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UPDATE, 2:51 PM PT: NBC News will carry President Joe Biden’s primetime address, in a special report anchored by Lester Holt and Savannah Guthrie. Other broadcast networks also are likely to carry the speech as well. PREVIOUSLY: President Joe Biden will deliver a primetime address on Thursday, the one-year anniversary…

UPDATE, 9:38 AM PT: The Senate passed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill after an all-night marathon session. The legislation now heads to the House before it can go to President Joe Biden. The massive spending package would be his first major legislative achievement. The billed passed along party lines, in a vote…

Tim Wu, a professor and lawyer known for coining the term “net neutrality” and for writing authoritative media books like The Master Switch, has been named to a White House post. He will serve on President Joe Biden’s National Economic Council, leaving his post at Columbia University to become special assistant to the…

Joe Biden plans to hold a full press conference by the end of the month, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in response to questions of why he hasn’t held such an event yet. “We look forward to holding a full press conference in the coming weeks, before the end of the month, and we are working on…

The Senate voted to advance a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill, which includes direct payments to families and extends enhanced unemployment benefits, but it could be a long slog before there is a final vote. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris voting in favor to break a tie. The Senate, though, is…

Joe Biden’s administration suffered its first major setback in securing confirmation of administration nominees, after Neera Tanden withdraw her nomination as the next director of the Office of Management and Budget. “I have accepted Neera Tanden's request to withdraw her name from nomination for Director of the…

President Joe Biden said that the U.S. will have enough vaccine supply for all adults by the end of May, two months earlier than originally anticipated. “We are now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May,” Biden said in a speech at the White House. That would cover about…

Joe Biden marked the loss of 500,000 Americans due to Covid-19 in a very personal White House speech that delved into the process of getting through loss, sorrow and grief. “Today, we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone,” Biden said. “500,071 dead. That’s more Americans who’ve died in one year in this pandemic…

It’s not surprising that a man called Saint Bernard once said, “Love me, love my dog” in a sermon. After all, dogs have long been the world’s most popular pet. But now, the meanies at conservative media giant Newsmax have refused to throw man’s best friend a bone, attacking President Joe Biden’s dog, Champ, in…

Actor John R. Mitchell has resigned from SAG-AFTRA's local board of directors in Philadelphia amid growing outrage about a meme he posted that depicts President Joe Biden with stereotypical, caricatured Asian features and text that reads, "Introducing Our 46th President: Sum Dum Fuk." In a statement on his…

In January, President Joe Biden promised to provide state and local health officials a three-week window into how many vaccine doses were on the way. "Until now we've had to guess how much vaccine to expect for the next week, and that's what the governors had to do: 'How much am I getting next week?' " Biden said…

The President of the United States had a very good night at his CNN town hall on Tuesday. Not only did Joe Biden make it clear there was a new kind of POTUS in office, but the seasoned politician won the ratings and viewership race in a near landslide. In his first such appearance since moving into the White House on…