President Biden talks vaccine mandates during Chicago visit

President Joe Biden took his vaccination campaign to the Chicago area on Thursday. It was a quick trip — only three hours.

Biden stresses consequences of failing to raise debt ceiling in meeting with CEOs

With the clock ticking on America’s debt limit, President Joe Biden called a meeting with CEOs of major businesses to stress the importance of raising the debt ceiling.

NIH director Francis Collins to step down by end of year

Dr. Francis S. Collins, the National Institutes of Health director, said he will step down by the end of 2021 after more than a decade.

Biden administration reverses Trump-era abortion referral ban

The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded family planning clinics.

Biden says 'everybody is frustrated' as Dems battle over infrastructure, spending bills

As Democrats work to resolve the rift stalling President Joe Biden's agenda, the president told reporters on Saturday, “Everybody is frustrated. That’s part of being in government.”

Biden to hold 30-country meeting on ransomware, cybersecurity

President Biden announced Friday that a 30-country meeting will take place this month aimed at fighting ransomware and other cyber attacks.

Afghanistan collapse rooted in 2020 deal with Taliban, Pentagon official says

Senior Pentagon officials testified Wednesday that the collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces in last month can be attributed to a 2020 agreement with the Taliban that promised a complete U.S. troop withdrawal.

More minorities getting COVID-19 vaccine, White House says

New data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows more Black and Latino Americans are getting the COVID-19 vaccine compared to earlier this year.

White House Quad summit: Biden hosts Indo-Pacific leaders amid China concerns

President Joe Biden on Friday is hosting leaders from India, Japan and Australia, an alliance known as “the Quad,” to discuss a number of initiatives.

Biden's special envoy to Haiti resigns to protest migrant expulsions

U.S. officials say the Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti resigned, protesting large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster.

Biden doubles US global COVID-19 vaccine donation to 1B doses

President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses.

Biden tells UN the United States is not seeking 'new Cold War' with China

President Joe Biden used his first address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to insist the U.S. is not seeking "a new Cold War" with China.