The U.S. Department of State spokesman Ned Price told reporters that a joint boycott "is something that we certainly wish to discuss. [346][347] The leaders of every African nation in good standing with the African Union (AU), (except Eritrea) were invited to the summit. Biden signed AUKUS, an international security alliance, together with Australia and the United Kingdom. He also gave a fake press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. [191], In August 2022, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, a domestic spending bill born out of continued negotiations on the Build Back Better Act after its collapse that fulfilled some of its initial provisions. [249], Biden made Juneteenth (June 19) a federal holiday in 2021, celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S.[250] In March 2022, Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. On the call, Biden and Lpez Obrador spoke about immigration, where Biden spoke of reducing immigration from Mexico to the U.S. by targeting what Biden deemed as root causes. The term "news conference" refers simply to an interaction between the President and multiple members of the press in a relatively formal setting. withdrew from the deal in 2018, resulting in swift backlash from international community. [346] The administration also emphasized initiatives in technology and cybersecurity, health, clean energy and the environment, and other areas. [434][435] However, so far, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have declined requests from the US. [134] Due to incentives from the CHIPS and Science Act, Micron Technology will invest billions in new semiconductor manufacturing in New York. That same month, Biden signed into law the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022, which expands federal health care access, services, and funding for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during their service, including toxic smoke from burn pits. [427] Two years after Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, Avril Haines, the Director of National Intelligence under Biden's administration, announced that the intelligence report into the case against the Saudi government would be declassified. [458] The US Justice Department did not charge any Emirati in the case. Biden administration approves second major offshore wind project, to provide power to N.Y. 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[104] He also criticized the prevalence of COVID-19 misinformation on social media, saying it was "killing people". [442] Son of Saad Aljabri, Khalid AlJabri said Biden's meeting with MbS would be equivalent of a presidential pardon for murder. Biden has been interviewed for several news outlets and appeared on several late-night talk shows throughout his presidency. [207] A federal judge in Texas subsequently issued a temporary restraining order barring the Biden administration from enforcing its moratorium, citing the lack of "any concrete, reasonable justification for a 100-day pause on deportations. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) claimed that "the Administration should have sought Congressional authorization. [93][94][95] The travel ban prevents non-U.S. citizens living in the prospective countries from entering the U.S.[96] Biden implemented a face mask requirement on nearly all forms of public transportation and inside of transportation hubs; previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had recommended that such a policy be enacted but it was blocked by the Trump administration, under which the CDC issued strong, albeit non-binding recommendations for mask use in these settings. [223][224], Early on in Biden's tenure, a surge in unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border stirred controversy. President Joe Biden was inaugurated two weeks after a violent insurrection at the Capitol and at the height of a pandemic that had already claimed over 400,000 American lives and dealt serious. April 14, 2023. [98] Whereas the U.S. exported no vaccines, the European Union exported 77 million doses to the world from December 2020 to March 2021. [436][437], As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden had vowed to make the Saudis pay the price and make them a pariah state, citing the Kingdom's involvement in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. For the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported it stopped migrants at the U.S. border nearly 2.4 million times, a record surge driven by sharp increases in Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans making the trek. The new system was promoted by the Biden Administration and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). [387] On February 28, the Biden administration announced sanctions against Russia's central bank, prohibiting Americans from doing business with the bank and freezing the bank's assets. [300][301], In late January and early February 2023, U.S. and Canadian defense officials were tracking a China-operated high-altitude balloon that had been seen hovering in North American airspace. [322], On May 20, 2022, the Biden administration added Cuba to a small list of countries that the US accuses of "not cooperating fully" in the battle against terrorism. [362][363], In August 2022, the Biden administration announced that it will be hosting the White House-Pacific Island summit in September 2022 which will coincide with the week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. [52][53], On November 23, 2020, Biden announced Alejandro Mayorkas to be his choice for Secretary of Homeland Security and Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence. "[212], On January 23, Biden proposed an immigration bill[213] aiming to give a path to citizenship to eleven million immigrants living in the U.S. without a permanent legal status. The incident increased tensions between the U.S. and China. "[279], On February 10, 2021, Biden visited the Pentagon for the first time as U.S. [439][443] However, human rights activists and Democratic lawmakers warned Biden