Joe Biden

Bloomberg/Getty President Biden issued a long-awaited executive order on March 9, 2022 directing the federal government to evaluate the risks and benefits of cryptocurrency — or crypto, for the sake of brevity. It's the first executive order of its kind to focus exclusively on the growing popularity of digital assets like Bitcoin and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce Friday that, along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. That’s according to a source familiar with the matter who spoke…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told Democrats on Thursday night that they have a record “to be proud of” and must sell it with “confidence, clarity, conviction and repetition” heading into critical midterm elections that will help shape the next two years of his term in office. He predicted…

US President Joe Biden signs executive order on cryptocurrency as its use explodes - The Economic Times Video | ET NowAP | 10 Mar 2022, 07:59 AM IST US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether…

By Fatima HusseinMarch 10, 2022 — 6.16am President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether the central bank should jump in and create its own digital currency. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the effort would “promote…

WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the rising cost of gas in the U.S. "Putin’s price hike" — laying the blame for pain at the pump squarely on Russian President Vladimir Putin — it wasn't a casual aside. And his warning to oil and gas companies against…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden didn't race to ban Russian oil. He was pushed into it by an unusual alliance of Republicans and climate-conscious liberals. Of course, supporters of the embargo uniformly cite the defense of innocent Ukrainians as their top priority. But that's not the whole story. Once divided…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency this week that will mark the first step toward regulating how digital currency is traded. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency this week that will mark…

Proposals to ban Russian oil imports are beginning to garner bipartisan momentum, with the White House slowly warming up to the idea despite concerns about rapidly rising oil prices. After senators failed to coalesce around a deal on sanctions ahead of the invasion—an ultimately unnecessary step, given that President Joe…

Back when he was a candidate and running for office, Joe Biden talked about the importance of keeping human rights “at the core of our engagement with the world–not the periphery” and that he would, as president, “hold accountable Saudi Arabia, China, and every nation that violates the human rights…