In a first under Biden, detainee transferred out of Guantanamo Bay
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Monday that it had transferred its first detainee from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a Moroccan man...
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Biden promises to appeal immigration ruling, urges Congress to act
President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the Justice Department will appeal a “deeply disappointing” ruling by a federal judge in Texas on a program...
Biden lost faith in the US mission in Afghanistan over a decade ago
By Trevor Hunnicutt President Joe Biden’s frustrations with Afghanistan boiled over more than a decade ago, and they never again eased. On a trip to...
Biden lauds athletes Nassib, Yokoyama for coming out
U.S. President Joe Biden praised the courage of the Las Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib for becoming the National Football League’s (NFL) first openly gay active player and...
Biden’s Justice Dept may defend Trump in Capitol riot lawsuits
Former U.S. President Donald Trump may have an unlikely ally to defend him against lawsuits alleging he incited the U.S. Capitol insurrection: President Joe Biden’s...
Biden letter expresses concern over Varosha opening, Koushos says
US President Joe Biden expressed concerns over the unilateral decision last October by the Turkish side to open part of the fenced area of Famagusta,...
Biden’s $6 trillion budget plan draws partisan scorn and praise
U.S. President Joe Biden released his 2022 budget on Friday, calling for $6 trillion in spending by stitching together his most ambitious spending proposals. Republicans criticized the...
Biden orders review of COVID origins as lab leak theory debated, China responds
President Joe Biden ordered aides to find answers to the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19, saying on Wednesday that U.S. intelligence agencies are pursuing rival...
Biden administration eyes cybersecurity funding after attacks
The Biden administration is intensifying its focus on cybersecurity spending after a wave of massive attacks, proposing new funding in the wake of the Colonial...
Biden to start reunifying migrant families separated by Trump-era border policy
The United States this week will reunite four migrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration, U.S. officials said, a small step...
North Korea warns U.S. may find itself in ‘very grave situation’
North Korea lashed out at the United States and its allies in South Korea on Sunday in a series of statements saying recent comments from Washington are proof of...
Biden to push trillions in investment, plead for police reform in Congress speech
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping $1.8 trillion package for families and education in his first joint speech to Congress on Wednesday,...
Shaken US Capitol on high alert for Biden’s first address to Congress
President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday will take place in a U.S. Capitol on high alert, with memories...
Biden calls U.S. gun deaths a ‘national embarrassment’ after Indianapolis shooting
President Joe Biden faced increased pressure on Friday to stem gun violence amid a rash of mass shootings across the United States, but he faces an uphill...
Biden infrastructure plan would spur millions of blue-collar jobs, economists say
President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan would create millions of jobs and could undo some of the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic,...
Biden beefs up White House staff, including Big Tech critic Wu
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday rounded out his White House staff with a host of new appointments focused on COVID-19, criminal justice, the economy...
President Biden: America leading force for good again
By Alper Ali Riza Inauguration Day in the US is the living embodiment of the American constitution, which I proffered as a model for Cyprus...
EU hails Biden’s ‘new dawn’ but wants tough tech rules
The European Union hailed Joe Biden’s inauguration later on Wednesday as U.S. president as a “new dawn” for Europe and the United States, while insisting...
A sea of change, literally
The world is moving on, a new US government, the EU green deal, Greece-Turkey relations, but Cyprus is stuck in the same refrain THE departure...
Anastasiades congratulates Biden
President Nicos Anastasiades has sent a message of congratulations to Joe Biden, after the US Congress ratified his election victory on November 3. In a...