Dave Boyer
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Joe Biden executive order to raise minimum wage to $15 for federal contractors
President Biden will sign an executive order Tuesday requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage to hundreds of thousands of workers, senior administration officials said. Published April 27, 2021
Joe Biden creates task force to spur unionization of U.S. workforce
President Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday to lead a White House task force aimed at the unprecedented goal of unionizing more workers in the U.S. with the broad support of the federal government. Published April 26, 2021
Turkey summons U.S. ambassador after Biden declaration on Armenian genocide
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador in Ankara to protest President Biden's recognition over the weekend that the former Ottoman Empire's mass killing of Armenians was a genocide. Published April 25, 2021
Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide
President Biden on Saturday called the killing of Armenians during World War I a genocide. In response to the declaration, Turkey's foreign ministry Saturday said Mr. Biden's statement was politically motivated and lacked any "scholarly and legal basis." Published April 24, 2021
Jen Psaki gives reporters chocolate chip cookies at briefing
White House press secretary Jen Psaki had reporters eating out of her hand on Friday -- literally. Published April 23, 2021
Biden wants to keep focus of climate plan on ‘union jobs’
President Biden said on Friday that one of his prime climate goals in shifting the U.S. to a clean-energy economy is to create more union jobs. Published April 23, 2021
Joe Biden pledges that U.S. will lead world to ‘decarbonize’ industries
President Biden told world leaders on Friday that the U.S. will lead the way to "decarbonize" the globe by reducing demand for fossil fuels that power everything from cars to manufacturing plants. Published April 23, 2021
Stocks plummet on report that Biden wants to hike capital gains tax
Stocks slumped Thursday after a report that President Biden will propose almost doubling capital gains taxes on wealthier investors, the third major tax increase the president is eyeing in his first 100 days. Published April 22, 2021
Maxine Waters ‘relieved’ at Derek Chauvin guilty verdict in George Floyd case
Rep. Maxine Waters said Tuesday she was "relieved" by the guilty verdict for former police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd. Published April 20, 2021
John McLaughlin, Trump pollster, says GOP support still strong, discredits John Bolton survey
Former President Donald Trump's pollster pushed back on Tuesday against a poll commissioned by ex-Trump aide-turned-critic John Bolton that showed Mr. Trump's grip on the Republican Party is slipping. Published April 20, 2021
Kamala Harris says Americans are ‘sleeping better’ with her and Joe Biden in charge
Vice President Kamala Harris claimed Monday that Americans are sleeping better now that she and President Biden are in power and said the White House has no plans to slow its agenda of massively higher spending, major tax hikes and transformative social programs. Published April 19, 2021
Kamala Harris says infrastructure plan will lead to more union jobs
Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday linked the administration's $2 trillion infrastructure plan with efforts to expand union jobs and opportunities for women, declaring that "hardhats are actually unisex." Published April 19, 2021
Biden calls Masters golf champion Hideki Matsuyama, 29, ‘a Japanese boy’
President Biden referred to 29-year-old Masters golf champion Hideki Matsuyama as "a Japanese boy" during a joint press conference Friday with Japan's prime minister. Published April 16, 2021
Biden says U.S. cooperation with Japan ‘vital’ at first in-person meeting with foreign leader
President Biden held his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader on Friday when he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House for discussions on China, North Korea and progress against the pandemic. Published April 16, 2021
White House defends ambassador’s remark that White supremacy in U.S. ‘founding documents’
The White House on Friday defended U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield for saying that White supremacy was "weaved into" the founding documents of the U.S. Published April 16, 2021
Joe Biden: U.S. doesn’t want ‘cycle of escalation’ with Russia
President Biden said Thursday that the U.S. doesn't seek "a cycle of escalation and conflict with Russia" after the administration slapped dozens of sanctions on Moscow over its interference in the 2020 presidential election and a massive cyberattack. Published April 15, 2021
Mike Pence has pacemaker implanted to correct slow heart rate
Former Vice President Mike Pence had a pacemaker implanted on Wednesday after experiencing symptoms of a slow heart rate, his office said. Published April 15, 2021
Biden administration backs away from report of Russian bounties to kill U.S. soldiers
The White House acknowledged Thursday that U.S. intelligence agencies found only "low to moderate" confidence in reports that Russian agents offered bounties to Taliban fighters last year to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, a story that Democrats used to club then-President Trump as weak on Moscow. Published April 15, 2021
Joe Biden to host South Korean President Moon Jae-in next month
President Biden will host South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House in late May, the White House announced on Thursday. Published April 15, 2021
Joe Biden expels diplomats, hits Russia with sanctions over cyberattacks, election interference
The Biden administration imposed its first sanctions on Russia on Thursday to punish Moscow for the "SolarWinds" cyber-espionage attack against the U.S. government and private companies, and for efforts to influence the 2020 presidential election. Published April 15, 2021
