“I would further operationalise India’s 'Major Defense Partner' status and continue to build upon existing strong defense cooperation to ensure the US and Indian militaries can collaborate to address shared interests,” Austin said.
In public life for nearly five decades ever since he was elected as the youngest United States Senator from Delaware in 1973, Biden noted that history is in the making as he will be sworn in as the President and Indian-origin Kamala Harris as the Vice President.
Trump in his farewell speech indicated that he might be out of the White House, but he will continue to have an active public life.
Donald Trump's final days of Presidency.
Joe Biden is set to swear-in as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, with the message of unity and the enormous task of healing a bitterly divided country. Four years after he left the Beltway for his hometown in Delaware, Biden returned to Washington DC a day before his swearing-in. Before boarding a private plane for Joint Air Force Base Andrews on his way to Washington DC, Biden said, “I am honoured to be your next President and Commander in Chief. I will always be a proud son of the state of Delaware."
Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, while Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice President on Wednesday, in the midst of growing concerns over the safety of the historic inauguration following the recent violent attack on the Capitol Hill by pro-Trump supporters.
Based on Biden's statements in recent days and a memo from Klain, here's what the early days will look like, mostly via executive action.
US President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status.
Back when the election was tightening and just a week away, Joe Biden went big.
America is looking forward to the inauguration day of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, scheduled to take place on January 20. The inauguration ceremony of America's 46th President will be taking place almost 2 weeks after the Capitol Hill seige attempt by incumbent President Donald Trump supporters, who have always been of the opinion that the United States Presidential election 2020 was not conducted fairly.
Ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Wednesday, the American capital has been virtually turned into a garrison city, amidst multiple reports of threats and more armed violence by pro-Trump supporters to disrupt the swearing-in.
US President-elect Joe Biden has nominated at least 20 Indian-Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his incoming administration, a record for the small ethnic community that constitutes one per cent of America's population.
US President-elect Joe Biden has announced an ambitious goal of inoculating 100 million Americans with COVID-19 vaccines in the first 100 days of his administration, noting that the vaccine rollout in the country, the worst hit by the pandemic, has been a "dismal failure."
Sameera Fazili, who traces her family's roots to Kashmir, is among the latest wave of Indian American nominees to be named to US president Joe Biden's A-team. Fazili has been appointed as Deputy Director, National Economic Council.
Trump will become only the fourth president in history to boycott his successor’s inauguration. And while he has said he is now committed to a peaceful transition of power, he has made clear he has no interest in making a show of it.
The storming of the US Capitol by Trump supporters has prompted calls by some lawmakers to remove him from office before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump has said he won't attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration event, scheduled to take place on January 20. Taking to Twitter, Donald Trump said to all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.
US President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan Thursday to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic’s prolonged economic fallout.
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Amanda Gorman will perform at the swearing in ceremony of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, the Presidential Inauguration Committee announced on Thursday. Biden along with Kamala D Harris will be sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States on the West front of the US Capitol next Wednesday.
President Donald Trump was impeached by the US House for a historic second time on Wednesday, charged with incitement of insurrection over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol.
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