NATO-NORDICS/BIDEN LEHTIKUVAUpdated Jul 13, 2023 President Joe Biden and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto shake hands at the end of their joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in …
National US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Jun 10, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day bef…
National Featured It's time to 'spring forward' this weekend in most of the US Updated Apr 13, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Even though winter doesn't slip away until next weekend, time has its marching orders. In the United States, it's time to "s…
National US has reunited 100 children taken from parents under Trump By BEN FOX Associated Press Dec 23, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration effort to reunite children and parents who were separated under President Donald Trump's zero-toleran…
Obituaries Heinz Plischke Updated Apr 13, 2025 Heinz Plischke died peacefully after a short battle with cancer on December 6, 2021. He has lived in his San Mateo home for over 60 years and …
Other Voices The West’s political calculus is selling out Afghans The Guardian Aug 30, 2021 It speaks volumes about the world today that a U.S. president was more worried about the Taliban looking weak than about his western allies. B…
National US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border By BEN FOX Associated Press Aug 18, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed changing how asylum claims are handled, aiming to reduce a huge backlog of ca…
National US hitting encouraging milestones on virus deaths and shots By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Jun 21, 2021 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive…
Other Voices Joe Biden, China and Europe The GuardianUpdated Jun 23, 2021 It is 50 years next month since Henry Kissinger embarked on the secret mission to Beijing that led to a rapprochement: “It is the conviction o…
National US ends strict Trump-era asylum rules for violence victims The Associated Press undefined Jun 16, 2021 The U.S. government has put an end to two Trump administration policies that made it harder for Central American immigrants fleeing violence t…