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Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, serving since January 2021. A longtime Delaware senator and former Vice President under Barack Obama, Biden has been a prominent figure in American politics for over five decades.
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Lady Gaga has taken to social media ahead of her performance at Joe Biden's inauguration to say that she hopes today (January 20) will be "a day of acceptance, not fear". Sharing a photograph of herself in the Capitol rotunda, the 'Pokerface' singer, 34, could be seen looking solemn while…
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Joe Biden has released a statement confirming everything that he will do on his first day in office. As per the Mirror, a statement from Biden's office ahead of his swearing-in today reads: "Today, hours after taking the oath of office, President-elect Biden will take a historic number of actions…
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Joe Biden has memorialized the more than 400,000 Americans who have thus far died from Covid-19 during a moving vigil held in Washington DC. Late on Tuesday afternoon, gospel singer Yolanda Adams performed Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' as 400 lanterns were lit in memory of those Americans who had lost their…
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Donald Trump has issued a farewell speech yesterday (January 19) as his time as president comes to a close. The 45th president of the United States, who is the only president in history to have been impeached twice, issued a prerecorded farewell speech in which he stated that his administration…
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Joe Biden has nominated Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to serve as his assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health and Human Services, POLITICO reports. As such, she is set to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate. A qualified pediatrician,…
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Melania Trump has released a farewell message as she prepares to leave the White House in time for Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday, January 20. As part of the six-minute-long pre-recorded speech, which was posted to her official Twitter account, Mrs. Trump praised those in the military and law enforcement…
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A teenager who outed their own mom for participating in violence during the Capitol riots in Washington D.C. earlier this month has said that she doesn't regret doing it. On Wednesday, January 6, a number of Trump-supporting protestors stormed the Capitol building and interrupted the affirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's…
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A Trump-supporting nurse has been fired from her job after it was discovered that she participated in the Capitol riots. On Wednesday, January 6, a number of Trump-supporting protestors stormed the Capitol building and interrupted the affirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 US Presidential Election. The riot…
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In two days' time, Wednesday, January 20, to be exact, Joe Biden will officially become the 46th president of the United States. As such, we'll all have his televised inauguration special to look forward to - and the star-studded lineup for the event just keeps getting better! The president-elect's inaugural committee…
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Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of President-elect Joe Biden, has just announced her first initiative as the First Lady. Per CNN, the 69-year-old future FLOTUS' first initiative is actually a revival of an earlier one - namely that of Joining Forces, a program that aims to support military personnel, veterans,…
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Tucker Carlson has been met with fierce criticism after making "vile" jokes about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fearing she "was going to die" during the Capitol riots on January 6. As reported by BuzzFeed News, AOC took to Instagram Live on Tuesday night (January 12) to recall her "traumatizing" experiences as…
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Greta Thunberg has taken to social media to call for "change" after NASA declared 2020 the hottest year on record. The 18-year-old climate change activist wrote on Twitter: "We're in a climate emergency and the changes needed are still nowhere in sight. The only ones who can change that are…
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Joe Biden's Presidential Inaugural Committee has announced that Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga will perform at the inauguration next week. Sharing the announcement to Twitter on Thursday morning (January 14), the committee posted a tweet stating: "The #InaugurationDay ceremony lineup is here!" President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration will take place on…
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that Donald Trump's Senate trial will not take place until after Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20. This comes after the historic news that President Trump has been impeached for a second time after the House of Representatives secured enough votes…
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Chuck Norris has been forced to deny that he was in attendance at last week's Capitol riots after a photograph of a lookalike at the event began to trend online. A man who strongly resembled the 80-year-old actor appeared to be smiling in pictures with Trump supporters at the riot,…
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CNN presenter Don Lemon has branded President Donald Trump "the biggest snowflake of them all" in the wake of the Capitol riots that lead to the deaths of five people last Wednesday. According to the Independent, Lemon's comments came in response to a Fox News segment during which anchor Bill…
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Melania Trump has been criticized for her "tone deaf" response to the recent Capitol riots. On Wednesday, January 6, pro-Trump protestors stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC and disrupted the ceremonial counting of the Electoral College votes. The rioters then clashed with riot police, and Congress was halted while…
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US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Washington, D.C., following last week's riot in the Capitol Building. The announcement comes a little over a week ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20. On Wednesday, January 6, a mob of pro-Trump protestors stormed the Capitol…
