The president makes the case that his administration has made progress in its first 100 days, confronting the public health and economic crises caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Joe Biden
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Details of Biden speech emerge, including $200 billion plan for free preschool
The proposal is part of his American Families Plan, which he is to unveil Wednesday night in an address to Congress.
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More action, less talk, distinguish Biden’s 100-day sprint
He has achieved a pandemic relief package of historic breadth and taken action to counter Donald Trump’s legacy.
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Biden is convening a global virtual summit as U.S. returns to climate fight
The U.S. is looking to such allies as Japan and Canada to announce their own intensified climate efforts, hoping that will spur China and others to slow building of coal-fired power plants and otherwise chill their smokestacks.
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After meeting with Biden, King praises broadband investment plan
Maine’s junior U.S. senator, an independent, was among a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers who met with President Biden on Monday about a proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure package.
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Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
A new migrant camp in Tijuana, Mexico, shows how confusion has undercut President Biden’s message that it’s not the time to come to the United States.
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U.S., China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi took aim at each other’s country’s policies as two days of talks began in Alaska.
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Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden, U.S. reports
American intelligence finds no evidence that foreign actors disrupted the 2020 vote, though Russia and Iran sought to influence the outcome.
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Biden boosts U.S. vaccine stockpile as the rest of the world waits
‘We want to be oversupplied and overprepared,’ says White House press secretary Jen Psaki, while the White House rebuffs requests from allies for vaccine doses produced in the United States.
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Biden agenda items on immigration and infrastructure running into trouble
Fresh off a major victory on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, the president and his Democratic allies face resistance in their own ranks to tackling other priorities without some Republican support.