s confirmation. He has already secured the support of West Virginia Democratic Party Joe Manchin, who was considered the most likely of his party’s 50 senators to turn down his support.
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Biden calls on Congress to increase funding for Covid
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the U.S. government will not be able to afford to give Americans the Covid-19 boost they received on camera Wednesday if Congress does not provide more funding for vaccines, tests , treatments. and other Covid-19 needs. Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC. Oliver O’Connell March 31, 2022 4:30 p.m. 1648695600
The United States will provide $ 500 million in support of the Ukrainian government
The United States will provide the Ukrainian government with an additional $ 500 million in “immediate financial assistance” to support its operations as Ukrainian forces continue to fight Russia’s unprovoked invasion. Andrew Feinberg has the latest from Washington, DC. Oliver O’Connell 31 March 2022 04:00 1648692900
Reading the Zelensky call to the White House
President Biden spoke today with President Zelensky of Ukraine about the continuing work of the United States and its allies and partners in providing military, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and in imposing serious costs on Russia for its brutal aggression. . The leaders discussed how the United States is working around the clock to meet key security assistance requests from Ukraine, the critical impact that these weapons have had on the conflict, and the United States’ ongoing efforts with allies and partners to identify additional capabilities. to help the Ukrainian army defends its country. In addition, President Biden informed President Zelensky that the United States intends to provide the Ukrainian government with $ 500 million in direct fiscal assistance. It also looked at additional sanctions and humanitarian aid announced last week. President Zelensky briefed President Biden on the state of Ukraine’s negotiations with Russia. The White House – March 30, 2022 Oliver O’Connell 31 March 2022 03:15 1648691100
Report: Biden to lift restrictions on Trump-era pandemic on US-Mexico border
President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to lift a public health mandate imposed by Donald Trump, which barred most asylum seekers from the U.S.-Mexico border during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to reports citing government officials. know the situation. Oliver O’Connell31 March 2022 02:45 1648690200
The Biden government is upgrading Russia’s nuclear strategy
The “kinetic” aspect of the Ukrainian conflict has so far been played almost entirely on Ukrainian territory, but the implications for the strategic balance of the world are still enormous – especially in the nuclear field, with Vladimir Putin putting his nuclear forces in a ” special status”. just two days after his army invaded the neighboring country. The Biden government and other NATO governments are now trying to rethink their strategy for a Russian nuclear escalation, or even an accident involving nuclear reactors or garbage storage facilities damaged by the invading forces. Jonathan Tirone has this report. Oliver O’Connell 31 March 2022 02:30 1648687500
GOP Senator: Joe Biden must stop talking
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, a hardline right-wing Republican, has fallen out with Joe Biden over his non-script line, saying Vladimir Putin “can not stay in power.” “I honestly think it would be better for everyone involved to include Joe Biden, but especially for the American people, if the president just stopped speaking in public in an improvised way,” he said in an interview with right-wing radio presenter Hugh. Hewitt yesterday, adding that he does not believe the president should “adlib” or even “ask questions or give press conferences.” “If we could make Joe Biden speak deliberately for three years about words that have been carefully revised and scrutinized, it would be safer than what has happened in the last five days.” Mr Cotton’s grandiose proposal has drawn criticism from many on the right who have long tried to claim that Mr Biden is too resilient to speak to the press or answer questions. Oliver O’Connell31 March 2022 01:45 1648684830
Susan Collins will vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson
In a development that confirms that the first candidate for the Supreme Court of Joe Biden will be confirmed, the Republican of Maine Susan Collins said that she will vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson when the vote comes to put her in the Senate. Ms. Brown Jackson has already secured the support of Joe Mancin, the Democratic senator who was considered the most likely to deny his support. Eric Garcia has the news: Oliver O’Connell 31 March 2022 01:00 1648682130
Joe Biden yesterday signed a bill that makes lynching a federal hate crime, a measure he has been waiting to pass for more than a century. Named after Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal assassination in 1955 helped boost the civil rights movement, the bill faced only seven “no” votes in the House of Representatives and passed the Senate with unanimous consent. “From the bullets in Ahmaud Arbery’s back to the countless acts of violence, the countless victims both known and unknown; racial hatred is not an old problem, it is a persistent problem,” Biden said at the signing ceremony. “Hatred never goes away. It only hides, it hides under the rocks. Taking just a little oxygen, it roars again, screaming. “What stops it is all of us, not a few.” Oliver O’Connell 31 March 2022 00:15 1648679430
More Americans have been worried about inflation than ever since the mid-1980s
Americans’ concern about inflation has risen to its highest level in nearly 40 years. A new Gallup poll found that nearly one in five Americans, or 17 percent, cited inflation as their biggest financial concern. The latest survey data from March 1 to March 18 is up from 10 percent in February, 8 percent in January and the highest ever recorded by Gallup since 1985. Oliver O’Connell March 30, 2022 11:30 p.m. 1648678230 Oliver O’Connell March 30, 2022 11:10 p.m.
