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President Biden Says âEverybody is Frustrated,â as His Agenda Stalls
He pledged to âwork like hell" to get the two pillars of his domestic agenda passed into law
Why Joe Biden Isnât Strong-Arming the Senate Democrats Holding Up His Agenda
Senators have spent hours on the custard-colored couches of Joe Bidenâs Oval Office over the past several days. Dozens of chocolate chip cookies have been passed out. Irish poetry has been quoted. In one White House meeting on Sept. 22, a small group of progressive lawmakers perched on cushions where small note cards saved theirâŚ
Joe Biden Tries to Pass His Domestic Agenda As Crises Mount
This is not how Joe Biden wanted September to go. He expected to be barnstorming the country in the closing weeks of negotiations on his signature spending plan, pitching the expansion of health care benefits and child care provisions, and driving the momentum of those popular policies to the finish line. Instead, heâs spent weeksâŚ
Biden Administration Grapples With How to Send Aid to Afghanistan Without Supporting the Taliban
When President Joe Biden stood in front of the iconic green marble and gold foil backdrop to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, he declared that the U.S. had ended 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan and opened a new era of ârelentless diplomacy, of using the power ofâŚ
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Protect Outdoor Workers From Extreme Heat
(WASHINGTON) â The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat after a dangerously hot summer that spurred an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires and caused hundreds of deaths from the Pacific Northwest to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. Under a plan announced Monday, the U.S. Departments of Labor and of Health and Human ServicesâŚ
Why the Federal Firearms Agency Canât Find a Permanent Director
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) remains without a leader after President Joe Bidenâs selection of David Chipman to lead the organization was pulled on Sept. 9 after weeks of speculation and Chipmanâs nomination languishing before the Senate. And with the U.S. continuing to deal with high levels of gun violence, questionsâŚ
Joe Biden Is Keeping Mark Milley. But His Actions Show the Country Is Still Grappling with the Trump Era
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley took extraordinary steps to try to prevent Donald Trump from using military action to remain in office, according to revelations from a forthcoming book by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. Those actions from months ago are now causing a headache for President JoeâŚ
Joe Biden Wants to Honor 9/11âBy Moving On From National Security Priorities That Defined the Past 20 Years
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, it was Joe Bidenâs wife Jill who told him on the phone that a second plane had crashed into New Yorkâs Twin Towers. Biden was on board an Amtrak commuter train from Wilmington and Washington, and when he walked out of the station on Capitol Hill, he sawâŚ
White House Withdrawing ATF Nominee David Chipman Amid Senate Opposition to Gun Control Measures
Chipmanâs nomination stalled for months as he was widely seen as one of the administrationâs most contentious nominees
âA Decision Was Made.â Biden Faces the Fallout for His Chaotic Retreat in Afghanistan
For 35 minutes, as flag-draped cases were carried down a ramp, Biden stood in front of the cold reality of his decisions
The War in Afghanistan Is Over. But Congressional Oversight Is Just Beginning
Americaâs longest war may have ended, but the accountability battles for President Joe Bidenâs Administration are just beginning. Questions about the Biden Administrationâs chaotic exit from Afghanistanâwhich resulted in a gruesome terror attack that left 13 U.S. service members deadâare setting up the first big congressional oversight probe of the current White House. The BidenâŚ
Joe Biden Faces a Major Test Evacuating Americans From Afghanistan
When Afghanistanâs now-deposed President Ashraf Ghani visited President Joe Biden in the White House in late June, he expressed some concerns about how the U.S. planned to evacuate people ahead of the troop withdrawal from his country. Ghani said he worried that a planned massive airlift of U.S. citizens and Afghan nationals who had helpedâŚ