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Move by president signals start of White House fightback after supreme court struck down Roe v Wade.

Biden concluded: “We cannot allow an out-of-control supreme court, working in conjunction with extremist elements of the Republican party, to take away freedoms and our personal autonomy. “I don’t think the court or, for that matter, Republicans who for decades have pushed the extreme agenda have a clue about the power of American women. The president noted that abortion bans have taken effect in 13 states with 12 additional states likely to following in the coming weeks. Flanked by vice president Kamala Harris and health secretary Xavier Becerra, Biden warned: “What we’re witnessing is a giant step backwards in much of our country … Some of these states don’t allow for exceptions for rape or incest. The supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade two weeks ago was a seismic shock to the political system that left elected officials scrambling to respond. Biden and Garland have vowed to oppose any state or local official who attempts to interfere with women exercising that right.

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It is the job of the Senate to consider whether the articles of impeachment merit removal from office. Article II of the Constitution gives the U.S. House of Representatives the sole power to impeach an official. So far, no House majority has ever impeached a president of the same party. Online, it would seem some people believe President Joe Biden has joined the club. No, Joe Biden isn’t in the process of being impeached No, Joe Biden isn’t in the process of being impeached

Biden delivered impassioned remarks Friday condemning the “extreme” Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and pleading with ...

“President Biden has made clear that the only way to secure a woman’s right to choose is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe as federal law,” the White House said. Online searches, location data, text messages and emails, and even apps that track periods could be used to prosecute people who seek an abortion — or medical care for a miscarriage — as well as those who assist them, experts say. Privacy experts say that could make women vulnerable because their personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and shared with police or sold to vigilantes. The order, after the high court’s June 24 ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion and left it to states to determine whether or how to allow the procedure, comes as Biden has faced criticism from some in his own party for not acting with more urgency to protect women’s access to abortion. “I can’t think of anything more extreme.” “Your vote can make that a reality.” The decision in the case known as Dobbs v. His executive order also directs agencies to work to educate medical providers and insurers about how and when they are required to share privileged patient information with authorities — an effort to protect women who seek or utilize abortion services. He was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, HHS secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in the Roosevelt Room as he signed the order. “The challenge is go out and vote. “The fastest way to restore Roe is to pass a national law,” Biden said. About a dozen more states are set to impose additional restrictions.

Joe Biden is way too old to be president of the United States. Whether he's falling off a bicycle, attempting to shake hands with a ghost, or struggling to ...

For example, the president discussed his administration's efforts to protect abortion rights in "all 50 straits [sic] and the District of Combia [sic]," and had a Ron Burgundy moment when he read the words "end of quote, repeat the line" out loud off the teleprompter. That's why we are introducing a new video series—"Joe Biden's Senior Moment of the Week"—to keep our readers informed about the alarming rate of the president's cognitive degeneration. He proceeded to commit a series of gaffes in rapid succession.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last ...

Democrats, enraged and upset by the court's decision, have pressured Biden and Congress to do more to respond to the ruling. Biden acknowledged that reality in his White House address Friday and urged Americans to vote their conscience in the November midterm elections. The order comes two weeks after the Supreme Court voted to reverse its landmark 1973 Roe v. In December, the FDA permanently allowed the pill to be sent by mail from licensed pharmacies and health care providers. The Food and Drug Administration approved the abortion pill, mifepristone, more than 20 years ago as a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy before the 10th week. Biden then signed an executive order that promises to protect the safety of abortion patients and providers and access to the procedure through mobile clinics near the borders of states that restrict access to abortion.

The president was delivering a speech on reproductive rights when he accidentally read the teleprompter's instructions.

Others on social media jumped in to defend Biden and criticized conservatives for attacking the president for the teleprompter error. Clay Travis, author of Republicans Buy Sneakers Too, tweeted: "Joe Biden accidentally reads the teleprompter telling him to repeat the line. Repeat the line." Women are not without electoral and, or, political—let me be precise: not and, or—or political power," Biden said during his address. The president later signed an executive order to help protect and expand women's access to abortion and contraception after the S upreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Joe Biden was mocked on social media Friday after making an apparent mistake by reading teleprompter instructions during a speech.

