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{{Main|Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|2020 United States presidential election}}

{{Further|2020 United States elections|2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic National Convention}}

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Biden, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in 1988 and 2008, and later served as the 47th vice president of the United States under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, announced his candidacy for the nomination of the Democratic Party in the 2020 presidential election on April 25, 2019. In June 2020, Biden secured the Democratic nomination. Biden selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate, and the two were officially nominated at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

On November 7, four days after the election, Biden was projected to have secured the presidency. Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral votes, while Donald Trump received 232.{{cite news|date=November 7, 2020|title=Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US|url=https://apnews.com/article/fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9|access-date=November 7, 2020|work=Associated Press News|archive-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105221639/https://apnews.com/article/fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9|url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Epstein |title=Biden Transition Team Calls on Federal Agency to Declare Winner|date=November 10, 2020 |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-10/biden-transition-team-calls-on-federal-agency-to-declare-winner|access-date=November 18, 2020|quote=Biden was declared the winner by media organizations after securing enough electoral votes.|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118021042/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-10/biden-transition-team-calls-on-federal-agency-to-declare-winner|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Zack|last=Budryk|title=Biden campaign pushes GSA chief to approve transition|date=November 9, 2020|work=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/525083-biden-campaign-pushes-gsa-chief-to-approve-transition|access-date=November 18, 2020|quote=Major media outlets projected Biden as the president-elect Saturday.|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119023751/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/525083-biden-campaign-pushes-gsa-chief-to-approve-transition|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Bess|last=Levin|title=THE TRUMP APPOINTEE BLOCKING BIDEN'S TRANSITION IS REPORTEDLY TRYING TO LINE UP A NEW JOB FOR 2021|date=November 16, 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/emily-murphy-joe-biden-transition|access-date=November 18, 2020|quote=But 13 days after the 2020 election and more than a week after all major media outlets called the race for Joe Biden, with Trump having absolutely no chance of getting a second term, Murphy has refused to acknowledge that Biden won, making it that much more difficult for the president-elect and his team to get a head start on crucial matters like a pandemic that has killed more than 245,000 people in the U.S. so far and stands to kill a lot more if no one does anything about it until January 2021.|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117185415/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/emily-murphy-joe-biden-transition|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Young|first=Robin|date=November 9, 2020|title=In Unprecedented Move, Key Federal Agency Hesitates On Declaring Biden Winner|website=WBUR-FM|url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/11/09/biden-trump-transition-of-power|url-status=live|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109204014/https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/11/09/biden-trump-transition-of-power|archive-date=November 9, 2020|quote=The answer is no, and I think you rightly note that this is different than what occurred in 2000 [in the Al Gore vs. George W. Bush race], there is a consensus certainly on the media side and with the states that are at play.}} The Trump campaign launched at least 63 lawsuits against the results,{{cite web|last1=Sherman|first1=Amy|last2=Valverde|first2=Miriam|date=8 January 2021|title=Joe Biden is right that more than 60 of Trump's election lawsuits lacked merit|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/joe-biden/joe-biden-right-more-60-trumps-election-lawsuits-l/|access-date=2021-12-21|website=PolitiFact|language=en-US|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226163957/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/joe-biden/joe-biden-right-more-60-trumps-election-lawsuits-l/|url-status=live}} especially in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, raising unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud that were subsequently dismissed by courts.{{cite news|last1=Voreacos|first1=David|last2=Stohr|first2=Greg|last3=Niquette|first3=Mark|date=November 9, 2020|title=Trump's Legal Blitz Isn't Contesting Enough Votes to Win|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/trump-campaign-s-legal-blitz-isn-t-targeting-enough-votes-to-win|access-date=November 15, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127002308/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/trump-campaign-s-legal-blitz-isn-t-targeting-enough-votes-to-win|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=November 13, 2020|title=US election 2020: What legal challenges is Trump planning?|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54724960|access-date=November 15, 2020|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206092807/https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54724960|url-status=live}} The electoral votes were certified on January 6–7, 2021. In the concurrent congressional elections, Democrats retained a narrow majority in the House of Representatives and narrowly took control of the Senate, leaving the partisan balance in the Senate at 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans, with vice president Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote giving Democrats control of the chamber.

