Tag: President Joe Biden

FBI searches Biden’s Rehoboth Beach home

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is conducting a planned search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents. That's according to a statement from Biden's personal lawyer. The search Wednesday follows a 13-hour, top-to-bottom review of his Wilmington, Delaware home on Jan. 20, when agents located additional documents with classified markings and also took possession of some of […]

02/01/2023 19

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Biden to talk expanded veterans benefits in Delaware

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday is visiting a Delaware National Guard facility named for his late son as he encourages veterans to take advantage of new healthcare opportunities under legislation that he signed in August. The law, known as the PACT Act, helps veterans get screened for exposure to toxins. Those include Agent Orange, which was used for deforestation during the Vietnam War, and burn pits, where […]

12/16/2022 15

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Higher gas prices hurt pockets, make small dent in emissions

President Biden's climate agenda has been stymied by Congress and the Supreme Court. But one thing the president doesn't like is actually causing emissions of heat-trapping gases to drop: high gas prices. Even as gas prices finally slip below $5 a gallon, many people are cutting back on driving just a bit. But not everyone can. Federal data shows that June gas sales are 5% below the same time in […]

07/07/2022 25

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Offshore wind boosted as Biden, East Coast governors team up

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is launching a partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden's climate change plan. Biden administration officials will meet with governors and labor leaders Thursday to announce commitments to expand important parts of the offshore industry. Those parts include manufacturing facilities, ports and workforce training and development. The Democratic president has a […]

06/23/2022 28

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Biden evacuated after plane entered airspace near Rehoboth Beach home

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The White House says a small private airplane entered restricted airspace near President Joe Biden’s Delaware vacation home on Saturday, and that led to the brief evacuation of the president and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. The White House says there was no threat to Biden or his family and that precautionary measures were taken. After the situation was assessed, the Bidens returned to their […]

06/06/2022 42

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Biden to give commencement speech at Delaware alma mater

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver this year's spring commencement address at his alma mater, the University of Delaware. University officials said Tuesday that the May 28 commencement ceremony is open only to graduating students and their guests but will be livestreamed. Biden's appearance will mark the school's first commencement address by a sitting U.S. president. Biden received a bachelor's degree with a double major in history […]

04/20/2022 41

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Biden says sub he commissioned will enhance US security

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine at the dock in Wilmington, Delaware. He said the submarine would enhance national security, though he made no reference to the global turmoil from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He told an audience of invited guests and dignitaries that as commander in chief, “I […]

04/04/2022 37

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Biden’s new German shepherd draws attention from pup-arazzi

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden's new puppy, Commander, has gotten his moment under the flashing lights of the Washington press corps — and some time frolicking on the beach. Biden and first lady Jill Biden took the German shepherd on a walk Tuesday near their second home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Commander was born Sept. 1 and arrived at the White House last week, a birthday gift […]

12/29/2021 62

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Biden, others pay tribute to former Gov. Ruth Ann Minner

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Mourners shared laughter, memories and tears as they paid their last respects to former Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner. Minner was a sharecropper's daughter, high school dropout and widow who became the only woman to serve as Delaware's governor. She died Thursday at the age of 86. President Joe Biden joined friends, family and fellow politicians in Milford on Wednesday for Minner's funeral. They recalled her […]

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