This report provides insight into the priorities of the US executive through daily programs and the previous day’s press releases.

POTUS schedule*

10 am EST – PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT receive President’s daily report | oval office

12:30 p.m. EST – PRESIDENT leaves White House en route to Joint Base Andrews

12:50 p.m. EST – PRESIDENT leaves Joint Base Andrews en route to Detroit, Michigan

2:15 p.m. EST – PRESIDENT arrives in Detroit, Michigan

3:05 PM EST – PRESIDENT Visits General Motors ZERO Electric Vehicle Assembly Plant | GM Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center

4:30 p.m. EST – PRESIDENT delivers remarks on how bipartisan infrastructure law is creating a made in America future and building electric vehicle charging stations across the country

5:40 p.m. EST – PRESIDENT leaves Detroit, Michigan en route to Joint Base Andrews

7:00 p.m. EST – PRESIDENT arrives at Joint Base Andrews

7:20 p.m. EST – THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House

VPOTUS schedule*

10:00 a.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT will receive the President’s Daily Report in the Oval Office

White House press briefing schedule*

11:00 am EST – White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials Briefing | James S. Brady Newsroom

Deputy Press Secretary Chris Meagher to board Air Force One en route to Detroit, Michigan

*The daily schedules of the US President (POTUS) and Vice President (VPOTUS) are subject to change, as is the schedule for White House press briefings.

Review of Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Note: Hyperlinks in bold highlight developments in COVID-19.

The White House

• President Biden’s remarks on bipartisan infrastructure law | Woodstock, New Hampshire
• Remarks by President Biden before Air Force One departs
• Remarks by President Biden in Press Gaggle
• Statement: Biparty Infrastructure Law Advances Environmental Justice
• Statement from National Economic Council Director Brian Deese on Increasing Retail Sales
• Transcript: Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates En Route Woodstock, NH
• Message to the Senate on the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• Proclamation on the suspension of entry as immigrants and non-immigrants of persons responsible for policies or actions that threaten democracy in Nicaragua
• Opinion on the continuation of the state of national emergency concerning the situation in Nicaragua
• Message to Congress on the continuation of the national emergency regarding the situation in Nicaragua

Department of Defense (DOD)

• Remarks: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks welcoming Norwegian Minister of Defense Odd Roger Enoksen to the Pentagon
• Article: US and Norwegian Defense Leaders Discuss High North Strategy and Relations with Russia
• Statement: Joint Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Australia-U.S. Force Posture Initiatives
• Article: China Remains ‘Stimulus Challenge’ For US, Says Pentagon Press Secretary
• Press Release: DoD Completes Fourth Annual Department-Wide Financial Statements Audit; Essential catalyst for business transformation and modernization
• Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Fourth Annual DoD Department-Wide Audit of Financial Statements
• Transcript: Ministry of Defense reports results of fourth annual ministry-wide audit
• Article: DOD Financial Statement Audit Results Support People Focus
• Article: Sports Heroes Who Serve: Marine Discovers Hidden Talent As An Expert Sniper
• Contracts of November 16, 2021

state department

• Daily schedule | Wednesday 17 November
• November 16: Reading | 9th US-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue
• November 16: Reading | Meeting of Deputy Secretary Sherman with the First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, Choi
• November 16: Statement | Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan
• November 16: Statement | Denunciation of the Cuban government’s response to peaceful protests
• November 16: Reviews | Trip of Undersecretary Zeya to Brussels and Vilnius
• November 16: Reviews | Travel of United States Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
• November 16: Factsheet | The United States and Kenya: strategic partners
• November 16: Reading | Call by Secretary Blinken with # AfghanEvac representatives

United States Mission to the United Nations (UN)

• Reading of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz
• Remarks to the 35th plenary meeting on agenda item 123: Question of equitable representation and increase in the membership of the Security Council
• Remarks at a meeting of the Fifth Committee on agenda item 145: United Nations common system
• Remarks during a briefing of the United Nations Security Council on preventive diplomacy
• Remarks during a virtual event of the International Peace Institute previewing the 2021 UN Ministerial Meeting on Peacekeeping
• General statement for the resolution on girls
• Explanation of position for the resolution to fight against disinformation for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms
• Position statement for the follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond Resolution

