Joe Biden has hailed the passage of the American Rescue plan by an exhausted Senate. Lawmakers narrowly approved the bill on Saturday as the US president and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and...
Pelosi has said measure should be law by 14 March, when tens of millions of Americans risk losing unemployment benefitsDemocrats have taken a critical step towards a first major legislative victory since assuming control of Congress and the White House, with a...
The Senate prepared Thursday for an arduous grind to the finish line on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, as Democratic leaders and the Biden administration negotiated last-minute changes to ensure support from moderate Democrats and potentially...
The House on Saturday passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid legislation. The near party-line vote of 219 to 212 advances a sweeping relief package to the Senate....
Despite calling for unity as a candidate, President Biden plans to pass his first major policy via budget reconciliation, a legislative process that requires no GOP votes and has become increasingly partisan....
Lawmakers have made an array of misleading claims about “Pelosi’s subway,” unauthorized immigrants receiving checks, school funding and the minimum wage as they debate the $1.9 trillion relief bill....
Rishi Sunak warns of risk to economy; Joe Biden tells US ‘now is not the time to relax – follow all the day’s news as it happensVan-Tam warns against giving up on Covid rulesExperts criticise Boris Johnson for putting dates in Covid roadmapSee all our...
The White House coronavirus task force said on Wednesday that it wants to improve mask equitability by sending more than 25 million masks to vulnerable communities....
President Biden on Friday called on Republicans who have complained that his $1.9 trillion economic relief package is too large to name which specific provisions they would prefer to cut from the bill....
The president’s visit to a Pfizer site comes as states are clamoring for increased supplies of vaccine and Congress is considering a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package....
Some of the Biden administration’s timelines and goals for confronting the pandemic have shifted or can be confusing. Here’s what you need to know. ...
As part of his focus on the pandemic this week, the president plans to visit a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine manufacturing site in Michigan on Thursday....
The president plans to travel Tuesday to Milwaukee to talk to a socially distanced audience about the pandemic and its economic fallout. It comes as he is pushing Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion relief bill....
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith discusses her role overseeing President Biden’s coronavirus equity task force and the challenge of tackling disparities in the pandemic....
On Monday, members of the White House’s coronavirus response team discussed whether federal officials should require airline passengers to have a negative coronavirus test before boarding domestic flights....
In the fight over his $1.9 trillion covid stimulus legislation, Biden’s impulses to find compromise with Republicans have clashed with his current sense of urgency....
The new administration is still reckoning with the complexity of conducting a mass vaccination campaign — while also attempting to control the messaging about its timing and scope....
On Friday, The White House coronavirus response team and federal public health officials held a news briefing to discuss the status of the federal government’s pandemic response....
The legislation includes a new round of $1,400 stimulus checks; an increase and extension of emergency unemployment benefits that are set to expire in mid-March; an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour; and hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local...
The United States is near the top of the pack, behind some of the fastest countries to vaccinate, including Israel and Britain, but ahead of most of the rest of the world....
Lawmakers look to head-off gridlock over Biden’s COVID stimulus plan, NFL’s Super Bowl teams will be decided and more things to start your weekend. ...
The agency now says patients may switch authorized vaccines between the first and second doses, and also extend the interval between doses to six weeks....
President Biden signed two executive orders Friday, directing more federal aid to Americans struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic and laying the groundwork to institute a $15 minimum wage for federal employees....
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser for Covid-19, addressed reporters from the White House on Thursday, and warned the nation was “still in a very serious situation” because of the pandemic....
President Biden signed a string of executive orders and presidential directives on Thursday, rolling out a “full-scale, wartime” coronavirus strategy, including requiring masks on some planes, trains and buses....
Biden administration’s new strategy is based around seven major goals, including restoring public trust in government effortsJoe Biden is planning to sign another set of executive actions on Thursday, his first full day in the White House, aimed at making good on his...
On his first full day in office, the president plans to focus on the top priority of his new administration: dealing with many aspects of the public health crisis....
President-elect Joe Biden honored the 400,000 lives lost to coronavirus. In the UK, one of the country’s oldest twins dies days before vaccination. Latest news. ...
