Jill Biden, Selena Gomez lead talk on youth mental health
Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden speaks with, from left, youth mental health leader Ayanna Kelly, youth mental health leader Juan Acosta, and actress and mental health advocate Selena Gomez, during the White House Conversation on Youth Mental Health, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Selena Gomez joined first lady Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy at the White House on Wednesday for a conversation about youth mental health. “Mental health is very personal for me and I hope that by using my platform to share my own story ... MTV Entertainment sponsored the conversation to coincide with the first Mental Health Action Day on Thursday.
wftv.comJill Biden heads to Latin America before hemispheric summit
Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden speaks during an event unveiling a new scholarship initiative at The Washington Ballet at THEARC, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. The trip included an unannounced trip into western Ukraine by Biden for a surprise meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska. Later Saturday, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Biden will address women who participated in U.S. State Department programs designed to help them become entrepreneurs. On Sunday, Biden will highlight joint work by the U.S. and Costa Rica to combat cancer when she tours the National Children’s Hospital of Costa Rica. President Biden was also leaving Washington on Thursday for his first official visit to Asia as president.
wftv.comIn Buffalo, Biden mourns victims, says 'evil will not win'
Biden Buffalo Supermarket Shooting President Joe Biden speaks to families of victims of Saturday's shooting, law enforcement and first responders, and community leaders at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Speaking to victims' families, local officials and first responders, Biden said America's diversity is its strength and the nation must not be be distorted by a “hateful minority.”“In America, evil will not win, I promise you,” Biden said. Cheney, in a tweet on Monday, said the caucus' leadership "has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-Semitism. Replacement theory rhetoric has also rippled through Republican primary campaigns. Although Biden has not spoken directly about replacement theory, his warnings about racism remain a fixture of his public speeches.
wftv.comBuffalo shooting: Biden visits city after deadly grocery store rampage
Buffalo supermarket shooting: What we know about the 10 victims (NCD)President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are visiting Buffalo, days after a gunman opened fire at a grocery store, killing 10 people and wounding three. >>Previous coverage: Buffalo supermarket shooting: What we know about the 10 victimsDuring the speech, Biden is expected to ask for stricter gun laws and urge Americans to reject racism and instead embrace the country’s diversity. >>Previous coverage: Buffalo supermarket shooting: Cashier witnessed 2010 mass shooting that killed brotherThis is not the first time Biden has made the plea. >>Previous coverage: Buffalo supermarket shooting: Who was Aaron Salter, security guard killed by gunman? A majority of the 10 people who were killed at the Buffalo supermarket and the three additional people who were injured were Black.
wftv.comIn Buffalo, Biden to confront the racism he's vowed to fight
In a speech at a nearby community center, Biden plans to call for stricter gun laws and urge Americans to reject racism and embrace the nation’s diversity, the White House said. "Many of those dark voices still exist today," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. In the years since Charlottesville, replacement theory has moved from the online fringe to mainstream right-wing politics. Jean-Pierre indicated that the White House would speak more broadly about racism than singling out specific people for criticism. Although Biden has not spoken directly about replacement theory, his warnings about racism remain a fixture of his public speeches.
wftv.comBiden to host leaders of Sweden, Finland amid NATO bids
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden and President Sauli Niinistö of Finland at the White House for a meeting Thursday amid their push to join NATO in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The White House said they would discuss the two countries' applications to join the mutual defense alliance, as well as European security broadly. The requests by the long-neutral nations to join NATO have been widely lauded within the alliance as a rebuke of Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, though Turkey has expressed reservations. He has voiced optimism that all NATO members would support bids from Finland and Sweden. Thursday's White House meeting between Biden and the two leaders is set to take place before Biden departs Washington for a four-day trip to South Korea and Japan.
wftv.comIn Buffalo, Biden to confront the racism he's vowed to fight
In a speech at a nearby community center, Biden plans to call for stricter gun laws and urge Americans to reject racism and embrace the nation’s diversity, the White House said. "Many of those dark voices still exist today,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. to make sure we fight back against those forces of hate and evil and violence.”In the years since Charlottesville, replacement theory has moved from the online fringe to mainstream right-wing politics. Jean-Pierre indicated that the White House would speak more broadly about racism than singling out specific people for criticism. Although Biden has not spoken directly about replacement theory, his warnings about racism remain a fixture of his public speeches.
wftv.comIn Buffalo, Biden to confront the racism he's vowed to fight
Biden was the first president to specifically address white supremacy in an inaugural speech, calling it “domestic terrorism that we must confront." “But we’re more concerned with preventing this from happening in the future.”It's unclear how Biden will try to do that. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, told a Buffalo radio station that she invited Biden to the city. In the years since, replacement theory has moved from the online fringe to mainstream right-wing politics. Although Biden has not spoken directly about replacement theory, his warnings about racism remain a fixture of his public speeches.
