President-elect Biden's policy priorities

Technicians work inside of a uranium conversion facility producing unit in 2005 outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. After the 2015 Iran nuclear deal put limits on the program, Iran's government has been increasing uranium enrichment since the United States

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Opinion: Iran Is Escalating Its Nuclear Program. Biden Should Not Rush To Respond

10:18am January 08, 2021

by Henry Rome

Iran has announced new nuclear steps aimed at the incoming Biden administration, but the U.S. has leverage to push back, argues analyst Henry Rome.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, here at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow in 2017, has seen U.S. relations reach their lowest point since the Cold War. By waiting over a month to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, Putin tried to show streng

Putin And Biden Signal Chilly Relations To Come

5:31pm December 21, 2020

by Lucian Kim

As the president-elect vows to get tough on Moscow, analysts say Russia's leader wants to show he'll take the fight to Washington — and his congratulations delay was just the latest sign.

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Erika Andiola, an immigrant rights activist, speaks at a news conference about immigration reform in 2013.

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On Immigration, Activists' Demands May Exceed Biden Realities

3:50pm December 13, 2020

by Franco Ordoñez

Joe Biden has promised to reverse the Trump administration's most restrictive immigration policies. But he did not include immigration as one of his four core priorities.

President-elect Joe Biden introduces key foreign policy and national security nominees and appointments last week in Wilmington, Del.

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Opinion: With Biden, America Is Back — But Not At The Head Of The Table

1:46pm December 02, 2020

The world needs convincing that the U.S. can lead again, and it may not let it, according to foreign policy experts Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky.

Joe Biden addresses a Planned Parenthood Action Fund candidate forum in June 2019 in Columbia, S.C.

What Joe Biden's Election Means For Abortion Rights

11:56am December 01, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

Groups opposed to abortion rights have celebrated many policy wins during the Trump administration. Now, reproductive rights advocates want the president-elect to reverse those actions.

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Joe Biden meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Munich in 2015. Relations will no doubt be far more cordial under Biden, but Europe and the U.S. have differences that transcend the Trump administration.

Biden Is Good News For Europe, But China Challenges Await

1:34pm November 30, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

Even as European Union leaders welcome more cordial U.S. relations, the trans-Atlantic partnership faces the tough test of handling China's expansion.

Then-Vice President Joe Biden gestures toward Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan during an arrival ceremony in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sept. 24, 2015.

China's Xi Jinping Congratulates Biden On Election Win, Urges Cooperation

1:49pm November 25, 2020

by John Ruwitch

He is one of the last major world leaders to wish Joe Biden congratulations.

Joe Biden speaks about climate change and wildfires affecting Western states during a speech in Wilmington, Del., on Sept. 14. Although the president-elect has promised an ambitious agenda to tackle climate change, few expect a death knell for the oil ind

Why The Oil Industry Doesn't Fear Biden

10:42pm November 23, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to tackle the climate crisis. Nonetheless, the oil and gas industry is reacting with a surprising amount of optimism.

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Under President Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau weakened a rule that aimed to protect people who get payday loans. Consumer advocates say they are looking forward to a Biden administration strengthening the agency.

Financial Watchdog Expected To Get Its Teeth Back Under Biden

3:54pm November 18, 2020

by Chris Arnold

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a powerful agency policing predatory or unfair practices. Trump hobbled it. But a court ruling allows Biden to appoint a new sheriff at the bureau.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and then Vice President Joe Biden attend an arrival ceremony in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., in 2015. Biden is under pressure from both the left and the right to continue taking a hard line on trade with China.

Trump Launched A Trade War Against China. Don't Look To Biden To Reverse It

3:54pm November 18, 2020

by Jim Zarroli

The president-elect can undo many of Trump's tariffs with the stroke of a pen, but he's unlikely to do so now that the tenor of the U.S.-China relationship has changed.