Two weeks after the fall of Roe, President Joe Biden announced an executive order to protect access to abortion medication and emergency contraception, ...

And to me, it seems smart to assume that just as the conservative lawmakers and lobbyists who have spent their careers maligning Roe were always sincere in their stated intention to tear it down, they are just as sincere in their aims to pass a federal abortion ban, reconsider gay marriage, scrap the right to birth control. This is not a new phenomenon, and as the rights of the fetus eclipse the rights of the person carrying it, we can expect to see more of that type of punishment. On Friday, he reiterated that the only way to restore abortion rights was for people to vote, a line that sounded similar to his June 24 address, in which he expressed open frustration and criticized the justices for their “extremism.” While he was correct in that assessment, and in his description of the decision as “ out of touch with the majority of Americans,” his insistence that there was simply nothing he could do about it felt limp. The order says it will beef up a legal network for patients under fire from their local governments and indicates it will attempt to expand contraceptive access by supporting Title X–funded clinics. While light on exact details, a White House fact sheet says the order will shore up protections for patients and providers (around their data and personal safety). It also seeks to “protect access to medication abortion” and contraception and ensure emergency medical care for pregnant people. On July 8, Biden dropped an “Executive Order Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services” in answer to Dobbs. It empowers Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, to implement protections around reproductive-health services from contraception to Plan B to abortion.

Repeat the line. Women are not without electoral and, or political – let me be precise – not and, or – or political power,” Biden said alongside Vice President ...

The apparent gaffe brought a number of social media users to the same “Anchorman” joke. Women are not without electoral and, or political – let me be precise – not and, or – or political power,” Biden said alongside Vice President Kamala Harris and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. “It is noteworthy that the percentage of women who register to vote and cast a ballot is consistently higher than the percentage of the men who do so – end of quote.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court ...

He added that that the court's decision "has an impact much beyond Roe and the right to privacy generally. The President derided the Supreme Court's decision as "extreme" and "totally wrongheaded," saying, "What we're witnessing wasn't a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise in raw political power." White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said using federal lands for abortion services would have "dangerous ramifications." Jen Klein, the co-chair and executive director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said Friday the White House is "looking at everything" to ensure access to abortion and that declaring a public health emergency "is definitely not off the table." "It's outrageous. I don't care what your position is, it's outrageous and it's dangerous," Biden said.

The apparent mistake led to a firestorm of mockery at Biden online -- which was led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

That’s the entire point of a teleprompter.” “‘Women are not without electoral and/or political or.'” “‘Women are not without electoral or political power,’” Biden said.

Protecting medication abortion access: Biden is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to identify ways to preserve access to ...

- Providing more resources and information: The White House has committed to offering more information to people about abortion access in different states, a chief demand of activists. For example, some advocates have said they’re unclear on how the administration will defend medication abortion access and provide financial support for women who need to travel for an abortion. - Protecting medication abortion access: Biden is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to identify ways to preserve access to medication abortion, which the administration has made more available during the pandemic. While Biden is unable on his own to bring back the protections offered by Roe and an executive order is no replacement for legislation, there are further steps he could take to try to preserve abortion access. “But this plan, which the White House committed to months ago, is both late and not enough.” It also addresses some of the concerns progressive lawmakers and abortion rights activists had about his initial response and sends a message about how seriously the administration is taking this issue.

A newly declassified FBI memo states the discovery of Hillary Clinton's secret email server came from a Freedom of Information Act request -- raising ...

