Joe Biden

Amtrak has proposed a plan for new and enhanced rail connections across the United States.

As Biden Pushes Major Rail Investments, Amtrak's 2035 Map Has People Talking

3:18pm April 06, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

"You and your family could travel coast to coast without a single tank of gas onboard a high-speed train," President Biden said. The map shows 30 new routes across the U.S. that funding could create.

Politics & Government

Prosecutors Ask Judge To Keep Triad Capitol Riot Suspect Jailed Until Trial

8:38pm March 28, 2021

by Associated Press

Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to order a North Carolina man jailed while awaiting trial on charges he plotted with other members of the far-right Proud Boys group to storm the U.S.

In this file photo, young migrants, whose faces cannot be shown, sit inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility in Tucson, Arizona.

Hundreds Of Migrant Children Held In Border Detention For More Than 10 Days

10:19pm March 18, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

More than 500 migrant children have spent more than 240 hours in the jail-like detention centers at the border as of Thursday, according to a DHS document obtained by NPR.

Two first grade students talk in the back of class at the Green Mountain School last month in Woodland, Wash. The CDC's current guidance for schools recommends seating or desks be "at least 6 feet apart when feasible."

CDC Looks At Whether 3 Feet — Instead Of 6 — Is Safe For Schools' Social Distancing

5:29pm March 15, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

A new study found no difference in infection rates between schools in Massachusetts that required 3 feet of distance and those requiring 6 feet, so long as everyone wore masks.

Pope Francis shakes hands with Joe Biden, then vice president, at the Vatican, in 2016.

In Pope Francis, Biden Has A Potential Ally — Who Shares The Same Catholic Detractors

4:35pm March 01, 2021

by Sylvia Poggioli

The pope and the president share liberal stances on climate change and economic disparity. A theology scholar argues U.S. Catholic Church leadership is increasingly allied with the political right.

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President Biden challenged those who call his stimulus plan too big: "Let me ask them a rhetorical question: What would you have me cut?"

Biden's $1.9 Trillion Rescue Plan: Vital Medicine Or Costly Overkill?

11:22am February 26, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Backers of the president's ambitious stimulus plan say it will help struggling families and businesses, but critics say it goes too far.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky likens the call she got from the Biden team, asking her to lead the CDC amid a pandemic, to a hospital alarm that goes off when a patient's heart has stopped. "I got called during a code," she says. "And when you get called during a

Biden's Straight-Talking CDC Director Has Long Used Data To Save Lives

11:21am February 24, 2021

by Carey Goldberg

Dr. Rochelle Walensky says scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were "muzzled" and "diminished" by the Trump team, especially during the pandemic. She aims to fix that.

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Politics & Government

Slim Majority In NC Approve Of Biden's Performance

4:28pm February 10, 2021

by Paul Garber

Donald Trump won North Carolina's 15 electoral votes in the November election. But a new poll shows President Joe Biden with a higher approval rating than his predecessor.

Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. They gathered to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. A pro-Trump

Politics & Government

Timeline: What Trump Told Supporters For Months Before They Attacked

2:32pm February 08, 2021

by Steve Inskeep

The record shows at least eight months of incendiary statements from then-President Trump and others close to him leading up to the insurrection at the Capitol.

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Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says President Biden told him from the outset: "We're going to make some mistakes along the way. We're going to stumble a bit. And when that happens, we're not going to blame anybody. We're just going to fix it.

Dr. Fauci On Vaccinations And Biden's 'Refreshing' Approach To COVID-19

2:03pm February 04, 2021

by Terry Gross

The administration is in its early days, but the infectious disease expert says he's encouraged by the new president's attitude about the pandemic. Science, Fauci says, is "going to rule."

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