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President Biden has said he plans to run for a second term, but his age has become an uncomfortable issue for him and his party.

At a photo opportunity, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany gently pointed Mr. Biden in the direction of the cameras. At one point, he had trouble lifting a glass of water to his lips and stepping down a ramp, and he also made an unexplained trip to the hospital. The White House seems equally determined to guard Mr. Biden against unscripted interactions with the news media. If he mounts another campaign in 2024, Mr. Biden would be asking the country to elect a leader who would be 86 at the end of his tenure, testing the outer boundaries of age and the presidency. Mr. Biden’s advisers say he resists such management and pushes in the other direction. Just a year and a half into his first term, Mr. Biden is already more than a year older than Ronald Reagan was at the end of two terms. Still, aides tried to limit his schedule, monitored sharply by the first lady, Nancy Reagan. “That’s one of the first lessons we had, to not overschedule,” recalled Tom Griscom, one of those aides. By the end of his term, he was boasting about passing a cognitive test meant to detect signs of dementia. And as Mr. Biden insists he plans to run for a second term, his age has increasingly become an uncomfortable issue for him, his team and his party. “President Biden works every day and because chief executives can perform their duties from anywhere in the world, it has long been common for them to spend weekends away from the White House,” Andrew Bates, a deputy press secretary, said after this article was published online. The president’s medical report in November indicated he had atrial fibrillation but that it was stable and asymptomatic. “I have just turned 80 and I have found over the last two or three years I think it would have been unwise for me to try to run any organization.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday defended his decision to travel to Saudi Arabia saying human rights would be on his agenda as he gave a preview ...

The president will first stop in Israel on his July 13-16 trip. It’s my aim to keep it that way.” Biden said. The United States also wants to curb Iran’s influence in the Middle East and China’s global sway.

Three days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Biden used a break between Group of Seven summit meetings at the luxury Schloss Elmau ...

And to continue to blame Biden for the fact that more Americans didn’t vote for Democrats is an epic example of missing the forest,” she said. “They’re looking for many more specifics in the plan to react to the overturning of Roe and protecting their abortion rights.” On Friday, exactly two weeks after the abortion ruling, Biden again stood in the White House and addressed the nation. The White House began planning for a possible overturning of Roe last summer, when the Supreme Court did not stop a Texas law that banned abortions at around six weeks, two senior White House officials said. A White House official, however, said the decision was made to let the remarks from Biden and Harris carry the day. But White House aides and agency officials became uncomfortable declaring the Supreme Court decision a public health emergency, the person said. “This is the first time in the history of our nation that a constitutional right has been taken from the people of America,” Harris said. But many of the groups felt they were met with vague platitudes, a handful of listening sessions and promises the administration was working on a plan, said a Democratic strategist who works with some of the groups. Some aspects of the White House reaction have felt to some Democrats like a routine response, including stakeholder calls and the creation of a task force, to an existential crisis. On Friday, Biden gave an emotional speech that cheered many Democrats with its tone of outrage and a call to combat, while signing an executive order bolstering abortion rights and access to contraceptives. White House officials defend the urgency of Biden’s response and the actions he has taken on abortion, which they argue are in step with mainstream opinion. This account of the administration’s 14-day struggle to craft a message and policy plan after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v.

Biden said the fastest way to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's rollback of abortion rights is to have large Democratic majorities in Congress to pass a law ...

“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. “The fastest way to restore Roe is to pass a national law,” Biden said. 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. 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. Biden acknowledged the limitations facing his office, saying it would require an act of Congress to restore access to abortion in the more than a dozen states where strict limits or total bans have gone into effect in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Under mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful in response to the Supreme Court ruling reversing Roe v. Wade, U.S. President Joe Biden ...

Privacy experts say women could be vulnerable if their personal data is used to surveil pregnancies and shared with police or sold to vigilantes. "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 fastest way to restore Roe is to pass a national law," Biden said. The court's decision in the case known as Dobbs v. 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.

President Joe Biden defended his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia in The Washington Post and pledged to give attention to human rights on his visit with the ...

Two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Biden stood in the Roosevelt Room in the White House on Friday to announce an executive ...

