Biden administration

U.S. to limit immigration arrests at schools, ‘protected’ areas

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

U.S. immigration authorities will limit arrests at schools, hospitals and other so-called protected areas under new guidelines issued by the Department of Homeland Security.

Worsened by pandemic, child care crisis hampers broader economy

By Sally Ho, Josh Boak, Associated Press

Each caretaker resignation, coronavirus exposure and day care center closure reveals an industry on the brink, with wide-reaching implications for an entire economy's workforce.

WATCH: Jen Psaki says Democrats are ‘almost there,’ on budget, climate deals

By Associated Press

Once Democrats agree to the tax proposals, they can assess how much is funding available for Biden's overall package to expand health care, child care and other climate change programs.

Wildlife agencies to cancel Trump-era endangered species rules

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

President Joe Biden's administration is canceling two environmental rollbacks under former President Donald Trump that limited habitat protections for imperiled plants and wildlife.

Majority in U.S. concerned about climate change, AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Emily Swanson, Nathan Ellgren, Associated Press

In all, 59 percent of Americans said the Earth's warming was very or extremely important to them as an issue, up from 49 percent in 2018.

Infrastructure bill in flux after disagreements over billionaire tax

By Lisa Mascaro, Darlene Superville, Alan Fram, Associated Press

With the revenue side of the package deeply in flux, Democrats are at a standstill trying to wrap up negotiations on Biden's overall package this week.

WATCH: Blinken meets with the archbishop of Constantinople

By Associated Press

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, was released from a Washington hospital Monday morning after an overnight stay early in his 12-day visit to the United States.

U.S. details new international COVID-19 travel requirements

By Zeke Miller, David Koenig, Associated Press

The Biden administration is detailing its new international COVID-19 air travel policies for most foreign travelers to the U.S, which will include exemptions for kids and new federal contact tracing requirements.

WATCH: Biden discusses Build Back Better agenda, infrastructure deal

By Associated Press

Taking a campaign swing through New Jersey to promote his big domestic policy bill, President Joe Biden painted his ambitious child care and infrastructure plans as allowing Americans to "own the future."…

WATCH: Psaki holds White House briefing as Dems scale back Biden plan

By Lisa Mascaro, Darlene Superville, Alan Fram, Associated Press

Democratic leaders have been working with party moderates and progressives to shrink the once-$3.5 trillion, 10-year package of social services and climate change strategies to around $2 trillion, pushing for an agreement.