President Biden is undoing a longstanding Washington tradition in which staff members enjoy their own refracted fame.
Mr. Biden’s language was carefully couched, reflecting continued reticence to criticize Israel despite rising international condemnation.
The men, none of whom were ever charged, would be sent to countries that agree to impose security conditions on them. But it is not clear where they will go or when.
Among Democrats in Congress, attitudes toward Israel have grown more critical as the party base expresses concern about the human rights of Palestinians.
President Biden’s pledge to ship out doses that could have been used domestically was a step toward a global campaign, but activists say much more is needed.
There's no ignoring the plight of the Palestinians.
The Bidens donated 5 percent to charity and paid an effective federal income tax rate of 25.9 percent.
After a sharp rightward shift by the U.S. on the issue, President Biden must decide how far to move back to the left.
The president’s statement, following a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, fell short of an immediate demand for an end to the weeklong violence.
As a senator, he backed legislation that led to mass incarceration and long drug sentences. Now his administration is signaling that he could use clemency to address inequities.
President Biden said on Monday that millions of American families would begin receiving hundreds of dollars in monthly payments in July from a child tax credit created as part of the American Rescue Plan.
Thousands of immigrants who live in the United States on temporary visas and traveled to India in recent weeks have been stranded there under the Biden administration’s travel ban.
President Biden commemorated the anniversary of the World Health Organization’s move in 1990 to declassify “homosexuality” as a mental disorder.
President Biden said on Monday the U.S. will send at least 20 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Johnson and Johnson, and Moderna coronavirus vaccines overseas by the end of June to help fight the pandemic.
Prosecutors investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani’s work in Ukraine have seized his electronic devices, a move his lawyers are now questioning.
The World Health Organization says that countries in which the virus is declining need to do more to help countries that are struggling.
Leaders in Maricopa County, Ariz., are hitting back at Donald J. Trump and fellow party members in the State Senate over a review of the county’s ballots.
Hundreds of dollars per month will go to millions of American families starting in July as part of a refundable child tax credit.
Inside the G.O.P., Trump is only getting stronger. What about outside?
Lifting the cap on refugee admissions is just the first step toward repairing a system broken by the previous administration.
Frantic efforts to vaccinate people in an underserved area of Philadelphia underscore a difficult new stage of the nation’s vaccination campaign, as door-to-door efforts become the norm.
We need strong laws and clear regulations to shed light on this megapowerful sector of the global economy.
President Biden backed Israel’s right to defend itself while urging the nation to protect civilians after the Israeli military destroyed a building housing the offices of journalists.
Divisions within the party have burst into public view, with the party’s ascendant left viewing the Mideast conflict as a searing racial justice issue that carries echoes of U.S. politics.
The hack underscored how vulnerable government and industry are to even basic assaults on computer networks.
The actions represented a broad repudiation of former President Donald J. Trump, and his practice of using executive orders to advance his political agenda.
The meeting was part of the White House’s efforts to push for an immigration reform bill in Congress.
When the next crisis hits the Colonial Pipeline, it will once again shut down. Panic buying will resume. And people will ask, yet again: How did this happen?
Vaccinating the world is possible. The United States should lead the way.
Under a deal with the military court, Majid Khan, who has admitted being a courier for Al Qaeda, will give up his chance to call witnesses to his torture in return for being released as soon as next year.
As Mr. Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts.
The payment clears the way for gas to begin flowing again, but it risks emboldening other criminal groups to take American companies hostage by seizing control of their computers.
After the C.D.C. updated its mask guidance for vaccinated people, President Biden urged Americans to get along as things maybe, possibly start to return to normal.
What did we learn from April's inflation report? Not much.
President Biden applauded new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that allows Americans who are fully vaccinated to stop wearing masks for most indoor and outdoor gatherings.
Reviving higher education in America requires a holistic solution that ends student debt and restores dignity to educators.
The president’s advisers are pushing their most detailed argument yet for the long-term benefits of a $4 trillion agenda to remake the American economy.