That goes to the second area of criticism of the president, which is that he has been unnecessarily restrained in what he has pushed for. That was Biden’s main message on Friday. Though he outlined the elements of the abortion executive order he was signing, his rhetoric focused principally on November — the importance of everyone voting and the consequences of not doing so. He is who he is and not likely to change. His advisers believe that should suggest that the president’s political instincts were sound then and are sound today, that he knows how to calibrate his words and actions, that he deals in political reality. From the administration’s perspective, some of this criticism feels like a repeat of what happened during the 2020 Democratic primaries: that the same people who were critical of him then as not rhetorically strong and not in tune with where his party was, are the ones who are most critical today. In their eyes, Biden, who in temperament and instinct is still as much a creature of the Senate as of the executive branch, has not risen to the challenge. They ask: Where is the passion, day in and day out, that reflects those changed circumstances and the new threats? But in this formulation, Biden presides over a broader Democratic coalition that includes everyone from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the left to Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on the right and must never forget the importance of that. One is that Biden has lacked a consistent tone of anger and outrage over what is at risk and what is at stake at an unprecedented moment in American politics. They see a Republican Party poised to take control of the House and possibly the Senate in the November elections. On Friday, speaking about abortion, Biden attacked the high court’s ruling in strong language, calling it “terrible, extreme and, I think, so totally wrongheaded.” But while pointed and emotional in his criticism of the justices, the executive order Biden issued fell short of what some advocates had hoped for. Wade, President Biden stood in the Roosevelt Room in the White House on Friday to announce an executive order aimed at preserving, where possible, the right to an abortion.

President Biden defended his controversial upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, which is a part of a wider trip to the Middle East, in an op-ed published on ...

Biden’s trip, and his planned meeting with the crown prince, mark a stark reversal from his promise while campaigning for president that he would make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” over Khashoggi’s killing. “From the start, my aim was to reorient — but not rupture — relations with a country that’s been a strategic partner for 80 years. He rebuked Trump for leaving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, under which the U.S. and several other world powers agreed to provided sanctions relief to the Middle Eastern country if it curbed its nuclear program, among other moves.

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.

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.

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.

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden defended his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia in The Washington Post and pledged to give attention to human rights on his ...

“That travel will also be a small symbol of the budding relations and steps toward normalization between Israel and the Arab world, which my administration is working to deepen and expand. Biden also noted he would be the first president to fly from Israel to Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, after decades of hostility between the Jewish state and Arab kingdom. We have to counter Russia’s aggression, put ourselves in the best possible position to outcompete China, and work for greater stability in a consequential region of the world,” he said.

Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated a woman's constitutional right to choose, President Biden signed an executive ...

One possibility pushed by abortion rights advocates and considered by the Biden administration was the declaration of a public health emergency. Whatever the end result, Mr. Biden is correct when he says the only way to secure reproductive rights is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe as federal law. That those strategies likely would run afoul of laws such as the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of federal funds for abortions, seems not to matter to those who would have Mr. Biden exceed his authority to accomplish their goals. Surely the country had enough of disregard for the law during the Trump administration. Wade and eliminated a woman’s constitutional right to choose, President Biden signed an executive order Friday that calls on the federal government to do everything in its authority to safeguard some abortion access for residents of states that outlaw the procedure. Exact details of how the administration aims to accomplish this goal remain to be seen; Mr. Biden directed the secretary of Health and Human Services to produce a report.

Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court issued a decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated a woman's Constitutional right to choose.

It’s time for the Senate to do their part and protect reproductive freedoms.” [ Tweet, 07/08/22] Today, @POTUS signed an Executive Order protecting access to vital reproductive health care services and the right to privacy.” [ Tweet, 7.8.22] We appreciate that the administration is taking steps to support clinicians, including protecting access to necessary medications; ensuring legal protections for clinicians who provide out-of-state abortion care; and issuing new guidance on EMTALA and HIPAA to support and protect clinicians, health care professionals, and patients.” [ Tweet, 7.8.22] Wade to protect essential health care and the right to choose.” [Tweet, 7.8.22] It’s time to #EndTheFilibuster and enshrine the right to abortion care into law.” [ Tweet, 7.8.22] Rep. Bill Foster: “I applaud @potus for taking aggressive action to protect access to reproductive health care and abortion rights. The fight continues to protect the right to choose.” [ Tweet, 7.8.22] We must continue to fight for reproductive freedom in the U.S. #AbortionIsHealthcare #ReproductiveRights” [ Tweet, 7.8.22] @POTUS’ executive order directing @HHSGov to protect reproductive health services is a good step, and I’ll keep fighting in Congress to ensure Texas women can get the health care they need.” [ Tweet, 7.8.22] Today’s Executive Order is welcome news, and we will keep pushing for action in every way we can to protect reproductive rights.” [ Tweet, 7.8.22] This Executive Order will: – Safeguard access to reproductive health care – Protect patient privacy & access to accurate information – Promote patients, providers, & clinics safety & security – Coordinate Federal efforts to protect reproductive rights & access to health care” [ Tweet, 7.8.22] But we in Congress need to do more—far more—to protect this constitutional right.” [ Tweet, 7.8.22]

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.