A group of more than 30 House Democrats is asking President Biden to give up his sole control of U.S. nuclear weapons.
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President Biden on Wednesday revoked actions by former President Donald Trump that were aimed at cutting off federal funding to “anarchist” cities, restricting legal immigration during the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring classical architecture for federal buildings, enforcing work requirements for welfare recipients and other moves.
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President Biden on Tuesday suggested there are plans in the works for his administration to facilitate sending out millions of masks to Americans as part of a public health campaign to maintain vigilance during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Biden administration came under pressure from all sides Monday in its push to restart nuclear talks with Iran, as leaders in Tehran threatened to dramatically ramp up uranium enrichment programs while officials in China and Israel laid out their own wildly different blueprints for how Washington should handle the tense diplomatic standoff.
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The new administration's Justice Department will reportedly ask the U.S. Attorneys overseeing two politically fraught investigations to stay on -- and all the other Trump appointees to resign.
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