The head of the White House, Joseph Biden, will temporarily transfer his presidential powers to the second person in the United States, Vice President Kamala Harris..

This was reported by CNN, citing White House spokesman Jen Psaki.

The reason is Biden's emergency examination under anesthesia in the hospital - he will undergo a colonoscopy.

Psaki noted that since the Biden administration came to power in the United States, this will be the first time that the head of the White House has transferred his powers to a vice president, including access to a nuclear briefcase..

" While the president is there, he will have a routine colonoscopy.. As in the case of President George W. Bush in 2002 and 2007, and in accordance with the procedure set out in the US Constitution, President Biden will hand over power to the Vice President for a short period of time while he is under anesthesia, "

In the second half of Friday, the American administration will publish a detailed report on the state of health of Joe Biden, which will be made based on the conclusions of the doctors..

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Earlier it was reported that a US citizen of Ukrainian origin named Dmitry Kusnezov (Dimitri Kusnezov) became a candidate for the post of deputy head of the country's Department of Homeland Security in the administration of President Joe Biden.

In the team of the American leader, Kusnezov will be responsible for the science and technology sector. According to the biographical information, Kusnezov has a doctorate in physical and mathematical sciences and is engaged in research in artificial intelligence..

It was also reported that contacts between US and Russian Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in the near future are possible, as they agreed to keep in touch, said White House spokesman Jen Psaki at a briefing.