{{main|Presidential transition of Joe Biden|Inauguration of Joe Biden}}

{{see also|First 100 days of Joe Biden's presidency}}

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Though Biden was generally acknowledged as the winner, General Services Administration head Emily W. Murphy initially refused to begin the transition to the president-elect, thereby denying funds and office space to his team.{{cite news |last1=Rein |first1=Lisa |last2=O'Connell |first2=Jonathan |last3=Dawsey |first3=Josh |date=November 8, 2020 |title=A little-known Trump appointee is in charge of handing transition resources to Biden – and she isn't budging |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gsa-letter-biden-transition/2020/11/08/07093acc-21e9-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html |access-date=November 9, 2020 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109100819/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gsa-letter-biden-transition/2020/11/08/07093acc-21e9-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Collinson |first1=Stephen |title=Alarm grows over Trump administration acting 'more akin to a dictatorship' as he denies election defeat |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/11/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-transition/index.html |website=CNN |date=November 11, 2020 |access-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111055831/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/11/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-transition/index.html |url-status=live }} On November 23, after Michigan certified its results, Murphy issued the letter of ascertainment, granting the Biden transition team access to federal funds and resources for an orderly transition.{{cite news |last1=Daly |first1=Matthew |last2=Jalonick |first2=Mary Clare |title=GSA ascertains Joe Biden is 'apparent winner' of election, clears way for the transition from Trump administration to formally begin |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-gsa-joe-biden-transition-20201123-fqs77zryxzac5lysm2wscrmpiy-story.html |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123232731/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-gsa-joe-biden-transition-20201123-fqs77zryxzac5lysm2wscrmpiy-story.html |url-status=live }}

Two days after becoming the projected winner of the 2020 election, Biden announced the formation of a task force to advise him on the COVID-19 pandemic during the transition, co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former FDA commissioner David A. Kessler, and Yale University's Marcella Nunez-Smith.{{cite news |first1=Sarah |last1=Mucha |first2=Eric |last2=Bradner |title=Biden transition team announces coronavirus advisers, including whistleblower Rick Bright |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/biden-coronavirus-advisers-experts-rick-bright/index.html |access-date=November 12, 2020 |website=CNN |date=November 9, 2020 |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209133805/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/biden-coronavirus-advisers-experts-rick-bright/index.html |url-status=live }}

On January 5, 2021, the Democratic Party won control of the United States Senate, effective January 20, as a result of electoral victories in Georgia by Jon Ossoff in a runoff election for a six-year term and Raphael Warnock in a special runoff election for a two-year term.{{cite news |last1=Dennis |first1=Steven T. |last2=House |first2=Billy |last3=Flatley |first3=Daniel |title=Democrats Win U.S. Senate as Ossoff Tops Perdue in Georgia Sweep |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-06/democrats-win-u-s-senate-as-ossoff-tops-perdue-in-georgia-sweep |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=January 6, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128081134/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-06/democrats-win-u-s-senate-as-ossoff-tops-perdue-in-georgia-sweep |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Deirdre |last2=Snell |first2=Kelsey |title=Democrats Take Control Of Senate With Twin Georgia Victories |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/953712195/democrats-move-closer-to-senate-control-as-counting-continues-in-georgia |work=NPR |date=January 6, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006135105/http://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/953712195/democrats-move-closer-to-senate-control-as-counting-continues-in-georgia |url-status=live }} President-elect Biden had supported and campaigned for both candidates prior to the runoff elections on January 5.{{cite news |last1=Wise |first1=Alana |title='The Power Is Literally In Your Hands': Biden Urges Georgians To Vote Tuesday |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/04/953359767/the-power-is-literally-in-your-hands-biden-urges-georgians-to-vote-tuesday |newspaper=NPR |date=January 4, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303193020/https://www.npr.org/2021/01/04/953359767/the-power-is-literally-in-your-hands-biden-urges-georgians-to-vote-tuesday |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kate |title=Biden appears in campaign ad for Georgia's Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/17/politics/biden-campaign-ad-ossoff-warnock/index.html |website=CNN |date=December 17, 2020 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122183210/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/politics/biden-campaign-ad-ossoff-warnock/index.html |url-status=live }}

