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Biden administration

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

Politics & Policy

The fight to resettle Afghans in the US has just begun

By Nicole Narea

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

By German Lopez

The affordable housing shortage is hurting Afghan refugees

Finding housing is the most difficult part of the resettlement process.

By Nicole Narea

Pandemic unemployment insurance is ending at maybe the worst possible time

By Emily Stewart August 30

The long road to resettling Afghans in the US

By Nicole Narea August 27

The economic case for letting in as many refugees as possible

By Jerusalem Demsas August 23

The Pentagon is calling on US airlines to help with Afghanistan evacuations

By Cameron Peters August 22

Biden’s immigration policy is hampering Haiti’s recovery from back-to-back crises

By Nicole Narea August 19

Biden had a chance to save allies in Afghanistan. He wasted it.

By Nicole Narea August 17

The rapid fall of Afghanistan to Taliban forces, explained

By Natasha Ishak August 15

How are the Taliban gaining so fast in Afghanistan?

By Jen Kirby August 11

Time is running out to save Afghans who helped US troops

By Nicole Narea August 9

Biden’s immigration policy isn’t Trump’s — but it’s still a disappointment

By Nicole Narea August 4

These immigrants have one shot to come to the US. But Biden has to act.

By Nicole Narea August 1

Biden is turning back Haitian migrants at sea, echoing a shameful chapter in US history

By Nicole Narea July 29

Democrats are going it alone on immigration reform

By Nicole Narea July 23

America’s houses are old. Low-income renters are suffering because of it.

By Jerusalem Demsas July 22

Biden stacks his administration with yet another tech foe

By Shirin Ghaffary July 20

The US is bracing for a potential Haitian migrant crisis. Biden needs to step up.

By Nicole Narea July 16

Biden’s Cuba policy is suddenly in the spotlight

By Jen Kirby July 14

Few immigrants in detention have been vaccinated. That needs to change.

By Nicole Narea July 14

What the assassination of Haiti’s president means for US foreign policy

By Maryam Gamar July 10

Biden’s plan to make stuff cheaper

By Sara Morrison July 9

The Texas GOP’s border wall fantasy

By Nicole Narea July 9

What a Reagan-era law can teach Democrats about legalizing undocumented immigrants

By Nicole Narea July 4

US investment alone won’t solve Central America’s migrant crisis

By Nicole Narea June 18

How Northern Ireland is complicating Biden’s European agenda

By Jen Kirby June 17

Biden administration to Congress: Build more apartments and houses!

By Jerusalem Demsas June 17

Biden’s plan to increase legal immigration could aid the pandemic economy recovery

By Nicole Narea June 11

The Keystone XL pipeline is dead. But the fight against similar projects is far from over.

By Jariel Arvin June 10

TikTok’s Trump problem is now TikTok’s Biden problem

By Shirin Ghaffary June 9

New York gave every detained immigrant a lawyer. It could serve as a national model.

By Nicole Narea June 9

The US is telling migrants “don’t come.” They might not be listening.

By Nicole Narea June 8

Biden wants to raise corporate taxes. He might need the world’s help.

By Emily Stewart June 7

Progressive groups are “fed up” with Biden’s infrastructure playbook

By Ella Nilsen June 5

The fastest way to get more people to buy electric vehicles

By Ella Nilsen June 4

The false promises of more immigration enforcement

By Nicole Narea June 3

There’s a ticking climate time bomb in West Texas

By Rebecca Leber June 1

The bipartisan consensus on broadband is a mirage

By Rebecca Heilweil May 28

America’s asylum system is broken. Here’s how Biden could fix it.

By Nicole Narea May 28

Democrats in Congress aren’t giving up on a public option

By Dylan Scott May 26

Biden’s negotiations with Republicans are making some Democrats anxious

By Ella Nilsen May 21

Why Biden isn’t pushing Israel harder

By Alex Ward May 20