Trending: Biden heads to DC to announce student loan order

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President Joe Biden flew back to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday from Rehoboth Beach  to sign an executive order that forgives a portion of student loans.

The Bidens own a house in the North Shores community near the beach town.

First Lady jill Biden stayed behind after she tested positive for Covid-19 in a bounce back case that also occurred with the president. The president is expected to return to Rehoboth over the weekend.

The First Couple has raised the national profile of the Delaware beach town, which, like many of its counterparts, has seen a near-record summer as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.

The Bidens this year took the customary August presidential vacation. They started out in South Carolina before heading to the White House, where Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed Congress on a party-line vote.

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The Bidens returned to northern Delaware a week ago Tuesday night after the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act at the White House.

The President, earlier this month, spent time at the family’s home in Rehoboth after a long period of isolation that came after testing positive for Covid and later getting a bounceback case.

This week, Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19.

Last week, Biden flew to Greenville, a busy place as the BMW Championship was held  at the nearby Wilmington Country Club. Biden is a member of the Wilmington club but did make a public appearance at the event.

The BMW Championship was a sellout over the weekend, with more than 100,000 people attending the event.

Earlier, Biden, who, like all of his recent predecessors,  plays golf, accepted an invitation to be honorary chairman of the President’s Cup slated to be held in North Carolina.

The Delaware tournament came amid a controversy over a Saudi-backed golf tour with the PGA barring players who joined the venture. 

Golfing legend Tiger Woods flew to Delaware to meet with other players regarding the competing tour.

Biden earlier made a controversial visit to Saudi Arabia to meet with leaders in that nation. A member of the royal family has been linked to the murder of a  Saudi dissident with the conduct of the regime bolstering the PGA’s case.

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