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After blowback, Biden again says he wants refugee cap to be 62.5K this fiscal year
Photo Beto/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has signed a memo to raise the maximum number of refugees allowed into the United States this fiscal year to 62,500. His administration h...
May 03, 2021
Biden administration announces separated migrant families to be reunited this week
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Four families separated under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy in 2017 will be reunited this week, Homeland Security Secretary Al...
May 03, 2021
Administration 'proud' of India aid effort: WH national security adviser
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As India continues to grapple with a new surge of coronavirus cases, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on ABC's "This Week" Sun...
May 02, 2021
Biden spending on things we don't necessarily need, can't afford: Sen. John Barrasso
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden's spending is "like someone with a new credit card," Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said Sunday on ABC's "This Week," s...
May 02, 2021
Country optimistic after Biden’s 1st 100 days: POLL
Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden completes his first hundred days in office with a country that is more optimistic about the coming year, accordin...
May 02, 2021
State lawmaker faces charges for allegedly allowing protesters into Oregon Capitol
Strekoza2/iStock(SALEM, Ore.) -- A Republican state lawmaker faces charges over allegedly allowing a group of protesters into the Oregon Capitol last year. Rep. Mike Nearman was charged with official ...
May 01, 2021
New climate envoy John Kerry sold off energy holdings to avoid conflict of interest, disclosures show
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Financial disclosures released by former Secretary of State John Kerry indicate that until March of this year he held hundreds of thousands of dollars of investme...
May 01, 2021
Biden dismisses Trump, Obama approaches in charting new North Korea policy
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- After months of closed-door talks, President Joe Biden's administration has completed its review of North Korea policy, charting a path forward that rejects both...
Apr 30, 2021
Texas special election marks 1st competitive contest of Biden era
adamkaz/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly two dozen candidates will face off Saturday in the race to succeed the late Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas, who died in February after suffering from COVID-19...
Apr 30, 2021
Government rolls out new ways to find COVID-19 vaccine with website, text messaging service
Vaccines.gov(WASHINGTON) -- As the Biden administration continues to reach out to Americans who remain unvaccinated, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and...
Apr 30, 2021
