Politics

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013. Lintao Zhang | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke for the first time since February on Friday. It marked the second call between

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will sign an executive order requiring federal workers to get fully vaccinated against coronavirus in 75 days or face possible disciplinary action, as the U.S. struggles to bring the highly contagious delta variant under control. “That gives people more than enough time, in our view, to start and complete their

Debra Sweet, holds up a sign as she joins people gathered for a reproductive rights rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall on September 01, 2021 in Downtown Brooklyn in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The Department of Justice is expected to announce a lawsuit against Texas on Thursday over the state’s restrictive

Taliban forces patrol at a runway a day after U.S troops withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 31, 2021. Stringer | Reuters The Taliban in Afghanistan have named a new interim government led by hardliners as the group pledges to implement a strict Islamic rule over the country of roughly 40

Representative Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference announcing the State and Local Taxes (SALT) Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Sarah Silbiger | Bloomberg | Getty Images A fight over the cap on state and local tax deductions could prove Democrats’ next

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about Afghanistan, from the East Room of the White House in Washington, August 26, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed a stopgap measure to fund the government as lawmakers haggle over a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a transformative, Democrat-backed $3.5 trillion

A man looks at a car in flood waters after remnants of Ida brought drenching rain, flash floods and tornadoes to parts of the Northeast in Mamaroneck, New York, September 2, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters President Joe Biden has added New York to the list of major disaster areas from last week’s Hurricane Ida

California Gov. Gavin Newsom makes a gesture as he speaks during a news conference at San Bernardino Unified School District Office after visiting Juanita B. Jones Elementary School in San Bernardino on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | Getty Images The campaign to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom lost so much

Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, center, speaks with members of the media following a meeting with Texas Democrats outside of his hideaway office in the basement of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Joe Manchin just made it clear

A woman walks in front of a store on February 22, 2021, in New York City. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images The miss on the headline jobs numbers was disappointing enough, but the August 2021 jobs report showed that Black workers are facing an even bigger struggle to find employment compared with

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to host a virtual briefing on Hurricane Ida in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, August 30, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters WASHINGTON – Two of the most prominent U.S. insurance companies have responded to President Joe Biden’s call to cover additional

President Joe Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass his more than $4 trillion economic agenda in order to boost sluggish job growth. The president made his case for spending on infrastructure, climate policy and the social safety net after the Labor Department said the country added 235,000 jobs in August. The figure fell well

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference on the coronavirus outbreak at the U.S. Capitol March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. Schumer and other members of the Democratic caucus called for corporations and employers to offer paid sick leave to all employees following recommended health procedures. Also pictured (L-R) are Sen.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the end of the war in Afghanistan in the State Dining Room at the White House on August 31, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday blamed the coronavirus pandemic for a surprisingly weak jobs report, calling out Americans who have

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 25, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The House will vote on a reproductive rights bill when it returns later this month, following the Supreme Court’s refusal to block one of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws that took

The Supreme Court declined to block a Texas law banning most abortions in a 5-4 decision. Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, dissented in the late Wednesday move. The narrowly decided opinion, issued in a single paragraph, dealt a major blow to abortion access

Afghan refugees arrive at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, August 31, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — More than 23,000 Afghan refugees deemed to be “at risk” have arrived in the United States, State Department spokesman Ned Price said Wednesday, a number that represents more than one-sixth of all the evacuees airlifted out

Pedestrians walk past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, June 20, 2021. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images A group of abortion providers and advocates including Planned Parenthood is asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block the enforcement of a Texas law that would ban most abortions after as early