Scott Detrow
The president “will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time,” a White House statement said.
Vice President Harris has tested positive for COVID-19 and has exhibited no symptoms, the White House announced on Tuesday. She’s not considered a close contact to President Biden or the first lady.
Until now, Washington had worked with European allies to limit the impact of sanctions on energy trade. The U.S. ban marks a divergence from its partners, which rely on Russia for oil and gas.
The White House says 9,000 Americans and Afghans have been evacuated since Saturday. President Biden insists there was no way out of Afghanistan “without chaos ensuing” as he defends the response.
To bolster the country’s preparedness for a warming world and create jobs, President Biden wants to retool and relaunch one of the most celebrated U.S. government programs, first established by FDR.
The president will begin a climate summit by announcing that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, based on 2005 levels, by the end of the decade.
The proposal would overhaul roads, transit, utilities, Internet access and more in the name of creating jobs. It’s also intended to combat climate change, racial inequality and competition from China.
President Biden is signing an executive order on voting rights. The order won’t make major changes — but it signals Biden’s views at a time when Republicans are seeking to restrict voting access.
President Biden and Vice President Harris are holding a ceremony Monday night marking the grim milestone of 500,000 American deaths from COVID-19.
Biden was expected to deliver remarks on the economy, but will now address the protestors who forcefully stormed the U.S. Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Biden’s election.
President-elect Joe Biden may face divided government that could stall his agenda. Some Democrats say he should actually channel President Trump in taking aggressive executive actions.
Trump spoke after the AP called Texas, Florida, Ohio and Iowa for him. Tight races, strong turnout and record amounts of mail-in voting left millions of legitimate votes still to be counted.
Speaking in Philadelphia, the presumptive Democratic nominee said President Trump’s actions show “the president is more interested in power than in principle.”
For the first time, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has personally responded to an allegation of sexual assault from a former Senate staffer.
The Vermont senator is exiting the 2020 race, bowing to the commanding delegate lead former Vice President Joe Biden has established.
The convention in Milwaukee, set for July, has been rescheduled for mid-August because of the coronavirus.
The Vermont senator lost Democratic primaries in Michigan and Idaho Tuesday, states he won in 2016. Joe Biden has consolidated support so rapidly that Sanders is facing calls to drop out of the race.
The Vermont independent became an ideological leader in the Democratic Party after his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton. He faces a far more crowded and liberal field this time.