The following is a timeline of the presidency of Joe Biden during the third quarter of 2021, from July 1 to September 30, 2021. For a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2021). To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency. For the Q4 timeline see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2021 Q4).
Timeline July 2021
Date Events Photos/videos Thursday, July 1President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit Surfside, Florida to offer condolences to the victims of the Surfside condominium building collapse and their families. Friday, July 2President Biden delivers remarks on the economy and job creation figures for June. President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers to celebrate their victory in the 2020 World Series. They also received a custom made jersey from the team with their names and term numbers. Saturday, July 3 Sunday, July 4President Biden hosts his own 4 July party at the White House South Lawn and remarks about honoring the military and remarking about the work on the pandemic right as the Delta variant accounted for 25% of COVID-19 cases. Monday, July 5 Tuesday, July 6 President Biden releases a written statement on the 6 month anniversary of the 2021 United States Capitol attack. President Biden signs S.409 into law. Wednesday, July 7 President Biden reacts to the assassination of the president of Haiti Jovenel Moïse condemning it as a "heinous attack". He also sent condolences and well wishes to the people of Haiti and First Lady Martine Moïse who was wounded in the attack. Thursday, July 8 President Biden announces that the official conclusion to the War in Afghanistan will be on August 31, 2021. Friday, July 9President Biden signs an executive order that promotes more competition in the economy. Saturday, July 10 Sunday, July 11 Monday, July 12 Tuesday, July 13 President Biden decries Republican efforts for voter suppression asking "Have you no shame?". Wednesday, July 14 Olivia Rodrigo arrives at the White House to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine campaign. Thursday, July 15 President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House. President Biden signs a proclamation declaring July 16 National Atomic Veterans Day. Friday, July 16 President Biden participates in his first APEC summit as president, hosted virtually by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.PM Ardern chairs APEC Leaders’ meeting on COVID-19 Saturday, July 17 Sunday, July 18 Monday, July 19 President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House. Tuesday, July 20President Biden welcomes the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House to celebrate their victory in the Super Bowl LV. Biden received a custom made jersey from the team with his surname and presidency number. The United States conducts a drone strike against Al-Shabaab militants near the Somalia town of Galkayo, making it the first military action in the country that was carried by the Biden administration. Wednesday, July 21 President Biden attends a CNN town hall located in Cincinnati, Ohio hosted by Don Lemon. Thursday, July 22 President Biden signs the Crime Victims Fund Act. Friday, July 23U.S. ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield cuts her visit to Haiti short following gunshots at the funeral of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Saturday, July 24 Sunday, July 25 Monday, July 26 President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Iraqi prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi at the White House. Tuesday, July 27 Wednesday, July 28 President Biden meets with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the main opposition candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. Thursday, July 29President Biden urges local governments to pay people for COVID-19 vaccinations. President Biden refuses to extend the federal eviction moratorium from last September. The moratorium expired on July 31. Friday, July 30A picture of President Biden holding a note handed to him from an aide saying "Sir, there is something on your chin." received viral media attention. Saturday, July 31
August 2021
Date Events Photos/videos Sunday, August 1 Monday, August 2Two days after the federal moratorium for evictions expired, the Biden administration urged landlords to hold off on evictions and called on states and cities to make their own policies to keep renters in homes. President Biden has requested from the CDC a more scaled down pandemic-related moratorium, which they turned down citing a lack of legal authority. Tuesday, August 3President Biden calls for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after an investigation corroborates sexual harassment allegations against him. Biden dodged a question of whether he should be impeached saying he was "taking things one step at a time to see how the situation would unfold." Wednesday, August 4President Biden nominates Mark Brzezinski as United States ambassador to Poland pending Senate confirmation. Thursday, August 5President Biden signs an executive order aiming for half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 to be electric. General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO Jim Farley were in attendance;Tesla CEO Elon Musk was not. President Biden honors members of the Capitol Police and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department who defended the U.S. Capitol on the morning of January 6 by signing legislation and awarding them Congressional Gold Medals and urging the country not to rewrite the history of the storming of the Capitol. Friday, August 6President Biden delivers remarks on the economy and job creation figures for July. President Biden begins a vacation in Wilmington, Delaware. Saturday, August 7 Sunday, August 8 President Biden