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Former President Joe Biden (D) plans to attend Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome. The news comes after President Donald Trump announced he will be in attendance. Former First Lady Jill Biden will accompany her husband to the funeral on Saturday to honor the late pope, who died at 88 years old, the Hill reported on Friday. In a social media post on Monday, the day the Vatican announced the Catholic spiritual leader had died, Biden said, “Pope Francis will be remembered as one of the most consequential leaders of our time and I am better for having known him.” The...

Bill Guerin, the general manager of the U.S. team at the 4 Nations Face-Off, rejoiced at the notion that President Donald Trump should be at the USA-Canada final on Thursday. In an interview with Fox News, it was suggested the the sitting president could come and see the highly anticipated rematch between the two host countries of the tournament, which has garnered heaps of attention due to the political climate between them — and only escalated from there after three fights broke out in the first nine seconds of the first game. “We would love it if president Trump was...

Breitbart News has verified that President Donald Trump is set to attend Super Bowl 59 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans, Louisiana. A White House source confirmed Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman’s report that Trump would be at the big game. A pre-taped interview between Trump and Fox News host Brett Baier is also set to air during the pregame show on Fox, which is broadcasting the Super Bowl. The president’s affinity for sports is well-documented, and this will mark at least the second major sporting event he has attended since his landslide election win...

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, officially requested his passport from Minister Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday so he may attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration later this month. “Very honored to receive from the President of the USA, @realDonaldTrump , an invitation to his inauguration and that of his Vice President @JDVance , on January 20th,” Bolsonaro wrote in a post on the social platform X. “I thank my son, Federal Deputy @BolsonaroSP , for the excellent work in this relationship with the family of President Donald J. Trump,” he added. “My lawyer, Dr. Paulo Bueno, has already forwarded a request to...

President-elect Trump is planning to attend the funeral of former President Carter, he said Tuesday. Asked by The Associated Press as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump said “I’ll be there.” Trump declined to share whether he had spoken to members of Carter’s family. Carter died peacefully Sunday in Plains, Ga., according to the Carter Center. He turned 100 in October, making him the longest-lived president in the nation’s history. Trump frequently criticized Carter’s administration on the campaign trail, comparing the rising inflation rates of the 1970s to inflation today in...

President Biden on Thursday said he would be attending President-elect Trump’s inauguration next month. When asked by MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas if he would attend the event, Biden said, “Of course I am. The only president I avoided the inauguration of is the guy about to be inaugurated.” The White House said last month that Biden and first lady Jill Biden would be attending Trump’s inauguration. In August, the president suggested he would attend a January 2025 inauguration for Trump if he were reelected. “The president promised that he would attend the inauguration of whomever won the election. He and...

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration in January, the White House said. “The president promised that he would attend the inauguration of whomever won the election. He and the first lady are going to honor that promise and attend the inauguration,” White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates told reporters on Monday. Trump did not attend Biden’s January 2021 inauguration, and he left the White House that day under a cloud of controversy after losing the 2020 race and amid scrutiny over his actions surrounding the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier that...

President Joe Biden implied Tuesday that he will attend an inauguration for former President Donald Trump if he wins the election in November against Vice President Kamala Harris. When a reporter asked Biden if he would attend Trump’s inauguration, he implied that he would attend, adding that he has “good manners.” “Mr. President, if Trump wins, will you attend his inauguration, sir?” the reporter asked. “For the peaceful transfer of power?”

About 30 individuals attended a fundraiser in Ladue, Missouri, on Monday that First Lady Jill Biden headlined as part of the joint effort of the Biden Victory Fund, months ahead of the election. Speaking to what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch described as a “roomful of supporters” at the home of Joyce Aboussie — a Democrat operative — Biden asserted that her husband, 81-year-old President Joe Biden, “rescued” America out of the coronavirus pandemic, making the pitch as to why she believes he should be awarded another four years. “He opened the schools. He got us vaccines,” she claimed, casting another...

