Senior U.S. and Russian officials have formally launched special talks on strategic stability as part of a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe this week.
President Joe Biden is forcefully accusing Donald Trump and his supporters of holding a "dagger at the throat of democracy" with his election lies that sparked last year's deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The Biden administration is extending a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he can't back a $2 trillion social safety net bill, and his opposition is a potentially fatal blow to Pres. Joe Biden's legislation.