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Biden administration

Reporting on the administration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden.

Why Biden’s off-the-cuff comment about defending Taiwan matters

By Jonathan Guyer@mideastXmidwest May 23, 2022, 2:29pm EDT

Biden hasn’t discarded longtime policy toward Taiwan, but it sounds like he has.

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By German Lopez@germanrlopez Jan 21, 2021, 6:00pm EST

President Joe Biden has promised a lot of policy action in his first 100 days. This is how you can keep up.

Title 42, the controversial Trump-era border policy, explained

By Nicole Narea@nicolenarea Updated May 20, 2022, 7:05pm EDT

A Louisiana judge is preventing Biden from ending the policy as planned.

What Biden’s approach to Asia misses

By Jonathan Guyer@mideastXmidwest May 20, 2022, 1:30pm EDT

Can the president’s Asia-Pacific trip be about more than countering China?

Biden’s 3 choices on student loans

By Christian Paz May 17

The staggering amount of US military aid to Ukraine, explained in one chart

By Jonathan Guyer May 17

The government detectives and private eyes of the bitcoin age

By Rebecca Heilweil May 11

Biden can’t do much about abortion rights, but here’s what he could try

By Li Zhou May 6

Can the expanded child tax credit come back from the dead?

By Rachel M. Cohen April 29

How to use Apple’s new repair program

By Rebecca Heilweil April 27

Biden’s support among Gen Z and millennials is collapsing. Why?

By Christian Paz April 27

Will new weapons shipments change the war for Ukraine?

By Ellen Ioanes April 17

The Democratic revolt over Biden’s border policy

By Nicole Narea April 8

The Biden administration is ending a controversial border policy

By Nicole Narea April 2

What Biden is really saying in his new budget

By Li Zhou March 28

NATO was in crisis. Putin’s war made it even more powerful.

By Jonathan Guyer March 25

Why some crypto fans are praising Joe Biden

By Rebecca Heilweil March 9

The needlessly complicated Supreme Court fight over whether Navy SEALs have to obey orders

By Ian Millhiser March 8

You can now order more free Covid-19 rapid tests from Biden’s program

By Rebecca Heilweil March 7

The US took a key first step in welcoming Ukrainian refugees

By Nicole Narea March 4

Calls for a new global unity and an old domestic agenda

By Jonathan Guyer, Andrew Prokop, and 4 more March 1

Immigrants could help the US labor shortage — if the government would let them

By Nicole Narea February 16

Honduras’s new president could help Biden on migration, if she can survive a political crisis

By Nicole Narea February 2

Migrants in Mexico are on their own against omicron

By Nicole Narea January 30

Stephen Breyer’s retirement puts the spotlight on Joe Manchin — again

By Andrew Prokop January 26

What you need to know about Biden’s 400 million mask plan

By Muizz Akhtar January 25

Biden is defending key Trump immigration policies in court

By Nicole Narea January 25

Biden promised a harder line on Saudi Arabia. Why can’t he deliver?

By Jonathan Guyer January 23

Democrats may have to sacrifice something big for the climate

By Rebecca Leber January 21

The voting rights push in Congress is over. The fight for democracy isn’t.

By Zack Beauchamp January 20

Biden’s immigration polices have left Haitians stranded in Mexico

By Nicole Narea January 20

Biden’s offshore wind plan is also a jobs plan

By Neel Dhanesha January 19

Can US investment really ease Central America’s migrant crisis?

By Nicole Narea December 30, 2021

It’s only a matter of time before omicron spreads through immigration detention

By Nicole Narea December 26, 2021

Restarting student loan payments could be a chaotic disaster

By Kevin Carey December 20, 2021

Build Back Better is the latest victim of America’s anti-democratic Senate

By Ian Millhiser December 20, 2021

Progressives’ biggest fear about the Build Back Better Act has come to pass

By Li Zhou December 19, 2021

Manchin may have doomed American climate policy

By Rebecca Leber December 19, 2021

Did Joe Manchin just kill Build Back Better on Fox News?

By Ellen Ioanes December 19, 2021

The Senate’s last-minute confirmation push, explained

By Ellen Ioanes December 18, 2021

Democrats’ latest attempt at immigration reform is doomed

By Nicole Narea December 16, 2021

The downside to Biden’s electric vehicle charging plan

By Neel Dhanesha December 15, 2021

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Millions of Americans could be impacted by the reconciliation bill — if it passes

By Vox Staff December 14, 2021

The state of the shrinking Build Back Better Act

By Andrew Prokop December 13, 2021