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WASHINGTON - President Biden is under increasing pressure from the international community and his party's left flank to improve vaccine supplies by easing the protection of patonavirus vaccines through patents and intellectual property in…

President Joe Biden speaks while visiting Smith Flooring, a minority-owned small business, to promote its American bailout plan in Chester, Pennsylvania on March 16, 2021.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesSeveral key policy…

President Biden was visiting former President Jimmy Carter, an old friend, when he traveled to Georgia Thursday to set his $ 4 trillion economic agenda.The day after he used his first address to Congress to call for the swift adoption of…

On the campaign trail, Joseph R. Biden Jr. vowed to depose Donald J. Trump and bring science back to the White House, federal government, and nation after years of President's assaults and denials, neglect, and disorder.As president-elect,…

Biden's government plans to propose a ban on menthol cigarettes, a long-standing goal of civil rights and anti-tobacco public health groups that has been repulsed by the tobacco industry for years, according to a federal health official.For…

WASHINGTON - President Biden, advocating his ambitious economic agenda and shifting more of the country's tax burden to the rich, will propose granting the Internal Revenue Service an additional $ 80 billion and more powers over the next 10…

President Biden plans to sign an executive order on Tuesday that will raise the minimum wage paid by federal entrepreneurs to $ 15 an hour. This is the latest in a string of ambitious pro-Labor measures at the start of his term in…

President Biden signed an executive order on Monday creating a White House Task Force to Promote Work Organization to harness the power of the federal government to reverse a decade-long decline in union membership.The task force, led by…

Here’s what you need to know:President Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris will promote unions through a White House task force.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesPresident Biden will sign an executive order on Monday creating a task…

People wear face masks in Central Park on April 10, 2021 in New York City.Noam Galai | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON - The Biden government is scheduled to relax federal guidelines for wearing masks outdoors earlier this week, a source familiar…