President Biden said the United States would pursue “a measure to disrupt their ability to operate” against Darkside, the group behind the hack.
La represión brutal de las protestas podría representar un golpe mortal para la democracia del país y presagiar un regreso a la guerra.
The deliberations over the long-shot bill center on three Electoral College votes the Constitution gives to the seat of government.
A sprawling system meant to police trillions of dollars is showing signs of strain as watchdogs warn of waste, fraud and abuse.
The Rev. Kevin O’Brien had delivered the homily at a Mass for the inauguration of President Biden in January.
President Biden’s order places strict new standards on software sold to the government.
The meeting produced little progress, underscoring the political challenge for President Biden as he seeks to exploit the narrowest of majorities in Congress to revive the country’s economy.
Brutal suppression of protests could deal a mortal blow to the country’s democracy and presage a return to war.
Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia has been discussing a potential bipartisan infrastructure deal with the White House, but a compromise faces stiff Republican resistance.
The escalating conflict comes at a moment of inflection for the United States’ approach to Israel and the Palestinians.
Canada’s government has backed the pipeline owner in the dispute with Michigan’s governor, an ally of President Biden, complicating U.S.-Canadian relations.
“I think that is all over with,” Mr. McCarthy said after meeting with President Biden at the White House.
American taxpayers don’t have much influence over Hamas, but they do have influence over Israel.
President Biden emphasized the need for compromise on Wednesday while gathered with Republican and Democratic leaders before a meeting to discuss his proposals to spend $4 trillion on infrastructure and families.
Much has been said about people opposed to or skeptical of coronavirus vaccines. But there’s another group that has yet to get shots, and their reasons are more complex.
As the president tries to assemble an anti-authoritarian alliance, he faces a choice: hypocrisy or realism?
The president's meeting will be a test of what friendship means in Washington these days.
Billionaires have grown more wealthy and powerful during the pandemic.
A terse announcement signaled a possible end to a long-running constitutional lawsuit. But former President Donald J. Trump is not a party to the arrangement.
The number of immigrants detained at the southwestern border has risen for 12 straight months, according to Customs and Border Protection data.
The president came to office seeing little opportunity to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He may now be forced to get more involved.
Their longstanding relationship has so far yielded no trace of compromise. Now Senator Mitch McConnell says he is focused on stopping President Biden’s agenda in its tracks.
The rule reverses a Trump-era policy that barred the students from obtaining emergency aid to cover food, housing and school supplies.
As Republicans across the country restrict voting and federal legislation stalls in Congress, the left’s eyes are on Joe Manchin.
The department said the moves were part of a strategy to “comprehensively combat domestic violent extremism, including violent white supremacy.”
President Biden says slowing climate change will create jobs. Tension between unions and environmentalists shows it’s not so simple.
The agreement is one of several new measures the White House hopes will help the nation reach 160 million fully vaccinated adults by the holiday.
Restaurants are cutting lunch hours and gas stations are paying signing bonuses as a beach town’s boom serves as a possible preview to the nation.
The Vineyard Wind project, off the coast of Massachusetts, would generate enough electricity to power 400,000 homes.
A new rule coming from the Biden administration will allow “all students” to tap into some $36 billion in emergency stimulus funds flowing to colleges, including direct grants for those most in need.
La difamación de Liz Cheney y un extraño recuento de votos en Arizona mostraron el daño de su asalto a la base de la democracia: la integridad electoral.
The attack by DarkSide, a relatively new criminal group believed to have roots in Eastern Europe, exposed the remarkable vulnerability of key American infrastructure.
The president’s comments and a raft of policy announcements were a pushback to Republican criticism of his economic plan after a disappointing jobs report on Friday.
As Covid cases rage overseas and vaccine drives lag, Biden faces a complex calculus.
Sixty-three percent of Americans said they approved of the work Biden was doing as president, while just 36 percent disapproved.
