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Biden will nominate Powell for second term as Fed chair

President Biden on Monday will nominate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for a second term.

November 22, 2021

‘Build Back Butterball’: Biden pardons two turkeys in annual Thanksgiving tradition

President Biden on Friday pardoned two Indiana turkeys, officially sparing them from ending up on somebody's Thanksgiving dinner table.

November 19, 2021

Biden stands by jury decision in Rittenhouse case, doesn’t retract ‘white supremacist’ comments

President Biden on Friday said he stands by the jury's acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges in connection with the fatal shooting of two people during last year's racial justice riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

November 19, 2021

Sen. Cotton calls for Biden to apologize to Kyle Rittenhouse

Sen. Tom Cotton on Friday called on President Biden to apologize to Kyle Rittenhouse after a jury acquitted the teenager on all charges in connection to the fatal shooting of two people during last year's racial justice riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

November 19, 2021

Biden resumes duties after colonoscopy, transfer of power to VP Harris

President Biden resumed his presidential duties Friday after a brief transfer of power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he underwent a colonoscopy.

November 19, 2021

Biden transfers power to VP Harris while he undergoes colonoscopy

President Biden on Friday transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he undergoes a routine colonoscopy, the White House said.

November 19, 2021

Biden to undergo routine physical at Walter Reed a day before his 79th birthday

President Biden will travel to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday for a routine physical on the day before his 79th birthday, the White House announced.

November 19, 2021

‘Strongly united’: Biden, Canadian, Mexican leaders focus on economy in first summit since 2016

President Biden on Thursday brushed aside the U.S.' strained relationships with Canada and Mexico, focusing instead on the countries' agreements when it comes to the supply chain chaos and climate change.

November 18, 2021

Biden, Trudeau focus on U.S.-Canada electric-vehicle spat ahead of meeting

President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed Thursday to hash out a dispute over a U.S. tax credit for consumers who buy electric vehicles, which Canadian officials say violates a trade agreement.

November 18, 2021

Biden considering diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

President Biden said Thursday he's thinking of staging a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in China to protest the communist government's human rights abuses.

November 18, 2021

Biden signs three bills to expand counseling, benefits for law enforcement

President Biden signed into law Thursday three bipartisan bills that expand benefits for local and federal law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty, as well as provide more counseling services to law enforcement.

November 18, 2021

Biden’s electric-vehicle push includes tax credit that favors union plants over non-union ones

President Biden's alliance with labor unions was on display on Wednesday with a proposal favoring union shops in his push for electric vehicles, snubbing Tesla and other non-union plants while promoting his infrastructure programs and offering extra federal subsidies only for cars assembled at union factories.

November 17, 2021

USMCA looms over Biden summit with leaders from Mexico, Canada

Former President Trump in 2020 promised that his newly minted trade agreement with Canada and Mexico would pour cash and jobs in the U.S. But 16 months later, the double whammy of COVID-19 and supply chain chaos has blunted its impact.

November 17, 2021

Biden’s Delaware trips cost taxpayers $3M for Secret Service, report says

President Biden's trips to his Delaware homes have cost taxpayers roughly $3 million in Secret Service expenses, according to a report Wednesday.

November 17, 2021

Treasury Secretary: Requirement in Biden infrastructure bill could hasten U.S. default

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leadership Tuesday that the federal government could default on its debt next month if they don't take action to raise the debt ceiling.

November 16, 2021

Biden says Fed chair pick could come this week

President Biden said Tuesday that he expects to announce his pick to chair the Federal Reserve in "about four days."

November 16, 2021

Biden says ‘guardrails’ needed to prevent conflict with China

President Biden on Monday told Chinese President Xi Jinping that "guardrails" are needed so that tensions between the two nations do not "veer into conflict."

November 15, 2021

Biden signs $1.2T infrastructure bill into law, opening up funds for roads, ports

President Biden signed his $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package into law on Monday, opening up federal funds for railroads, bridges, mass transit, broadband and utilities.

November 15, 2021

Biden’s $390B universal preschool plan based on troubled Head Start program

President Biden has modeled his universal preschool plan -- the biggest expansion of publicly subsidized education in more than 100 years -- on Head Start, a preschool program for poor children that even the federal government says has no discernible impact on participants.

November 15, 2021

Washington Post corrects, removes parts of two stories that relied on Steele dossier

In a stunning move late Friday, The Washington Post corrected earlier reporting that relied on the discredited Steele dossier, removing large portions from the articles about former President Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia.

November 13, 2021