Posted on · President Biden took questions from reporters on Wednesday as his term approaches the one-year mark. "Should we have done more testing earlier? Yes. But we're doing more now," he said.
Posted on · Democrats in the Senate will proceed to a vote on two voting rights bills Wednesday, despite lacking the votes needed to pass either measure.
Posted on · The president has been under increasing pressure to more aggressively combat threats to voting rights. And advocates say speeches are not a substitute for legislative action.
Posted on · The new federal rules will require that all businesses with at least 100 employees ensure that every worker is either fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing for the coronavirus.
Posted on · President Biden on Friday redoubled his vow to oversee the safe removal of all Americans from Afghanistan and said he was committed to trying to evacuate Afghans who assisted the U.S.
Posted on · Democratic allies have called on the Biden administration to extend the federal eviction moratorium, but the White House maintains that its hands are tied by a Supreme Court ruling.
Posted on · The president spoke a day after Texas Democratic state lawmakers left their state in protest of GOP voting legislation.
Posted on · The Washington powerbroker was 88 years old.
Posted on · As part of the efforts, the Treasury Department will inform states that they can use funds allotted by the American Rescue Plan to aid in reducing gun violence.
Posted on · June 19 is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Posted on · The yes vote comes a day after the Senate unanimously moved to recognize June 19 as a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.
Posted on · In his first address to a joint session of Congress, the president plans to say that he and Congress must work to prove "that our government still works — and can deliver for the people."
Posted on · The president said he will move to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of an active U.S. military presence in the country.
Posted on · President Biden is doubling his original COVID-19 vaccination goal to 200 million shots in arms by his 100th day in office.
Posted on · The president said he would announce his next vaccination goal next week. "We need millions more to get vaccinated," Biden said.