WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden took a cautious victory lap Friday in his quest to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, announcing that 300 million vaccine shots have been administered in the 150 days since he took office. Biden credited scientists, companies, the American people and his whole-of-government effort. The president noted that the…

President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday making Juneteenth National Independence Day America’s 12th federal holiday. “I hope this is the beginning of a change in the way we deal with one another,” President Biden said. The signing comes a day after the House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously to send the bill to Biden’s…

Social justice and political unrest have pushed Juneteenth into the national spotlight. The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, the day the last enslaved Blacks in Galveston, Texas received the news they were free. U.S. President Joe Biden is applauded as he reaches for a pen to sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law…

Vice President Kamala Harris invited all 24 female Senators to the Naval Observatory for a tasty, bipartisan dinner.

REUTERS Photo/Carlos Barria MEXICO CITY (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris sought to assure poor and threatened populations of Latin America on Tuesday that the United States has “the capacity to give people a sense of hope” in the region so they can make better lives without fleeing to the U.S. border. Harris closed her…

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Vice President Kamala Harris says fixing the immigration problem at America’s Southern border starts with addressing the root causes.

Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Guatemala late Sunday night, after technical issues delayed the beginning of her trip. The plane she was on had to return to Joint Base Andrews after 30 minutes in the air. She took off again about an hour later. Harris will be in Guatemala and Mexico this week to…

New: President Biden holds a news conference to discuss pandemic recovery and the country’s vaccine program. Now: The investigation into Iranian navy ship sinking is underway. Next: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the Voting Rights Act. For more on Vice President Kamala Harris’ new role, click here.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the administration’s efforts on voting rights as Republican state lawmakers across the country attempt to enact voting restrictions. The efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to pass restrictive laws, which the White House and civil rights groups say make it harder…