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President Biden exits the State Dining Room of the White House on Tuesday after giving remarks on the mass shooting in Boulder, Colo. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Harris to be point person for Biden administration in stemming flow of migrants at the border

President Biden announced Wednesday that Vice President Harris will become the point person for the administration in seeking to stem the flow of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. As part of that role, she will work with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as the administration grapples with an influx of asylum seekers.  
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Biden called for tightening the nation’s gun laws, plunging him into an impassioned debate that he largely tiptoed around until it erupted anew after two mass shootings.
Biden announced that the federal insurance marketplace will remain open for consumers to buy Affordable Care Act health plans through mid-August, doubling the length of an unprecedented extra enrollment period that launched last month.
Congressional Republicans sounded off in early opposition to Biden’s still-forming plans to push a roughly $3 trillion infrastructure and social welfare overhaul package, signaling a tough political slog on the horizon.
The White House agreed to add a senior-level Asian American Pacific Islander liaison after two senators threatened to vote no on nominees because of what they said was a lack of sufficient AAPI representation in Biden’s Cabinet.
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Biden called for tightening the nation’s gun laws, plunging him into an impassioned debate that he largely tiptoed around until it erupted anew after two mass shootings.
Biden announced that the federal insurance marketplace will remain open for consumers to buy Affordable Care Act health plans through mid-August, doubling the length of an unprecedented extra enrollment period that launched last month.
Congressional Republicans sounded off in early opposition to Biden’s still-forming plans to push a roughly $3 trillion infrastructure and social welfare overhaul package, signaling a tough political slog on the horizon.
The White House agreed to add a senior-level Asian American Pacific Islander liaison after two senators threatened to vote no on nominees because of what they said was a lack of sufficient AAPI representation in Biden’s Cabinet.
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