Speaking at the White House, the president did not mention his goal of getting 70 percent of adults partly vaccinated by July 4 but trumpeted a different milestone: 300 million shots in his first 150 days in office. transcript Biden
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Biden Revokes and Replaces Trump Order That Banned TikTok
The new order calls for a broader review of a number of foreign-controlled applications that could pose a security risk to Americans and their data. By Katie Rogers and Cecilia Kang WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday revoked a Trump-era
Senate Poised to Pass Huge Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China
The broad support for the bill highlights how competition with Beijing is one of the few issues that can still unite both political parties. By David E. Sanger, Catie Edmondson, David McCabe and Thomas Kaplan WASHINGTON — Faced with an urgent competitive
Coons, Biden’s Eyes and Ears in the Senate, Reaches for Bipartisanship
The Delaware Democrat, who once interned for President Biden, is now his main conduit to senators in both parties who hold the key to moving his agenda. By Luke Broadwater WASHINGTON — Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, was hurrying
Klobuchar to Propose Ban on Prechecked Boxes in Political Donations
The chair of the Senate Rules Committee, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, is set to introduce legislation on Monday to ban political campaigns from guiding online donors into recurring donations by default, a practice that has drawn criticism for luring supporters
Biden Tried to Keep It Boring. This Week Intervened.
Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your wrap-up of the week in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. For the new president, the first 100 days were needles, checks and normalcy. During the early months of his nascent administration, President
Biden revokes more of Trump’s executive actions, including moves on immigration and monuments.
By Glenn Thrush The Biden administration on Friday revoked a Trump-era restriction on migrants who enter the country without health coverage and rolled back six executive orders intended to stoke anger over street protests and attacks on Confederate monuments in
Mysterious Ailments Are Said to Be More Widespread Among U.S. Personnel
WASHINGTON — Mysterious episodes that caused brain injuries in spies, diplomats, soldiers and other U.S. personnel overseas starting five years ago now number more than 130 people, far more than previously known, according to current and former officials. The number
A federal judge in the U.S. vacates the national freeze on evictions.
By Glenn Thrush A federal judge on Wednesday struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium on evictions enacted by Congress last spring and extended by President Biden until June 30. In a 20-page decision, Judge Dabney Friedrich
Voting Rights Standoff Stalls Trump-Inspired Ethics Measures
WASHINGTON — After Donald J. Trump lost the election and was impeached for his role in the Capitol riot, democracy preservation groups pointed with urgency to what they called a last, best chance to address the holes in the Constitution