that the visit could send signals to Saudi that their horrific human rights violations could be exempted. A small portion of the 117th Congress (January 3, 2021 January 19, 2021) took place under President Trump, with Republicans also holding the Senate until January 20th. All but one of those were phone or video calls. On March 25, 2021, Biden held his first solo press conference after 64 days in office,[47] unlike his most recent predecessors (back to Herbert Hoover in 1929), who all held their first solo press conferences within 33 days of taking office. [57][58][59] Biden removed the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from his official cabinet. The presidents lone state dinner to date honored French President Emmanuel Macron. [349] The administration also signed a memorandum of understanding in support of the African Continental Free Trade Area to reduce trade barriers in Africa,[349] and committed $55 billion to Africa over the next three years, focused on preexisting U.S. initiatives,[349][346] such as the trade-focused Prosper Africa and Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, as well as the Power Africa initiative, which aims to increase connections of Africans to the electric grid). [51], Biden selected Antony Blinken to be secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the United Nations, and Jake Sullivan as national security advisor. They alleged he acted as an unregistered foreign lobbyist for the United Arab Emirates. It included significant federal investment in climate and domestic clean energy production, tax credits for solar panels, electric cars and other home energy programs as well as a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. Biden was inaugurated alongside Kamala Harris, the first woman, first African American, and first Asian American vice president. truth. [483][484] While the White House emphasized COVID-19 as causing his low approval rating,[485] inflation, the [180], On June 1, 2021, Secretary of the InteriorDeb Haalandsuspended all oil and gas drilling leases inAlaska'sArctic National Wildlife Refuge, pending further review of their environmental impacts. The Biden campaign described the public option as a "plan to protect and build on ObamaCare. Heres a look at some revealing data points at the two-year mark for the 46th president: Annual inflation remains stubbornly high but is slowly falling after reaching a four-decade high of 9.1% in June. Yes, Biden has been to Delaware 25 times during his presidency so far. [360], On May 23, 2022, Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) to counter growing Chinese economic and political influence in the Indo-Pacific region. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency.For the Q2 timeline see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2021 Q2). Much can be accomplished during a president's first 100 days, which is why. In late 2022, Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and codified same-sex and interracial marriage in the United States. Among others, it mentions significant achievements in the domains of Energy efficiency, Weatherization, Transit-oriented development, Walking, Cycling, Mixed-use development, cooperation with Indigenous peoples of the Americas. As of March 2022, Iran and Venezuela were still barred by sanctions from selling much of their crude oil into the international market. [459], Early in the Biden administration, the White House confirmed that the U.S. Embassy would remain in Jerusalem, which would remain recognized as the Capital. [45], On November 11, 2020, Biden selected Ron Klain, who served as his vice presidential chief of staff, to serve as his White House Chief of Staff. sarah ( Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): We're closing in on the first 100 days of Joe Biden's presidency (Wednesday marks Day 92). President Joe Biden leaves his cart after a round of golf at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 17, 2021. [199][200][201], Following the attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, Biden called for reforms to the 1887 Electoral Count Act to clarify the roles of Congress and the Vice President in certifying electoral votes. Politico Reports President Biden Has Played Golf 10 Times in First 9 Months Which is 54 Fewer Than Trump. [417][418], On February 25, 2021, President Biden ordered retaliatory airstrikes on buildings in Syria that the Department of Defense said were used by Iranian-backed militias to carry out rocket attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq. The US has so far delivered a total of 235 million vaccine doses according to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). 9. [439][440] The announcement came after inflation in the US rose to a 40-year high. US reaches out to oil states as prices rise", "Mohammed bin Salman Has Leverage on Bidenand Is Using It", "Saudi, UAE leaders declined calls with Biden amid Ukraine conflict: report", "White House stops asking Saudi Arabia to pump more oil to offset Biden's Russian-energy ban, report says, as US-Gulf relations hit new low", "Candidate Biden Called Saudi Arabia a 'Pariah.' [333][334] Biden partly attributed the lack of early evacuation of Afghan civilians to the Afghan government's opposition of a "mass exodus" which they thought would cause a "crisis of confidence". He also halted funding for Trump's border wall, an expansion of the Mexican border wall. [231], The number of migrant families and unaccompanied children entering the U.S. from across the Southwest border steeply declined in August, September, and October 2021. [326] According to Princeton professor Julian E. Zelizer, Biden "clearly learned a great deal from his time in the Obama presidency", and demonstrated that "he is a politician capable of learning and evolving, contrary to some of the skeptics in the primaries who thought he didn't understand how politics had changed." [181], In January 2021, Biden had issued a 60-day ban on oil and gas leases and permits on federal land and waters. 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