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Storm clouds are seen over the White House on Aug. 16, 2021. President Joe Biden will renew his call for Congress to take action on climate change in his State of the Union address.

Biden to highlight climate policy at State of the Union

By Joseph Morton
Posted March 1, 2022 at 8:00am
President Joe Biden, shown with Vice President Kamala Harris in January, will call on Congress to send him legislation that cuts the cost of everyday expenses working families face, a senior administration official said.

State of the Union address will seek to revive dormant budget reconciliation bill

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted February 28, 2022 at 3:52pm
President Joe Biden, shown in January, will call on Congress to send him legislation that cuts the cost of everyday expenses working families face, a senior administration official said.

Immigration likely to take lower profile in Biden speech after mixed year

By Caroline Coudriet and Suzanne Monyak
Posted February 28, 2022 at 3:16pm
Ketanji Brown Jackson, a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, speaks after President Joe Biden introduced her as his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday.

Seeking court that looks ‘like America,’ Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson

By Todd Ruger
Posted February 25, 2022 at 3:20pm
President Joe Biden arrives in the East Room of the White House on Thursday to deliver remarks about Russia's 'unprovoked and unjustified' military invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

Biden sounds like a wartime president. Putin may force him into some ‘very, very difficult choices’

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 25, 2022 at 11:44am
Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be President Joe Biden's nominee to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

Biden Supreme Court pick Jackson brings criminal justice experience to the bench

By Todd Ruger
Posted February 25, 2022 at 9:02am
President Joe Biden announced a series of new sanctions and export controls on Russia after it invaded Ukraine.

Biden hits Russia with new export controls and financial sanctions

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 24, 2022 at 6:26pm
Russia began a large-scale attack on Ukraine, with explosions reported in multiple cities and far outside the restive eastern regions held by Russian-backed rebels.

Lawmakers united in outrage over Putin’s ‘unprovoked’ invasion of Ukraine

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 24, 2022 at 1:37pm
A Russian military transport truck carries a self-propelled howitzer past the village of Pokrovskoye in Russia. Russia on Monday recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent.

Biden, allies sanction Russia but keep harshest tools in reserve

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 22, 2022 at 5:01pm
President Joe Biden delivered his address to a joint session of Congress last April 28 with only some lawmakers allowed because of social distancing measures.

All members invited to Biden’s State of the Union, but masks are required

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 17, 2022 at 4:32pm
Then-President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at a G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019.

Trump is giving Biden a pass as Russia threatens Ukraine

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 17, 2022 at 3:36pm
A Union Pacific freight train passes the railroad crossing in Nipton, Calif., on Aug. 30, 2019.

Freight rail bucks Biden’s plea to share cargo

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 17, 2022 at 11:30am
Immigration advocates hold signs outside the Capitol on Sept. 27, 2021. With legislation stalled, Democrats are considering executive action to help more immigrants.

With immigration bill in flux, Democrats mull executive action

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted February 17, 2022 at 10:30am
A supporter of former President Donald Trump holds a "trump won" sign at a candlelight vigil outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Jan. 6, 2022, the anniversary of the Capitol riot by Trump loyalists.

Donald Trump is ignoring Lindsey Graham’s warnings about 2020 election obsession

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 16, 2022 at 10:43am
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz following their talks about the Ukraine crisis.

As bipartisan talks stall, GOP goes it alone on Russia sanctions

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 15, 2022 at 7:02pm
President Joe Biden meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 15.

U.S. scientific research agencies tighten foreign affiliation rules

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted February 15, 2022 at 6:30am
Biden walks across the South Lawn after returning to the White House on Marine One on Thursday.

Biden will split frozen assets between 9/11 victims, Afghan aid

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 11, 2022 at 3:24pm
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki wondered aloud during a briefing with reporters how anyone could be “skeptical of the U.S. military's assessment when they went and took out the leader of ISIS.”

‘Harsh’ exchanges: Dismissive Biden press strategy undermines lofty campaign vows

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 9, 2022 at 6:00am
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Joe Biden participate in a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on Monday.

Senators say German chancellor backs Biden on Russia, Nord Stream 2

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 8, 2022 at 5:56pm
Steelworkers attend to rolled steel at Lehigh Heavy Forge in Pennsylvania.

Biden administration strikes deal with Japan on steel tariffs

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted February 8, 2022 at 10:00am
President Joe Biden, seen here at a 2021 United Nations climate change conference, made the "30 by 30" goal a major part of his environmental agenda.

Biden’s rebranded conservation plan has critics on all sides

By Joseph Morton
Posted February 7, 2022 at 2:18pm
Robert Califf testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.

Wyden probes FDA nominee’s views on accelerated drug approvals

By Ariel Cohen
Posted February 7, 2022 at 5:00am
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, left, speaks with Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Republicans stress process for Supreme Court confirmation will be one of ‘respect’

By Todd Ruger
Posted February 3, 2022 at 3:06pm
Troops from Fort Bragg, N.C., are pictured before heading to the Middle East for a 2020 deployment. The Pentagon says it will send a total of 2,000 troops currently stationed at Fort Bragg to Poland and Germany.

Biden deploys troops to Eastern Europe

By Mark Satter
Posted February 2, 2022 at 11:25am, Updated at 3:20pm
President Joe Biden said throughout his 2020 campaign that he would reignite the cancer moonshot program.

Biden reignites ‘cancer moonshot’ effort

By Ariel Cohen
Posted February 2, 2022 at 5:00am
Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks with Shalanda D. Young, nominee to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, before her confirmation hearing in the Senate Budget Committee on Tuesday.

OMB nominee says new Biden budget coming in March

By David Lerman
Posted February 1, 2022 at 6:13pm
President Joe Biden just welcomed a long-awaited cat to the White House. He should lean into cat parenthood, Koltun writes. Above, Willow the cat surveys its new Washington home last week.

Joe Biden can reset his presidency with Willow the cat

By Ben Koltun
Posted January 31, 2022 at 1:09pm
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., center, co-authored a letter to the administration questioning why the country is still facing testing shortages and other pandemic issues and blaming a "fundamental lack of strategy and a failure to anticipate future testing needs by the administration.”

Unspent funds color debate over additional pandemic relief

By David Lerman
Posted January 28, 2022 at 9:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Judiciary Chairman Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., here speaking to reporters last year, said a Supreme Court nominee would get a speedy confirmation process.

Democrats hold advantages in Supreme Court confirmation

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 26, 2022 at 4:39pm
Philonise Floyd, center, Bridgett Floyd, left, the brother and sister of the late George Floyd, walk to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during a march on Aug. 28, 2020.

Many still waiting for Biden’s promised racial equity reckoning

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 26, 2022 at 12:22pm