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Afghan forces must fight for themselves against Taliban: Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the Afghan troops must fight for themselves as multiple cities have fallen to the Taliban in the past few days.

Democrats outline $3.5-trillion antipoverty, climate blueprint

The budget blueprint is expected to be voted on this week in the Senate soon after final passage of Biden's bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure package

Biden's infra Bill hits Senate speed bump, debate slows to crawl

Amendments still on the table include proposals for new cryptocurrency rules and flexibility for states and localities that choose to use some unspent pandemic relief funds for roads and bridges

Eager to continue partnership with India in fight against Covid: US

The delay in providing vaccines to India from the United States is not because of Washington, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said

US President Biden sets US goal for clean cars to be half of 2030 sales

Biden will be joined at the White House Thursday by representatives of Detroit automakers and the United Automobile Workers union as he unveils an executive order establishing the goal

Biden urges to stand up to hate as he remembers Oak Creek gurdwara shootout

US President Joe Biden on Thursday recalled an act of "unspeakable hate" by a white supremacist who shot ten people at a Sikh gurdwara in Winconsin in 2012

Pakistan has other 'options', PM Imran Khan's aide tells United States

Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that Islamabad has other "options" if Biden continues to ignore the country's leadership.

Biden administration seeks to boost fuel economy to thwart Trump rollback

The moves are big steps toward President Joe Biden's pledge to cut emissions

Joe Biden says Andrew Cuomo should resign over sexual harassment report

Prez, Pelosi latest to demand Guv step down; state Democrats vow to speed up impeachment probe

US trying to help India, others to produce Covid-19 vaccine: Joe Biden

The United States is helping India and other countries to be able produce the vaccines by themselves, President Joe Biden has said. With a need for several billion doses around the world, the US was committed to provide half a billion, Biden said during a press conference at White House on Tuesday. We have committed to over a half a billion doses. And we're trying to provide for more and provide for the capacity of countries like India to be able to produce the vaccine themselves. And we're helping them do that. That's what we're doing now, he said in response to a question. And we're trying toby the way, it's free. We're not charging anybody anything. And we're trying to do as much as we possibly can, he added. In this fight against COVID-19, Biden asserted, the United States was committed to become the arsenal of vaccines, the manner in which it was the arsenal of democracy during World War II. We are backing up that commitment. We have contributed more than any other nati

US, India share number of interests, values: Biden administration

US has a number of shared interests and values with India in terms of economic, cooperation on climate and regional security issues that were discussed during recent visit of Tony Blinken to New Delhi

Taliban violence: Biden administration expands Afghan refugee programme

The State Department said it is widening the scope of Afghans eligible for refugee status in United States to include current and former employees of US-based news organizations

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats call on Prez Biden to extend eviction ban

Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leaders called on the Biden administration to immediately extend the nation's eviction moratorium

3.6 mn Americans at risk of eviction after Biden, Cong fail to extend ban

Hours before the ban was set to expire, Biden called on local governments to take all possible steps to immediately disburse the funds. Evictions could begin as soon as Monday

Joe Biden's infrastructure win overshadowed by new virus surge

Biden has entered a more challenging phase of his presidency as the virus has once more proved to be an intractable foe that now endangers the nation's fragile return to normalcy

US Senate works on the weekend on Biden's $1 trn infrastructure bill

The US Senate will continue work on Saturday on a bill that would spend $1 trillion on roads, rail lines and other infrastructure

Joe Biden lands a win, but virus surge threatens to derail agenda

Joe Biden wagered his campaign and now his presidency on the premise that government itself could still work, even at a time of fractious political division.

Biden nominates Indian-American as 1st Muslim religious freedom ambassador

Rashad Hussain is Director for Partnerships and Global Engagement at the National Security Council.

United States sets new Cuba sanctions as Biden meets Cuban-Americans

The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba's national revolutionary police

Biden says federal workers must be vaccinated or submit to Covid-19 testing

US President Biden on Thursday (local time) directed all federal employees to declare that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or wear masks and be regularly tested