His case involved an extramarital relationship and scores of texts against Trump. He was also pushed out of Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia’s 2016 interference in the U.S. election. Strzok, who was exposed as a Trump hater, also got caught in the spotlight and was ultimately fired. Ironically, Strzok writes in his memo on Clinton dated June 8, 2016, that the government lawyer he was writing to working in the Department of Defense should “not disclose the existence of this inquiry or the contents of the provided document.” “For a president who assured the American people time and again from the campaign trail that his administration would be the most transparent in history, Joe Biden has failed to walk his talk,” said Rick Whitbeck, Alaska state director of Power The Future. He added: “By allowing direct reports the ability to overtly ignore public records requests, the president proves that much of what he promised was never intended to actually be delivered.” A spokeswoman for his Climate Office refused to comment on the record Friday about the status of the FOIA or any possible links to the FBI memo.

In the post-Roe summer of 2022, critics highlighted the former Delaware senator's past record on abortion rights.

House, The White. “Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. As a later committee report described it, the committee voted 10-7 to “favorably report out” the proposal. “Biden Once Voted to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Saying Women Do Not Have ‘Sole Right’ to Choose.” New York Post, 4 May 2022, https://nypost.com/2022/05/04/biden-once-voted-to-overturn-roe-v-wade/. “I don’t like the Supreme Court decision on abortion. Judiciary committee members can vote to advance a measure to the full Senate “without recommendation,” meaning that, whether or not they personally support the proposal, they believe it should be considered by the full Senate. Biden’s March 1982 vote went further, and he joined the committee’s majority in explicitly supporting the proposal itself. This was precisely the effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling, 40 years later, in Dobbs — the decision that ultimately overruled Roe. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.” The vote in question took place on March 10, 1982. He is ruled by the radical left. But today, he condemned the Dobbs decision. Wade and give the states the ability to regulate abortion.

In virtual meetings over the course of the spring, Democratic governors across the nation have pressed President Joe Biden's advisers to adopt a sharper ...

Others from across the political spectrum who have embraced the sharper-elbowed brand of politics that has come to define the landscape view Biden’s reflex approach as insufficient in a “zero-sum” era. And they’ve questioned how disciplined he will be in consistently — and forcefully — making the case against Republicans. The Senate Republican leader has even threatened to kill crucial legislation that would boost American competitiveness versus China and create hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs to protect big pharma’s ability to overcharge the American people. In a letter to Biden on Wednesday, several leading gun-safety groups re-upped their request for the administration to create a separate office headed up by a gun czar — and urged the president to make the announcement this coming Monday at a planned ceremonial signing for the bipartisan gun law. Democrats acknowledge that some of the challenges facing the White House are largely outside the scope of the president’s powers. The White House believes Republicans in the Senate will emerge as a useful foil. “It’s a good reminder that we don’t necessarily live and die by the White House,” McKenna said. The White House has repeatedly said such an office is unnecessary because they already have roughly a dozen aides led by top adviser Susan Rice devoted to the issue. But whereas earlier in the year, there was hope that some of those problems would abate, there is diminishing confidence in that now. White House aides, from their vantage point, do not appear to be in enough of a hurry. Instead, they were met with now familiar talking points about the White House’s legislative successes and the resonance of the message Biden carried in 2020. They’ve prodded officials for more details of how the administration was going to communicate its wins and improve its messaging around the economy.

President urged to act more forcefully to deal with rising inflation, gun violence and dire supreme court rulings.

‘The ante-status quo was dysfunctional – it was unacceptable in the face of the pressing challenges that our country faces,” he said. “We need two additional pro-choice senators and a pro-choice House to codify Roe. Your vote can make that a reality.” He previously endorsed an exception to the Senate filibuster rule in order to pass abortion protections, but he’s so far declined to embrace calls for court reform like term limits or court expansion. And they want their leader to reflect that back to them.” Under mounting pressure from supporters and allies to deliver a more assertive response, Biden on Friday signed an executive order that the White House said would protect women seeking an abortion. “That’s what’s on the ballot in 2022.” For months, the White House has careened from crisis to crisis. Still others hoped it was just a “first step,” noting that the action did not include some of the more novel actions Democrats have called for, such as opening abortion clinics on federal lands in states where the procedure is banned or declaring a national emergency. The specter of Jimmy Carter – a one-term Democrat whose failure to win the 1980 election ushered in the Ronald Reagan era – is starting to haunt the Biden White House. Asked about Democrats’ criticism of Biden, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president has been quick to tackle the nation’s crises. “But right now it seems disconnected from the reality that many people, especially people who worked very hard to get President Biden and Vice-President [Kamala] Harris elected, are experiencing.” A new Monmouth poll captured the depth of America’s pessimism: at present just 10% of Americans believe the country is on the right track, compared with 88% who say it is on the wrong track.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect access to abortion, delivering impassioned remarks condemning the Supreme Court decision that ...

