The president and first lady on Friday also carried on another tradition with their second holiday visit to Children’s National Hospital.
President Biden
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Maine Voices: President Biden should not give up on student loan forgiveness
The Supreme Court is reviewing Biden’s student loan forgiveness program after lower courts put the program on hold. As I see it, doing the right thing cannot break the law.
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At Hanukkah reception, Biden will condemn rising antisemitism
The Democratic president will tell guests at the Monday night event that silence is complicity.
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Maine Voices: President Biden should take pride in his first term – and not seek a second
If the Republicans succeed in dethroning Trump and nominate Ron DeSantis or a DeSantis-like candidate, I believe that President Biden would lose.
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Jim Fossel: Biden shakes up presidential primaries for the wrong reasons
The president’s decision to move things around – out of self-interest – could backfire for Democrats.
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Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law
Biden plans on Tuesday to sign legislation, passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress, to protect same-sex unions.
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Biden releasing nearly $36 billion to aid pensions of union workers
The retirement plan has participants in almost every state, with the largest concentration in the Midwest.
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Congress set to rescind COVID-19 vaccine mandate for military
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that President Biden told House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy he would consider lifting the mandate.
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Commentary: Making the case for a stronger U.S. commitment to human rights
Human rights are not central to the Biden administration’s foreign policy – despite assurances they would be.
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French President Emmanuel Macron hits New Orleans’ French Quarter, meets with Musk
The visit is the first by a French president since Valery Giscard d’Estaing traveled to Lafayette and New Orleans in 1976.