Biden to talk COVID-19, climate change in first Quad Leaders Summit Sept. 24

President Joe Biden will meet in person with prime ministers Scott Morrison of Australia, Narendra Modi of India and Yoshihide Suga of Japan to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

Gov. Kemp calls federal vaccine mandate 'unlawful overreach'

Gov. Brian Kemp said he took part in a call with other Republican governors Friday as they try to organize a legal challenge to the latest vaccine mandate by the Biden Administration.

Gov. Ivey, who blamed 'unvaccinated folks' for COVID-19 surge, vows to resist Biden orders

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, who said it was “time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks” for this summer’s COVID-19 surge, has vowed to resist President Joe Biden’s executive orders on vaccines.

President Biden visits DC middle school to talk COVID-19 vaccines, in-person learning

President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden joined D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Friday morning at Brookland Middle School to tour a classroom, showcase safe, in-person learning and to promote COVID-19 vaccinations.

Biden calls President Xi Jinping amid growing US-China tension

President Joe Biden spoke with China’s Xi Jinping on Thursday amid the growing tension between the two countries.

Biden announces vaccine mandate for employers with more than 100 workers

President Joe Biden announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant.

Biden tightens COVID-19 vaccine mandate on federal workers, contractors

Weeks after mandating federal workers get a shot or face rigorous testing and masking protocols, President Joe Biden will sign a new executive order to require vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors that do business with the federal government.

Biden administration ousts 18 Trump appointed military academy board members

The Biden administration has removed 18 people appointed to U.S. military academy boards by Donald Trump in the final months of his presidency.

Biden to visit 9/11 memorial sites to mark 20th anniversary of attacks

Biden will visit ground zero in New York City, the Pentagon and the memorial outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Flight 93 was forced down, the White House said Saturday.

Biden signs executive order to declassify some 9/11 documents

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the FBI to declassify documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

‘We need to act’: Biden says Ida a deadly reminder of climate crisis

President Joe Biden on Thursday emphasized how “extreme storms” such as Hurricane Ida are a deadly reminder that the climate crisis is here and the nation needs to act to combat it.

Biden to visit Louisiana on Friday to survey Ida's storm damage

The White House says President Joe Biden will visit Louisiana later this week to survey storm damage from Hurricane Ida.

Biden defends departure from Afghanistan, ending 'forever war'

President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, defending the U.S. military airlift to extract some 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a 20-year war, calling it an “extraordinary success."

Biden, first lady pay respects to American troops killed in Afghanistan attack

The president and first lady attended a dignified transfer Sunday for the 13 U.S. troops killed in Thursday’s suicide attack near the Kabul airport.

Sen. Blackburn delivers scathing remarks on Biden following deadly Kabul airport bombings

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., delivered scathing remarks following President Joe Biden’s press conference from the White House after the deadly suicide bombings at Kabul airport on Thursday, saying the president was lacking transparency and a plan of action for the American people.

Tech, finance leaders meeting with Biden to talk cybersecurity defense

Among the expected guests at Wednesday's summit are Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, Google's parent companies.

'Remain in Mexico': Supreme Court orders Biden administration to reinstate Trump-era policy

The Supreme Court is refusing to block a court ruling ordering the Biden administration to reinstate a Trump-era policy that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S.

Trump targets Biden over Afghanistan but gets booed briefly on vaccines at Alabama rally

"I believe totally in your freedoms, I do, you gotta do what you gotta do, but I recommend take the vaccines. I did it. It's good," Trump said, eliciting brief boos from his supporters.