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Indiana meeting with 2 presidents recalled, 11 years later

By KIM DUNLAP - Associated Press

In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks about the economy in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Biden’s push for a giant COVID-19 relief bill is forcing an internal reckoning that pits his instincts to work toward a bipartisan deal against the demands of an urgent crisis and his desire to deliver for those who helped elect him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden’s dilemma in virus aid fight: Go big or go bipartisan

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2017, photo, former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago. Construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will move forward this year after a four-year federal review and other delays, officials said Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) **FILE**

After delays, construction on Obama library to start in 2021

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks following his meeting with US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin, in Jerusalem. Netanyahu has named Aaron Klein, a former journalist with the right-wing Breitbart news site, as his campaign chief for March 23 national elections. Klein, who has written a number of books that questioned Barack Obama's fitness for the presidency, confirmed his new appointment to The Associated Press on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (Emil Salman/Pool via AP, File)

Netanyahu hires ex-Breitbart journalist as campaign chief

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FILE - President Barack Obama speaks at a service honoring the life of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of nine people killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston, S.C. on June 26, 2015. Cody Keenan, the White House speechwriter who helped Obama work on his response to the Charleston church massacre, has a book deal. Keenan’s memoir is called “Grace.” (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Obama speechwriter’s memoir ‘Grace’ to come out in 2022

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

In this Dec. 18, 2020 file photo, pipes to be used for the Keystone XL pipeline are stored in a field near Dorchester, Neb. Experts say President Joe Biden's pledge to undo his predecessor's anti-regulatory policies on the environment won't be accomplished easily, despite a fast start. After taking office, Biden returned the U.S. to the Paris climate accords, revoked the Keystone oil pipeline’s federal permit and halted oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP) ** FILE **

As Biden seeks a turn on environment, Trump rules to linger

By JOHN FLESHER and MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

President Joe Biden signs an executive order on climate change, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EXPLAINER: Executive orders can be swift but fleeting

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

Biden foreign policy illustration by The Washington Times

Biden shows that his foreign policy will not be our ‘finest hour’

By Lee Cohen

President Joe Biden pauses as he signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s climate steps could have big impact on energy firms

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Flags line the National Mall towards the Capitol Building as events get underway for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The Latest: Fireworks light up sky to celebrate inauguration

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In this June 17, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. A federal judge on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, urged the Trump administration to do more to help court-appointed researchers find hundreds of parents who were separated from their children after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border beginning in 2017. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP, File)

Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s DHS nominee, says ‘cages’ were built on Obama’s watch

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP)

Alejandro Mayorkas says Biden wants to grant citizenship to most illegals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Tired of winning, Biden opts for failure in the Middle East

By Sam Faddis

In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, a technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) **FILE**

Will Biden lift sanctions on Iran? Crisis Group says he should

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Tampa-Cuba ties frayed under Trump, Now, it’s Biden’s turn

By PAUL GUZZO and The Tampa Bay Times - Associated Press

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., talks with his wife former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., and Vice President Mike Pence after participating in a re-enactment of his swearing-in Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP)

Victims in 2011 Giffords attack see parallel to Capitol riot

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

In this June 17, 2020, photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Darby, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) **FILE** Photo edited for Best of 2020 list.

No tax hike: Left’s first big Biden disappointment

By J.T. Young

First new DACA applications approved in final weeks of 2020

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and NOMANN MERCHANT - Associated Press

FILE - Jan. 22, 2019 file photo, Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William, center, speaks during a news conference of ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) supporters after her ERA bill was killed by a House subcommittee inside the Pocahontas Building in Richmond, Va. An unusually broad field is vying to be the next governor of Virginia as the marquee political contest of 2021 gets into full swing. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

2021 marquee contest: Virginia governor’s race in high gear

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

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