The US President says more federal vaccination and testing sites will open to tackle a surge in COVID-19 cases sparked by the Omicron variant.

The initiatives come as Omicron blankets the U.S. and amount to a redeployment of emergency defenses seen last year.

Biden in a speech will also outline plans to expand testing sites across the country and deploy more federal health resources for hospitals.

The US will also deploy more military medics amid fears the holiday season will boost a Covid spike.

South Korea, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland are among countries to reimpose partial or full lockdowns, or other measures, in recent days as the Omicron variant sweeps the world

US News: The Biden administration will open federal Covid-19 testing sites in New York City this week and buy 500 million at-home rapid tests that Americans c

Thursday’s announcement was met with support and criticism as the delta variant drags on the economic recovery.

The President sharply criticises unvaccinated Americans while announcing expansive new vaccine rules which will apply to about two-thirds of all US employees.

The leaders of the world’s two-biggest economies discussed areas where US, China interests ‘converge, diverge’.

The Biden administration says humanitarian aid to Afghanistan will continue but through nongovernment organizations.

Asian shares rose in early trade on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it was too early to consider rolling back emergency support for the economy, and as U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled plans for a $1.8 trillion stimulus package.

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President Biden called the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol an “exist...

Biden acknowledged the presence of two women behind him at the very start of his speech.

President Biden Wednesday evening in his address to Congress, that he took over as president after "the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War," an apparent reference to the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

The president said the filibuster was "being abused in a gigantic way."

The specter of former president Donald Trump loomed awkwardly at Biden’s first news conference Thursday — part foil, part scapegoat and, once, as a punchline.

Vice President Harris speaks to USA TODAY and has a message for women, President Biden plans to unveil his next major plan and more news to start your Friday.

New photos show cheat sheets used by Biden during his first press conference

WASHINGTON (AP) — Somehow, they didn’t see it coming. Within weeks of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, the Biden administration had reversed many of the most maligned Trump-era immigration...

After sounding the alarm over President Trump's use of a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy during the 2020 presidential election, both CNN and MSNBC on Friday virtually ignored President Biden's intense fall while climbing the stairs onto Air Force One.

Former Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller warned Friday that President Biden's verbal slips and gaffes are becoming a "national security crisis."

Dramatic standoffs help clarify Washington’s new outlook in a post-Trump era, but also create unpredictable and sometimes chaotic outcomes on the diplomatic stage.

The Biden administration is reportedly considering sending migrants to states near the Canadian b...

Health officials were optimistic about meeting the new May 1 target to open eligibility, but some stopped short of promising to do so.

RT @joekatz45: I've seen right wing influencers claiming the UFO hearing was meant to distract from the Hunter Biden court mess *and* that…

RT @harryjsisson: Amazing. Mitch McConnell told reporters that President Biden called him to make sure he was ok. Isn’t it nice to have a p…

RT @MeidasTouch: NEW: Lev Parnas just came clean about how the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop were acquired by Russian FSB agents and co…

RT @Stephen_Geiger: George Washington was our first President because he literally led our troops into battle on horseback. How did we get…

I'm biding my time, fam. You're the Biden Crime Fam. We are not the same.

RT @RepTroyNehls: DHS Secretary Mayorkas claims that the border is not open. Over 5.6 million illegal aliens have flooded into our countr…

RT @WarClandestine: I do not care about the Hunter Biden case and the US DOJ as a whole. I do not care about gun or drug charges. Biden,…

RT @ChuckCallesto: JUST IN: Zelensky purportedly has PROOF OF BIDEN’S BRIBERY SCANDAL and may have used this for leverage. https://t.co/…

RT @harryjsisson: Amazing. Mitch McConnell told reporters that President Biden called him to make sure he was ok. Isn’t it nice to have a p…

RT @SheriffClarke: Is Biden's DOJ going after Trump because they're worried about 2024? https://t.co/ThaoYpWtXj

RT @NormEisen: Hunter Biden's plea deal took center stage today But that won't affect Jack Smith's 1/6 case He will indict based on his o…

