Dec 21 Democrats attempt to 'build back' after Manchin tanks $2 trillion bill By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Democrats are struggling to pick up the pieces after Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill. Continue reading
Dec 20 Biden raises automobile fuel-economy standards to fight climate change By Matthew Daly, Associated Press In a major step to fight climate change, the Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. Continue reading
Dec 20 WATCH: Psaki holds news briefing amid Manchin's Build Back Better bill impasse By Associated Press Speaking at the White House briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the president vowed to "work like hell" in the coming days to find a solution to the impasse. Continue reading
Dec 20 Manchin won't back $2 trillion Build Back Better bill, upends Biden's agenda By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Hope Yen, Associated Press Sen. Joe Manchin has all but delivered a death blow to President Joe Biden's $2 trillion domestic initiative. Saying he can't support the package, the West Virginia Democrat has single-handedly thrown his party's agenda into jeopardy. Continue reading
Dec 20 Biden's approval dips to new low as independents sour on his leadership By Matt Loffman Just 41 percent of Americans approve of the job he has been doing as president, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Dec 17 WATCH: Biden pledges fight for voting rights, police reform in SC speech By Meg Kinnard, Josh Boak, Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Joe Biden has pledged to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation. Continue reading
Dec 16 WATCH: Biden awards Medal of Honor to three soldiers for actions in Iraq, Afghanistan By Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Thursday presented the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for valor in combat, to three soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. Two were recognized posthumously. Continue reading
Dec 15 Senate sends Biden big defense bill that addresses military sexual assault By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Congress has sent President Joe Biden a $768.2 billion defense bill that makes landmark changes to the way the military handles sexual assaults and keeps women out of the draft. Continue reading
Dec 15 WATCH: Biden pledges 'whatever it takes' to assist tornado victims By Josh Boak, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press “The scope and scale of this destruction is almost beyond belief,” he said as he stood before a home reduced to a few walls and piles of rubble in Dawson Springs, one of two Kentucky towns he visited. Continue reading
Dec 15 Biden visiting Kentucky to console tornado victims, pledge federal aid By Alexandra Jaffe, Zeke Miller, Associated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — For the fifth time since taking office less than a year ago, President Joe Biden is taking on the grim task of visiting an area ravaged by natural disaster to offer comfort and condolences. Biden… Continue reading