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ill Biden’s Surprise Life Update Shocks Supporters
First Lady Jill Biden has shared a heartfelt update that marks the end of an era. After decades of public service, she reflected on the many roles that have shaped her life and identity. Biden spoke with emotion as she addressed teachers during a nationwide virtual event. Her announcement drew curiosity, as many wondered what it would mean for her ongoing initiatives.
She emphasized the importance of education in shaping communities and highlighted the need to continue supporting students and teachers nationwide. Biden described her decision as deeply personal. While transitions can be challenging, she looked forward to focusing on new opportunities while continuing her work as First Lady.
Following the announcement, she reflected on her more than 40 years of teaching. Over the decades, she became known for her dedication to helping students discover their potential. Former students and educators shared appreciation online, recalling the profound impact she had on their lives. Many praised her patience, encouragement, and ability to make learning engaging. Education organizations also recognized her career as an example of how public service and professional commitment can coexist.
Her retirement has sparked conversations about supporting educators nationwide. While she will no longer teach daily, she continues to champion education initiatives, including literacy programs, community college access, and professional development for teachers. Through her ongoing work, Biden leaves a lasting legacy of dedication to learning, showing that a lifelong commitment to education can inspire generations both inside and outside the classroom.
Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady
UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) — Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, holding a surprise Mother’s Day meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska to show U.S. support for the embattled nation as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.
She became the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine during the war, while Zelenska’s public appearance was her first since since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24
“I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” the U.S. first lady told Zelenska. “I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop and this war has been brutal and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine.”
Biden spent about two hours in Ukraine, traveling by vehicle to the town of Uzhhorod, about a 10-minute drive from a Slovakian border village where she had toured a border processing facility.
Zelenska thanked Biden for her “courageous act” and said, “We understand what it takes for the U.S. first lady to come here during a war when military actions are taking place every day, where the air sirens are happening every day -- even today.”
The first ladies met at a school being used to temporarily house Ukrainian migrants. Zelenska arrived first and waited in her black SUV until Biden arrived in similar fashion. The women stepped out of their vehicles and embraced, with Biden — who wore a wrist corsage for Mother’s Day — handing over a bouquet of flowers before they entered the school.
The women came together in a small classroom, sitting on either side of a wooden table and greeting each other in front of reporters before they met in private. Zelenska and her two children have been staying at an undisclosed location for their safety.
The visit allowed Biden to conduct the kind of personal diplomacy that her husband would like to do himself.
President Joe Biden said when he visited Poland in March that he was disappointed he could not cross the border and go into Ukraine to see conditions “firsthand” but that he was not allowed, likely due to security reasons. The White House said as recently as last week that the president “would love to visit” but there were no plans for him to do so at this time.
The meeting came about after Jill Biden expressed interest in visiting the region, including the school where she and Zelenska met, and settled on the idea of spending Mother’s Day with Ukrainian moms, said Michael LaRosa, the first lady’s spokesperson.
He said the Ukrainian government informed the United States that Zelenska would like to meet, if possible, and that a meeting was finalized in recent days. The first ladies also had recently exchanged correspondence, according to U.S. officials who declined to provide further details because they were not authorized to discuss those private communications.
After meeting privately for about a half hour, the first ladies joined a group of children who live at the school in making tissue-paper bears to give as Mother’s Day gifts.
LaRosa described their conversation as “more of a personal mother-to-mother exchange” and said Biden was interested in how Zelenska was coping “through that lens.”
He said Zelenska told Biden that she was able to hold her children’s hands every night even though she could not be with her husband.
The Bidens spoke by telephone afterward, he said.
Biden’s visit followed recent stops in the war-torn country by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress, and a joint trip by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
Her visit was to western Ukraine; Russia is concentrating its military power in eastern Ukraine, and she was not in harm’s way. On the same day as Biden’s visit, a Russian bomb flattened a school in eastern Ukraine that had been sheltering about 90 people in its basement, with dozens feared dead. Also Sunday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine to meet with the president and “reaffirm Canada’s unwavering support for the Ukrainian people,” according to his office.
Earlier, in the Slovakian border village of Vysne Nemecke, Biden toured its border processing facility, surveying operations set up by the United Nations and relief organizations to assist Ukrainians seeking refuge. Biden attended a religious service in a tent set up as a chapel, where a priest intoned, “We pray for the people of Ukraine.”
And before that, at a school in Kosice, Biden offered support to Ukrainian mothers in Slovakia. She assured them that the “hearts of the American people” are behind them.
At a bus station in the city that is now a 24-hour refugee processing center, Biden found herself in an extended conversation with a Ukrainian woman who said she struggles to explain the war to her three children because she cannot understand it herself.
“I cannot explain because I don’t know myself and I’m a teacher,” Victorie Kutocha, who had her arms around her 7-year-old daughter, Yulie, told Biden.
At one point, Kutocha asked, “Why?” seeming to seek an explanation for Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24.
’It’s so hard to understand,” the first lady replied.
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 went from table to table meeting the mothers and kids, telling some of the women that she wanted to come and ”say the hearts of the American people are with the mothers of Ukraine.”
“I just wanted to come and show you our support,” she said before departing for Vysne Nemecke.
Biden is on a four-day visit to Eastern Europe to highlight U.S. support for Ukrainian refugees and for allied countries such as Romania and Slovakia that are providing a safe haven for them.
She spent Friday and Saturday in Romania, visiting with U.S. troops and meeting with Ukrainian refugee mothers and children.
