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The soaring costs of basic necessities such as food and housing are disproportionately hitting people with lower incomes. Here, a house is available for rent in Los Angeles on March 15.

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  • Economy

Inflation may be easing — but low-income people are still paying the steepest prices

The annual inflation rate eased somewhat in April, but not enough to meaningfully reduce the burden on lower-income Americans.

May 11, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
President Biden laid out his plan to tamp down on inflation and rising costs in a speech at the White House Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Biden names combating inflation and rising costs as his top domestic priority

In an address from the White House Tuesday, President Biden contrasted his administration's plans to tackle rising costs with what he called Republicans' "ultra-MAGA" plan.

May 10, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Biden speaks to members of the press Tuesday prior to boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

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  • Politics

Biden says abortion decision would be 'radical' and threaten other rights

Biden says the reasoning in the leaked Supreme Court draft would mean "every other decision related to the notion of privacy is thrown into question," including contraception and gay marriage.

May 03, 2022
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By:
  • Arnie Seipel
President Biden is seen delivering remarks on COVID-19 on March 30. On Tuesday, the White House will announce a new push to get more doses of the COVID antiviral medication Paxlovid to more Americans.

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  • Politics

Biden will make Paxlovid, a highly effective COVID drug, available to more pharmacies

The antiviral pill is available to patients older than 12 who have tested positive for COVID and are at risk for developing a severe case of the disease.

April 26, 2022
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Eric McDaniel
President Biden appeared to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of a "genocide" in Ukraine on Tuesday as he spoke in Iowa about his administration's efforts to bring down spiking fuel prices.

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  • Politics

Biden accuses Putin of committing a 'genocide' in Ukraine

Speaking about easing restrictions on higher-ethanol gasoline amid spiking fuel costs, Biden said prices shouldn't "hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a world away."

April 13, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
President Joe Biden and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch the Senate vote on Judge Brown's nomination to the Supreme Court in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday.

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  • Politics

The Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

The vote on the historic nomination was 53 to 47, with three Republicans voting with Democrats. When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

April 07, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
A sign displays fuel prices at a gas station in Arlington, Va., on March 16. President Biden announced on Thursday the country's largest-ever release from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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  • Business

What to know about the U.S. emergency oil stash as Biden gears up to tap the reserves

The U.S is planning its largest-ever release from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Here's what to know about the country's emergency oil stash.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the U.S. Congress on March 16, 2022, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Since the war began, he has been appealing to world leaders for more support for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia.

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  • World

Americans have more confidence in Zelenskyy than Biden when it comes to world affairs

Some 72% of Americans have confidence in the Ukrainian president's handling of world affairs, a Pew Research Center survey finds. Meanwhile, just 48% say the same about U.S. President Biden.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A woman holds a sign in honor of Emmett Till during a protest on June 13, 2020, in Chicago. Protests erupted across the U.S. after George Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.

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  • Politics

Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked efforts

President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, the culmination of more than a century of efforts to designate lynching as a federal hate crime.

March 29, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel and
  • Elena Moore
Dark smoke rises from a fire following an airstrike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 26)

As Saturday draws to an end in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day.

March 26, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
The CEOs of the major U.S. airlines have called on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate for public transportation. Here, a traveler works on a laptop computer at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Dec. 3.

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  • National

U.S. airline CEOs call on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate on planes

The CEOs argue that the increase in vaccinations and the lifting of restrictions in other countries should make the Biden administration reconsider the policy for travelers.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then-U.S Vice President Joe Biden inside the Great Hall of the People on December 4, 2013, in Beijing.

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  • Politics

Biden tells China's Xi of the implications of assisting Russia in call, official says

A White House official declined to lay out the specifics of any potential U.S. response, but said that Biden was "detailed" and "direct" with the Chinese leader.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
Rafael Rivera's tattoo of an American Flag in the shape of Long Island, with a banner from John 15:13.

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  • National Security

Sick veterans demand medical coverage for illnesses caused by burn pits

President Biden is urging Congress to send a burn-pits bill to his desk.

March 09, 2022
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By:
  • Quil Lawrence
People try to get on a bus as they leave Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Russia attacks Ukraine; Women and the ballot in 2022; 'Red meat' issues in session

Thursday on Political Rewind: How will a deeply divided electorate respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Also, our panel discussed the role women on both sides of the aisle are playing in this year’s election — as candidates, organizers and voters.

February 24, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Biden's nominee to be the Fed's vice chair for supervision, speaks during her confirmation hearing with the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 3 in Washington, D.C. Senate Banking Republicans delayed a key vote on her nomination, along with a group of four other nominees to the Fed.

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  • Politics

Senate Republicans block a key vote on Biden's nominations for the Federal Reserve

Republicans boycotted a meeting of the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday, delaying a vote on five nominees to the Fed's board. The move was aimed at one nominee: Sarah Bloom Raskin.

February 15, 2022
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  • Scott Horsley
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