Biden administration

WATCH: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise gives news conference on Afghanistan

By Associated Press

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise says the U.S.-led evacuation in Afghanistan should take as long as necessary, even if that means extending it beyond August 31st.

Biden decides to stick with Aug. 31 final pullout from Kabul

By Jonathan Lemire, Robert Burns, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

President Joe Biden has decided to stick with his Aug. 31 deadline for completing the U.S.-led evacuation from Afghanistan, an administration official said Tuesday.

WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House news briefing

By Associated Press

Psaki said Biden, whose handling of the hastily arranged evacuation has been roundly criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike, announced during a meeting of fellow leaders of the G-7 industrialized nations that he planned to stick to the Aug. 31…

Possible Havana syndrome case delays Harris trip to Vietnam

By Alexandra Jaffe, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' trip from Singapore to Vietnam was delayed several hours Tuesday by an investigation into a possible case of the so-called Havana Syndrome in Hanoi, administration officials said.

WATCH: Biden keeps to Aug. 31 Kabul evacuation deadline despite criticism

By Robert Burns, Jonathan Lemire, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

WATCH: Psaki says Americans are not ‘stranded’ in Afghanistan

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki is expected to hold a news briefing Monday, as the nation faces challenges with the Afghanistan pullout.

U.S. appeals court refuses to end CDC’s eviction moratorium

By Alanna Durkin, Gary Fields, Associated Press

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a bid by Alabama and Georgia realtors to block the eviction moratorium reinstated earlier this month.

WATCH: State Department’s Ned Price says U.S. struggling to speed Kabul airlift amid hurdles

By Associated Press

The United States struggled Thursday to pick up the pace of American and Afghan evacuations at Kabul airport, constrained by obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems.

U.S. launches review of climate damage from coal mining on public lands

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

The move comes as the Biden administration expands its scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.

WATCH: Pentagon says 7,000 civilians taken out of Kabul amid Afghanistan evacuations

By Associated Press

The Pentagon says the U.S. military is ramping up evacuations out of Afghanistan, and that 7,000 civilians have been taken out of the country since August 14.