Fresno County has the ability to vaccinate 40,000 people a week, Councilman Mike Karbassi says, but local health officials received just 8,000 doses from the state a few days ago. "If the state isn't going to show us some love, maybe the president will," said Karbassi to GV Wire℠ by Zoom....
Biden Reverses Trump Ban on Transgender People in Military
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an order Monday reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military. The new order, which Biden signed in the Oval Office during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by President Donald Trump...
Biden More Bullish on Vaccines, Open to 1.5M Daily Shot Goal
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday appeared to boost his goal for coronavirus vaccinations in his first 100 days in office, suggesting that the nation could soon be vaccinating 1.5 million Americans on average per day. Biden signaled his increasing bullishness on the pace of vaccinations after signing an...
Amid Stimulus Talks, Biden Signs Order to Help Factories
WASHINGTON — Taking whatever steps he can to galvanize the economy, President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order Monday to boost government buying from U.S. manufacturers as he begins the negotiation process with Congress over a $1.9 trillion stimulus package. The executive order is among a flurry of...
Why Biden’s Immigration Plan May Be Risky for Democrats
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is confronting the political risk that comes with grand ambition. As one of his first acts, Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul last week that would provide a path to U.S. citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally. It would...
MAGA Media Looks To Turn White House Briefing Room Into a Battlefield
[aggregation-styles] Politico Eric Bolling, the conservative host of Sinclair Broadcast Group’s “America This Week,” would travel regularly to Donald Trump’s White House, interviewing the former president seven times and occasionally attending press briefings. Trump’s now gone and Bolling is facing a vastly different professional landscape. The current president is not...
Biden Ordering Stopgap Help as Talks Start on Big Aid Plan
BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to speed a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans affected by the coronavirus pandemic while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package. The two executive orders that Biden signed would increase food aid, protect job seekers...
US Officials: Biden Proposes 5-Year Extension of Nuke Treaty
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is proposing to Russia a five-year extension of the New START treaty limiting the number of U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, U.S. officials said Thursday. Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan planned to convey the extension proposal to Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly...
Biden Signs Burst of Virus Orders, Vows ‘Help Is on the Way’
WASHINGTON — With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden served notice Thursday that America's war on COVID-19 is under new command, promising an anxious nation progress to reduce infections and lift the siege it has endured for nearly a year. At the same time, he tried to manage...
Buttigieg Urges Big Funds for Transportation in Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, appeared on a smooth path to quick confirmation, pledging to senators on Thursday to help carry out the administration’s ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. Speaking at his confirmation hearing with his husband sitting nearby, Buttigieg pointed to...