The Biden administration said Wednesday it will send 25 million masks to health centers and tens of thousands of food pantries and soup kitchens between March and May as part of the COVID-19 fight.
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President Biden's nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget is facing mounting opposition on Capitol Hill where her "toxic" past is coming back to haunt her in a big way.
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Homeland Security announced Monday that it is canceling use of the new citizenship test the Trump administration developed and will go back to the test created in the Bush years.
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President Biden said he was arrested at the U.S. Capitol during a 2007 "Late Show" appearance that resurfaced on social media over the weekend.
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President Trump in 2019 sought to open a back channel of communication with top Iranian officials and saw the U.N. General Assembly meeting in September as a potential opportunity to defuse escalating tension with Tehran, but the effort failed.
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President Biden could visit Texas "as soon as this week" to show his support for the state, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
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President Biden announced Friday that the U.S. has officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement, reentering the international accord without Senate ratification a month after signing a directive to reverse the Trump administration's exit.
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President Biden said Friday he plans to issue a major disaster declaration for Texas and potentially visit the state, which is struggling with massive power outages from severe winter weather.
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By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press
Joe Biden will make his first big appearance on the global stage as president on Friday, offering Group of Seven allies and other foreign leaders a glimpse into his plans to dramatically reshape U.S. foreign policy even as he deals with a number of international crises that are coming to a head.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki tried to shrug off Republicans' fingering the Biden administration as a prime culprit for schools struggling with reopening plans during the coronavirus pandemic.
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President Biden's immigration bill cancels penalties for future illegal immigrants, speeds legalization of those already here and increases legal immigration levels. But the bill, which lawmakers will officially introduce on Capitol Hill on Thursday, backtracks on new border security and worksite enforcement compromises that have long been seen as key parts of any serious attempt to overhaul the immigration system.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded to a question about how President Biden plans to help small business owners by saying "he nominated a woman to lead the Small Business Administration."
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The White House said Wednesday President Biden supports studying reparations for slavery, but added he is taking a wait-and-see approach before going all-in on specific legislation.
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President Biden said during a CNN town hall Tuesday night that Black and Hispanic Americans are getting vaccinated for the coronavirus at a slower rate than other demographics due, in part, to the fact that "not everybody" in those communities "know how to get online."
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President Biden mistakenly claimed Tuesday night that his administration didn't have a coronavirus vaccine upon entering office.
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President Biden's vow to expand U.S. engagement with allies will be put to the test later this week when he participates in a virtual meeting with leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies and then delivers remarks to the annual Munich Security Conference.
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