Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2022 Q3)

The following is a timeline of the presidency of Joe Biden during the third quarter of 2022, from July 1 to September 30, 2022. For a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2022). To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency. For the Q4 timeline see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2022 Q4).

Timeline

July 2022

Week 76

Date Events Photos/Videos
Friday, July 1
Saturday, July 2
    Sunday, July 3

      Week 77

      Date Events Photos/Videos
      Monday, July 4
      Tuesday, July 5
      Wednesday, July 6
      Thursday, July 7
      Friday, July 8
      • President Biden pays condolences to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after he was assassinated.[7]
      • President Biden signs an executive order that restores access to abortion but does not limit trigger laws.[8]
      Saturday, July 9
        Sunday, July 10

          Week 78

          Date Events Photos/Videos
          Monday, July 11
          Tuesday, July 12
          Wednesday, July 13
          • President Biden arrives in Israel to restore relations with Arab nations and to talk about oil.[11]
          • President Biden talks to opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu about relations with Iran.[12]
          • President Biden lays down a wreath at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.[13]
          Thursday, July 14
          Friday, July 15
          Saturday, July 16
          • First Lady Jill Biden criticizes her own husband's tenure during a private DNC fundraiser in Nantucket, Massachusetts, saying that he puts the blame on foreign problems for his crises in office and that he had "so many hopes and plans". She also blamed congressional Republicans.[18]
          Sunday, July 17
          • President Biden participates in the GCC+3 special summit in Jeddah.

          Week 79

          Date Events Photos/Videos
          Monday, July 18
          Tuesday, July 19
          • President Biden signs an executive order into law that supports citizens and families that are wrongfully detained or held hostage overseas.[19]
          • President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden meet with Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska in the Blue Room.[20]
          Wednesday, July 20
          • President Biden announces new executive steps to combat climate change, but did not declare it a national emergency.[21]
          Thursday, July 21
          • President Biden tests positive for COVID-19 for the first time and enters isolation.[22]
          • The Supreme Court decides that they will not block a lower court ruling that prevents the administration for setting new enforcements for immigration policies. They will take issue with the ruling in December. Notably, it was the first ruling that Ketanji Brown Jackson voted on.[23]
          Friday, July 22
          Saturday, July 23
            Sunday, July 24

              Week 80

              Date Events Photos/Videos
              Monday, July 25
              Tuesday, July 26
              Wednesday, July 27
              • President Biden tests negative for COVID-19 for the first time, and he left isolation.[24]
              Thursday, July 28
              • President Biden speaks with China's leader Xi Jinping and discuss Taiwan, a possible face to face meeting in the future, and other things.[25]
              • Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota becomes the first incumbent Democratic member of Congress to say President Biden should not run for re-election and called for "generational change" pointing to Biden's age.[26][27]
              Friday, July 29
              Saturday, July 30
              • President Biden tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time and enters isolation.[28]
              Sunday, July 31

                August 2022

                Week 81

                Date Events Photos/Videos
                Monday, August 1
                Tuesday, August 2
                  Wednesday, August 3
                  Thursday, August 4
                    Friday, August 5
                      Saturday, August 6
                      • President Biden tests negative for COVID-19 for the second time, and he left isolation.[31]
                      Sunday, August 7

                      Week 82

                      Date Events Photos/Videos
                      Monday, August 8
                      • President Biden travels to Kentucky to survey the flood damage and promises federal support.[33]
                      Tuesday, August 9
                      • President Biden signs the bipartisan CHIPS Act into law that boosts manufacturing competitiveness with China.[34]
                      • President Biden signs documents that approve Finland's and Sweden's accessions to NATO.[35]
                      Wednesday, August 10
                      Thursday, August 11
                        Friday, August 12
                          Saturday, August 13
                            Sunday, August 14

                              Week 83

                              Date Events Photos/Videos
                              Monday, August 15
                                Tuesday, August 16
                                Wednesday, August 17
                                • President Biden called congresswoman Liz Cheney after her loss to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman in the Republican primary in Wyoming. The White House spokesperson declined to comment on the call.[39]
                                Thursday, August 18
                                  Friday, August 19
                                    Saturday, August 20
                                      Sunday, August 21

                                        Week 84

                                        Date Events Photos/Videos
                                        Monday, August 22
                                          Tuesday, August 23
                                            Wednesday, August 24
                                              Thursday, August 25
                                              Friday, August 26
                                              Saturday, August 27
                                                Sunday, August 28

                                                  Week 85

                                                  Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                  Monday, August 29
                                                    Tuesday, August 30
                                                    Wednesday, August 31

                                                      September 2022

                                                      Week 85

                                                      Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                      Thursday, September 1
                                                      Friday, September 2
                                                        Saturday, September 3
                                                          Sunday, September 4

                                                            Week 86

                                                            Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                            Monday, September 5
                                                            Tuesday, September 6
                                                              Wednesday, September 7
                                                              • President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden invite former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama back to the White House for the unveiling of the latter's official White House portraits.[46]
                                                              Thursday, September 8
                                                              • President Biden pays tribute to Elizabeth II after her death on this day saying she was "more than a monarch" and that she "defined an era". He ordered all flags on U.S. public buildings, including the White House, to be flown at half-staff until sundown on the day her body is laid to rest.[47]
                                                              Friday, September 9
                                                                Saturday, September 10
                                                                  Sunday, September 11

                                                                  Week 87

                                                                  Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                                  Monday, September 12
                                                                  Tuesday, September 13
                                                                    Wednesday, September 14
                                                                    Thursday, September 15
                                                                      Friday, September 16
                                                                      • President Biden delivers remarks about the US economy.[50]
                                                                      • President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House.[51]
                                                                      Saturday, September 17
                                                                        Sunday, September 18

                                                                        Week 88

                                                                        Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                                        Monday, September 19
                                                                        Tuesday, September 20
                                                                          Wednesday, September 21
                                                                          Thursday, September 22
                                                                          Friday, September 23
                                                                          Saturday, September 24
                                                                            Sunday, September 25
                                                                            • Vice President Harris begins her trip to Japan and South Korea.[58]

                                                                            Week 89

                                                                            Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                                            Monday, September 26
                                                                            • Vice President Harris meets with Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida.
                                                                            Tuesday, September 27
                                                                            Wednesday, September 28
                                                                            Thursday, September 29
                                                                            • President Biden makes a disaster declaration for Hurricane Ian in Florida saying it could be "the deadliest hurricane in Florida's history" and orders federal assistance in response efforts.[61]
                                                                            • President Biden suffered a blunder during a speech where he asked if deceased congresswoman Jackie Walorski was in the audience.[62]
                                                                            • Vice President Harris visits the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[63]
                                                                            Friday, September 30

                                                                            See also

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