Gun Control: Biden Issues Executive Order On Background Checks

US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that aims to increase the number of background checks conducted before firearm sales. It aims to move the US "as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation". The Democratic president signed the measure Tuesday during a visit to Monterey Park, California, where a gunman killed 11 people in January. Action on gun control appears unlikely in a divided […]

March 15, 2023

International News

Harris Briefly Assumes Presidential Powers

President Joe Biden briefly transfered power to Vice President Kamala Harris Friday while he was under anesthesia for a colonoscopy, marking the first time a woman officially served as acting commander in chief. Harris was given the title “acting president” for an hour and 25 minutes under Section 3 of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified in 1967. The clause has only been formally invoked twice before, […]

November 20, 2021

International News

Boris Johnson Likely To Meet Joe Biden On Sidelines Of UNGA

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to meet with US President Joe Biden at the end of this month, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A senior diplomatic source said the meeting was expected to take place at the White House but this had not been "100 percent confirmed," UK media reported. The 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) is opening on 14 September. The high-level week will start on […]

September 13, 2021 1

International News

Biden Defends ‘Messy’ US Pullout From Afghanistan

President Joe Biden has said he stands "squarely" behind the US exit from Afghanistan as he faces withering criticism over the Taliban's lightning conquest of the war-torn country. "How many more American lives is it worth?" asked the Democratic president. He said that despite the "messy" pullout, "there was never a good time to withdraw US forces". On Sunday, the Taliban declared victory after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled and […]

August 17, 2021

International News

Biden Honours Fallen Heroes As U.S. Observes Memorial Day

U.S. President, Joe Biden, has honoured 7, 036 Americans who died fighting in the nation’s service. Biden, in his speech to commemorate the Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, said America’s fallen heroes defended “vital, beating heart of our nation.’’ The U.S. president said walking though Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery; he was reminded of the cost of war. “Hundreds of graves are here from recent conflicts. Hundreds of […]

June 1, 2021 1

International News

Trump, Biden Lock Horns In Battleground States 21 Days From Election

President Donald Trump told a Pennsylvania crowd Tuesday that he’s fighting “Marxists” and “lunatics” while his Democratic challenger Joe Biden accused him in Florida, another key electoral state, of having treated Americans as “expendable” during the Covid-19 pandemic. With only 21 days until the November 3 election and badly down in the polls, Trump fired every lurid exaggeration about the Democrats and insult about Biden’s mental state that he […]

October 14, 2020