Biden improves 'significantly' after getting BA.5 COVID variant

Officials emphasized that Biden's symptoms are mild because he received four vaccine doses and started taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid after becoming infected.

President Biden's Florida trip likely off due to COVID-19 infection

President Joe Biden’s trip to Florida next week appeared unlikely Thursday after the White House announced he tested positive for COVID-19.

Biden seeking $37B for fighting crime, hiring more police

The president's new proposal includes hiring more officers and creating a support program to stop violent crime.

Biden announces modest climate actions promising more to come

“Let me be clear,” Biden said. "Climate change is an emergency, and in the coming weeks I’m going to use the power I have as president to turn these words into formal, official government actions.

Biden signs executive order aiming to punish captors of Americans held abroad

Biden's executive order comes as the ongoing detention in Russia of WNBA star Brittney Griner has brought increased attention to the population of Americans who are jailed abroad and designated by the U.S. as wrongfully detained.

In West Bank, Biden embraces 'two states for two peoples'

“Palestinians and Israelis deserve equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity and dignity,” President Joe Biden said.

Biden arrives in Mideast jittery about Iran nuclear program

President Biden starts the first visit to the Middle East of his presidency with a monumental task: assuring uneasy Israeli and Saudi Arabian officials that he is committed to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power.

Biden to discuss immigration, trade with Mexico's president

The White House says the U.S.-Mexico relationship is a priority and that the countries plan to announce joint actions to improve infrastructure along parts of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Biden gun control speech interrupted by father of Parkland shooting victim

The father of a child who died in a mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, school interrupted President Biden's Monday event celebrating the passage of a bipartisan gun bill.

Biden considering declaring health emergency for abortion access

President Joe Biden says he's considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access.

Biden signs order on protecting abortion access after Roe v. Wade overturned

After the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to abortion, Biden encouraged Americans to "vote, vote, vote, vote" so a bill codifying Roe v. Wade can be passed.

Biden awards Medal of Honor to 4 Vietnam war veterans

“Not every service member has received the full recognition they deserve,” President Joe Biden said. “Today, we're setting the record straight.”

Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords

President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.

Biden says he'd back exception to filibuster to protect abortion access

Biden's filibuster remarks may cheer supporters who want to see him take more strident stances on the issue, but it's unlikely to change the outcome in Washington.

Biden signs landmark, bipartisan gun violence bill: 'Lives will be saved'

The legislation will toughen background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws that make it easier for authorities to take weapons from people judged to be dangerous.