wftv.comRussia invades Ukraine: Mitch McConnell leads GOP delegation to Kyiv
What you need to know: Mitch McConnell (NCD)KYIV, Ukraine — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell led a delegation of Republican senators to Ukraine, The Associated Press reported on Saturday. Susan Collins of Maine, John Barrasso of Wyoming and John Cornyn of Texas walking with McConnell in the Ukrainian capital alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Politico. President Zelensky welcomed US delegation to Kyiv led by Sen Mitch McConnell today. “We greatly appreciate it.”>> Russia attacks Ukraine: First lady Jill Biden makes unannounced visit to UkraineThe visit by GOP leaders is the latest high-profile visit by U.S. officials to the war-torn country. Last weekend, first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Ukraine and met with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska in the western city of Uzhhorod.
wftv.comWhite House releases financial disclosures for Biden, Harris
Biden Broadband Internet President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, on May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The White House released financial disclosure reports for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday showing that the president's personal finances have changed little since last year. Biden's report, which includes information on first lady Jill Biden, showed that he earned a modest amount of outside income during his first year as president, pulling in almost $30,000 in book royalties. The report lists some income and assets only within a range, showing the couple's assets were worth between $1.05 million and $2.58 million. Harris reported significantly more in book royalties.
wftv.comPsaki names the funniest question she got as Biden’s press secretary
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says one of the funniest moments for her in the briefing room came courtesy of a reporter asking a macabre, canine-related question. “Someone once asked me if I would commit not to euthanize the dog — as in the president’s dog,” Psaki recently recalled to ITK, when asked to…
news.yahoo.comJill Biden was president's eyes, ears on trip to Ukraine
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden, left, gives bottles of ketchup to Major Shawn Bradberry, U.S. Army Deputy Host Nation Advisor for Romania, right, during her visit to the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) (Susan Walsh)BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — (AP) — The first telephone call Jill Biden made from her black SUV after an unannounced meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart inside the embattled country was to her husband, President Joe Biden. Jill Biden had wanted to visit Ukraine in March but settled on a Mother's Day weekend trip to help buck up Ukrainian moms who fled with their children to “frontline” countries like Slovakia that border Ukraine and have been taking them in. The trip gave Jill Biden something else, too: a chance to practice the “soft diplomacy” that first ladies engage in while representing the United States abroad. Jill Biden sported a large Ukraine flag pin on her lapel after she returned to the Kosice airport from Ukraine.
wftv.comLive updates | Canada's Trudeau in Ukraine to offer support
(Planet Labs PBC via AP) (Planet Labs PBC)IRPIN, Ukraine — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a surprise visit to Ukraine amid Russia’s war on the country. Trudeau is the latest Western leader to come to Ukraine to offer their support to the country. Biden traveled under the cloak of secrecy, becoming the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine during its 10-week-old conflict with Russia. The first lady traveled by vehicle to the town of Uzhhorod from a Slovakian village that borders Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to want to proclaim some kind of triumph in Ukraine when he addresses the troops on Red Square on Monday.
wftv.comRussia attacks Ukraine: First lady Jill Biden makes unannounced visit to Ukraine
Jill Biden visits: First lady Jill Biden met with Ukrainian refugees on Mother's Day in Slovakia before visiting Ukraine for two hours. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press, pool)First lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Sunday and met with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska. >> Read more trending newsBiden spent about two hours in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod to meet with Zelenska, according to The Associated Press. “I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden told Zelenska. The visit came after Biden spent the morning meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia, according to The New York Times.
wftv.comJill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden receives flowers from Olena Zelenskyy, spouse of Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, outside of School 6, a public school that has taken in displaced students in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) (Susan Walsh)UZHHOROD, Ukraine — (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, holding a surprise Mother’s Day meeting with the nation’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions. “I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden told Zelenskyy. The visit allowed Biden to conduct the kind of personal diplomacy that her husband would like to be doing himself. President Joe Biden said during his visit to Poland in March that he was disappointed he could not visit Ukraine to see conditions “firsthand” but that he was not allowed, likely due to security reasons.
wftv.comJill Biden to Ukrainian mom: Russia war 'hard to understand'
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden hugs Ukrainian refugees Victorie Kutocha and her daughter Yulie Kutocha, 7, at a city-run refugee center in Kosice, Slovakia, Sunday, May 8, 2022. The center is a place for Ukrainian refugees to rest and prepare for onward travel. Biden, wearing a flower corsage on her wrist — a Mother's Day gift from President Joe Biden — also dropped in at a Slovakian public school that has taken in displaced students. Slovakian and Ukrainian moms were brought together at the school for a Mother’s Day event while their children made crafts to give them as gifts. She spent Friday and Saturday in Romania, visiting with U.S. troops and meeting with Ukrainian refugee mothers and children.
wftv.comJill Biden to Ukrainian mom: Russia war 'hard to understand'
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden gets a hug from Ukrainian refugee Yulie Kutocha, 7, as her mother Victorie Kutocha, watches at right, during a visit to a city-run refugee center in Kosice, Slovakia, Sunday, May 8, 2022. The center is a place for Ukrainian refugees to rest and prepare for onward travel. Biden will then travel to the Slovak border with Ukraine to meet with refugees. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) (Susan Walsh)KOSICE, Slovakia — (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden spent Mother’s Day in Slovakia, meeting with Ukrainian mothers who have been displaced by Russia’s war and assuring them that the “hearts of the American people” are behind them. She spent Friday and Saturday in Romania, visiting with U.S. troops and meeting with Ukrainian refugee mothers and children.
