Politics May 04 WATCH: Biden aims to vaccinate 70 percent of adult Americans by July 4 The new goal, which also includes fully vaccinating 160 million adults by Independence Day, comes as demand for vaccines has dropped off markedly nationwide, with some states leaving more than half their vaccine doses unordered.
Politics May 04 Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash President Joe Biden formally raised the nation's cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling set by former President Donald Trump.
Politics Apr 29 Biden turns to Georgia to begin pitch for huge spending plan With his visit to a state he won by fewer than 12,000 votes, Biden set out to build public support for his plan and try to persuade resistant Republicans that his massive proposal is an investment that the country can't…
Health Apr 26 U.S. to share AstraZeneca shots with world after safety check The U.S. has also been under mounting pressure in recent weeks to share more of its vaccine supply with the world, as countries like India experience devastating surges of the virus.
Politics Apr 21 WATCH: White House offers new tax credit to help spur vaccinations With more than 50 percent of adults at least partially vaccinated and roughly 28 million vaccine doses being delivered each week, demand has eclipsed supply as the constraining factor to vaccinations in much of the country.
Nation Apr 20 WATCH: President Biden responds to the Derek Chauvin verdict Before Tuesday's guilty verdicts were read out, President Joe Biden said he was praying for "the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.
Politics Apr 16 Biden speeds refugee admissions but doesn’t lift Trump cap President Joe Biden has signed an emergency determination that officials say will speed refugee admissions to the U.S., but he did not lift his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for this year.
Politics Apr 16 U.S. setting up $1.7 billion national network to track virus variants The U.S. is setting up a $1.7 billion national network to identify and track worrisome coronavirus mutations whose spread could trigger another pandemic wave, the Biden administration announced Friday.
Health Apr 14 WATCH: White House says pause on Johnson & Johnson shots shows government putting safety 1st Biden declared Tuesday that even with a temporary loss of J&J 's one-shot vaccine, there is a huge supply of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, enough that "is basically 100 percent unquestionable, for every single, solitary American.”…
Health Apr 13 U.S. recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports The U.S. is recommending a "pause" in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.