President Biden enters office with climate crisis in full view
Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty ImagesBY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — 2020 was historic in many ways — from a once in a century pandemic to the national outcry over the deaths of unarmed black Americans. The year
Biden says relief lessons learned from past: 'We can't do too much here; we can do too little'
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBy BEN GITTLESON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Friday he did not want to provide “too little” relief for the coronavirus pandemic and that Republicans are “just now willing
Restaurants Act reintroduced in Congress, here's why that matters for the industry
shaunl/iStockBy KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A renewed glimmer of hope dawned on the restaurant industry Friday after the RESTAURANTS Act received overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate. The legislation was crafted to provide long-term relief
After Senate paves way for COVID-19 relief, what happens next?
franckreporter/iStockBy TRISH TURNER, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Now that the Senate has approved a budget resolution that will allow for the creation of a roughly $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, the resolution will now return to the
Bidens move crib into White House, more details on how they're settling in
uschools/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House is the setting of some of the most historic and priceless furniture in America which now includes a crib. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden
COVID recovery provides 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to combat climate change: Mike Bloomberg
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Michael Bloomberg — the former mayor of New York City and a short-lived 2020 U.S. presidential candidate —
GameStop timeline: A closer look at the saga that upended Wall Street
Melissa Kopka/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The GameStop saga. No one could have anticipated that a struggling video game retailer would be at the center of a next-level frenzy in the stock market that
Some popular baby foods contain 'significant levels' of toxic heavy metals, report says
Wiktory/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN and KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Some popular baby foods contain “significant” levels of toxic heavy metals that have the potential to harm babies’ neurological development, according to a new report by a
Unemployment rate dips to 6.3% as employers added 49,000 jobs last month
glegorly/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. unemployment rate dipped slightly to 6.3% in January — down by just 0.4% from last month — and employers added some 49,000 jobs, the Department of Labor said
COVID-19 live updates: US reports over 5,000 new deaths for first time
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 104.9 million people worldwide and killed over 2.28 million of