Executive Orders and Memorandums
How Classified Information Is Handled
But for the most part, Mr. Gerstell said, “You can’t go to a government computer and push a button and say, ‘Print out a list of all classified documents.’ There is no system that does that.” Is the classification system enforced by criminal law? Not directly — for the most part. The legal basis for […]
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Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan: Your Questions, Answered
President Biden announced on Wednesday that the federal government would cancel up to $20,000 worth of federal student loans for millions of people. But not everyone with debt will qualify. The action includes rules that will maintain the balances of debtors who currently have high incomes. Those who do qualify will need to navigate the […]
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Under Pressure, Biden Will Issue Executive Order on Abortion
WASHINGTON — Under pressure to do more to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, President Biden will issue an executive order on Friday aimed at ensuring access to contraception and other women’s health services, White House officials said. Details about what the president’s new order will do remain unclear. A […]
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Biden Signs Measure to Protect L.G.B.T.Q. Rights, Citing ‘Hateful Attacks’
WASHINGTON — President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people from a cascade of legislation in conservative states that increasingly targets the rights of gays, lesbians, transgender youth and others. The order is designed to counter efforts by Republican politicians like Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who has pushed through […]
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Supreme Court Allows Greenhouse Gas Cost Estimates
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it would allow the Biden administration to continue to take account of the costs of greenhouse gas emissions in regulatory actions, rejecting an emergency application from Louisiana and other Republican-led states to block the use of a formula that assigns a monetary value to changes in […]
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Biden Set to Issue Policing Order on Anniversary of Floyd Killing
TOKYO — President Biden on Wednesday is expected to issue an executive order aimed at reforming federal policing on the second anniversary of the death of George Floyd, who died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer, people familiar with the matter said. The order will direct all federal […]
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Biden Says He Is Taking a ‘Hard Look’ at Student Loan Relief
WASHINGTON — President Biden said on Thursday that he is considering wiping out some student loan debt and will make a final decision “in the coming weeks.” “I am considering dealing with some debt reduction,” Mr. Biden said after a speech in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. The comments were the clearest signal […]
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With a Few Jokes, Biden and Obama Revisit the ‘Good Old Days’
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday, the first visit he had made since departing in January 2017, to celebrate a new policy that expands coverage under the Affordable Care Act, his signature domestic policy achievement. But first, a buddy comedy act we’ve seen somewhere before. “Vice President Biden,” […]
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U.S. and European Leaders Reach Deal on Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy
American and European Union leaders said on Friday that they had reached an “agreement in principle” to assure that it is legal to transfer personal data across the Atlantic, after a previous pact was struck down when a court found it did not do enough to shield Europeans from American surveillance programs. President Biden said […]
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