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Sitting in for President Obama in the weekly White House address, Vice President Biden offers some ideas to rejuvenate the middle class.
The move comes amid a surge in migrants at the border.
President Biden announced Wednesday that he has asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead efforts to work with Mexico and Northern Triangle countries to stem migration at the southern border. During a White House meeting on immigration, the vice president called the border crisis a "challenging situation" and vowed to address its root causes. Watch their remarks.
Vice President Joe Biden spoke before the start of the Detroit, Michigan parade alongside state and national labor leaders. He emphasized the correlation between the strength of unions and that of the middle class.
President Biden is calling on Congress to close background check loopholes and pass an assault weapons ban following the two recent mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia that left 18 people dead. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN AM with the latest.
The Biden White House at times relies on familiar faces and some secret shoppers to help decide who gets to meet with the president.
"Congress needs to act," Harris said on "CBS This Morning" after two mass shootings left a total of 18 people dead in the span of one week.
Republican attorneys general argue a provision in the $1.9 trillion package is unconstitutional and hamstrings their efforts to lower taxes.
President Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to pass stricter gun laws, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. With those proposals expected to run into resistance in the Senate, CBS News has learned the White House is also exploring options to bypass Congress if necessary. Nancy Cordes reports.
Mr. Biden directed all flags at the White House at half-staff on Tuesday.
Senators Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono had vowed to vote no on any "non-diversity nominees" until Asian Americans are named to more high level positions in the Biden administration.
The vice president ceremonially swears in the former San Antonio mayor as the new secretary for Housing and Urban Development.
President Biden urged Congress to immediately ban assault rifles and high-capacity magazines after two mass shootings in Boulder and the Atlanta area. Weijia Jiang reports.
Vice President Joe Biden tells attorneys that their work providing legal representation for the unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S-Mexico border "matters."
President Biden said he's "devastated" by news of the mass shooting at a Boulder supermarket that killed 10 people, including a police officer. "We have to act," he said, urging support for a ban on assault weapons and calling on the Senate to immediately pass House legislation to close background check loopholes. Watch his full remarks.
President Biden's economic advisers are expected to brief him on a new proposal they say will create U.S. jobs. It reportedly includes about $1 trillion in spending on improvements to roads, bridges and the cellular network. More funding could be included for investments like free community college, universal pre-K and paid family leave. Nancy Cordes shares the details.
Vice President Joe Biden says the Republican-led push for voter identification requirements is about politics, not preventing voter fraud.
Amid conflicting accusations about responsibility, President Obama ordered his national security team to do all it could to ensure a credible crash site investigation. Major Garrett reports from Washington.
Many unaccompanied minors are staying in overcrowded facilities amid a surge in border crossings. Pressure is growing on the Biden administration to address the crisis. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
It looks like the crash of a Malaysia Airlines jet in Eastern Ukraine was no "accident," Vice President Joe Biden said -- rather, it was apparently "blown out of the sky."
The number of unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. custody at the border has grown to more than 15,000. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports from the Mexican side of the border, and CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with more on how the Biden administration is responding.
Israelis are heading to the polls for the fourth time in two years Tuesday. The latest election comes after the Knesset, Israel's parliament, failed to pass a budget at the end of 2020. Many people see this election as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a host of corruption allegations. Dan Raviv, a Newsday columnist and a former CBS News correspondent, joined CBSN's Tanya Rivero for a closer look at the importance of the election.
Here's the list of individuals Joe Biden has selected for his Cabinet.
Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his visit with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to a border facility. He also talks about the Biden administration's response to the border crisis and whether there can be a bispartisan solution.
The White House is warning migrants to stay home, but migrants keep trying to cross into the United States. Manuel Bojorquez reports from the border about these migrants' experiences and why they're so desperate to come over.