First lady Jill Biden will attend the Super Bowl in Arizona later this month, the president announced during a fundraiser in Philadelphia on Friday. Jill Biden, a Philadelphia native, is a devout Eagles fan and has been donning Eagles shirts recently while the team made its way to the Super Bowl. “Jill is out in California campaigning and she told me last week, ‘hope you don’t mind but I’m going to the Eagles game,’” President Biden said, referring to the Super Bowl. The president, an Eagles fan by marriage, joked to the fundraiser that he’s not as obnoxious of a...

President Biden plans to travel to Europe to attend the Group of Seven (G7) leaders’ summit and a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gathering later this month, the White House announced Wednesday. Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has entered its fourth month, is likely to figure high on the agenda for both meetings. “The President and G7 leaders will discuss a range of the most pressing global issues, including the G7’s unwavering support for a democratic, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine, economic and democratic resilience, tackling the climate crisis, development infrastructure, global health security, and the food and energy crisis caused...

President Joe Biden is set to attend his first in-person fundraiser since March of last year, with almost 400 guests expected to be in attendance. Fox News confirmed that Biden will be in attendance at what a DNC spokesperson described as a holiday party Tuesday night "to thank guests for their support over this past year and celebrate the historic accomplishments Democrats delivered together in 2021." "According to DNC official, tonight's fundraiser – @JoeBiden's first in person since March '20 – will have approximately 400 guests in attendance," NBC News’s Mike Memoli tweeted Tuesday. "The event is open air, all...

President Joe Biden will not attend the annual Army vs. Navy football game on Saturday according to his weekend schedule. The president’s public schedule for Saturday is empty after Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, traveled to their home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday night for the weekend.

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. It marks the first time the couple, 96 and 93, will have missed the ceremonies since Carter was sworn in as the 39th president in 1977. A spokeswoman at The Carter Center in Atlanta said the Carters have sent Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris their “best wishes” and “look forward to a successful administration.” Biden was a young Delaware senator and Carter ally during the Georgian’s term in the White House.

The President tweeted his announcement on Saturday. Donald Trump will not be attending the White House Correspondent's Dinner on April 29. The President tweeted the news on Saturday. "I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!" Trump tweeted. Trump's decision comes after CNN, The New York Times, Politico and several other major media outlets were blocked from attending a Friday White House press briefing.

  U.S. President Barack Obama pulls up his collar as he arrives in the rain with first lady Michelle Obama to attend the Republic Day parade in New Delhi January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg The White House announced on Wednesday that neither President Barack Obama or first lady Michelle Obama will be attending the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. While Justice Scalia’s funeral apparently doesn’t warrant Obama’s presence, here are six funerals that did. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Less than two months before the 2012 election, both Obamas took time out of their schedule to attend the...

he Rev. Billy Graham turns 95 this week, and Sarah Palin and real estate mogul Donald Trump are among the 800 people planning to attend his celebration. The Citizen-Times of Asheville reports that the event is being held Thursday at Asheville's noted Grove Park Inn.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham turns 95 next week, and Sarah Palin and real estate mogul Donald Trump are among the 800 people planning to attend his celebration.---snip---Graham spokesman Jeremy Blume says there are ties between the Graham family and Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican presidential candidate. Relief aid headed to Russia provided by Samaritan's Purse, the international charity run by Franklin Graham, is staged in Alaska....

Some interesting news has broken in the wake of the latest push for gun control by President Obama and Senate Democrats: Obama sends his kids to a school where armed guards are used as a matter of fact. The school, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, has 11 security officers and is seeking to hire a new police officer as we speak. If you dismiss this by saying, "Of course they have armed guards -- they get Secret Service protection," then you've missed the larger point. The larger point is that this is standard operating procedure for the school, period....

Here's a list of events coming up in your state this week. The list will continue to grow, probably by the hour, so keep checking back in. Use the sign-up form to the right and one of our organizers will be in touch with more information about the event. Events on Monday February 21, 2011 (All times local) Montana Rally Time: 2 P.M. Location: Montana State Capitol Address: 1301 East 6th Avenue - Helena, Montana Nevada Rally Time: 12 P.M. Location: Nevada State Capitol Address: 101 North Carson Street - Carson City, NV 89701 North Carolina Rally Time: 12 P.M....