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The following is atimeline of thepresidency of Joe Biden during the fourth quarter of 2023, from October 1 to December 31, 2023. For a complete itinerary of his travels, seeList of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2022). To navigate between quarters, seetimeline of the Joe Biden presidency.

Week 141 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Sunday,October 1
Week 142 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,October 2
Tuesday,October 3	Speaker of the HouseKevin McCarthy isremoved through amotion to vacate.[1] Vice President Harris swears inLaphonza Butler to theUnited States Senate, succeeding the lateDianne Feinstein.[2]
Wednesday,October 4
Thursday,October 5
Friday,October 6	President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with German PresidentFrank-Walter Steinmeier at the White House onGerman-American Day.[3]
Saturday,October 7	President Biden condemns theHamas attacks in Israel, saying that he is ready to offer "all appropriate means of support to the Government and people of Israel".[4]
Sunday,October 8
Week 143 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,October 9
Tuesday,October 10	At the White House, President Biden delivers remarks on the terrorist attacks in Israel.[5] In a speech, the Democrat says that his dministration will provide additional military assistance to Israel, which has since declared war on Hamas.[6] President Biden solidifies United States support for Israel and its right to defend itself.[citation needed]
Wednesday,October 11	President Biden meets with Jewish community leaders in the White House in the aftermath ofHamas' attack on Israel.[7]
Thursday,October 12	Secretary of StateAntony Blinken visitsIsrael to express strong solidarity, but he also urges protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.[8]
Friday,October 13	President Biden meets virtually with relatives of American citizensheld hostage in Gaza.[9] Following his brief visit toIsrael, Secretary of StateAntony Blinken meets with the Palestinian Authority President,Mahmoud Abbas, in Amman, Jordania. This is reportedly the first face-to-face meeting between a US official and the Palestinian Authority's leader since theHamas' attack on Israel started on 7 October 2023.[10]
Saturday,October 14	President Biden delivers remarks at theHuman Rights Campaign national dinner.[11]
Sunday,October 15
Week 144 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,October 16
Tuesday,October 17	No candidates in theOctober 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 217 needed to be elected speaker after first round of voting. DemocratHakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 212 votes.[12] At morning, Secretary of StateAntony Blinken talks with Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu inTel Aviv.[13]
Wednesday,October 18	No candidates in the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 217 needed to be elected speaker after second round of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 212 votes.[citation needed] President Biden travels toTel Aviv to express support for Israel in theGaza war, meeting with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and first responders and victims impacted by the Hamas attacks.[14] President Biden announces a deal to allow humanitarian aid to enterGaza, after a call with Egyptian PresidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi.[14] TheUnited States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for Israel to allow humanitarian assistance into theGaza Strip.[15]
Thursday,October 19	President Biden addresses the nation on prime-time television in the Oval Office for a second time concerning the ongoingGaza andUkraine wars.[citation needed]
Friday,October 20	No candidates in the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold needed to be elected speaker after third round of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 210 votes.[16]
Saturday,October 21
Sunday,October 22
Week 145 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,October 23	Australian Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese, accompanied by his wifeJodie Haydon, begins a four-daystate visit to the US, the fourth during the Biden presidency.[17]
Tuesday,October 24	President Biden awards theNational Medal of Science andNational Medal of Technology and Innovation to 19 individuals.[18]
Wednesday,October 25	President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House.[19] President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden host their fourth state dinner in honor of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his wife, Jodie Haydon.[19] RepublicanMike Johnson is elected asSpeaker of the United States House of Representatives after 4 rounds of voting, which previous 3 rounds were all failed to elect RepublicanJim Jordan as Speaker.[20][21]
Thursday,October 26	Vice President Harris and Secretary Blinken host a state luncheon for Prime Minister Albanese at the Department of State.[citation needed] IncumbentU.S. RepresentativeDean Phillips filed paperwork to run against President Biden for the Democratic nomination for president.[22]
Friday,October 27
Saturday,October 28
Sunday,October 29	In an interview with CBS, Vice PresidentKamala Harris that US troops will not be sent to Israel or Gaza.[23]
Week 146 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,October 30	President Biden and First LadyJill Biden participate in the 2023 White HouseHalloween event.[24]
Tuesday,October 31	President Biden issues a sweeping executive order to regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) amid growing concern about its potential impact on everything from national security to public health.[25]

