President Joe Biden will propose a ban on menthol cigarettes, which have long been a target of anti-smoking advocates and civil rights groups.
Author: Michael Collins, USA TODAY
Biden to make first overseas trip as president to attend G7 summit in England in June
Joe Biden’s participation in the Group of Seven summit in Cornwall, England, in June will be his first overseas trip as president.
Joe Biden calls George Floyd’s family, says he’s praying for them as nation awaits verdict in Derek Chauvin trial
Biden told George Floyd’s family members they are in his prayers as a jury in Minneapolis deliberates former police officer Derek Chauvin’s fate.
Biden calls for ‘peace and calm’ after Daunte Wright shooting sparks protests in Minnesota
Joe Biden says police shooting of Daunte Wright is “no justification for violence” but that anger in Black community is “real and consequential.”
Stimulus checks sent to 90 million Americans in the initial round of COVID-relief payments, the IRS says
Did you get your stimulus check? The IRS said the first direct payments under American Rescue Plan were distributed primarily via direct deposit.
Private debt collectors can seize $1,400 coronavirus relief checks to pay creditors
Congress looks to close loophole that will allow private debt collectors to garnish $1,400 checks distributed under COVID-relief package.
$1,400 checks are coming in the new coronavirus relief bill. Here’s who will get them, and who won’t.
Millions of Americans who got aid checks during first two rounds won’t qualify for a payment under the newest COVID-19 relief package.
Policy, not personal insults: Biden uses Twitter to sell his agenda, with a few pooch pics thrown in
Joe Biden takes a starkly different approach to Twitter than Donald Trump, whose incendiary rants got him banned from the social media platform.
‘Real people are hurting.’ Biden says weak jobs report shows why $1.9 trillion in COVID relief is needed
President Joe Biden pushes for $1.9 trillion in COVID relief as lackluster jobs report shows U.S. economy continues to sputter amid global pandemic.
Buy American: Biden directs federal government to purchase more U.S.-made goods
Joe Biden signed an executive order that will take steps aimed at getting the federal government to buy more domestically produced products.