Kyrsten Sinema, the influential moderate Democratic senator from Arizona, did not commit to voting for President Joe Biden’s sweeping social safety net legislation in a sit-down interview with CNN on Thursday, the latest sign that Senate Democrats do n…
Biden outlines new steps to combat Covid through winter months
The White House is set to announce a slew of new actions Thursday aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and protecting Americans from the Delta and newly discovered Omicron variants.
John Roberts has a plan that would gut — yet save — Roe v. Wade. Can it work?
Chief Justice John Roberts came to Wednesday’s abortion arguments with an idea, an idea that no other Supreme Court justice would likely want but one that a slim majority might eventually accept.
GOP attacks Biden over pandemic response while fighting key tools to curb the virus
Republicans are cranking up their crusade against federal vaccine mandates, making their resistance to the Biden administration’s pandemic response efforts a prominent rallying cry in the GOP — even as they simultaneously criticize the President for fa…
EPA urges states to target billions in new water infrastructure funding to historically underserved communities
The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled billions of dollars in new water infrastructure funding on Thursday and urged states to use it to address environmental impacts faced by historically underserved communities.
Bidens reinstate tradition of first family attending the Kennedy Center Honors
President Joe Biden and Jill Biden will attend the 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night in Washington, DC, reinstating a longstanding tradition that was interrupted by Donald Trump’s presidency.
Symone Sanders to leave White House
Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief spokesperson and senior adviser Symone Sanders is leaving the Biden administration at the end of the year, according to a source familiar with the decision.
Inside the Biden White House’s thorny response to the Omicron variant
President Joe Biden has spent hours over the last week peppering his medical team with questions about the quickly spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus, pressing them for more data and asking when his team would know more.
White House holds Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony
The first and second families held a menorah lighting ceremony to celebrate Hanukkah at the White House on Wednesday evening, marking the first time the holiday has been celebrated at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with the Jewish spouse of a president or vi…
Biden on report Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate: ‘I don’t think about the former President’
President Joe Biden on Wednesday had a sharp response to a reporter’s question on a report that suggested then-President Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 last year earlier than previously disclosed.