Biden goes west for his second trip of the month

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and first girl Jill Biden are heading west on Friday for extra relaxation and rest.

The first couple will spend a few week within the space of Lake Tahoe, the large alpine lake that abuts California and Nevada and is a vacationer attraction, notably within the winter for its ski resorts. The president is headed there from Camp David, the place he was internet hosting a summit Friday with the leaders of South Korea and Japan.

The Bidens will halt their trip for a day on Monday to go to Maui, the place a wildfire ripped by way of the historic city of Lahaina and killed greater than 100 folks to date. They will meet with survivors, first responders, and native officers whereas surveying the harm.

Biden vacationed earlier this month at his dwelling in Rehoboth Beach, the place he went on bike rides, visited the Delaware seashores and went for a date evening with the primary girl to a displaying of the blockbuster movie “Oppenheimer.”

In earlier summers, the Bidens have additionally vacationed on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, and the primary household spends their Thanksgiving on the resort island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. They traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands on the finish of final 12 months, staying there by way of the brand new 12 months.

Once Biden returns to Washington, there will probably be no scarcity of points to sort out. The White House will spend a lot of September guaranteeing {that a} authorities shutdown will probably be prevented on the finish of the month, whereas persuading lawmakers to go a supplemental funding package deal that features billions extra for Ukraine in addition to catastrophe support.

In September, Biden additionally has the Group of 20 summit in India and the annual United Nations General Assembly on his plate.