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Democrats Say Paid Family and Medical Leave Back in Domestic Policy Bill
The inclusion comes as Democrats attempt to craft a final package that can pass both chambers
Joe Biden Meets With the Pope As Tensions With Catholics Bubble Up Back Home
The two men exchanged gifts. President Joe Biden pressed into Pope Francisâs palm a command coin bearing the insignia of his deceased son Beauâs military unit. Pope Francis handed Biden a signed declaration of peace. They sat and talked for 90 minutes in the Popeâs library in the Vatican. But underlying the warm greetings FridayâŚ
Joe Biden Has to Clean Up His Own Messes in EuropeâNot Just Donald Trumpâs
When Joe Biden met with allies on the west coast of England in June, he spent time assuring the world that Donald Trumpâs impulsive diplomacy and pattern of insults and discord was over. Now as he leaves on his second foreign trip as President, Biden has his own repair work to do. Allies are rattledâŚ
President Biden Announces âHistoricâ Economic Deal With Democrats in Congress
The president delivered the deal in hand just before departing later in the day for global summits
Joe Biden Just Put the Two Holdout Democrats Under the Spotlight to Reach a Spending Deal
With his approval levels sagging and negotiations dragging on his signature infrastructure and social spending bills, President Joe Biden is bringing his pitch directly to the American public in an effort to press Democrats in Congress to come to a deal. Pacing Baltimoreâs Center Stage theater Thursday night during a town hall moderated by CNNâsâŚ
âTurned Down Because of Who I Am.â Woman Accuses Biden Administration of Anti-Gay Discrimination in Foster Program
Kelly Easter wanted to help. Like many Americans, she watched the news in 2020 in dismay at the conditions awaiting unaccompanied migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Easter, a 47-year-old realtor, lives alone in her two bedroom apartment in Nashville, Tenn. âI have the resources. I thought, âWhy not? Let me help,ââ she tells TIME.âŚ
Democrats Struggle to Keep Faith in Joe Biden During Spending Negotiations
As Democrats try to reach a deal on trillions of dollars in spending for infrastructure and social programs, some involved in the process are growing impatient and struggling to keep faith in President Joe Bidenâs talk-it-through approach. Biden spent the day Tuesday meeting with key players from the Senate and the House. In a meetingâŚ
Joe Biden May Let Congress Have More of Trumpâs Jan. 6 Records. Hereâs Why That Matters
For over a century, U.S. Presidents have fought zealously to defend the executive branchâs right to withhold certain information from Congress and the public. President Joe Biden, facing extreme political pressure in the fraught probe of Donald Trumpâs role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, may soon defy that norm. As congressional investigatorsâŚ
The Biden Administration Frames Climate Change as a âSystemicâ Economic Risk
(WASHINGTON) â The Biden administration is taking steps to address the economic risks from climate change, issuing a 40-page report Friday on government-wide plans to protect the financial, insurance and housing markets and the savings of American families. The report lays out steps that could potentially alter the mortgage process, stock market disclosures, retirement plans,âŚ
Biden Wonât Invoke Executive Privilege on Trump Jan. 6 Docs
Trump wants to shield those White House records from investigators
Bidenâs Refusal to Back Trumpâs Executive Privilege Claim Is the Right Call
An executive-privilege controversy that has been brewing boiled over on Oct. 8, when President Joe Biden said that he will waive the privilege and direct the National Archives to produce to congressional investigators records pertaining to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Former President Donald Trump contends that documents and conversations with certainâŚ
Over 550,000 U.S. Borrowers Could Be Newly Eligible for Student Debt Relief
The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirementsâa change that could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers, social workers, military members and other public servants. The Education Department said Wednesday it will drop some of the toughest requirements aroundâŚ