“A 10-year- old should be forced to give birth to a rapist's child?" “Let’s be clear about something from the very start, this was not a decision driven by the Constitution," Biden said. The order comes as Biden has faced criticism from some in his own party for not acting with more urgency to protect women’s access to abortion. “The fastest way to restore Roe is to pass a national law,” Biden said. His executive order also directs agencies to work to educate medical providers and insurers about how and when they are required to share privileged patient information with authorities — an effort to protect women who seek or obtain abortion services. He was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, HHS secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in the Roosevelt Room as he signed the order.

While many Republican supporters joined forces to roast the POTUS, others defended him online saying it was being misinterpreted.

— fullvikas (@not_vikash)July 8, 2022 announcing that he was repeating a line in the ruling for emphasis. They don’t repeat lines. Soon, many, including Republican supporters, poked fun at the POTUS while questioning his sincerity about the issue. Women are not without electoral and, or, political—let me be precise: not and, or—or political power,” Biden is heard saying, standing before the lectern. — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire)July 8, 2022

The Tesla founder was once a supporter of Joe Biden, but his views changed not long after the President entered the White House.

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President Joe Biden has defended his controversial visit to Saudi Arabia next week, saying the trip is critical to the security of the United States.

He touted US security assistance for the country in his op-ed, while also noting, "Working with Congress, my administration restored approximately $500 million in support for Palestinians." "To do these things, we have to engage directly with countries that can impact those outcomes. "As president, it is my job to keep our country strong and secure.

Biden is scheduled to travel to the Middle East July 13-16 to promote peace in the region and make a desperate effort to convince Saudi Arabia to help ease ...

“I know that there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to Saudi Arabia,” he continued. Saudi Arabia, Biden wrote, is “now working with my experts to help stabilize oil markets with other OPEC producers.” President Joe Biden defended his trip next week to Saudi Arabia as an opportunity to “reorient — but not rupture — relations with a country that’s been a strategic partner for 80 years,” he wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.

Fundamental freedoms are always on the agenda when I travel abroad, as they will be during my trip to the Middle East this week.

Iraq, which had long been a source of proxy conflicts and regional rivalries, now serves as a platform for diplomacy, including between Saudi Arabia and Iran. My friend King Abdullah of Jordan recently referred to the “new vibe” in the region, with countries asking, “How can we connect with each other and work with each other.” In Jiddah, leaders from across the region will gather, pointing to the possibility of a more stable and integrated Middle East, with the United States playing a vital leadership role. Saudi Arabia is one of them, and when I meet with Saudi leaders on Friday, my aim will be to strengthen a strategic partnership going forward that’s based on mutual interests and responsibilities, while also holding true to fundamental American values. In Yemen, I named an envoy and engaged with leaders across the region, including with the king of Saudi Arabia, to lay the foundation for a truce. With respect to Iran, we reunited with allies and partners in Europe and around the world to reverse our isolation; now it is Iran that is isolated until it returns to the nuclear deal my predecessor abandoned with no plan for what might replace it. Of course, the region remains full of challenges: Iran’s nuclear program and support for proxy groups, the Syrian civil war, food security crises exacerbated by Russia’s war against Ukraine, terrorist groups still operating in a number of countries, political gridlock in Iraq, Libya and Lebanon, and human rights standards that remain behind much of the world. From the start, my aim was to reorient — but not rupture — relations with a country that’s been a strategic partner for 80 years. And this week, an Israeli prime minister spoke with the president of the Palestinian Authority for the first time in five years. To restore deterrence, I ordered airstrikes in response to the attacks against our troops and began serious diplomatic outreach to bring about a more stable region. As president, it is my job to keep our country strong and secure. After a year of our persistent diplomacy, that truce is now in place, and lifesaving humanitarian assistance is reaching cities and towns that had been under siege. Then, when the last administration sought to condemn Iran for this action in the U.N. Security Council, the United States found itself isolated and alone.

