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Beneath a portrait of President George Washington, President Joe Biden answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday.

Biden ties midterm election legitimacy to doomed voting rights bill

By Niels Lesniewski and Kate Ackley
Posted January 19, 2022 at 6:57pm, Updated at 10:59pm
Sen. Joe Manchin talks to reporters on Jan. 13, 2022. The West Virginia Democrat told reporters Wednesday that party leaders haven’t yet approached him on President Joe Biden’s “break it up” strategy.

Acknowledging hurdles, Biden ready to split up budget package

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted January 19, 2022 at 7:26pm
Former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd Saturday in Florence, Ariz., at his first rally of 2022.

‘Back of the line’: Trump debuts new material, ramping up race-based claims

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 19, 2022 at 5:45am
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said the nominees would make the Fed board more representative of those it serves.

Biden’s three new nominees aim to add diversity to Fed board

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 14, 2022 at 10:06am
A U.S. Army soldier immunizes a patient last year in Florida. The soldiers were deployed to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the state-run, federally supported COVID-19 community vaccination center.

Biden directs surge teams to states hit hardest by omicron

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 13, 2022 at 12:16pm
Former President Donald Trump, here in Iowa in October, heads to Florence, Ariz., on Saturday for his first rally of the year.

‘Kingmaker’ Trump heads to rural Arizona, where GOP candidates are eager for his backing

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 13, 2022 at 5:30am
A sign reminding riders to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 appears on a bus outside the Capitol on Monday.

White House emphasizes testing over mask update

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 12, 2022 at 3:00pm
Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland, pictured here last July, called the lease sale a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.”

Administration announces record offshore wind sale

By Joseph Morton
Posted January 12, 2022 at 2:21pm
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pause to speak to reporters as they leave the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Biden, Harris push voting rights in Atlanta as Senate preps for rules fight

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 11, 2022 at 10:27am, Updated at 6:20pm
A woman picks up COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits at the Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library in Washington in December.

Hoyer: White House to ask for more pandemic relief funds

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 11, 2022 at 2:31pm
Grubb's Pharmacy on Capitol Hill in Washington is pictured on April 12, 2021.

Biden issues guidance for health plans to cover COVID-19 tests

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 10, 2022 at 5:51pm
Nicholas Burns, U.S. ambassador to China, was among a list of diplomatic nominees recently confirmed by the Senate.

Senators pry open spigot for Biden’s diplomatic nominees

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 10, 2022 at 6:30am
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pause Thursday to speak to reporters as they leave the U.S. Capitol following his speech in Statuary Hall marking the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Biden budget release likely delayed until March: Sources

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 7, 2022 at 5:35pm
A sign advertises an apartment for rent in Washington in 2019. The Treasury Department credits the federal rental assistance with keeping evictions below pre-pandemic levels

Treasury: $2.9B in rent relief reached tenants in November

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 7, 2022 at 3:50pm
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. The Fed is expected to act to unwind borrowing used during the pandemic to keep interest rates low.

Higher interest rates likely to factor into fiscal policymaking

By Peter Cohn
Posted January 6, 2022 at 9:49pm
President Joe Biden delivers remarks Thursday in Statuary Hall at the Capitol about the Jan. 6, 2021 riot.

Biden never used Donald Trump’s name in Jan. 6 speech — data show he rarely does

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 6, 2022 at 1:57pm
Snow falls on the East Front of the Capitol during the snowstorm in Washington on Monday.

As new session gets underway, Biden begins sending nominees back to Senate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 4, 2022 at 9:38am
Former President Donald Trump has appealed his case challenging the authority of the select Jan. 6 committee to the Supreme Court.

Trump appeals case challenging Jan. 6 committee to Supreme Court

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 23, 2021 at 5:02pm
President Joe Biden announced the extended student loan repayment pause.

Biden extends student loan repayment pause

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 22, 2021 at 1:23pm
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shown testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in September. The State Department's U.S. consulates around the world have not resumed operating at full capacity since most routine visa services were suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Limited operations at US consulates keep visa holders on edge

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted December 22, 2021 at 7:00am
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has the power to block President Biden's agenda, prompting some to dub him "the real president."

Why it’s time to retire the ‘Joe Manchin is the real president’ narrative

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 21, 2021 at 4:23pm
President Joe Biden speaks about the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the State Dining Room of the White House on Tuesday.

Biden issues dire warning for unvaccinated as omicron surges before holidays

By Emily Kopp
Posted December 21, 2021 at 4:15pm
Sgt. Demetrius Roberson administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a soldier on Sept. 9 in Fort Knox, Ky.

Biden to mobilize military to hospitals for omicron winter surge

By Emily Kopp
Posted December 21, 2021 at 7:13am
President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi leave a meeting with the House Democratic Caucus on Oct. 28.

Democrats have few answers on ending losing streak after Manchin’s reconciliation dagger

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 20, 2021 at 1:39pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, shown in October, recently led a group of Republican senators in introducing legislation that would bar the administration from making settlement payments to migrant families.

Government talks on migrant family settlements break down

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted December 16, 2021 at 6:04pm
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., asked President Joe Biden to give a commencement address in his place.

Clyburn gets Biden to fill in as commencement speaker on Friday

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 16, 2021 at 1:01pm
Hundreds are gathered at the Federal Plaza and take streets to protest after Kyle Rittenhouse verdict in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

The politics of equity 2021

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted December 16, 2021 at 8:00am
A worker shovels sand into a trench as a utility crew installs new water pipe in Walnut Creek, Calif., earlier this year.

EPA proposes tightening Trump rule on lead pipes

By Joseph Morton
Posted December 16, 2021 at 8:00am
A truck travels along I-95 at Oxon Hill, Md.

Biden administration to announce plans to recruit truck drivers

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 16, 2021 at 5:00am
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol last month.

Judge rules House committee can get Trump’s tax returns

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 14, 2021 at 7:12pm