Jill Biden

US Secret Service director says security has been strengthened

Failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump puts agency under political pressure

Mon Jul 15 2024 - 12:39

Don’t blame Jill Biden for her husband’s refusal to bow out of the campaign

Media coverage of Jill Biden as the last bulwark against the authoritarian nightmare of Trump is exactly the kind of thing that - rightly - puts voters off

Thu Jul 11 2024 - 06:00

‘The work ethic here is unbelievable’: Meet the Dublin fashion designer who has created the Irish Olympic team’s costumes

Working on Jill Biden’s presidential inauguration outfit resulted in a spike in Weber’s public profile and her business has thrived since

Sun Jun 23 2024 - 06:00

Biden tells Buffalo shooting mourners: ‘Evil will not win’

White supremacy ‘a poison’, US president says following racially-motivated massacre

Tue May 17 2022 - 06:47

Buffalo shooting: Police believe suspect planned further attacks

Killing of 10 at New York supermarket being treated as racially motivated hate crime

Mon May 16 2022 - 20:04

Putin tells second World War Victory Day event ‘West was preparing to invade’ homeland

Russian president addresses servicemen on 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany

Mon May 09 2022 - 07:04

US vice-president Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid-19

Ms Harris has not been in close contact with president Joe Biden due to travel schedules

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 20:10

Biden and his wife paid $150,000 in federal taxes last year

US president and Jill Biden reportered earnings of $610,702

Fri Apr 15 2022 - 23:22

The White House decorations are up. It’s quite a change from Melania Trump’s look

First lady Jill Biden has decked the Christmas halls in a remarkably unremarkable style

Wed Dec 01 2021 - 12:09

Biden meets pope as Francis urges ‘radical’ action on climate change

Catholic US president talks to pontiff amid calls for ambitious G20 and Cop26 accords

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 17:34

Virginia governor’s race offers first test of Biden presidency

Defeat would point to potential disaster for Democrats in next year’s midterm elections

Wed Oct 20 2021 - 14:40

Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of Covid complications

Tributes paid to retired four-star general who helped build case for 2003 invasion of Iraq

Mon Oct 18 2021 - 18:55

US commemorates 20th 9/11 anniversary as Biden visits three attack sites

‘Children have grown up without parents and parents have suffered without children’

Sat Sept 11 2021 - 14:10

Booster shots ‘make a mockery of vaccine equity’, says WHO’s Africa director

African countries continue to lag far behind other continents in inoculations

Thu Aug 19 2021 - 18:25

Brendan Irvine and Kellie Harrington carry Irish flag at opening ceremony

Athletes parade through empty stadium at Tokyo’s no-frills opening ceremony

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 13:51

Jill Biden is thriving as Kamala Harris languishes

Many of the US president’s signature proposals have long been priorities of his wife

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 01:00

African American teenager makes history at US spelling bee

Zaila Avant-garde (14), a basketball prodigy, breaks streak of Indian-American champions

Fri Jul 09 2021 - 09:19

Florida building collapse: Search operation suspended due to safety fears

Joe Biden visits scene near Miami as some 145 missing people feared buried in rubble

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 19:36

Biden vows to raise firefighters’ pay as parts of US gripped by heatwave

President bemoans ‘regular cycle’ as concerns rise about drought and wildfires

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 19:50

Hopes fade of finding survivors in Miami building rubble

Confirmed death toll increases to 16 as 147 people remain unaccounted for

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 17:15

‘America is back’: Biden to outline US policy to Johnson, Putin in overseas visit

Biden has warned any UK-US trade deal is ‘contingent’ on respect for Good Friday Agreement

Sun Jun 06 2021 - 11:04

Biden dubs June ‘month of action’ as he seeks to raise US vaccination rates

Goal of 70% of US having at least one jab by July 4th helped by offers of beer and free trips

Wed Jun 02 2021 - 20:00

Biden warns US democracy ‘in peril’ as he commemorates war dead

President’s speech comes during time of tumultuous politics and civic unrest in US

Mon May 31 2021 - 20:13

US first lady enlists Fauci to promote jabs for teenagers

Jill Biden swerves question about once using an expletive to describe Kamala Harris

Thu May 20 2021 - 21:15

Biden unveils $1.8tn plan for family support as he marks 100 days in office

American Families Plan proposes extra state support for childcare and education

Thu Apr 29 2021 - 06:36

Back to the high street? The future of fashion after lockdown

As we get ready to go back into the world, what will we wear, and how will we shop?

Sat Apr 24 2021 - 06:00

Former US vice-president Walter Mondale dies aged 93

‘One of our nation’s most dedicated patriots and public servants’: Biden leads tributes

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 07:44

Kamala Harris: ‘Being vice-president? I kind of like it’

Suzanne Lynch flies high on Air Force Two with the US vice-president

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 06:00

Biden’s German Shepherd Major in dog house after second biting incident

Major ‘nipped someone while on a walk’ on White House grounds, spokesman says

Wed Mar 31 2021 - 09:26

Alabama tornadoes destroy homes and kill at least five

Roofs sheared off buildings in town of Ohatchee in southern US state

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 07:26

Biden and officials to hold events across the US to sell American Rescue Plan

New Covid package brings to $4 trillion the amount the US has spent on shoring up its economy since pandemic began a year ago

Fri Mar 12 2021 - 21:32

Vaccinating teachers top priority, says US education secretary

‘We must continue to reopen America’s schools as quickly and as safely as possible’

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 20:12

Climate change is biggest threat to security, Attenborough tells UN

Security council warned of risk to food, fresh water, temperature and ocean food chains

Tue Feb 23 2021 - 19:49

‘We must not become numb to sorrow,’ says Biden as US hits 500,000 Covid deaths

In address to nation president focuses on losses of pandemic and larger theme of unity

Tue Feb 23 2021 - 11:24