Biden Administration

President Joe Biden’s decision to support waiving intellectual property rights for coronavirus shots won’t speed the manufacture of vaccines

The Biden administration is allocating $21.6 billion to provide emergency rental assistance to help prevent evictions of people who lost jobs during the pandemic

The Justice Department on Friday released a proposed rule that would broaden the definition of a firearm, requiring some gun-making kits to include a serial number

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the director of the task force to reunite families said on Thursday that the Biden administration is working to reunite entire families who experienced separation under the Trump administration, meaning that not just parents but also siblings of separated children may be able to get permanent legal status in the U.S.

First lady Jill Biden extended her gratitude to military spouses for their service at an Army base in Colorado.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday pressed Congress for increased funding on a variety of Justice Department priorities, including combating domestic terrorism, protecting civil rights, prosecuting hate crimes and battling the opioid epidemic. Testifying for the first time as attorney general before a House Appropriations subcommittee, Garland also spoke about policing reforms, including a budget request to enhance community-oriented policing....

Some communities of color bore the brunt of health effects from chemical runoff or other pollutants – a symptom of environmental racism. Risk and behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty explains how environmental racism could be addressed in the Biden administration and how those solutions are a setup for the broader fight against climate change.

President Joe Biden is formally raising the nation’s cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year

President Joe Biden traveled to coastal Virginia to promote his plans to increase spending on education and children, part of his $1.8 trillion families proposal announced last week

In his first major speech as Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin called for developing a “new vision” for American defense in the face of emerging cyber and space threats and the prospect of fighting bigger wars

Six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges have been granted house arrest in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country

Disneyland has reopened in Southern California

The Biden administration announced Friday that it would cancel all construction on the border wall that was paid for using redirected military funds, a Defense Department spokesman said. The Trump administration increased its use of Defense dollars to build portions of the border wall after Congress refused to appropriate money toward the project in early 2019. On Friday, Deputy Pentagon Spokesman...

The Senate has confirmed Bill Nelson, a former Florida senator who once flew on the space shuttle, to be the next NASA administrator.

President Joe Biden laid out a long list of policy priorities in his speech to Congress, and some are more politically plausible than others.

Ahead of his 100th day in office, President Joe Biden used a speech to Congress to tout his $2 trillion infrastructure plan. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains Biden’s “sell, sell, sell” attitude and the polling on these issues.

In President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, he opened by declaring, “America is on the move again.”

President Joe Biden gave his first address to Congress on Wednesday. Here are some key moments from his speech.

First lady Jill Biden held a virtual reception for guests who ordinarily would have joined her in her box at the U.S. Capitol to watch President Joe Biden’s prime-time address to Congress

President Joe Biden will call for free preschool for all three- and four-year-old children as part of his American Families Plan.