President says he is ‘focused on the things the American people want me focused on’ in first remarks on Republican initiative

Joe Biden, speaking at a Democratic fundraiser in Virginia on Wednesday night, made reference to the far-right Georgia congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is a close ally of Donald Trump. Biden said:

The first day she was elected, the first thing she wanted to do was impeach Biden.

Now, the best I can tell, they want to impeach me because they want to shut down the government.

8.30am Eastern time: House Republicans will hold a closed conference meeting

11am: House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries will hold his weekly news conference.

1.30pm: Joe Biden will leave for Largo, Maryland, where he will speak about Bidenomics at Prince George’s county community college.

6.15pm: Biden will hold a call with rabbis in honor of Rosh Hashanah, which begins Friday night.