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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the terror attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport at the White House on Aug. 26.

Biden stands by withdrawal deadline despite terrorist attack

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 26, 2021 at 7:34pm
A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the border fence in El Paso, Texas.

Biden administration will continue challenging ‘Remain in Mexico’

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted August 25, 2021 at 1:38pm
Reps. Seth Moulton, left, and Peter Meijer are military veterans who served in Iraq and announced Tuesday they had made a trip to Afghanistan.

Pelosi says House members were freelancing on trip to Kabul

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 25, 2021 at 10:51am
President Joe Biden speaks about the ongoing evacuation of Afghanistan.

Biden says US withdrawal from Afghanistan on track as evacuations continue

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 24, 2021 at 6:15pm
Pharmacist LaChandra McGowan prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in New Orleans on Aug. 12.

FDA gives Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine its full approval

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 23, 2021 at 10:56am
Afghans continue to wait around the Kabul International Airport as they try to flee Kabul on Friday.

Biden pledges to evacuate Afghan allies as chaos continues at Kabul airport

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted August 20, 2021 at 3:46pm
President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday. The White House announced he would nominate Charles F. Sams to lead the National Park Service.

Biden picks first Native American for parks post

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted August 18, 2021 at 6:10pm
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan testifies on June 9 before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. The agency is moving to block the pesticide chlorpyrifos used on food.

EPA bans all food uses for the pesticide chlorpyrifos

By David Jordan
Posted August 18, 2021 at 4:45pm
Doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine.

Biden plots vaccine booster shots

By Emily Kopp
Posted August 18, 2021 at 11:09am
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez, seen at a hearing with ranking member Jim Risch,said the panel would investigate "shortcomings" in the Biden administration's "flawed execution" of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

White House defends Afghanistan moves ahead of Senate probes

By Mark Satter
Posted August 17, 2021 at 5:02pm
President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the situation in Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House on Monday.

Defiant Biden defends Afghan withdrawal, says country’s military ‘refused to fight’

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 16, 2021 at 5:58pm
Mayorkas said he ended the "Remain in Mexico" policy because it didn't align with U.S. values.

Administration plans to contest ‘Remain in Mexico’ court ruling

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted August 16, 2021 at 11:22am, Updated at 3:53pm
Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson asked the GAO to review the USDA’s work leading to the boost in food stamps.

USDA boosts food stamps after revised calculation of basic diet

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted August 16, 2021 at 1:32pm
Afghan people sit as they wait to leave the Kabul airport on Monday after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war.

Tens of thousands of Afghans at risk as US slowly considers visas

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted August 16, 2021 at 11:50am
House Democrats want Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi (left) to improve the human rights situation in his country.

Military aid to Egypt shapes up as key human rights test for Biden

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 16, 2021 at 9:00am
Demonstrators attend a rally calling for an extension of the state's eviction ban until 2022 and the cancellation of rent, in lower Manhattan, New York city on August 11, 2021.

District court leaves federal eviction protections in place

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 13, 2021 at 1:35pm
President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 26 marking the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Biden makes appointments to AbilityOne Commission

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 13, 2021 at 8:00am
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez is frustrated over the slow pace of moving President Joe Biden's ambassador nominees out of committee.

‘Most extreme example’: Cruz further slows administration’s sluggish ambassador pace

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 12, 2021 at 3:20pm
Biden laid out his goals to lower drug costs as Democrats on Capitol Hill get ready to advance his agenda through a reconciliation package.

Biden sets drug pricing goals as Democrats go to work on reconciliation vehicle to deliver

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 12, 2021 at 3:12pm
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., reissued a subpoena for former President Donald Trump's financial records in February.

Judge sides with House Democrats on some Trump financial records

By Todd Ruger
Posted August 11, 2021 at 3:26pm
A Toyota Prius is connected to an electric vehicle charging station in a Washington parking garage on March 31.

Biden order sets electric vehicle target of 50 percent by 2030

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted August 5, 2021 at 8:24am, Updated at 7:43pm
Colored tape on the floor guides COVID-19 vaccine recipients to a vaccine administration room and the post-vaccine waiting room at a neighborhood vaccination center in Washington earlier this year.

Federal officials eye COVID-19 booster shots for immunocompromised people

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 5, 2021 at 2:15pm
President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alongside artist Tyree Brown, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, former Rep. Tony Coelho, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday.

Bipartisan ADA celebration clouded by current climate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 26, 2021 at 1:56pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen

Yellen urges lawmakers to act on debt limit in September

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 23, 2021 at 2:03pm
President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall hosted by Don Lemon, right, at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati on Wednesday.

Biden pledges to ‘fix that damn bridge’ in Cincinnati town hall

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 21, 2021 at 10:05pm
Rioters came within 100 feet of Vice President Mike Pence's "backup football" on Jan. 6.

Pentagon watchdog examining security of nuclear ‘football’

By Mark Satter
Posted July 20, 2021 at 1:26pm
The future of the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba military prison, subject to debate for decades, could be re-upped due to a Biden administration move to transfer a detainee.

First Gitmo transfer of Biden administration likely to revive debate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 19, 2021 at 11:39am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., center, meets with Democratic members of the Texas State Legislature in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Biden takes voting rights push to Philadelphia as Texas Democrats make Capitol Hill rounds

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 13, 2021 at 6:23pm
President Joe Biden will travel to Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Biden’s voting rights speech may extend to issues of democracy itself

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 12, 2021 at 6:07pm
The south side of the White House as seen from the Ellipse.

White House removes top Social Security officials

By Laura Weiss and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 9, 2021 at 8:12pm