Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies

Joe Biden

Published
March 19, 2021

Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies

A new migrant camp in Tijuana, Mexico, shows how confusion has undercut President Biden's message that it's not the time to come to the United States.
Published
March 18, 2021

U.S., China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi took aim at each other’s country's policies as two days of talks began in Alaska.
Published
March 16, 2021

Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden, U.S. reports

American intelligence finds no evidence that foreign actors disrupted the 2020 vote, though Russia and Iran sought to influence the outcome.
Published
March 13, 2021

Biden boosts U.S. vaccine stockpile as the rest of the world waits

‘We want to be oversupplied and overprepared,’ says White House press secretary Jen Psaki, while the White House rebuffs requests from allies for vaccine doses produced in the United States.
Published
March 11, 2021

Biden agenda items on immigration and infrastructure running into trouble

Fresh off a major victory on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, the president and his Democratic allies face resistance in their own ranks to tackling other priorities without some Republican support.
Published
March 11, 2021

Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second

President Biden now needs to figure out how to distribute the $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief.
Published
March 11, 2021

In address to nation, Biden calls for states to make all adults eligible for vaccine by May 1

The president's prime-time speech follows his signing of the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health.
Published
March 10, 2021

Congress approves $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill in win for Biden, Democrats

Maine U.S. Rep. Jared Golden was the only Democrat to vote against the bill.
Published
March 9, 2021

Biden proves tough target for Republicans, who turn to culture wars instead

Additionally, Republican efforts to combat the Democratic president have been slowed by the civil war in its own ranks as the party grapples with its direction in Trump’s persistent shadow.
Published
March 4, 2021

By slimmest of margins, Senate votes to take up $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill

The Senate’s 51-50 vote to start debating the package, with Vice President Kamala Harris pushing Democrats over the top, underscores how they are navigating the package through Congress with virtually no margin for error.