President Biden Advances Key Domestic and International Initiatives on August 25, 2025

WASHINGTON - On Monday, August 25, 2025, President Joe Biden focused his efforts on strengthening America’s economic competitiveness at home and reinforcing alliances abroad.

In remarks from the White House Rose Garden, the President signed a bipartisan executive order establishing the National Artificial Intelligence Safety Board, charged with coordinating federal oversight of rapidly evolving AI technologies across defense, healthcare, finance, and transportation sectors. The new board-comprising agency leaders and independent experts-will issue annual safety guidelines and certify AI systems before they enter critical infrastructure.

Later in the afternoon, President Biden hosted a virtual meeting with NATO leaders to reaffirm continued U.S. support for Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression. He underscored the importance of next-generation security guarantees and pledged an additional $3 billion in joint funding for advanced air defense systems, cyber resilience, and ammunition supplies. “We stand united in ensuring Ukraine has the tools it needs to prevail,” he told the assembled heads of state.

On domestic economic policy, the President convened small-business owners, union representatives, and manufacturing executives at the White House Eisenhower Executive Office Building to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the CHIPS and Science Act. He highlighted that more than 40 new semiconductor manufacturing facilities have been announced since the law took effect, creating over 25,000 high-wage jobs in key swing states. “Our bipartisan investments are rebuilding America from the middle out and the bottom up,” Biden said, unveiling $150 million in additional grants to bolster workforce training programs in underserved rural and Tribal communities.

Finally, in a streamed address to the Commerce Department’s Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises, the President launched a national initiative to expand broadband access to 500,000 households in high-poverty urban neighborhoods-vowing to “bridge the digital divide once and for all” by the end of his term. The program will deploy new federal matching funds to community-based Internet service providers and leverage existing infrastructure grants to accelerate deployment.

These actions reinforce the Biden administration’s dual focus on technological leadership and inclusive economic growth, while maintaining strong transatlantic ties as global security challenges persist.