White House · 117th Congress
Afghan refugee arrivals will test US resettlement system
Airbnb has already offered to house 20,000 refugees worldwide for free, and Walmart Inc. has promised $1 million to groups that help refugees.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Biden administration will continue challenging ‘Remain in Mexico’
The administration formally ended the policy on June 1.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden plots vaccine booster shots
Pfizer submitted phase 1 data on a third booster shot earlier this week.
White House · 117th Congress
Tens of thousands of Afghans at risk as US slowly considers visas
Last month, lawmakers authorized an additional 8,000 visa slots in a law to improve Capitol security, as well as more than $1 billion to fund the evacuation.
Policy · 117th Congress
Administration plans to contest ‘Remain in Mexico’ court ruling
At the conclusion of his review, Mayorkas permanently ended what are known as the Migrant Protection Protocols in a seven-page memo on June 1.
White House · 117th Congress
Defiant Biden defends Afghan withdrawal, says country’s military ‘refused to fight’
“This is the bitter fruit of 1) US unwillingness to acknowledge reality, 2) our unwillingness to tell the truth, and 3) corrupt AFG ldrs in gov & mil.”
White House · 117th Congress
Yellen urges lawmakers to act on debt limit in September
Yellen wrote that Treasury will begin taking extraordinary measures on Aug. 1, starting with suspending sales of special state and local government securities, to remain technically within the borrowing
White House · 117th Congress
Biden’s voting rights speech may extend to issues of democracy itself
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White House · 117th Congress
Free beer! Biden, Cabinet celebrating freedom from COVID-19
Biden won Wisconsin in 2020 with 49 percent of the vote, less than 1 percent over Donald Trump. Not all the administration travel will be to states that Biden won.
White House · 117th Congress
Infrastructure deal reached, now comes the hard part
The framework also includes $1 billion to remove or modify infrastructure that isolated Black and Brown communities, a key Biden priority aimed at advancing racial equity.
White House · 117th Congress
White House concedes it will fall short of Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal
[jwp-video n=”1″] The White House still is planning a celebration for the holiday weekend featuring health care workers and members of the military.
Video · 117th Congress
Biden warns Putin of ‘significant’ US cyber capabilities
“I did what I came to do: No. 1, identify areas of practical work our two countries can do to advance our mutual interest and also benefit the world,” Biden said.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden should be ready for Putin to talk about Jan. 6
A senior administration official outlined the expected schedule for Wednesday, saying Biden was set to arrive at the meeting venue after Putin, who is scheduled to show up at 1 p.m. local time.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden’s holdup of border wall funding didn’t violate law, GAO rules
Congressional investigators said Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s pause of more than $1 billion in funds for southwest border wall construction did not violate the law, as some Republican lawmakers had
White House · 117th Congress
G-7 leaders buy into Biden’s ‘build back better’ pitch
The ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the headlines from the summit, including a commitment from the G-7 to contribute the equivalent of more than 1 billion doses of vaccines for
White House · 117th Congress
Garland zeroes in on voting rights
Schumer has said the chamber would vote on the elections, campaign finance and the ethics overhaul, known as S 1, this month. It is not expected to get enough votes to clear a procedural hurdle.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden puts voting rights in Harris’ portfolio ahead of Senate debate
[jwp-video n=”1″] As Biden knows from his 36 years as Delaware senator and eight more as vice president, a majority can change Senate rules by using the “nuclear option” — in a 50-50 Senate,
White House · 117th Congress
Maybe Biden is a moderate after all
The GOP backtracking on the Jan. 6 commission and the continuing, caustic debate over Democrats’ elections bill, known as HR 1 in the House and S 1 in the Senate, have also distracted from this broader
White House · 117th Congress
White House, Republicans remain far apart on infrastructure
The 1 p.m. virtual meeting featured a group led by Capito, the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and was the third between Senate Republicans and the White House
White House · 117th Congress
Biden’s border wall funding freeze under review
As soon as next month, the Government Accountability Office will issue an opinion on the legality of Biden’s decision to hold up more than $1 billion in construction funding for a southern border