President Biden weighs extending student loan payment pause beyond August 31
The White House said that President Biden is deliberating whether to extend the pause on federal student loan payments beyond Aug. 31 and forgive a portion of student debt per borrower.
Biden tests negative for COVID-19: ‘Back to the Oval’
Biden spoke publicly Wednesday to a round of applause, telling Americans that “COVID isn't gone” but that serious illness can be avoided with vaccines, booster shoots and treatments.
Biden improves 'significantly' after getting BA.5 COVID variant
Officials emphasized that Biden's symptoms are mild because he received four vaccine doses and started taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid after becoming infected.
Biden likely has highly contagious BA.5 strain of COVID-19, doctor says
The BA.5 COVID-19 strain is an offshoot of the omicron strain and is spreading rapidly right now through the United States.
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘very mild’ symptoms, WH says
The president has “very mild” symptoms and is taking Paxlovid, the drug used to treat COVID-19, according to the White House.
Biden seeking $37B for fighting crime, hiring more police
The president's new proposal includes hiring more officers and creating a support program to stop violent crime.
Biden announces modest climate actions promising more to come
“Let me be clear,” Biden said. "Climate change is an emergency, and in the coming weeks I’m going to use the power I have as president to turn these words into formal, official government actions.
Biden signs executive order aiming to punish captors of Americans held abroad
Biden's executive order comes as the ongoing detention in Russia of WNBA star Brittney Griner has brought increased attention to the population of Americans who are jailed abroad and designated by the U.S. as wrongfully detained.
In West Bank, Biden embraces 'two states for two peoples'
“Palestinians and Israelis deserve equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity and dignity,” President Joe Biden said.
Biden arrives in Mideast jittery about Iran nuclear program
President Biden starts the first visit to the Middle East of his presidency with a monumental task: assuring uneasy Israeli and Saudi Arabian officials that he is committed to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
Biden to discuss immigration, trade with Mexico's president
The White House says the U.S.-Mexico relationship is a priority and that the countries plan to announce joint actions to improve infrastructure along parts of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Biden considering declaring health emergency for abortion access
President Joe Biden says he's considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access.
Biden signs order on protecting abortion access after Roe v. Wade overturned
After the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to abortion, Biden encouraged Americans to "vote, vote, vote, vote" so a bill codifying Roe v. Wade can be passed.
Facing pressure, Biden to sign order on abortion access
President Joe Biden will take executive action Friday to protect access to abortion, according to three people familiar with the matter, as he faces mounting pressure from Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago.
Steve Jobs, John McCain to receive posthumous Presidential Medals of Freedom
Simone Biles, Denzel Washington, Gabrielle Giffords and Megan Rapinoe are also on the list of honorees.
Biden says he'd back exception to filibuster to protect abortion access
Biden's filibuster remarks may cheer supporters who want to see him take more strident stances on the issue, but it's unlikely to change the outcome in Washington.
NATO Summit: Russia, China slam Western military alliance after leaders raise alarm
During the 2022 summit in Madrid, NATO declared Russia a “direct threat” and said China posed “serious challenges" to global stability.
Biden signs landmark, bipartisan gun violence bill: 'Lives will be saved'
The legislation will toughen background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws that make it easier for authorities to take weapons from people judged to be dangerous.
House greenlights landmark bipartisan gun violence bill, sends to Biden
The House has sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades.
Roe v. Wade ruling: Biden calls abortion decision 'an extreme and dangerous path'
The White House has been preparing for this moment since a draft of the decision leaked in May.