sends B-52 bombers to attack the Taliban in Afghanistan after the terrorist group captured two major cities in the country on Saturday. Monday, August 9 Tuesday, August 10 After the Senate passes the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by a vote of 69–31, President Biden compares it to the passing of other landmark bills. Wednesday, August 11President Biden's plan to spend two weeks in Wilmington was uplifted by the Senate and he spent the week at Camp David. Thursday, August 12 Friday, August 13 Saturday, August 14 Sunday, August 15 Monday, August 16Cutting his stay at Camp David short, President Biden returns to Washington to address the nation on the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Biden says that he "stands squarely behind" the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan and admits that the collapse of their government was "quicker than anticipated". Tuesday, August 17 Wednesday, August 18President Biden announces a mandate that requires staff from nursing homes to get fully vaccinated. President Biden is interviewed by George Stephanopoulos, mainly talking about the evacuation of troops from Afghanistan. Thursday, August 19 Friday, August 20President Biden addresses the nation for a second time this week regarding the evacuations from Afghanistan. Saturday, August 21 Sunday, August 22President Biden says that American troops may remain in Afghanistan past the August 31 deadline. He also announced that 11,000 people have been evacuated in the past 36 hours. Vice President Harris arrives in Singapore at the start of a Southeast Asia diplomatic tour. Monday, August 23President Biden pleas for employers to require vaccinations the day the CDC's announced full approval of the Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine to people as young as 16 years old. President Biden welcomes the Seattle Storm to the White House to celebrate their victory in the 2020 WNBA season. Biden received a custom made jersey from the team with his surname and presidency number. Tuesday, August 24Vice President Harris concludes a three-day trip in Singapore, where she continued her sharp rhetoric against Beijing and unveiled support for Vietnam. Harris' travel to Vietnam was initially delayed due to a possible case of Havana syndrome. President Biden states that he will not extend the August 31st deadline for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration had to reinstate the Remain in Mexico policy. Wednesday, August 25Vice President Harris arrives in Vietnam as part of a Southeast Asia diplomatic tour. During the meeting, Harris announced the launch of a new CDC office in the country. Thursday, August 26President Biden addresses the nation following the death of 103 individuals including 13 United States service members in a series of terrorist attacks on the Hamid Karzai International Airport. He stated that evacuations will continue despite the terrorist attacks. Friday, August 27President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett at the White House. Saturday, August 28 Sunday, August 29President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend a dignified transfer of fallen troops at the Dover Air Force Base for the 13 service members killed in the 2021 Kabul airport attacks.Did Biden Check Watch Multiple Times During Transfer of Fallen Soldiers? Monday, August 30 The Department of Defense acknowledged a U.S. military drone strike targeting a vehicle carrying explosives in Kabul, Afghanistan. General Frank McKenzie, the chief of U.S. Central Command, announces the last C-17s left Hamid Karzai International Airport around 3:29 p.m. Washington, D.C., time, leaving that facility and Afghanistan in possession of the Taliban. Tuesday, August 31The United States Senate votes with unanimous consent to pass the Emergency Repatriation Assistance for Returning Americans Act, a bill that would boost emergency funding for Americans departing Afghanistan. President Biden defends his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in an address to the nation.
September 2021
Date Events Photos/videos Wednesday, September 1President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House. Thursday, September 2President Biden delivers remarks about the response efforts of Hurricane Ida.Remarks by President Biden on Hurricane Ida Response Efforts Friday, September 3President Biden signs an executive order designating the declassification of documents related to the September 11 attacks. President Biden delivers remarks on the economy and job creation figures for August. President Biden visits Louisiana to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Ida. Saturday, September 4 Sunday, September 5 Monday, September 6 Tuesday, September 7 President Biden delivers remarks about the climate change and Hurricane Ida after he surveyed the damage of the storm in neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey. Wednesday, September 8Vice President Harris campaigns with California Governor Gavin Newsom in San Leandro ahead of the September 14 recall election. Thursday, September 9President Biden announces "Path out of the Pandemic," a plan which includes new wide-ranging requirements for federal employees and employees of companies with more than 100 workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or undergo regular testing at least once a week, with no option of testing for unvaccinated federal employees. President Biden speaks with China's leader Xi Jinping. Friday, September 10 Saturday, September 11President Biden attends a memorial event at Ground Zero commemorating the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were also in attendance. Sunday, September 12 Monday, September 13 President Biden campaigns with California Governor Gavin Newsom in Long Beach ahead of the September 14 recall election.