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President Joe Biden defended on Tuesday his decision to allow the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline to finish construction, arguing that blocking it would hurt his relationship with European countries. The Biden administration plans to scrap sanctions on the Russian company responsible for the pipeline, Axios reported last week, clearing the way for the project to continue. Biden spoke about the pipeline as he left the White House for a trip to Delaware, placing a priority on European interests, despite Republican senators condemning the project. “To go ahead and impose sanctions now would, I think, be counterproductive in terms of...

President Joe Biden expressed his desire for an Israeli ceasefire of operations against Hamas, after a growing force of leftist Democrats criticized his support of Israel.

The White House on Monday called an early afternoon lid on President Joe Biden’s public activities after an extended weekend at home in Delaware. The president ended his schedule of public events at 1:48 p.m. EST — after about four hours of work.

President Biden highlighted on Monday that for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation early last year, cases of COVID-19 "are down in all 50 states." But in a pitch to encourage unvaccinated Americans to get their shots, the president warned that "those who are not vaccinated will end up paying the price."

Remember the old 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter"? It aired on ABC from 1975 to 1979. The president of the United States throughout half that period was the infamous peanut-farmer-turned-worst-president-ever Jimmy Carter. Perfect timing. Because 2021 is clearly the new 1977. The new version of that sitcom is "Welcome Back, Carter. Except Add Dementia." It stars our current president, Joe "Basement" Biden, as today's hapless, pathetic, destructive Jimmy Carter. Basement Biden and Jimmy Carter are alike in so many ways it's almost surreal. Both appeared to the naked eye as decent human beings. Both portrayed themselves as moderate Democrats. Both...

In a break with recent tradition, President Joe Biden will not be delivering the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame this year - although he was invited by the university to do so. On Tuesday, the university announced that its May 23 commencement speaker will be Jimmy Dunne, a finance executive and trustee of the university. During the last three presidential administrations, U.S. presidents or vice presidents have addressed the university's commencement in their first year in office, but that trend will not continue in 2021. Although a university spokesman told CNA that, as a policy, “we do...

Psaki made the admission while being interviewed by CNN Senior Political Commentator David Axelrod on his podcast "The Axe Files," and claimed that she, at times, even tells Biden to not take questions from reporters. "That is not something we recommend. In fact, a lot of times we say ‘don’t take questions,'" she continued. Psaki then claimed the administration has kept from being distracted by avoiding having Biden do more consistent press conferences in which he would have to answer questions about certain topics Biden held his first solo press conference on March 25, the 65th day of his term,...

A series of embarrassing incidents in recent days shows that while the left may control the media narrative, it’s not fooling Xi Jinping or Vladimir Putin into thinking President Joe Biden is strong.Biden had a beyond-friendly interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, former press secretary to President Bill Clinton, on March 16 in which he allowed Stephanopoulos to lure him into calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “killer” with “no soul.” It would be one thing if there were some purpose behind Biden’s hostile utterance about his Russian counterpart, but it didn’t appear tied to any strategic foreign policy goal.Other than...

Pyongyang fired at least one missile, but senior administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity would not elaborate on what type of weapon was launched, the location of the test, nor its success rate. At a briefing on Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby declined to comment on the missile launch. The missile test comes as Pyongyang ignores invitations from Washington to discuss denuclearization and as larger joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises on the peninsula resume. Last week, a top North Korean official said Pyongyang will not respond to numerous invitations to restart nuke talks until...

Joking about Joe Biden's recent fall on the stairs of Air Force One could inspire an assassination attempt, according to MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance. Biden tripped up on the stairs while boarding Air Force One three times over the weekend, which spawned countless memes on social media.

Major left-leaning U.S. press outlets are largely avoiding mention of President Joe Biden's repeated stumbles as he boarded Air Force One, while many foreign publications are devoting prominent coverage to the incident. As of Friday afternoon, the homepages of MSNBC, CBS News, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and New York Times had no mention of Biden's stumbling incident earlier in the day at Joint Base Andrews. The news blackout was not strictly partisan, with the homepage of right-leaning One America News Network also omitting any mention of Biden's repeated tripping.

Speaking of China Joe, the elderly reprobate sock puppet for the DC Swamp currently pretending to be the legitimate President of the United States of America, he and his utterly incompetent, pathetic diplomatic staff are getting their heads handed to them by Putin and Xi Jinping this week. The corrupt Democrat toadies who staff our major news media outlets are all doing their best to pretend that this is all just fine, that there’s nothing to see here, but they’re lying to us as usual. This is not fine at all. It is in fact the opposite of fine.

Major left-leaning U.S. press outlets are largely avoiding mention of President Joe Biden's repeated stumbles as he boarded Air Force One, while many foreign publications are devoting prominent coverage to the incident. As of Friday afternoon, the homepages of MSNBC, CBS News, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and New York Times had no mention of Biden's stumbling incident earlier in the day at Joint Base Andrews. The news blackout was not strictly partisan, with the homepage of right-leaning One America News Network also omitting any mention of Biden's repeated tripping.

CALLS for Joe Biden's impeachment began trending on Twitter on Friday hours after the president was caught on tape tripping over the stairs while boarding Air Force One. The 78-year-old president was seen slipping on the stairs as he was trying to speedily climb the airstairs to the presidential aircraft. Donald Trump Jr. attacked Biden and Democrats for accusing his father of being unfit to preside but not using the same rhetoric against Biden. His quick recovery did little to save him from becoming an instant online sensation, with memes immediately popping up on social media poking fun of the...

FLASHBACK -> Biden mocks Trump's ramp walk at West Point and claims he's stronger: "Look at how he steps and look at how I step. Watch how I run up ramps and he stumbles down ramps. Come on."

A lot of news stories breaking today, so let’s jump on a couple. “President” Biden fell down three times boarding Air Force One today. How soon before they have to equip the AF1 staircase with one of those elevator chairs? Cue Chevy Chase and an SNL sketch. More important: National Review has today—finally—succeeded in getting Michael Mann’s libel suit dismissed, after eight years of court battles that should have been ended early. Next: let’s see if NR can get some legal fees out of Mann. More women coming forth with allegations against Gov. Cuomo. This is starting to sound a...

A White House spokeswoman said Friday that President Biden fell on the steps of Air Force One because “it’s pretty windy outside.”

"The uneven gait is something I have remarked at least since his fall visit to Walter Reed, and a forward-leaning posture is associated with the difficulty holding a cup. Note that there has not been an annual report on his health this year," tweeted Dr. Bandy Lee, a Yale psychiatrist. "All this having been said, I am not as concerned about these very concerning physical signs as I am about his mental health."On Sunday—the day of the president's 74th birthday—hundreds of thousands of people tweeted using the #TrumpIsUnwell hashtag, making it one of the top trending topics on Twitter.