Officials invited people subject to health care discrimination to file complaints. But formal rule-making will be needed before a Trump-era policy can be fully reversed.
Readers disagree with a column by Bret Stephens that President Biden’s policies will cause the country’s decline.
No estamos bien. La democracia de Estados Unidos sigue en verdadero peligro.
A hacking of a major pipeline, the latest evidence of the nation’s vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, prompted questions about whether the administration should go further.
Companies behind digital currencies are rushing to hire well-connected lobbyists, lawyers and consultants as the battle over how to regulate them intensifies.
After five weeks of diplomatic shadow boxing, it is clear that the old agreement no longer works for Tehran or Washington, except as a steppingstone.
How Presidents Biden and Franklin D. Roosevelt both seized moments of crisis to do big things. Also: Park Avenue in bloom.
The vilification of Liz Cheney and a bizarre vote recount in Arizona showed the damage from his assault on a bedrock of democracy: election integrity.
President Biden’s assistant secretary for health is the highest-ranking openly transgender person ever to serve in the federal government.
The president said he saw no measurable evidence that a $300 federal boost in unemployment benefits was hurting the labor market, amid criticism from conservatives and business groups.
Federal documents indicate that while the Biden administration has cleared migrant children from border detention centers, now shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services are strained.
The Treasury Department issued new rules intended to make it easier for tenants to benefit from the $46.5 billion in emergency rental aid.
The proposal came in response to a directive from President Biden to find a way to help combat gun deaths.
President Biden, in an effort to re-establish transparency, is bringing back a practice ended by the Trump administration.
The proposal came in response to a directive from President Biden to find a way to help combat gun deaths.
American officials have been delivering the same message to Kyiv for more than seven years, but little has changed — or is likely to, analysts say.
Readers offer arguments for and against doing so as President Biden endorsed the idea.
President Biden’s top diplomat said the United States would uphold international rules and “push back forcefully” against those who don’t, a sharp contrast to the Trump years.
Stocks have soared under the new president, and the Dow has generally preferred Democrats since 1901. But don’t count on that for the future.
Biden administration officials say there is no evidence that hiring has been slowed by the additional $300 per week that unemployed Americans are currently eligible to receive.
If you don’t think Janet Yellen was right, ask yourself why.
Stocks have soared under the new president, and the Dow has generally preferred Democrats since 1901. But don’t count on that for the future.
The increase of 266,000 fell far short of estimates, though strong economic growth is still forecast for the months ahead.
As Democrats prepare to run on an ambitious economic agenda, Republicans are working to caricature them as liberal extremists out of touch with voters’ values.
The administration has been making the case to allies that to avoid paying the additional taxes the president has proposed, wealthy Americans would give more to nonprofits.
Ms. Bottoms, who was mentioned briefly as a potential running mate for President Biden, is the latest mayor to move on after a year of pandemic challenges and racial justice protests.
Acting as if it mattered is actually a problem.
Republicans say Liz Cheney, their No. 3, is being targeted because she won’t stay quiet about Donald J. Trump’s election lies. Her would-be replacement is campaigning on them.
Significant hurdles remain. But it was an optimistic signal by the Biden administration that an American return to the accord between Iran and world powers could be within reach.
Afghan commanders are asking for more help from American warplanes, illustrating their dependency on American air power.
Critics say the administration hasn’t defined a clear climate resilience strategy and has been slow to fill key jobs to coordinate that work.
President Biden outlined his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal on Thursday in Lake Charles, La., a largely conservative, industrial area hard-hit by Hurricanes Laura and Delta last year. He then headed to a second stop in New Orleans.
Al atender la presión internacional y los llamados de los demócratas, el gobierno de EE. UU. se enfrenta a las farmacéuticas estadounidenses, que alegan que la medida pondría en riesgo la seguridad y la innovación.
El presidente de El Salvador pone a prueba la democracia de su país.
Una foto de dos presidentes y primeras damas dio lugar a muchas bromas sobre hobbits en internet. Te explicamos qué pasó.
