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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
US to launch trade talks on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

By Darlene Superville May. 02, 2021 02:39 PM EDT

A person getting a Johnson & Johnson vaccine by a health care worker at the one-time pop-up vaccination site located 16th Street beach on the sand on Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Miami Beach. The one-time vaccination site made possible by Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson and the Florida Division of Emergency Management will administer up to 250 Johnson & Johnson vaccines. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
The Latest: Colo. governor extends statewide mask mandate

By The Associated Press May. 02, 2021 10:46 AM EDT

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. (AP Graphic)
At 1st Cabinet meeting, Biden says team 'looks like America'

By Darlene Superville And Zeke Miller Apr. 01, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. (AP Graphic)
Biden to hold first Cabinet meeting amid infrastructure push

By Jonathan Lemire And Zeke Miller Mar. 31, 2021 01:48 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 1996, file photo President Clinton talks in the Rose Garden of the White House prior to signing legislation overhauling America's welfare system. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite, File)
Path from Clinton to Biden takes U-turn on debt, trade, more

By Josh Boak Mar. 28, 2021 07:46 AM EDT

President Joe Biden listens to a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
For media, Biden news conference notable for what's missing

By David Bauder Mar. 25, 2021 04:44 PM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks before signing the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden aims for quicker shots, 'independence from this virus'

By Zeke Miller And Jonathan Lemire Mar. 12, 2021 05:17 AM EST

President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden aims for quicker shots, 'independence from this virus'

By Zeke Miller And Jonathan Lemire Mar. 11, 2021 05:12 AM EST

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 5, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden White House: keeping control of the daily message

By Jonathan Lemire And Alexandra Jaffe Mar. 06, 2021 12:17 AM EST

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 5, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden White House: message discipline, no news conference

By Jonathan Lemire And Alexandra Jaffe Mar. 05, 2021 06:12 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on investments in infrastructure, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency. They're taking an unapologetically partisan approach to advance the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue, voting rights and other priorities. Their calculation is that it's better to try to push ahead than risk wasting time courting Republican support that may never come. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind

By Lisa Mascaro And Zeke Miller Mar. 04, 2021 10:35 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, Dr. John Corman, the chief clinical officer for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, holds a sign that reads "Need Vaccine" to signal workers to bring him more doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 in Seattle. Governors and health officials have been reluctant to sign on to a Biden administration plan to open 100 federally supported vaccination sites by the end of February. With vaccine supplies running tight, they want assurances that the doses will come from a separate federal supply and not their own. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Tight supply creates reluctance over federal vaccine sites

By Sean Murphy And Geoff Mulvihill Feb. 13, 2021 09:03 AM EST

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds addresses Iowans during her weekly press conference on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Johnston, Iowa, where she provided updates on the COVID-19 vaccination efforts. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)
Iowa governor lifts mask mandate without public health input

By David Pitt Feb. 08, 2021 04:15 PM EST

FILE - This July 30, 2020, image taken from video by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers in Madison, Wis. Gov. Evers has issued a new statewide mask order an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. The Democrat Evers said in a video message Thursday that his priority is keeping people safe and that wearing a mask was the most basic way to do that. The mandate, saying masks are probably the most effective way to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Wisconsin Department of Health Services via the AP, File)
The Latest: Mexico's president has negative antigen test

By The Associated Press Feb. 04, 2021 04:42 AM EST

Chicago Teachers Union members and hundreds of supporters march through the Loop, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The Chicago Teachers Union said Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom over concerns about COVID-19, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said such a move would amount to an illegal strike. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
The Latest: Hong Kong ends lockdown in Kowloon neighborhood

By The Associated Press Jan. 24, 2021 01:03 AM EST

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Latest: Fireworks light up sky to celebrate inauguration

Jan. 20, 2021 07:38 AM EST

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks from the Senate floor to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Now that the House has impeached President Donald Trump for the second time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi must figure out the best strategy for arguing the case before the Senate. Senate rules say the trial must start soon after the chamber receives the article of impeachment, which cites “incitement of insurrection” after an angry mob of Trump’s supporters invaded the Capitol last week. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Latest: Trump declassifies Crossfire Hurricane material

Jan. 19, 2021 04:32 PM EST

With the Washington Monument in the background, President-elect Joe Biden with his wife Jill Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with her husband Doug Emhoff listen as Yolanda Adams sings "Hallelujah" during a COVID-19 memorial, with lights placed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Plunged into virus 'dark winter,' Biden must lead US out

By Zeke Miller, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Deb Riechmann Jan. 19, 2021 12:56 PM EST

Clouds form over the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Joe Biden's hefty to-do list starts with a flurry of orders

By Darlene Superville And Will Weissert Jan. 19, 2021 12:06 AM EST

Preparations are made prior to a dress rehearsal for the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday, January 18, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Biden's test: Engineering economic boom in a partisan divide

By Josh Boak Jan. 18, 2021 12:30 PM EST