Biden Administration To Give Out 400 Million Free N95 Masks
The free masks will be made available to the public at thousands of local pharmacies and community health centers nationwide starting late next week, according to a White House official.
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The free masks will be made available to the public at thousands of local pharmacies and community health centers nationwide starting late next week, according to a White House official.
The new attendance policy comes after increasing pressure on the Department of Education to allow a remote option for kids, as well as sinking attendance rates after the start of the new year.
Protesters in Manhattan called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to provide tenant protections and extend the state's eviction moratorium, which is due to expire Saturday.
The White House hopes employers choose to impose the mandate on their own or that local governments take it up.
The president is sending military personnel to overwhelmed hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Michigan and New Mexico.
President Biden in Atlanta on Tuesday announced his support for getting rid of the filibuster in the Senate to get legislation passed that will overhaul the nation's voting access laws and counter a raft of new changes pushed by Republicans at the state level.
President Biden announced on Tuesday that he's directing his team to double the United States' order of Pfizer antiviral pills from 10 million COVID-19 treatment courses to 20 million treatment courses, and the delivery will be accelerated from September to June.
President Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Thursday that the U.S. and its allies will react "decisively" if Ukraine is invaded, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
The president is expected to deliver a speech on the nation's response this afternoon.
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Sunday he can no longer support President Biden's Build Back Better Act, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the $1.75 trillion tax and spending plan.
Bob Dole, a former Senate majority leader and the last World War II veteran to be a major party's presidential nominee, was honored in a funeral at the National Cathedral on Friday.
The two leaders held a video call for two hours on Tuesday, after U.S. intelligence officials warned of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine as soon as January.
Bob Dole, the World War II veteran, senator and 1996 GOP presidential candidate, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Dole died Sunday at the age of 98.
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are holding a video call on Tuesday, a meeting that comes as U.S. intelligence is warning of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine as soon as January.
COVID is still affecting the economic recovery for millions of Americans. Would a fourth stimulus check help?
This marks the first time a president has attended the event since 2016.
The event, hosted by hip-hop legend LL Cool J has a star-studded line-up.
Americans with private health insurance will be reimbursed for at-home tests, President Biden announced Thursday, and international travelers will now be required to undergo stricter COVID-19 testing.
The White House released a new plan early Thursday morning to fight the Omicron variant, as the U.S. joined about two dozen other countries with confirmed cases.
President Biden urged Americans to remain calm as scientists work to determine the strength and the transmissibility of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
President Biden announced a plan to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in coordination with other countries, as part of efforts to tamp down high gas prices facing American consumers.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said "now is the time" for Democrats to implement a national paid leave program for workers, as she seeks to sway fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to back the policy.
The House passed the Build Back Better social spending plan Friday morning, after the vote, which was supposed to take place Thursday night, was delayed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's hourslong overnight floor speech. The bill passed 220-213 at 9:46 a.m. Friday, and afterwards, Democrats in the House could be heard chanting, "Nancy, Nancy, Nancy."
The bipartisan bill required compromises, but many agree it's a giant step forward to modernize infrastructure that's been declining for decades.
President Biden signed his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday, delivering on a major campaign promise that aims to revitalize the nation's roads, bridges, waterways and public transit.