Treasury Department

• Press Release: Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen Sends Letter to Congressional Leaders on Debt Ceiling
• Reading: Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen’s virtual meeting with G7 finance ministers and central bank governors
• Reading: Deputy Secretary Adeyemo meets banking leaders in the United Arab Emirates
• Press Release: Treasury International Capital Data for September
• Remarks by Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen at the White House Tribal Nations Summit

Department of Justice

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Daily press releases
• Speech: Deputy Attorney General Kristen Clarke delivers remarks at Unsung Heroes: A Civil Rights Division Celebration of Divers Veterans
• Press Release: Registered Pedophile Offender Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of Children and Possession of Child Pornography
• Press Release: New Jersey man sentenced to one year and one day in prison for conspiring with white supremacists to vandalize synagogues across the country
• Press release: Seven members of Los Angeles-based fraud ring convicted of multi-million dollar COVID-19 relief program
• Press Release: Oregon Man Charged With Federal Hate Crime After Assaulting Gay Man
• Press Release: $ 56 Million In Seized Cryptocurrency Sold As First Step To Compensate Victims Of BitConnect Fraud Program
• Press Release: Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Chicago Tax Preparer

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) / Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

• Press Release: DHS Update Regarding the Investigation of Horse Patrol Activity in Del Rio, Texas, September 19, 2021
• Press Release: CISA Releases Incident and Vulnerability Response Manuals to Strengthen Cyber ​​Security for Federal Civilian Agencies
• Press release: RGV agents apprehend more than 45,000 migrants in October (Texas)
• Press Release: RGV MMP Uses Public Radio to Identify Dead Man Found in Falfurrias, Texas
• Press Release: Border Patrol Agents Rescue Abandoned Girl on Island (Texas)
• Press Release: Laredo Area Border Patrol Rescues People from Grain Hopper Car (Texas)
• Press Release: Agents Rescue Injured Mountain Migrant (California)
• Press Release: Convicted sex offender arrested by border patrol officers (California)
• Press Release: 233 Fentanyl Tablets Seized at Highway 111 Checkpoint (California)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• Press release: Opening of two FEMA recovery centers in Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Press release: Permanent closure of six disaster recovery centers from November 18 to 20 (Louisiana)

Commerce Department

• Press Release: Department of Commerce’s NTIA Awards First Grants to Tribal Groups Seeking Broadband Expansion
• Reading of Secretary Gina M. Raimondo’s meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
• Reading of Secretary Gina M. Raimondo’s meeting with Singapore’s Minister of Communications and Information, Joséphine Teo
• Reading of Secretary Gina M. Raimondo’s meeting with Singapore Minister of Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

• Press Release: Polyester Textured Yarn from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam Hurts U.S. Industry, USITC Says
• Press Release: USITC Says Large-Scale Wind Turbines in India and Malaysia Are Hurting US Industry

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Statement by FTC President Lina M. Khan on Senate Confirmation of Jonathan Kanter as Deputy Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

• Press Release: FCC Mid-Band Spectrum Auction Successfully Concludes Clock Phase
• Press release: deletion of a point from November 18, public meeting
• Press Release: Simington Condemns Russian Weapon Test

Department of Energy (DOE)

Department of the Interior (DOI)

• Press Release: Home Office Announces Formation of First Tribal Advisory Committee to Strengthen Nation-to-Nation Relations with Tribes
• Press Release: Secretary Haaland Announces Interagency Effort to Protect and Increase Access to Indigenous Sacred Sites

Ministry of Labour

• Press Release: US Department of Labor and Stakeholders to Sign Partnership Agreement to Train and Protect Obama Presidential Center Workers from Construction Risks
• Press Release: US Department of Labor Recovers $ 45,000 for 22 Las Cruces Restaurant Employees Whose Employer Did Not Pay Overtime
• Press Release: US Department of Labor Opens Online Dialogue with Stakeholders to Expand Access for Under-represented Communities to Recorded Learning

Health and Social Services (HHS)

• Reading out loud Secretary Becerra’s virtual roundtable with medical and community leaders on promoting pediatric immunizations

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

• Press release: Update on the coronavirus (COVID-19) | November 16, 2021
• Press Release: FDA Announces Investigation into the E. coli O157: H7 linked to spinach
• Press Release: FDA Approves Commercialization of Virtual Reality System for Chronic Pain Reduction