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President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS) 24180970W 24180970W

August 14, 2021 at 2:30 pm

Biden boosts U.S. troop authorization for Afghanistan to 5,000

President Joe Biden said he authorized the deployment of 5,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to assist with the final weeks of the withdrawal of American...

July 20, 2021 at 6:30 pm

Biden to name tech foe Jonathan Kanter as DOJ antitrust chief

Jonathan Kanter’s nomination as the Justice Department's antitrust chief follows President Biden’s signing of a sweeping executive order designed to promote competition across industries.

Business

President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds in Washington on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, about the COVID-19 response and vaccination program. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times) XNYT115 XNYT115

July 6, 2021 at 6:00 pm

Biden sets up tech showdown with ‘right-to-repair’ rules for FTC

President Biden's right-to-repair directive is expected to mention mobile phone manufacturers, Department of Defense contractors and farm equipment manufacturers as possible areas for regulation.

June 9, 2021 at 10:04 am

U.S. joins Canada, Mexico, EU, UK to study reopening of travel

The Biden administration is forming working groups with Canada, Mexico, the EU and the U.K. to examine how to reopen international travel as the coronavirus...

Nation & World

A person looks at a mural of map of migration routes at a shelter in Tenosique, Tabasco state, Mexico, on March 9. President Joe Biden is struggling to head off a potential humanitarian and political crisis on the U.S. southern border, where a spike in migrant crossings – particularly by unaccompanied children – threatens to overwhelm government shelters.

March 14, 2021 at 9:08 am

Migrant surge at U.S.-Mexico border is new bipartisan blame game

Lawmakers sparred Sunday over who's most to blame for a sharp rise in migrants, including thousands of unaccompanied children, crossing into the U.S. from Mexico...

Nation & World

December 21, 2020 at 10:12 am

Trump sets ‘beautiful’ as the new standard for federal buildings

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday making classical architecture the preferred style for federal buildings in Washington, a White House official said...