House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans

The Democratic-led House has passed legislation to constrain a president’s power to limit entry to the U.S. The vote Wednesday was a response to former President Donald Trump’s travel ban covering five Muslim-majority countries

Officials: Biden preparing to recognize Armenian genocide

President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey more than a century ago was genocide

After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws

Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws

House Democratic leaders fight back against GOP delay tactics

The House adopted a rule Tuesday to allow Democratic leaders to regain control of floor time that’s been taken up by Republicans forcing roll call votes on noncontroversial, bipartisan bills.

Hitting latest vaccine milestone, Biden pushes shots for all

The U.S. is set to meet President Joe Biden’s latest vaccine goal of administering 200 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days in office, as the White House steps up its efforts to inoculate the rest of the public

AP sources: Biden to pledge halving greenhouse gases by 2030

President Joe Biden will pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 as he convenes a virtual climate summit with 40 world leaders

Biden to Floyd family after verdict: 'We're all so relieved'

Before the verdict was announced in Minneapolis, President Joe Biden said he was “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin

Bush criticizes GOP isolationism, anti-immigration rhetoric

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Biden's virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch

President Joe Biden is being forced to go virtual for many of his leader-to-leader talks during the coronavirus pandemic, and the resulting Zoom meetings just aren't a natural fit for the back-slapping politician

Kamala Harris turns road warrior for the Biden infrastructure and jobs plan

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to North Carolina on Monday to talk about economic opportunities and electric school buses as part of the Biden administration’s stepped-up efforts to promote its roughly $2 trillion infrastructure, clean...

Feds weighing how to respond after verdict in Chauvin trial

The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including considering whether President Joe Biden should address the nation

Georgia's Abrams navigates voting law fight with eye on 2022

Georgia's well-known voting rights advocate, Stacey Abrams, is taking a carefully balanced approach in response to new laws many people have said are an attempt to suppress votes of people of color

New migrant facilities crop up in effort to ease crowding

U.S. officials are scrambling to handle a dramatic spike in children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone