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President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas as the state grapples with widespread power outages and water shortages.

Merrick Garland's confirmation hearings start Monday. The Senate could confirm Biden's attorney general pick by March.

"Everyone must play by the same rules," Biden said in a speech to the Munich Security Conference, delivered virtually from the White House.

Biden said that two White House offices will be involved in developing an "advanced-research effort on cancer and other diseases."

The Democrat Manchin's opposition to Tanden means only a Republican vote for her can save her confirmation to lead the OMB.

Trump is infuriated with top Republicans pushing back against him, despite some advisors insisting he should take aim at President Biden instead.

Ex-President Donald Trump promoted a big protest against the election of Joe Biden on the same day that the Capitol riot broke out.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was lauded as a hero last year for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But critics are blasting him over Covid deaths in nursing homes.

Sens. Michael Bennet and Tim Kaine are reintroducing a public health-care option plan as President Biden mulls how to handle the issue.

Any invitation for Russia to join the G7 would be made in partnership with all of the group's members, she told reporters, speaking aboard Air Force One.

Parton said that "given all that is going on in the world, I don't think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time."

President Joe Biden plans to visit Texas next week as millions of residents there continue struggling with power outages after a major winter storm.

USCP's acting chief ordered that any officer whose behavior is not in keeping with the department's rules will face "appropriate discipline."

The delays constitute another challenge to the country's ability to recruit and retain highly educated, highly skilled students and workers from abroad.

Iran set a deadline of Feb. 21, vowing that if oil and banking sanctions are not lifted, it will expel the U.N.'s nuclear inspectors from the country.

The Covid pandemic "is not going to end unless we end it globally," a Biden official said, adding that vaccinating Americans remains the "highest priority."

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that any tax increases sought by the Biden administration would be introduced gradually.

Sen. Ted Cruz went on vacation to Cancun, Mexico, as people in Texas dealt with electrical power outages and very cold weather.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has not yet decided if the 10,000 troops it has in Afghanistan will leave the country by May.

Democrats in Congress introduced a sweeping immigration bill backed by President Joe Biden on Thursday.