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Biden flies commercial from Reagan National Airport and winds up stuck in delays like everyone else

Published February 27, 2026 at 2:05PM

President Joe Biden is seen on a plane before takeoff traveling from Washington to South Carolina, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowd gathered at a commuter gate at Reagan National Airport on Friday as fog-laden Washington skies caused an hourlong ground stop that backed up passengers hoping to head out from American Airlines’ Terminal D.

But soon the already densely packed area swelled even more, as word spread across nearby gates that, of the hundreds of air travelers coming and going, only one among them was accompanied by a U.S. Secret Service detail, along with uniformed local police officers: former President Joe Biden.

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Video: Joe Biden sang ‘happy birthday’ to W-L student after dinner at Carbonara

By Jared Serre

Published November 6, 2025 at 3:45PM

Former President Joe Biden drops in on a birthday dinner at Carbonara in Virginia Square (courtesy of Nick Johnson)

Former President Joe Biden turned an ordinary birthday celebration into a uniquely memorable one shortly after dining in Virginia Square last weekend.

A group of Washington-Liberty High School students were out to dinner at Carbonara on Sunday when they noticed what appeared to be Secret Service members and the 46th president.

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NEW: Fmr. President Joe Biden dined at Carbonara in Va. Square last night

By ARLnow.com

Published November 3, 2025 at 3:50PM

Fmr. President Joe Biden at Carbonara in Virginia Square (via @carbonara_va/IG)

Former President Joe Biden had dinner Sunday night at Carbonara in Virginia Square, according to the restaurant’s Instagram account.

Stories posted by Carbonara (3865 Wilson Blvd) show Biden dining with a man who appears to be former defense secretary Lloyd Austin, though the dining companion is not identified by name in the videos.

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At Arlington National Cemetery, Biden and Harris appear together for the first time since election

By The Associated Press

Published November 11, 2024 at 2:35PM

President Joe Biden lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as Vice President Kamala Harris, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough and Maj. Gen. Trevor Bredenkamp, commanding general of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the U.S. Military District of Washington, watch, on National Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

By WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made their first joint appearance since her election loss when they observed Veterans Day together by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Amid election doubts, Arlington Democrats plan a push for turnout in progressive stronghold

By Dan Egitto

Published July 17, 2024 at 3:45PM

Election Day 2022 in Arlington (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

In the face of growing election doubts within the Democratic Party, Arlington progressives are planning a push for voter turnout in what is historically a Democratic stronghold.

Arlington tends to heavily favor Democrat in presidential elections. President Joe Biden received 80.7% of Arlington votes in 2020, while Hillary Clinton carried 75.8% of the county’s votes in 2016.

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Arlington’s congressional delegation weighs in on Biden staying in race

By ARLnow.com

Published July 8, 2024 at 9:30AM

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an Arlington campaign event for gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in 2021 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Arlington’s Congressional delegation made headlines over the weekend amid the ongoing intra-party debate over President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects and mental fitness.

First came the news on Friday that Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) was organizing “a group of Democratic senators to ask President Biden to exit the presidential race,” as reported by the Washington Post. Last night, however, Axios reported that a planned meeting of senators today was called off.

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Biden and Haley get most primary votes in Arlington amid low voter turnout

By James Jarvis

Published March 6, 2024 at 10:45AM

Voting at Arlington Central Library on Nov. 7, 2023 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

President Joe Biden and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won the majority of votes in Arlington in yesterday’s Virginia presidential primary.

However, the low voter turnout in both primaries might serve as a warning sign for both Biden and the now clear Republican frontrunner, former President Donald Trump, of a lack of voter enthusiasm.

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Low primary turnout so far attributed to concerns suburban voters have for presidential front-runners

By James Jarvis

Published March 4, 2024 at 3:55PM | Updated March 4, 2024 at 4:21PM

Trump supporters gather along Ft. Myer Drive in Rosslyn as President Trump visits his campaign headquarters (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)

On the eve of Super Tuesday, local party leaders, political consults and pundits on both sides of the aisle have already agreed on who the Republican and Democratic nominees for president will be.

One question lingering in the minds of many is whether the D.C. suburbs, including Arlington, can offer any indication of whether candidates are gaining or losing sufficient suburban voters to impact the general election.

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Young political activists in Arlington prepare for potential Trump-Biden rematch

By James Jarvis

Published January 31, 2024 at 3:35PM

Victoria Churchill speaks at Arlington-Falls Church Young Republicans event (courtesy of Victoria Churchill)

Young Arlington politicos across the partisan divide are closely watching Donald Trump’s presidential bid and its potential effect on voter turnout this cycle.

Whereas Arlington Young Democrats (AYD) is using the prospect of a second Trump presidency to mobilize the party’s base, Arlington-Falls Church Young Republicans (AFCYR) is threading the needle of supporting the likely GOP frontrunner without estranging members of their party.

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Columbia Pike florist fled persecution in Ethiopia and made arrangements for Biden’s inauguration

By Jo DeVoe

Published January 20, 2023 at 1:45PM | Updated February 27, 2023 at 8:18PM

Azeb Kehede Woldie of Azi Flowers, along Columbia Pike (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

(Updated at 8:15 pm on 02/27/23) When florist and collage artist Azeb Woldie fled Ethiopia after being harassed and imprisoned by the government, she settled on Columbia Pike and began working with a flower shop in Alexandria.

She never imagined that within a few years of moving here, her arrangements would make it onto TV and be seen by millions of people.

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JUST IN: President Biden is coming to Arlington on Monday

By ARLnow.com

Published December 9, 2022 at 3:00PM

Then-Vice President Biden visits Liberty Tavern in 2013

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are scheduled to cross the river into Arlington next week.

“On Monday, December 12, as part of the First Lady’s Joining Forces initiative, the President and the First Lady will travel to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia to participate in a United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots sorting event, in celebration of Toys for Tots’ 75th Anniversary,” the White House announced Friday afternoon.

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Local cybersecurity company Fend welcomes Biden’s cyber spending

By Jo DeVoe

Published November 22, 2021 at 12:00PM

Colin Dunn of Fend at an expo this year (courtesy photo)

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Hacks of infrastructure are on the rise, according to Ballston-based cyber security company Fend, which says the newly passed infrastructure bill with “unprecedented” cybersecurity spending couldn’t come at a better time.