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Joe Biden's Medicare pick would be first Black woman to hold post

Her nomination was confirmed by a person familiar with the White House decision, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement

Joe Biden describes life at the White House: 'A gilded cage'

Biden says he's still getting used to the trappings of the office

US: Prez Joe Biden reframes goal on reopening of elementary schools

"I said open a majority of schools in K through eighth grade, because they're the easiest to open, the most needed to be open in terms of the impact on children and families," Biden said

Ready to assist US states hit by severe winter storm, Biden tells Governors

Below-freezing temperatures in the central and southern regions of the United States has left millions of homes without power as more frigid weather is expected to last through the week

Pronita Gupta named special assistant to Prez Biden for Labor and Workers

During the second term of the Obama Administration, Gupta was Deputy Director, Women''s Bureau at the US Department of Labor from April 2014 to January 2017

G7: Joe Biden to speak at virtual meeting of world's major economies

Biden will emphasize the need for global coordination on vaccine production, distribution and supplies, as well as global efforts to prepare for and protect against future pandemics

Impeachment: Biden White House seeks to turn page on Donald Trump

Biden made a point of not watching the trial live, choosing to comment only briefly on the searing images of the riot that gripped the nation

US Deputy Press Secy TJ Ducklo resigns after threatening reporter

Ducklo had been put on a weeklong suspension without pay on Friday after a report surfaced in Vanity Fair outlining his sexist threats against a female Politico journalist

White House spokesman suspended for a week for 'threatening reporter'

A White House spokesman, T.J. Ducklo, has been suspended for a week without pay after he allegedly threatened to "destroy" a female reporter who was asking questions about his private life.

Biden to discuss Covid relief package with business leaders at White House

Democrats have a small majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and effective control in the Senate

Tech central to US' strategic competition with China, says White House

The Biden Administration sees the US as engaged in a strategic competition with China and technology is a central domain of it, the White House has said

White House monitoring response of countries in the region on Myanmar

President Joe Biden, in a statement, said the United States is taking note of those who stand with the people of Myanmar in this difficult hour

White House condemns desecration of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in California

"We would certainly have concerns about the desecration of monuments of (Mahatma) Gandhi. We would condemn the desecration and watch it closely," Psaki said during a briefing on Monday

US: Prez Joe Biden faces scrutiny over reliance on executive orders

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Biden''s early reliance on executive action is at odds with the Democrat''s pledge as a candidate to be a consensus builder

US: Democrats to 'act big' on $1.9 trillion aid; GOP wants plan split

Despite Biden's calls for unity, Democrats said stubbornly high unemployment numbers and battered US economy leave them unwilling to waste time courting Republican support that might not materialise

LIVE: Rs 1.81-trn I-T refunds issued to 17.4 mn taxpayers so far in FY21

Personal income tax refunds of Rs 62,231 crore have been issued to over 17.1 million taxpayers. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

US: Donald Trump sets up 'Office of the Former President' in Florida

"Today, the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump formally opened the Office of the Former President," the statement said

'Dark money' helped pave US President Joe Biden's path to White House

Democrats have said they want to ban dark money as uniquely corrupting, since it allows supporters to quietly back a candidate without scrutiny.

Joe Biden has no plans to call his predecessor Trump: White House

There's no call planned, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at a news conference on Thursday

Biden launches sweeping Covid-19 changes on first full day in White House

The Biden administration is aiming at a coordinated federal coronavirus response to the 10-month pandemic, focused on boosting vaccines, increasing testing, reopening schools