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Rep. Ralph Norman stands among piles of unused border fence while speaking with local ranchers and farmers during an April 2021 tour of the border wall on the Johnson Ranch near Columbus, N.M.

Supreme Court ends legal clash over border wall spending

By Todd Ruger
Posted October 12, 2021 at 12:20pm
Antitrust attorney Jonathan Kanter testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. If confirmed, he would be the latest Big Tech critic in the Biden administration.

Biden’s nominees show embrace of progressive views of Big Tech

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted October 12, 2021 at 6:00am
Two hikers hike in Natural Bridges National Monument, which borders the Bears Ears National Monument on June 15, 2019, outside Blanding, Utah.

Biden restores monument borders, drawing Utah Republicans’ ire

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted October 8, 2021 at 9:15am
President Joe Biden acknowledged his stance on mandates has shifted.

Biden pushes back on opposition to vaccine mandates

By Emily Kopp
Posted October 7, 2021 at 8:00pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee report says Mark Meadows, then-White House chief of staff, in particular had inappropriate contacts with DOJ officials after the 2020 election.

Senate report calls for more oversight after Trump’s post-election actions

By Todd Ruger
Posted October 7, 2021 at 10:38am
Protesters put their focus on the border wall and government spending at an anti-Biden rally in Howell, Mich., on Tuesday.

Biden pitch meets resistance in Michigan GOP stronghold

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 6, 2021 at 6:51pm
Afghan refugees arrive at Dulles International Airport on Aug. 27, after leaving Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban.

Number of refugee resettlements hits new low

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted October 5, 2021 at 4:43pm
President Joe Biden on Monday called Republican opponents 'reckless and dangerous' for refusing to join Democrats in raising the US debt limit.

Biden warns of ‘danger for miscalculation’ on debt limit

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 4, 2021 at 1:26pm
President Joe Biden addresses the media after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus.

Biden plays for time on infrastructure, larger budget package

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted October 1, 2021 at 6:58pm, Updated at 10:02pm
Chairman Richard Durbin, D-Ill., attends the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Texas’s Unconstitutional Abortion Ban and the Role of the Shadow Docket,” in Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL)

Pets, pot and ‘Veep’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 1, 2021 at 5:02pm
President Joe Biden is seen on a screen Monday receiving his COVID-19 booster shot at the White House.

White House says 2 million people got COVID-19 boosters this week

By Emily Kopp
Posted October 1, 2021 at 3:06pm
President Joe Biden, accompanied by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, walks through the Crypt of the Capitol on the way to the House Democrats' caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021.

Biden headed to Capitol Hill to try to bridge Democratic divide

By Jessica Wehrman, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted October 1, 2021 at 2:45pm
The temporary spending bill is “not a permanent solution,” House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro says.

Biden signs short-term spending bill, averting shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 30, 2021 at 4:29pm, Updated at 7:45pm
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle at the border fence in the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas in 2019.

Appeals court says US can keep expelling migrant families

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted September 30, 2021 at 7:26pm
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 20, 2021.

Biden administration defends booster shot decision amid confusion

By Ariel Cohen
Posted September 24, 2021 at 4:24pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., passes by a Build Back Better for Women rally held by Democrats on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Blueberries, chickens and lamb-eat-lamb — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted September 24, 2021 at 4:18pm
The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday to send $1 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome missile defense system.

House passes Israel Iron Dome funding with some Democratic defections

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 23, 2021 at 4:05pm
President Joe Biden speaks as Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, listens during a virtual COVID-19 summit Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in the South Court Auditorium at the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Biden announces vaccine donations, but India and South Africa renew calls for IP waivers

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 22, 2021 at 5:07pm
A family from Venezuela walks into the migrant camp under the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 18.

Biden to double refugee cap despite slow resettlement pace

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted September 21, 2021 at 3:27pm
President Joe Biden walks toward Marine One for departure Monday from the White House to New York to attend the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the first one since he took office.

Biden heads to New York to reassure at the United Nations

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 20, 2021 at 5:41pm
Travelers at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas in June 2020. With nearly 6 billion vaccinations administered globally, the U.S. is opting to move to a travel system that is “individual-based, rather than country-based,” said White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients.

Biden administration eases COVID-19 ban on international travel

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 20, 2021 at 5:08pm
A motorized race vehicle sports a Trump banner in Urbandale, Iowa, in 2016. By holding off on revealing their 2024 plans, Donald Trump and Joe Biden could freeze the field for the next presidential contest, Gonzales writes.

Why the 2024 presidential race will start later than expected

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted September 16, 2021 at 6:00am
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, right, and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III leave the Capitol after briefing members of Congress on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2021.

White House backs Milley after reports he called China

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 15, 2021 at 3:24pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent processes migrants who crossed the border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas in this 2019 photo.

Amid congressional inaction, court pendulum swings on immigration

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted September 15, 2021 at 11:23am
A nurse prepares to administer a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at UCI Medical Center in Orange, Calif., on Aug. 19.

COVID-19 booster debate rages days before target rollout date

By Emily Kopp
Posted September 15, 2021 at 6:29am
Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Biden administration took 'risks' with its Afghanistan exit plan.

Theories of Afghan withdrawal failures emerge as Blinken defends chaotic exit

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 14, 2021 at 4:14pm
President Joe Biden’s defensiveness about his Afghanistan withdrawal decision was a departure from the empathetic and straight-talking demeanor that helped win him the White House, Bennett writes.

Biden has himself to blame for lost leverage

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 13, 2021 at 6:00am
Michelle Byers receives her first Moderna vaccination shot from her daughter Ashleigh Byers earlier this year. President Joe Biden is announcing a vaccination requirement for federal workers Thursday.

Biden announces sweeping new vaccine requirements for workers

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 9, 2021 at 2:42pm, Updated at 8:17pm
David Chipman, nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee on May 26, 2021.

Biden pulls ATF director nomination of David Chipman

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 9, 2021 at 11:59am
Former Trump budget chief Russell Vought says he won't leave his position on the Naval Academy's board.

Biden moves to purge Trump appointees from service academy boards

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 8, 2021 at 5:39pm