The president of the United States, Joe Biden, proposed on Friday the former governor of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Sarah Bloom Raskin, for the key position of regulation of the Fed and two black economists -Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson- to be part of its board of directors, in what would represent a historical demographic […]
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US Supreme Court blocks vaccination mandate for businesses, a setback for Biden
The United States Supreme Court struck a blow to the president Joe Biden, by blocking your vaccination or screening mandate COVID-19 for employees of large companies. At the same time, the highest court in the nation validated the vaccination obligation for health workers in institutions that receive federal funds. Biden declared himself “disappointed” by the […]
The US faces its biggest wave of infections confused by health guidelines
While U.S faces a record wave of infections and hospitalizations due to the omicron variant of the coronavirus, the country’s health authorities are in the spotlight due to the confusion around the days of isolation and the use of masks. The contradictory messages were repeated this Wednesday at the weekly White House press conference on […]
“Filibusterism”, the parliamentary tradition that Biden wants to break
Updated on 01/12/2022 03:25 am The president of U.S, Joe Biden, Tuesday called on the US Senate to break with a firmly anchored parliamentary tradition, called “filibusterism”, to forcefully pass its great electoral reform that seeks to protect minority access to the vote. What is ‘filibusterism’? For a long time, the US Senate did not […]
Biden Calls for Changing Senate Rules to “Protect Democracy”
The president of U.S, Joe Biden, for the first time supported a change in the rules of the Senate to be able to carry out laws that would combat the growing restrictions on voting approved at the state level in his country, believing that democracy is at stake. “I’m tired of being quiet,” Biden said […]
Biden will defend the “right to vote against foreign and domestic enemies”
Updated on 01/11/2022 10:49 am The president of the United States, Joe Biden, will emphasize this Tuesday that he will defend “the right to vote against all foreign and domestic enemies”By supporting an electoral reform that protects the attempts to restrict suffrage that the Republican opposition is carrying out at the state level. Biden and […]
New battlefront for the Democrats in the US: an electoral reform
Democrats are determined to change the Senate rules to push through ambitious reforms to the electoral system, arguing that the impact of the lies of Donald Trump on the 2020 vote requires extraordinary measures. In fiery speeches and interviews, the president Joe Biden and Democratic legislative leaders affirm that, one year after the January 6 […]
A reluctant Biden is called upon to confront Trump
It might not be the battle you were looking for, but President Joe Biden is called to face Donald Trump. Biden volunteered as the guardian of American democracy in a visceral speech Thursday in which he addressed the horrors of the assault on the Capitol on Jan.6, 2021, intended to overturn his 2020 election victory. […]
Biden attacks Trump on first anniversary of ex-president’s supporters’ assault on Capitol Hill
Joe Biden accused Donald Trump of having “tried to prevent a peaceful transfer of power” and promised that he would not let “anyone put a dagger to the throat of American democracy” in a combative speech on the anniversary of the assault on the Capitol. Without naming him, referring to him only as “The ex-president” […]
Biden orders his government to double the purchase of Pfizer pills against COVID-19
The president of U.S, Joe Biden, ordered his Government to double the order it had made for pills against the COVID-19 manufactured by Pfizer, given the strong increase in infections in the country. In a meeting with his response team to COVID-19 at the White House, Biden announced that he decided to raise to 20 […]