Politics

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Rescue Plan as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris listens in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 12, 2021 in Washington, DC.
The American Rescue Plan that Biden signed into law financially supports a COVID-19 screening program for teachers, students and staff.
/ March 17, 2021
President Joe Biden thegrio.com
“We had a long talk, he and I… I know him relatively well. And the conversation started off, I said, ‘I know you and you know me.”
/ March 17, 2021
The head of the Department of Homeland Security is pushing back against Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s border policies.
/ March 17, 2021
The Movement for Black Lives is opposing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, arguing the bill pushes for strategies that have failed.
/ March 17, 2021
Two months into the Biden administration, questions are circulating about which issues Harris is focusing on during her time in office.
/ March 16, 2021
Greg Abbott thegrio.com
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said laws must be passed to prevent election officials from jeopardizing the election process.
/ March 16, 2021
The Democratic Feinstein, who was re-elected in 2018, is 87 and the oldest person in the U.S. Senate, which currently has zero Black women.
/ March 16, 2021