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"Biden hints at 2024 presidential run during chat with Springsteen"
politics2 years ago

"Biden hints at 2024 presidential run during chat with Springsteen"

President Joe Biden teased a potential 2024 run while presenting medals to nearly two dozen individuals and groups, including Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight, and Julia Louis Dreyfus, for their contributions to the humanities and arts. Biden also joked about his desire for back-to-back Pulitzer prizes and quipped that "some people are born to run" while praising Springsteen. This was the first time Biden awarded the arts medals since taking office, and he previously bestowed Elton John with a National Humanities Medal during a White House concert last fall.

Biden to Honor Springsteen, Kaling, Vera Wang, and More with National Arts Medals.
arts-and-humanities2 years ago

Biden to Honor Springsteen, Kaling, Vera Wang, and More with National Arts Medals.

Musicians Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight and Jose Feliciano, actors Mindy Kaling and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, fashion designer Vera Wang, and writers Richard Blanco, Ann Patchett, Bryan Stevenson, Amy Tan, and Colson Whitehead are among the 21 people and organizations to receive the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal for 2021 at the White House. The awards were delayed for a year because of the pandemic. Biden will also recognize Fred Eychaner for his contributions to dance, architecture, arts education and LGBTQI+ advocacy.