Kamala Harris will be my running mate in 2024, says US President Joe Biden
"She`s going to be my running mate, number one. And number two, I did put her in charge [of voting rights]. I think she`s doing a good job," Biden said.
Jan 20, 2022, 09:11 AM IST
Inauguration Day: US gets its 46th President Joe Biden and 49th Vice President Kamala Harris; in pics
US President Joe Biden will attempt to jump-start the federal government`s response to the coronavirus pandemic with a string of immediate executive orders after his inauguration to lead a country reeling from its worst public health crisis in more than a century.
Joe Biden ran twice unsuccessfully for US president; know when and why
Joe Biden was elected in 1972 at age 29 to the US Senate from the state of Delaware and remained there for 36 years before serving from 2009 to 2017 as vice president under Trump`s predecessor Barack Obama, the first Black US president. Biden unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008 before finally securing his party's backing in 2020 with strong support among Black voters.
Jan 21, 2021, 02:13 AM IST
Donald Trump joins list of former US presidents who skipped inauguration, first in over 100 years; check here
Donald Trump skipped the Inauguration Day, swearing in of Joe Biden as 46th US President and Kamala Harris as 49th US Vice President. Trump has joined the list of former US presidents who also did the same however he is the first president, in over 100 years, to not attend the event. An outgoing president showing up on Inauguration Day is primarily about the optics, there`s nothing in the Constitution that mandates a president check off this box.
Jan 21, 2021, 01:36 AM IST
Kamala Harris makes history as America's 1st woman Vice President; her story of many firsts
Kamala Harris is the daughter of an Indian mother and an African-American father from Jamaica. She was born in Oakland, California, in 1964, to parents who raised her in a bassinet of civil rights activism. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris from Chennai, was a breast cancer researcher who died of cancer in 2009. Harris' father, Donald, is a Jamaican American professor of economics.
Jan 21, 2021, 00:41 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi congratulates US President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, says 'look forward to strengthening India-US ties'
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris took oath as first woman Vice President in a historic but scaled-down ceremony under the unprecedented security umbrella of thousands of security personnel. The 78-year-old veteran Democrat leader was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Jan 20, 2021, 23:47 PM IST
Joe Biden becomes 46th US President, Kamala Harris scripts history as first female US Vice-President
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris took oath as first woman US Vice President. 56-year-old Harris was sworn in as 49th Vice President of the United States in a historic but scaled-down ceremony under the unprecedented security umbrella of thousands of security personnel, who transformed the Capitol into a fortress to prevent any breach by pro-Donald Trump extremists.
Jan 20, 2021, 22:51 PM IST
