Tag Archives: President Joe Biden

The Senate advanced a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package in a Wednesday evening procedural vote, a significant development for legislation brokered by both parties and the White House as they seek to clinch a rare bipartisan victory on Capitol Hill. In a 67-32 vote on the motion to proceed, …

President Joe Biden wants Congress to extend the eviction moratorium. The ban, which stops landlords from evicting tenants that are behind on rent, ends on Saturday. The President is also calling for the United States Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs to extend their eviction ban …

Lawyers with the Department of Justice say that federal law does not stop public agencies or private businesses from establishing COVID-19 vaccine mandates under the Food and Drug Administrations’ (FDA) emergency use authorization. “As access to the COVID-19 vaccines has become widespread, numerous educational institutions, employers, and other entities across …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising fully vaccinated individuals to wear masks indoors in public places where transmission rates are high. The agency is also recommending that children, teachers, and staff wear masks in schools this fall. “This pandemic continues to pose a serious threat to …

The White House announced on Monday that President Joe Biden has selected eight new leaders for United States Attorney roles in Washington State, Washington D.C., New York, Maryland, Indiana, and Massachusetts. The leaders were “chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their experiences and credentials in this …

The White House announced on Monday that International travel restrictions would not be lifted due to the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant worldwide. While the Biden administration recognizes the importance of international travel, COVID-19 cases are rising in the United States, and that’s likely to continue in …

While meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday, President Joe Biden announced that the combat mission in the region would cease by the end of the year. “We’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission,” President Biden said. Biden on most recent …

The Biden Administration has purchased 200 million additional doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to prepare for the possibility of children being eligible to be vaccinated and to administer booster shots to vaccinated Americans, should they be deemed necessary. “The federal government is exercising an option in its contract with Pfizer …

President Biden on Thursday signed a bill to increase funding to the Crime Victims Fund, which supports victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes. In a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Biden signed the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of …

The Biden Administration on Thursday imposed sanctions against the Cuban Defense Minister and a government special forces unit for human rights violations during a government crackdown on protests this month. Protests have been widespread throughout the country for the past two weeks, due to growing frustrations with the lack of …

A bipartisan group of Senators revealed legislation to strengthen Congressional power regarding matters relating to National Security. The group wants to correct the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches. The National Security Powers Act secures congressional authority in war powers, arms exports, and national emergencies. Under the …

The United States government is blaming China for a cyber attack against Microsoft. The U.S., the National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the European Union (E.U.) are accusing China’s Ministry of State Security of using “criminal contract hackers” to disrupt activities around the world and to make money. “This irresponsible …

President Joe Biden wants Facebook to do more to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform. Last week, the President said that social media companies are killing people because of the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. “Facebook isn’t killing people; these 12 people are out there giving …

The U.S. is weighing intervention in the Cuban government’s ongoing crackdown on widespread protests, President Joe Biden said Thursday, amid widespread shortages of food and medicine and attempts by Cuba to limit dissenters’ ability to communicate with one another. “They’ve cut off access to the internet,” Biden said at the …

A federal judge has issued a decision Friday that blocks new DACA applications, after Texas and several other states filed a lawsuit against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen sided with the states in his ruling, agreeing that then-President Barack Obama had overstepped his …