The justices may get a chance to redeem the court’s own failed promises.
The Biden administration, siding with some world leaders over the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, came out in favor of waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines.
“We’re not going to deprive any of these executives of their second or third home, travel privately by jet,” the president said at the White House.
The Biden administration will appeal the ruling against the policy, which has been the subject of legal challenges by landlords.
The Biden administration will appeal the ruling against the policy, which has been the subject of legal challenges by landlords.
The Biden administration, siding with some world leaders over the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, came out in favor of waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines.
The industry’s return will serve as a major test of President Biden’s goal of bringing the country back to some version of normal by this summer.
President Biden on Wednesday gave an impassioned defense of his plans to increase taxes on high earners, saying “this is about making the average multimillionaire pay just a fair share.”
A picture of two presidents and first ladies led to many Hobbit jokes online. We explain what happened.
President Biden said on Wednesday that in the first two days of applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, part of the coronavirus relief bill passed in March, 186,200 businesses had applied.
Biden administration officials said they saw the sustained deployment as a message from Moscow that it could match the number of troops taking part in the maneuvers.
Congress created the Restaurant Revitalization Fund as part of the $1.9 trillion relief bill passed in March. Business owners hit hard by the pandemic can apply for grants of up to $10 million.
The government exceeded its authority in imposing a moratorium on evictions, a judge ruled. The Biden administration has appealed.
One key economic goal is to create the virtuous cycles of innovation and jobs that already occur in many coastal cities.
If the administration continues on this path, it will increase the odds of a catastrophic war.
The president of El Salvador is a stress test for his country's democracy.
Many of the forces that helped bring him to power have only intensified.
"America might be done with Afghanistan, but Afghanistan isn’t done with America."
Is the Biden honeymoon over? For some, it never started.
President Biden, facing a slowing rate of vaccinations and a hope for near normalcy by Independence Day, said the government would shift from mass vaccination sites to local settings.
What if the paintings and sculptures could talk? What if they already do?
Respect for election integrity is now a disqualifier for membership in the Republican Party.
Most politicians are hypocrites. Voters tend not to care.
Charlie Crist has an extensive political history in Florida and is widely known throughout the state. But his candidacy is not likely to deter other Democrats like Val Demings and Nikki Fried.
We chatted with our Washington reporter about why the Biden administration reversed itself in the first place — and what that tells us about its future approach to migration issues.
President Biden on Tuesday announced a new goal of getting at least one vaccination shot to 70 percent of American adults by July 4. The effort includes offering shots in more local clinics and pharmacies.
As Rudolph Giuliani faces an escalating federal investigation and defamation suits, his advisers believe he should benefit from a $250 million Trump campaign war chest.
The goal is vaccinating 70 percent of American adults at least partially by July 4.
Voters of color make up an increasing percentage of the United States electorate, but that trend isn’t hurting Republicans as much as conservatives fear.
The action comes about two weeks after President Biden announced that he was leaving the Trump administration’s limit of 15,000 refugees in place, prompting a swift backlash.
We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
President Biden and drugmakers are facing demands from liberal activists and global leaders to suspend intellectual property rights on the vaccines as the pandemic surges.
The U.S. vaccination campaign will soon expand to millions more people, but public health experts say the move raises complicated questions about supply and access.
There’s always a catch when the government gives things “free.”
Should bipartisan talks stall, the Senate majority leader is exploring trying to use budget reconciliation to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants.
There’s a good case for doing more to improve physical assets. There’s an overwhelming case for doing more to help families with children.
The coronavirus is fading but not gone. Major legislation hangs in the balance. And in 2022, his party will be looking to defy history.
The move eliminates the sharp limits that the Trump administration imposed on people seeking refuge from war, violence or natural disasters.
The move eliminates the Trump administration’s strict limit, but the president acknowledged that the U.S. was unlikely to resettle the full number because of budget and staffing cuts at federal agencies.