Joe Biden

July 22, 2021, 10:55 am

Biden: FDA could okay COVID vaccines for under-12s by end of August

US president says scientists reviewing inoculation for younger children, may approve it around beginning of school year

By TOI staff and AP

US President Joe Biden holds up a Buccaneers jersey while standing next to head coach Bruce Arians and quarterback Tom Brady, as he welcomes the 2021 NFL Super Bowl champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, on July 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via AFP)

July 20, 2021, 11:40 pm

Visiting Biden at White House, Tom Brady pokes fun at Trump

‘I think about 40% of the people still don’t think we won,’ the quarterback deadpans, mocking Trump’s claims of a stolen election

By AFP

US President Joe Biden speaks about the economy and his infrastructure agenda in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington, July 19, 2021. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

July 20, 2021, 9:08 am

Biden says remark that Facebook ‘killing people’ was a call for big tech to act

US president hopes media giants will now better combat vaccine misinformation; Facebook claims 85% of users in the US have been vaccinated or want to get the shot

By Zeke Miller and Barbara Ortutay

President Joe Biden, right, meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

July 19, 2021, 11:53 pm

Biden praises Jordan king in White House meet expected to broach Abraham Accords

US president to reportedly tell Abdullah that Trump-brokered agreements not an ‘end run’ on finding way to peace deal that includes Palestinian state

By AAMER MADHANI

(L) US President Joe Biden speaks on July 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (R) Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks on May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

July 19, 2021, 10:49 am

Biden to host Jordan’s Abdullah Monday for first meeting with Arab leader

US administration plans to stress that Israel’s normalization agreements aren’t an ‘end run’ around finding the way to a peace deal that includes a Palestinian state, official says

By AAMER MADHANI

This combination of file photos shows actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (left) at a screening of the Oscars on April 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (right) in New York, on October 25, 2019. (AP/Rick Rycroft, Pool, Mark Lennihan)

July 18, 2021, 7:16 pm

Sacha Baron Cohen suggests jailing Zuckerberg over COVID misinformation

Comedian known for rallying against social media platforms says President Biden is correct in accusing Facebook of ‘killing people’

By TOI staff

Demonstrators participate in a vehicle caravan with a sign reading 'Trust in God not vaccines' outside City Hall, on April 22, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)

July 18, 2021, 12:50 pm

12 accounts behind most online vaccine misinformation, COVID conspiracy theories

Report finds ‘disinformation dozen’ responsible for 65% of anti-vaccine content on social media, reaching more than 59 million followers on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter

By TOI staff and AP

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi arrives to the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Francis, Friday, July 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

July 17, 2021, 6:27 am

Biden invites Iraqi prime minister to White House

Al-Kadhimi is second Middle Eastern leader slated to visit Washington this month, after Jordan’s King Abdullah; Bennett also expected for talks, but no date set yet

By AP and TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and US President Joe Biden. (composite image: AP, Flash90)

July 14, 2021, 5:04 pm

Bennett mulls visiting DC on a weekend, to avoid missing Knesset votes

Timeframe for Biden meeting would be very tight due to coalition’s wafer-thin majority, opposition filibusters, Shabbat observance and US presidents not holding meetings on Sundays

By Tal Schneider

US President Joe Biden delivers a speech on voting rights at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

July 14, 2021, 4:00 am

Biden says US democracy threatened by Republican ‘subversion’

President says protecting voting rights is a ‘historic’ test for the country in wake of false accusations surrounding 2020 vote

By Saul Loeb and Sebastian Smith

In this file photo taken on April 1, 2021 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks to the media in Los Angeles, California (Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)

July 10, 2021, 4:50 am

Biden taps LA’s Jewish mayor Garcetti as ambassador to India

A rising Democratic star, Garcetti has led America’s second-largest city since 2013, with a focus on improving transportation and sustainability

By Shaun Tandon

President Joe Biden speaks about the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House, July 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

July 9, 2021, 12:11 pm

Biden sets date for full Afghanistan withdrawal as Taliban seizes key crossing

Insurgent group claims to control 85% of the country as the US accelerates final pullout, set to be completed by August 31

By Agencies

US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of Trump's Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

July 8, 2021, 4:58 am

Trump reportedly saw Netanyahu’s congratulations to Biden as ‘ultimate betrayal’

New book by Michael Wolff says that even though Israeli leader waited 12 hours to acknowledge Biden’s election win, Trump felt that he ‘owed’ him and had ‘sold out’

By TOI staff

King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, meets with US Vice President Joe Biden, at the Husseiniya Palace in Amman, Jordan, March 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

July 8, 2021, 2:40 am

Jordan’s King Abdullah to be first Mideast leader to visit Biden White House

US president extends invitation for monarch to visit on July 19, likely preceding meeting with Bennett, for which no date has been announced

By Jacob Magid

Illustrative image of hacking, hackers, ransomware and a cybersecurity attack (solarseven; iStock by Getty Images)

July 4, 2021, 11:43 am

Experts say Russian group behind massive ransomware attack on global businesses

In one of the broadest such hack campaigns on record, thousands of companies in 17 countries hit by demands that they pay up in order to get their systems working again

By AP and TOI staff