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Speaker Nancy Pelosi says "time is of the essence" in getting assistance to Ukraine.

Emergency funding bill for Ukraine passes House

By Lindsey McPherson and David Lerman
Posted May 10, 2022 at 5:54pm, Updated at 10:10pm
Lisa Cook won Senate confirmation Tuesday for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board. She will become its first Black woman board member.

Senate confirms Lisa Cook as the first Black woman on the Federal Reserve Board

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 10, 2022 at 7:10pm
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday that rescinding Roe v. Wade would affect woman's participation in the labor force.

Yellen: Ending Roe v. Wade would ‘set women back decades’

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 10, 2022 at 4:00pm
President Joe Biden takes questions from reporters after speaking about inflation and the economy in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus Tuesday.

Biden elevates Rick Scott as economic policy adversary

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 10, 2022 at 3:23pm
President Joe Biden reluctantly agreed that pandemic aid talks could slow down Ukraine package.

Democrats to decouple Ukraine, COVID-19 funds

By Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 9, 2022 at 5:56pm
The Treasury Department, shown here in 2014, saw record-setting tax receipts in April, based on preliminary estimates.

Tax revenue boom fuels steep budget deficit decline

By Peter Cohn
Posted May 9, 2022 at 5:50pm
Riot fencing surrounds the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday in anticipation of ongoing protests following the leaked draft opinion indicating the court will overturn Roe v. Wade.

Fortress of division: Rolling back Roe vs. Wade will be more culmination than calamity

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 6, 2022 at 11:42am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., walks back into the Capitol on Tuesday after speaking on the Senate steps about a leaked draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade.

Senate Democrats look to write abortion rights into law, but may lack votes

By Niels Lesniewski and Jessie Hellmann
Posted May 3, 2022 at 11:28am, Updated at 4:00pm
California Democratic Rep. Jimmy Panetta says Democratic leaders' plan to pair Ukraine aid with COVID-19 funding could slow help to Kyiv.

Biden sends Ukraine aid bill, but Democrats divide on strategy

By Mark Satter
Posted April 29, 2022 at 3:58pm
President Joe Biden holds a jersey during the ceremony with the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning to celebrate their 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup championships on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.

Photos of the week ending April 29, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 29, 2022 at 3:36pm
Blinken testifies Thursday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Biden is exploring using Russian money to rebuild Ukraine

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 28, 2022 at 4:48pm
Barack Obama was the last sitting president to attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in person. Joe Biden, his vice president and now the president, is scheduled to give remarks there in person on Saturday night.

Here are some jokes that Joe Biden could recycle at this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 28, 2022 at 11:27am
Harvesters at work in a Ukrainian wheat field in 2017.

Biden will ask Congress for money to combat global hunger

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 27, 2022 at 7:02pm
President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama attend the memorial service for former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday.

Biden, Clintons remember Albright, and her warnings about threats to democracy

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 27, 2022 at 2:14pm
Lisa Cook, nominee to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board, encountered another obstacle Tuesday in Democratic absences because of COVID-19.

Senate confirms Brainard as Fed vice chair but COVID-19 trips Democrats on Cook vote

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 26, 2022 at 3:45pm, Updated at 5:12pm
Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden leave the Capitol following Biden's speech in Statuary Hall on Jan. 6.

In 2024, it could be Biden, Harris or bust

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted April 25, 2022 at 3:57pm
Senate Veterans' Affairs Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., has voiced support for a House bill on veterans' exposure to toxins, but Republicans have called that bill too expensive.

VA adds nine respiratory cancers to toxic exposure benefits list

By Ariel Cohen
Posted April 25, 2022 at 12:41pm
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday.

Biden heads to Oregon amid controversy over state’s new House seat

By Kate Ackley and Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 21, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ukrainian sisters Katja, left, and Varja cook dinner Wednesday with a member of a Dutch foster family in The Hague, Netherlands. The sisters fled Kyiv with their mother at the beginning of the war, while their father remained behind.

Program to allow Americans to sponsor displaced Ukrainians

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted April 21, 2022 at 9:30am
Masked and unmasked passengers make their way through Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday. The CDC said Wednesday it asked the Justice Department to appeal a federal judge's ruling striking down the mask mandate on airplanes and other public transportation.

CDC aims to appeal mask mandate ruling

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted April 20, 2022 at 8:02pm
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is announcing student loan changes.

Biden administration moves to ease student loan debt burden

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 19, 2022 at 3:02pm
Commuters wearing masks travel on the Washington Metro on April 14.

Federal judge overturns travel mask mandate

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted April 18, 2022 at 5:25pm, Updated April 19, 2022 at 12:58pm
President Donald Trump, here at an April 9 rally in Selma, N.C., recently hinted his health is a bigger factor in his 2024 decision.

‘You always have to talk about health’: Trump shows his first card in closely held 2024 hand

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 19, 2022 at 6:00am
People arrive at the FEMA-supported COVID-19 vaccination site at Valencia State College in Orlando, Fla. on April 25, 2021, after the pause ordered by the FDA and the CDC due to blood clot concerns about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Most patients opted for the Pfizer vaccine which was also available.

Report: FEMA reimbursed ineligible COVID-19 funeral expenses

By David Lerman
Posted April 18, 2022 at 5:11pm
Refugees from Ukraine enter a van after crossing the San Ysidro PedWest port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border between Tijuana, Baja California, and the U.S. on April 8, 2022 in San Ysidro, California.

More Ukrainians to receive immigration protections

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted April 18, 2022 at 3:06pm
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Judiciary Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee, introduced legislation with Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., in 2021 that would designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status.

Biden administration offers protection to Cameroonians

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted April 18, 2022 at 3:00pm
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden look on as "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon as he arrives to read to children during the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House.

Easter Egg roll returns to the White House

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 18, 2022 at 1:09pm
President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden released their joint 2021 tax return, as did Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff.

Bidens paid 24.6 percent tax on $610K income, return shows

By David Lerman
Posted April 15, 2022 at 7:10pm
A view of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building on Jan. 26, 2022 in Washington.

Biden to nominate former Treasury official as top Fed bank regulator

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 15, 2022 at 8:11am
President Joe Biden visits a robotics lab during a tour of the Harold L. Martin Sr. Engineering Research and Innovation Complex at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, N.C.

Biden meets robot dog, pitches innovation agenda

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 14, 2022 at 3:55pm