Week 146 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Wednesday,November 1	Vice President Harris attends the2023 AI Safety Summit in theUnited Kingdom.[26]
Thursday,November 2	President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Dominican Republic PresidentLuis Abinader at the White House.[27] President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Chilean PresidentGabriel Boric at the White House.[27]
Friday,November 3	President Biden hosts the inaugural Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Leaders' Summit at the White House.[28] President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visitLewiston, Maine to honor the victims of themass shooting.[29]
Saturday,November 4
Sunday,November 5
Week 147 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,November 6	President Biden announces $16.4 billion funding from theInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for passenger rail improvement projects on theNortheast Corridor in Bear, Delaware.[30]
Tuesday,November 7	Vice President Harris holds an earlyDiwali celebration atNumber One Observatory Circle.[31]
Wednesday,November 8	TheUnited States House of Representatives issues subpoenas to Hunter and James Biden, President Joe Biden's son and brother.[32]
Thursday,November 9
Friday,November 10
Saturday,November 11	President Biden performs a wreath-laying ceremony at theTomb of the Unknown Soldier at theArlington National Cemetery and delivers theVeterans Day address at theMemorial Amphitheater. Vice PresidentKamala Harris also attends. This is the first appearance together since the election.[33]
Sunday,November 12
Week 148 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,November 13	President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Indonesian PresidentJoko Widodo at the White House.[34]
Tuesday,November 14
Wednesday,November 15	President Biden meets withChinese President andCCP General SecretaryXi Jinping inSan Francisco on the sidelines ofAPEC United States 2023.[35]
Thursday,November 16	President Biden hosts leaders for theAPEC summit meeting in San Francisco.[36] President Biden and fellowIndo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) leaders announce that agreement has been reached on three of the four IPEF pillars.[37] President Biden holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime MinisterFumio Kishida and South Korean PresidentYoon Suk Yeol.[36]
Friday,November 17	President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Mexican PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador in San Francisco.[38]
Saturday,November 18	President Biden publishes an op-ed withThe Washington Post, writing about the ongoingRussian invasion of Ukraine andGaza war.[39]
Sunday,November 19	President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden travel toNorfolk to celebrate a "Friendsgiving" with military personnel and families.[40]
Week 149 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,November 20	President Biden celebrates his 81st birthday and participates in theNational Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation.[41][42] First Lady Jill Biden welcomes the arrival of the 2023White House Christmas Tree at theWhite House.[43]
Tuesday,November 21
Wednesday,November 22
Thursday,November 23	President Biden celebrates his thirdThanksgiving with his family's traditional trip inNantucket,Massachusetts.[44]
Friday,November 24
Saturday,November 25
Sunday,November 26
Week 150 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,November 27	First Lady Dr. Jill Biden unveils the White House holiday decor for the third time.[45][46] In a statement during the first meeting of the new White House Council on Strengthening Production Chains, the White House reports that the government of the United States announces measures to strengthen production chains.[47]
Tuesday,November 28	President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend the memorial service for former First LadyRosalynn Carter.[48]
Wednesday,November 29
Thursday,November 30	President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Angolan PresidentJoão Lourenço at the White House.[49] President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend theNational Christmas Tree Lighting outside of the White House.[50]

Week 150 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Friday,December 1
Saturday,December 2
Sunday,December 3
Week 151 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,December 4
Tuesday,December 5	President Biden delivers the statement at an event to raise money for the 2024 presidential campaign near the city of Boston.[51]
Wednesday,December 6	President Biden holds a virtual meeting with G7 leaders and Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy.[52] President Biden attends the White House Tribal Nations Summit and signs an executive order to improve access to federal funding for tribal communities.[53]
Thursday,December 7	TheUnited States Department of Justice says thatHunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is charged with involvement in a scheme to avoid paying about $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.[54]
Friday,December 8	TheUnited States Department of State bypasses Congress to send thousands of munitions toIsrael on an emergency basis.[55]
Saturday,December 9
Sunday,December 10
Week 152 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,December 11	President Biden vows to continue armingIsrael in its war with Hamas during aHanukkah reception at theWhite House.[56][57]
Tuesday,December 12	President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.[58] This is Zelenskyy's third visit to the capital of the United States since theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[59] TheUnited States votes against the a non-bindingUnited Nations Security Council resolution demanding an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza.[60] President Biden says to donors during a fundraiser thatIsrael risks losing international support over its "indiscriminate bombing" of civilians in its war againstHamas in theGaza Strip.[61]
Wednesday,December 13	TheHouse of Representatives votes to formally endorse theimpeachment inquiry 221–212, mostly along partisan lines.[62]
Thursday,December 14
Friday,December 15	United States Secretary of StateAntony Blinken condemnsHong Kong authorities for announcing bounties against five pro-democracy activists based overseas, including a US citizen, calling on the international community to oppose "transnational repression".[63]
Saturday,December 16
Sunday,December 17
Week 153 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,December 18
Tuesday,December 19	President Biden attends the funeral of former Supreme Court JusticeSandra Day O'Connor at theWashington National Cathedral.[64]
Wednesday,December 20
Thursday,December 21
Friday,December 22	President Biden commutes the sentences of 11 individuals serving time for nonviolent drug offenses and pardons additional marijuana offenses.[65][66] TheUnited States abstains on a UN Security Council resolution that called on all parties involved "to authorize and facilitate the immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of large-scale humanitarian assistance" to Gaza.[67] President Biden and First LadyJill Biden visit toChildren's National Hospital in Washington to meet young patients and their families.[68]
Saturday,December 23	Democratic CongressmanDean Phillips calls for Biden to "thoughtfully exit" the 2024 race.[69]
Sunday,December 24
Week 154 [edit]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday,December 25	President Biden celebrates the thirdChristmas Day of his administration.[70]
Tuesday,December 26
Wednesday,December 27	President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden travel to theUS Virgin Islands, vacationing there until after the new year.[71][72]
Thursday,December 28	Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, agrees to testify before theHouse Oversight Committee, but only in public.[73]
Friday,December 29	The Biden administration bypasses Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel. This is for the second time in a month.[74][75]
Saturday,December 30
Sunday,December 31	President Biden celebrates the thirdNew Year's Day countdown of his administration in the Virgin Islands.[76]

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