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Biden administration pauses Trump arms sales to Gulf states for further review

The Biden administration has put a temporary hold on several major foreign arms sales initiated by the administration of then-President Donald Trump.

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Biden pledges to speed vaccine program as U.S. sees another 4,000 COVID deaths in a single day

The U.S. counted another 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day on Tuesday, as President Joe Biden pledged to speed up the delivery and administration of vaccines, in a plan that aims to vaccinate 300 million Americans by t...

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Terrorism alert from Homeland Security Department emphasizes domestic extremism threat

'Information suggests that some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false na...

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Oil and gas interests say drilling pause only hurts already struggling Americans

President Joe Biden as expected announced a moratorium on new oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands and waters Wednesday, raising fresh concern from fossil-fuel interests and the mostly Republican lawmakers who supp...

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Biden administration moves swiftly to return government-run overseas broadcasters to pre-Trump posture

Under the right-wing filmmaker appointed by Trump to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the radio services were at risk of becoming propaganda organs, Democrats charged.

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Biden announces plans for U.S. to buy 200 million more COVID vaccine doses

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced plans for the U.S. to buy an extra 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, as he boosted efforts to get more Americans vaccinated.

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5 tax-related policies Biden can push to help small businesses truly recover from COVID-19

Go beyond the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC).

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Biden breaks with Trump’s solicitous tone toward Putin in first bilateral call with Russian president

U.S. leader said to have raised concerns about the arrest of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Kremlin involvement in a massive cyberespionage campaign and bounties placed on American troops serving in Afghanistan,...

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Antony Blinken has packed daybook as he takes State Department reins after Senate confirmation

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America's top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden's commitment to reverse the Trump administration's "America First" doctrine that weakened international...

Biden to reopen Obamacare marketplaces: report

President Joe Biden is slated to take executive actions as soon as Thursday to reopen federal marketplaces such as HealthCare.gov that sell Affordable Care Act health plans, said a Washington Post report late Monday citing...

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Biden’s ‘Buy American’ manufacturing order called ‘good first step’ by labor

Labor groups on Monday praised a forthcoming executive order by President Joe Biden that is aimed at boosting government purchases from American manufacturers, calling it a good start for the new administration.

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Biden can forge bipartisan cooperation with a bold infrastructure program

A bold infrastructure program offers President Joe Biden an opportunity to forge unity—a sense of national purpose to rescue the nation from another four years of partisan distrust.

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Fauci elevating profile as public face of Biden White House’s pandemic battle plan

After enduring nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former President Donald Trump, global infectious-diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci now speaks with the authority of the White House.

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Here’s the maximum amount Biden’s stimulus proposal would deliver to America’s poorest families

'Right now, the smartest thing we can do is go big,' Janet Yellen said Tuesday.

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Europe eyes Biden era in U.S. with circumspection: a new president, yes, but not a new country

While pluralities and even majorities of Europeans may be telling pollsters they support U.S. voters' choice of Joe Biden over Donald Trump in November, they do not believe the country has exhibited a fundamental shift in ...

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‘We need to act,’ Biden says as he signs new executive orders — and presses Congress for more aid

President Joe Biden on Friday signed a pair of executive orders he said would help struggling Americans now, as he pressed lawmakers to back a much bigger stimulus package.

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Biden freezes Trump’s last-minute visa rules

President Joe Biden has frozen for 60 days last-minute rules from the Trump administration that would allow only higher-wage foreign workers to be employed in the U.S.

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Biden administration terminates Trump ‘1776’ panel’s ‘patriotic education’ scheme

Historians complained that the commission assembled by the Trump White House to rebut the New York Times' groundbreaking ‘1619 Project’ failed to include professional U.S. history experts.

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‘We’re in a national emergency, and it’s time we treated it like one,’ Biden says as he signs more executive orders

The new president is aiming to overhaul the federal government's response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Biden to retain Trump pick Christopher Wray as FBI director: sources

Wray has kept a low profile as the nation’s premier law-enforcement agency has been rocked by political storms.