Alana Abramson

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Progressives Throw Biden's Agenda Into Doubt

Progressives claimed victory Thursday night after a planned infrastructure vote was delayed following their vows to oppose it

By Charlotte Alter and Alana Abramson

Infrastructure and Reconciliation: A Guide to Congress’ Week

It’s crunch time on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue.Both the White House and Democrats in Congress are scrambling to pass two bills that will form the cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s legislative legacy: a $1...

By Alana Abramson

Joe Biden Scrambles to Unite Democrats Behind His Agenda

Joe Biden ran for president promising to be a savvy dealmaker in Congress. But now, with his domestic agenda threatened by disagreements within his own party, he is facing the ultimate test.Biden spent Wednesday afternoon...

By Alana Abramson

Inside Bernie Sanders' Strategy to Get the Budget Bill Passed

On a sticky late August afternoon, Senator Bernie Sanders takes the stage in the state that catapulted him from fringe presidential candidate to progressive hero five years ago. One need look no further than the...

By Alana Abramson/Cedar Rapids, IA

Congressional Oversight on Afghanistan Is Just Beginning

America’s longest war may have ended, but the accountability battles for President Joe Biden’s Administration are just beginning.Questions about the Biden Administration’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan—which resulted in a gruesome terror attack that left 13...

By Alana Abramson

Biden Faces a Test Evacuating Americans From Afghanistan

When Afghanistan’s now-deposed President Ashraf Ghani visited President Joe Biden in the White House in late June, he expressed some concerns about how the U.S. planned to evacuate people ahead of the troop withdrawal from...

By Alana Abramson and Brian Bennett

Joe Biden Mishandled the Afghanistan Withdrawal. Do Voters Care?

Less than 24 hours after the Taliban marched into Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, the Biden Administration announced the largest permanent expansion of food stamp benefits in nearly half a century.The news received scant attention,...

By Alana Abramson

Biden Defiantly Shifts Blame on Afghanistan

How did an Administration led by a president with deep foreign-policy experience misjudged the situation so badly?

By Alana Abramson and W.J. Hennigan

Business and Labor Groups Helped Save the Infrastructure Bill

On infrastructure, business and labor found common ground, united by their belief that an infrastructure package would strengthen economy

By Alana Abramson

Joe Biden's Fight With Facebook Is Just Beginning

One post links to a video of a purported doctor alleging 62% of his patients have developed microscopic blood clots after being vaccinated. Another cites an alleged physician claiming humans already have built-in immunity to...

By Alana Abramson and Vera Bergengruen

Joe Biden's Voting Rights Agenda Shifts Focus to Education

When President Joe Biden took the stage in Philadelphia on Tuesday, he did what voting rights advocates have been urging for months: take aim at Republican-led legislatures that have been tightening voting restrictions throughout the...

By Alana Abramson

Why Ex-Democratic Staffers Are Lobbying Against Tax Hikes

Inside Congress, Democratic lawmakers are working to make sure President Joe Biden’s proposed tax hikes on corporations and the wealthiest Americans are codified into law.Outside Congress, some of the most powerful lawmakers’ former staff members...

By Alana Abramson

Joe Biden Gets His Bipartisan Moment on Infrastructure

President Joe Biden has long said he wants to show Americans that Washington can work to solve problems. In coming to a tentative agreement with a bipartisan group of senators to fund approximately $1.2 trillion...

By Brian Bennett and Alana Abramson

Inside Biden's Effort to Get America Vaccinated

A crop of volunteers may be the Biden Administration’s best hope to beat COVID-19

By Abigail Abrams/Texarkana, Texas and Alana Abramson

How Biden Plans to Combat Rising Gun Violence

President Joe Biden has largely relegated his public remarks on domestic policies to two topics: the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy. But rising murder rates over the past year and the potential for a summer...

By Alana Abramson and Brian Bennett

Biden Reasserts the U.S.' Role in Vaccine Distribution

President Joe Biden has talked a lot about America’s re-emergence as a world leader since he took office during a global pandemic. On Thursday, standing before the G7 summit in the United Kingdom during his...

By Alana Abramson

Why Biden Still Wins Infrastructure Negotiations, Even If They Fail

President Joe Biden entered the White House determined to restore the bipartisan work ethic that had been a hallmark of his three-decade Senate career. But now, after weeks of furious negotiations with Republicans over a...

By Alana Abramson

Inside the Biden Administration's Response to the Spike in Anti-Semitic Attacks

Prodded by Jewish leaders concerned about rising anti-Semitic attacks, the Biden Administration has taken steps in recent days to combat the threat and douse simmering frustrations about its response.The White House held discreet virtual meetings...

By Alana Abramson and Brian Bennett

How Joe Biden Became the Stay-Out-of-It President

President Joe Biden wanted to feel for himself the jolting torque delivered by the Ford F-150 Lightning electric motor. On May 18, as Biden’s staff back in Washington frantically worked behind the scenes to push...

By Alana Abramson and Brian Bennett

Can One Agency Keep the U.S. Safe and Still Be Humane? The New DHS Chief Thinks So

It was around 4 a.m. on April 28 when Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas jolted himself awake. As he lay in the dark, his mind locked onto the decision he had made the day before...

By Brian Bennett and Alana Abramson
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