wftv.com'This has to end:' Jill Biden sees Ukraine moms' heartbreak
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden, right, gives flowers to teacher Anastasia Konolovalova, left, and Svitlana Gollyak, a mother who had to leave her home in Ukraine, during a visit to the Școala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. Reaching Romania “was a game change for us,” Svitlana Gollyak of Kharkiv, Ukraine, told Biden in her native language during the first lady's tour of a Bucharest public school hosting refugee children. Her visit to Eastern Europe comes as President Joe Biden is pressing Congress to pass an additional $33 billion in security and economic assistance for Ukraine. Iohannis, who accompanied Biden during the school visit, kept her job as an English teacher when her husband took office, just like Biden kept hers teaching at a Virginia community college.
wftv.comJill Biden hears heartbreak of Ukrainian moms now in Romania
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis visit the Școala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. ‘We stand with you," Biden told mothers of some of the students after visiting classrooms where kids ages 5 to 15 attend school. Biden met with Romanian first lady Carmen Iohannis over lunch at her private residence. Iohannis, who also accompanied Biden during the school visit, kept her job as an English teacher when her husband took office just like Biden kept hers teaching at a northern Virginia community college.
wftv.comJill Biden lauds Romanian efforts to help Ukrainian refugees
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden speaks during a briefing on humanitarian efforts for those displaced by the war in Ukraine from United Nations agencies, NGOs, and the Romanian government during a visit to the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. She was told that Romania had “welcomed” nearly 900,000 refugees from Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24, but most have moved on to other countries. Biden asked specifically about the provision of mental health services and whether summer school was available to help refugee students catch up on their education. After the briefing, Biden met with Romanian first lady Carmen Iohannis over lunch at her private residence. Biden then was touring a school and meeting Ukrainian refugee students and their parents.
wftv.comJill Biden brings thanks, ketchup to US troops in Romania
APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden meets U.S. troops during a visit to the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania, Friday, May 6, 2022. The base is temporarily home to about 1,600 of the several thousand troops President Joe Biden deployed to Eastern Europe in the leadup to the Russia-Ukraine war. She's now using her second solo overseas trip to experience the crisis for herself by visiting Romania and Slovakia. President Biden visited Ukrainian refugees in March during a stop in Poland, the closest he's been to Ukraine during the war. Monday brings a meeting with Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, the country's first female president, before Biden heads back to Washington.
wftv.comJill Biden thanks US troops in Romania amid Ukraine war
APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden meets U.S. troops during a visit to the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania, Friday, May 6, 2022. Later, in a small room at the same base, Biden was videotaped reading the children's book “Night Catch” aloud with Staff Sgt. Many have resettled in next-door countries, like Romania and Slovakia, or have gone elsewhere in Europe to try to rebuild their lives. President Biden visited Ukrainian refugees during a stop in Poland in March. Monday brings a meeting with Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, the country's first female president, before Biden heads back to Washington.
wftv.comJill Biden visits Europe, will meet with Ukrainian refugees
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden talks to reporters before boarding a plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, May 5, 2022, as she heads to Romania and Slovakia. "I can only imagine the grief families are feeling,” Jill Biden said this week. Many have resettled in next-door countries, like Romania and Slovakia, or have gone elsewhere in Europe to try to rebuild their lives. President Biden visited Ukrainian refugees during a stop in Poland in March. Monday brings a meeting with Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, the country's first female president, before Biden heads back to Washington.
wftv.comJill Biden to meet Ukrainian refugees during border visit
Russia Ukraine War Jill Biden First lady Jill Biden talks to reporters before boarding a plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, May 5, 2022, as she heads to Romania and Slovakia. "I can only imagine the grief families are feeling,” Jill Biden said this week. Many have resettled in next-door countries, like Romania and Slovakia, or have gone elsewhere in Europe to try to rebuild their lives. President Biden visited Ukrainian refugees during a stop in Poland in March. Monday brings a meeting with Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, the country's first female president, before Biden heads back to Washington.
wftv.comBidens host Mexico's first lady at Cinco de Mayo celebration
Biden President Joe Biden greets Mexico's first lady Beatriz Gutierrez Muller during a Cinco de Mayo event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Washington. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, wife of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, joined Biden and first lady Jill Biden for the Rose Garden reception that featured tables draped in orange, blue, lime-green and other party colors. He said that if that measure does not pass, action could still be taken on smaller initiatives that have bipartisan support, including protecting people brought to the United States illegally as children. Cinco de Mayo has become more popular in the United States than it is in much of Mexico. And I’m grateful to continue building our friendship.”U.S. presidents from both parties have tried to use Cinco de Mayo to celebrate the contributions of Mexican-Americans — a growing and powerful voting bloc.
wftv.comBiden says Olympians brought a bit of unity to weary nation
President Joe Biden praised Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration Wednesday with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo.
Biden closes out Black History Month with White House event
President Joe Biden welcomed Black leaders to the White House Monday for a jovial Black History Month celebration, where he used the moment to call on Congress to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and pass voting rights bills.