Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. urged Americans in a speech on Thursday to embrace the truth, not lies, peace, not violence, and democracy, not insurrection, as the nation marks one year since the deadly January 6th assault on the United States Capitol by pro-Trump supporters.