RT @charliekirk11: Surprise surprise…Alexander Mackler, a man who referred to Hunter Biden as “brother” was working in the Delaware U.S. At…

RT @DC_Draino: Hunter Biden simple recap: Plea deal contained secret provision to provide Hunter w/legal immunity for all future federal c…

RT @DC_Draino: Hunter Biden simple recap: Plea deal contained secret provision to provide Hunter w/legal immunity for all future federal c…

RT @willscharf: The Hunter Biden plea deal was apparently more outrageous and far reaching than had previously been publicly known. In re…

RT @willscharf: Based on conversations with people who were in the courtroom today, and my experience as a former federal prosecutor, I thi…

RT @File411: @ChrisDJackson @LeaderMcConnell @POTUS @JoeBiden President Biden is just a decent human being and the Beltway could do more to…

RT @rogertansey: Hunter Biden has been treated differently. He’s been put under FBI investigation for 5 years and charged with crimes when…

Judge orders #HunterBiden to look for a job, lay off drugs as conditions for staying out of jail https://t.co/AvvQRqW7T2 #FoxNews

RT @MarshaBlackburn: We all know if Hunter didn’t have the last name “Biden,” he wouldn’t be getting a sweetheart deal. Two tiers of justi…

RT @GuntherEagleman: Who would have thought the next distraction from the Biden Crime Family would be UFO’s? LOL! We’re fucked.

RT @funder: Joe Biden is president. Hunter Biden is not. Get over it.

RT @DC_Draino: Wow - Nearly 2/3 of American voters think cheating affected the 2020 election in new Rasmussen poll - 62%! “The Big Lie” is…

RT @ggreenwald: Ever since Cornel West announced his Green Party candidacy, some on the left decreed that Biden is so clearly the lesser of…

RT @TomFitton: HUGE! SMOKING GUN FBI DOCUMENT AND CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR IMPEACHMENT AND CRIMINAL CHARGES TARGETING B…

RT @fukBidenHarris: Remember my elderly neighbor that I was helping bc her husband died and left her homeless? She just had a stroke and is…

RT @laurenboebert: Biden has sent 43 aide packages to Ukraine. He’s also accused of accepting a $10 million bribe from Ukrainian nationals…

RT @GuntherEagleman: Dear GOP Congress, No one wants to read your tweets or listen to how you protected gas ovens... Stop the fucking no…

RT @TomFitton: We need a corruption investigation into the FBI/DOJ corruption investigation of the Biden family.

RT @HouseGOP: In 2020 Joe Biden claimed it was "not true" that Burisma, a Ukrainian natural gas firm paid Hunter Biden millions of dollars…

RT @namwella1961: I’m not worried about being killed by an immigrant. I’m worried about being killed by a Trump supporting, Confederate/Tr…

RT @LoveThisBar: If @GOP @GOPoversight @RepJamesComer ever quit playing whack-a-mole w/corrupt @JoeBiden, maybe they’ll decide to DO SOMETH…

RT @marla_vous: Last week Joe Manchin appeared at a No Labels event and said, “We’re here to make sure the American people have an option.”…

RT @DC_Draino: Now that we know the Bidens took $10M+ in bribes from Ukraine do you understand why President Trump was impeached for a sing…

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RT @laurenboebert: Biden has sent 43 aide packages to Ukraine. He’s also accused of accepting a $10 million bribe from Ukrainian nationals…

President Joe Biden should blow off the lawsuit against Texas that the governor has been begging for. The feds should instruct the Border Patrol to get those unsightly orange balls that are littering the Rio Grande. Send in special ops if Texas gets in the way. #txlege

RT @charliekirk11: BREAKING: Joe Biden, who is currently facing intense congressional scrutiny for allegedly accepting a $10 million bribe…

RT @NEWSMAX: Rep. James Comer: "All I can think about when Jamie Raskin talks about integrity is remembering that he spent over two years c…

RT @amuse: DEAL? Emails prove Hunter Biden was working with his business partner to sell their company to the firm that stole $60M from Ame…