With her trip, the American first lady followed the path of prior sitting first ladies who also traveled to war or conflict zones.
Eleanor Roosevelt visited servicemen abroad during World War II to help boost troop morale. Pat Nixon joined President Richard Nixon on his 1969 trip to South Vietnam, becoming the first first lady to visit a combat zone, according to the National First Ladies’ Library. She flew 18 miles from Saigon in an open helicopter, accompanied by U.S. Secret Service agents.
Hillary Clinton visited a combat zone, stopping in Bosnia in 1996. Laura Bush visited Afghanistan twice, in 2005 and 2008, during the U.S.-led war there. Melania Trump accompanied President Donald Trump to Iraq in December 2018.
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This story has been corrected to reflect that the name of Ukraine’s first lady is Olena Zelenska, not Zalenska.
ALL THAT GLITTERSJill Biden’s DNC dress is slammed as ‘duct tape’ – but supporters say it’s a subtle attempt to win over Taylor Swift
Jill Biden made a speech in support of Kamala Harris on the first night of the Democratic National Convention
THE sparkly dress of First Lady Jill Biden was the subject of intense debate on the first night of the DNC.
Biden was introduced in the middle of the convention where she praised Kamala Harris.
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In honor of the occasion, the first lady donned a blue glittery dress which sparked a massive social media debate.
The first lady spoke about her husband, President Joe Biden. and how he “dug deep into his soul” before deciding to drop out of the race.
“With faith and conviction, Joe knows that our nation’s strength doesn’t come from intimidation or cruelty, it comes from the small acts of kindness that heals deep wounds,” she said.
Biden then praised Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz.
“Kamala and Tim, you will win. And you are inspiring a new generation,” said Jill.
“Jill Biden is wearing a duck tape dress,” one user posted on X.
“Another horrific dress! Jill Biden is a criminal who sold off America for millions,” a second person seethed.
“Jill Biden’s dress has just as many wrinkles and folds as her neck and face. Seriously, whoever her stylist is either doesn’t like her or just sucks,” a third person commented.
Other users praised the first lady’s sense of style.
“Got to say, that is one fabulous blue sequin dress, Dr Jill Biden,” one fan praised.
“Wow! Jill Biden looks stunning in that beautiful periwinkle dress! Beautiful speech tonight. So genuine and inspiring,” a second person said.
A third user claimed that the dress was made for the first lady Ralph Lauren and even dubbed it Biden’s “revenge dress” — a nod to the black dress worn by the late Princess Diana.
Other users seemed to think the dress was a silent plea to pop superstar Taylor Swift to publically endorse Harris.
“My colleague Ivica has a theory that Jill Biden is trying to appeal to Swifties with this dress,” one user stated.
Democratic National Committee Day One
Here's what to expect from Monday's DNC events:
The main program for day one begins at 5:30 pm at the Chicago United Center and is expected to run until 10 pm.
- President Joe Biden will speak on the first night of the conference but the exact time of his speech is not yet known.
- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also expected to speak Monday.
9 – 10 am – Annenberg Roundtable: Fake Videos and Election Cybersecurity in the Age of AI.
- This event will be held at the Hilton Chicago.
- The discussion will focus on how to keep elections safe in an age of AI and disinformation.
10:30 am – 12 pm – Illinois OG’s for Kamala
- The original Illinois 2020 Delegates for Harris are hosting a champagne brunch.
8 pm – MWxSW (Midwest v Southwest): A Party for the Tipping Point States
- Wisconsin and Arizona will be the nation’s top battleground states for control of the presidency and US Senate.
- They are hosting a joint party to unify Democrats.
- Comedian Roy Wood Jr is hosting a concert, featuring artists from Wisconsin and Arizona like Jimmy Eat World
9:30 pm – Equality PAC Late Night Party
- Party featuring performances from drag queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race
10:30 pm – Southern Soul Party at PRYSM nightclub
- There will be a DJ set from Lil Jon.
- The event is being hosted by the Democratic Party of Georgia.
The alleged appeasement to the Grammy Award-winner comes after many fans claim the Love Story singer secretly gave Harris her endorsement.
According to several Swifties — the self-given name of Swift’s legion fans — the singer posted a photo on Instagram that had Harris’ shadow in the background.
The picture had been taken while Swift was in Poland and features what appears to be the shadow of the Democratic presidential nominee on her right side.
Even though it looks like Harris, Swift has not officially come out and endorsed her 2024 campaign despite endorsing Joe Biden and Harris in 2020.
Many fans were shocked when they saw the photo.
“It really feels like it should be a bigger deal that Taylor Swift left a shadow of Kamala on her Instagram post but I don’t really see anyone talking about it,” a surprised user said on X.
“Did Taylor Swift just soft launch her endorsement of Kamala Harris?!?!” another wrote.
“Taylor Swift casually dropped this photo to endorse Kamala Harris why is NO ONE talking about this #TaylorSwift #Kamala2024 #HarrisWalz2024,” a third expressed.
However, according to a new survey, an endorsement from Swift wouldn’t do much to sway voters over to the Democrats.
In a survey done exclusively for the U.S. Sun by Talker Research, more than half of the people surveyed (61%) said the endorsement would have absolutely no impact on who they vote for in November.
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A further 19% maintained her celebrity support would have “not much of an impact.”
Only 20% of people surveyed said Swift’s endorsement would change their opinion.
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