The New York Times printed a scathing report suggesting that White House aides are closely looking out for President Biden as signs of his aging become more ...

"He often shuffles when he walks, and aides worry he will trip on a wire. Baker wrote that Biden's age has become "a sensitive topic in the West Wing," noting that he is already one year older than President Reagan was when he finished his second term. "But the reality is that managing the schedule of the oldest president in American history presents distinct challenges," Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker wrote. "But aides said he was busy and stayed up working late each night of the trip out of view — just as they say they expect him to in the coming week as he hits the road again in Israel and Saudi Arabia." More than once, he has promoted Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her ‘President Harris,'" Baker told readers. "Mr. Biden, who overcame a childhood stutter, stumbles over words like 'kleptocracy.' He has said Iranian when he meant Ukrainian and several times called Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, ‘John,’ confusing him with the late Republican senator of that name from Virginia."

Joe Biden wants in on your group chat. The president joined the messaging platform, Community, which allows influencers and other high-profile figures to ...

Former President Barack Obama used Community in 2020 and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams joined Community last year to work with the voting rights group she started to mobilize voters and promote initiatives. The president also has sat for interviews loaded to Shade Room, a pop culture site geared for a young, Black audience, and White House Covid adviser Anthony Fauci has held Instagram Live sessions. SMS people like to say the open rate is 100 percent.” Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump was a prolific user of Twitter until he was permanently booted from the platform following the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots. The president will relay some of those stories during a White House event Monday highlighting the gun safety legislation he signed into law earlier this month. The White House does not have a TikTok account, although Biden has filmed videos with the Jonas Brothers and others who uploaded the collaborations to their own TikTok accounts.

Whether it be a spate of deadly mass shootings, Supreme Court decisions including the overturning of Roe v. Wade, some Democrats are frustrated over U.S. ...

"The frustration should be directed at Trump and his supporters and I think all the Republicans who have essentially followed suit not to work with Democrats at any level." Wade opinion and the actual decision was a lot of time for the Biden administration to respond, he said. "My advice to every Democrat is run with this president because it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. "It is the dumbest, dumbest thing that you can do," he said. "When Donald Trump was down ... Republicans rallied around President Trump and the flag. They also have to do a better job of trying to package these issues up together." The White House has got to do a better job of that. "The main issue seems to be a performative one. I just don't see the White House focused in a smart, strategic way." Wade, inflation, recession fears, mass shootings — you wouldn't have known it from the president's schedule, when instead he awarded medals and gave a speech on pensions. We have got to seize control of these issues and really drive change." Wade, or the startling revelations coming out of the Jan. 6 hearings, Joe Biden should have offered more aggressive and robust responses, he says.

Contrary to popular Democratic wisdom, Joe Biden “fights” plenty hard. There are plenty of other reasons why his presidency is whimpering along.

Parties that learn the wrong lessons are doomed to repeat past mistakes, and it looks like Democrats are in the process of doing just that. “The risk is not doing enough.” “We have learned from past crises that the risk is not doing too much,” Biden said in January 2021. Dig deeper and you’ll find the key distinction: it’s not just that Biden doesn’t “fight,” but that he refuses to give up on existing norms and institutions. “A simpler, faster, more generous bill [than The Affordable Care Act] would have been better politics and better policy.” However, this is a guy who cavalierly goes around calling things “ Jim Crow 2.0.” This is a guy who told African-Americans that Mitt Romney (!) wants to put them “ back in chains.” He’s no shrinking violet.