The next steps in the Democratic race for the presidency, which is now seized up because of the coronavirus pandemic, will likely come down to the relationship between former Vice President Joe Biden...

The financial industry persuaded Congress to reject a moratorium on recording missed and late payments on credit reports during the coronavirus outbreak, raising concerns that people who lose their...

Over the coming weeks, The Wall Street Journal will roll out a series of articles comparing where President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joseph Biden stand on policy issues from Big Tech...

The Biden administration is moving to end a legal battle with California over the state’s authority to regulate motor-vehicle emissions, setting the stage for stricter regulations on the auto...

The president backed legislation to cancel $10,000 in debt, but it is stalled, and his plans for executive action aren’t known.

The high cost and limited availability of child care is keeping some adults out of the labor force, even though unemployment is at its lowest rate in more than half a century.

On his first foreign trip, President Biden will seek to rally European partners and other democratic nations against what he views as a threatening rise in authoritarianism.

Many of the nation’s electors meeting in their states Monday to vote for U.S. president aren’t well-known, ranging from a retired school principal to a college student.

Presidential candidate Joe Biden completed one of the most dramatic political turnarounds in recent memory with a string of primary wins that showed him to be the only candidate so far to expand the...

Michael Morell, a leading candidate for the job, faces criticism for his defense of the spy agency’s interrogation tactics after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Covid-19 has been directly responsible for most of the fatalities, but the disease is also unraveling families and communities in subtler ways.

Federal officials will focus on curbing the flow of stolen or illegally purchased guns into New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay Area, all places where police...

The Biden administration is enlisting the help of groups including the Christian Broadcasting Network and Nascar to encourage more people to get the Covid-19 vaccine, particularly members of commun...

The progressive senator’s proposals face resistance in a closely divided Congress.

The Covid-19 surge is making life unpredictable, as families worry anew about providing care and instruction for their kids if sent home.

President Trump’s re-election effort is alleged to have paid more than $170 million to companies affiliated with former campaign manager Brad Parscale without disclosing the ultimate recipients of...

The proposal would be part of a shift toward pursuing employers who hire immigrants without authorization to work rather than the employees themselves.

Treasury officials are in Europe this week discussing price caps that go into effect next month.

Two federal agencies claim to be the rightful owners of a painting of the now-obscure Hugh McCulloch

The phrase ‘less than ideal’ keeps coming up in interviews with participants and viewers, but the virtual Democratic National Convention looks slickly produced and no one feels left out.

Supporters of Bernie Sanders, conceding he is unlikely to be the Democratic nominee for president, are trying to cement his legacy as the politician who pushed the party to the left on health care,...

As a generation of Emilys enters adulthood, perhaps you’ve noticed the name in the air — and on TV, in film and in songs.

President-elect’s choices for top jobs include many former members of the Obama administration and several nominees that would make history if confirmed

The proposals include universal prekindergarten, an expansion of the Affordable Care Act and renewable energy tax credits.

Democratic front-runner Joe Biden looks to leverage his Ebola experience against President Trump, casting himself as someone who would be a steady leader in a crisis that has overtaken campaigning...

The roughly $2 trillion stimulus package passed by Congress provides big-ticket relief to workers and businesses—and a lot of small favors to special interests.

Plan encourages federal agencies to adopt policies that push back against corporate consolidation and practices that the White House says stifle competition and lead to higher prices and fewer...

Even in a polarized year, many people say they decided who to vote for long before Election Day

Polls show the Democrat running competitively in purple and red-leaning states, but his party hasn’t forgotten its losses in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

The Mexican kitsch-themed rest stop harkens to a bygone era of the American road. It’s not what it used to be, but people keep stopping.

More schools are using test-to-stay screening protocols to keep children in classrooms after they have been exposed to Covid-19. “Test-to-stay has been a collective sigh of relief,” one superintend...

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has yet to unlock a key part of the party’s fundraising base less than six months before Election Day: Bernie Sanders’s army of online small...

Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential nomination running as a moderate, rejecting the big-government plans of progressive rivals. In the general campaign, he has rolled out a platform that a new...

Supporters of President Trump protesting the election outcome fought police and breached barriers before some of them entered the U.S. Capitol.

President Biden defended his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan and said the U.S. would move thousands of potentially imperiled Afghan interpreters to other countries.

Dr. Rich Roberts, a Trump donor who attended the Bedminster, N.J. fundraiser, said that the campaign sent an email Friday notifying attendees that President Trump and first lady Melania Trump had...

Despite attacks, the Democratic nominee has a higher favorability rating than either the president or Hillary Clinton had in 2016.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee on the neck of George Floyd while he was handcuffed, was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Mr....

Biden administration officials made a conscious decision to avoid publicly clashing with Israel, in part because they believed an antagonistic U.S. approach aggravated tensions during the last...