On January 6, a mob of thousands of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol in the hope of overturning Biden's election, forcing Congress to evacuate during the counting of the Electoral College votes.{{Cite web |last=Lucas |first=Ryan |date=January 6, 2022 |title=Where the Jan. 6 insurrection investigation stands, one year later |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/06/1070736018/jan-6-anniversary-investigation-cases-defendants-justice |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=NPR |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106101200/https://www.npr.org/2022/01/06/1070736018/jan-6-anniversary-investigation-cases-defendants-justice |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Tan |first1=Rebecca |last2=Jamison |first2=Peter |last3=Leonnig |first3=Carol D. |last4=Flynn |first4=Meagan |last5=Cox |first5=John Woodrow |title=Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol, with one woman killed and tear gas fired |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-dc/2021/01/06/58afc0b8-504b-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html |access-date=March 10, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106232624/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-dc/2021/01/06/58afc0b8-504b-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html |url-status=live }} More than 26,000 National Guard members were deployed to the capital for the inauguration, with thousands remaining into the spring.{{cite news |last1=Helsel |first1=Phil |last2=Gains |first2=Mosheh |title=Defense secretary extends National Guard presence in D.C. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/defense-secretary-extends-national-guard-presence-d-c-n1260319 |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=NBC News |date=March 9, 2021 |archive-date=March 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311145712/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/defense-secretary-extends-national-guard-presence-d-c-n1260319 |url-status=live }}

File:Biden oath of office.jpg John Roberts administers the presidential oath of office to Biden at the Capitol, January 20, 2021.]]

On January 20, 2021, Biden was sworn in by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts as the 46th president of the United States, completing the oath of office at 11:49 am EST, 11 minutes before the legal start of his term at 12:00 pm, EST.{{cite news |title=Biden Inaugurated as the 46th President Amid a Cascade of Crises |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/biden-president.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/biden-president.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |access-date=January 20, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=20 January 2021 |last1=Baker |first1=Peter }}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |title=Biden became president at noon despite taking oath early, constitutional experts say |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/20/biden-constitutional-noon-sworn-in/ |first1=Paulina |last1=Firozi |first2=Kim |last2=Bellware |date=January 20, 2020 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014073803/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/20/biden-constitutional-noon-sworn-in/ |url-status=live }}

{{Wikisource|Joe Biden's Inaugural Address}}

Biden's inaugural speech laid out his vision to unite the nation, prefaced by the various impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic strife, climate change, political polarization, and racial injustice.{{cite news|last=Ashraf|first=Khalil|date=December 15, 2020|title=Biden to take oath outside Capitol amid virus restrictions|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-to-take-oath-outside-capitol-amid-virus-restrictions/2020/12/15/16e6d326-3f00-11eb-b58b-1623f6267960_story.html|access-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194342/https://www.washingtonpost.com/|archive-date=January 14, 2021}} Biden called for an end to the "uncivil war" of political, demographic, and ideological American cultures through a greater embrace of diversity.{{cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Peter|last2=Astor|first2=Maggie|last3=Kaplan|first3=Thomas|date=January 20, 2021|title=Inauguration Live Updates: President Biden Arrives at the White House|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/20/us/biden-inauguration|url-status=live|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120181241/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/20/us/biden-inauguration|archive-date=January 20, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} He cited the American Civil War, Great Depression, world wars, and September 11 attacks as moments in American history where citizens' "better angels" prevailed, saying that the unity, the solution, must again be invoked to rise from the "cascading" crises of the present; this unity, he proclaimed, exists in the "common objects" that define America: "opportunity, liberty, dignity, respect, honor, and ... truth."{{cite news|last=Thrush|first=Glenn|date=January 20, 2021|title=President Biden's Full Inauguration Speech, Annotated|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/biden-inauguration-speech-transcript.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121025634/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/biden-inauguration-speech-transcript.html|archive-date=January 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news|date=January 20, 2021|title='This Is America's Day': Biden's Inaugural Address, Annotated|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/20/956922884/bidens-inaugural-address-annotated|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120201236/https://www.npr.org/2021/01/20/956922884/bidens-inaugural-address-annotated|archive-date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=NPR}} He explicitly decried white supremacy and nativism, calling them an "ugly reality" of American life he vows to defeat that clouds the "American ideal" set out in the U.S. Declaration of Independence — that all Americans are equal.{{cite web|last1=Lemire|first1=Jonathan|last2=Miller|first2=Zeke|last3=Jaffe|first3=Alexandria|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden takes the helm as president: 'Democracy has prevailed'|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-inauguration-a01d1ffa7862661914cb92b22e359854|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120212756/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-inauguration-a01d1ffa7862661914cb92b22e359854|archive-date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=Associated Press}} Biden pledged that the U.S. would "engage with the world once again", "repair our alliances", and act as a "trusted partner for peace and security".{{cite web|last=Korecki|first=Natasha|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden pledges, once more, to lead America away from dystopia|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/biden-inauguration-america-dystopia-460840|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121084230/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/biden-inauguration-america-dystopia-460840|archive-date=January 21, 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=Politico}} Near the conclusion of his speech, Biden held a moment of silence for those who died in the COVID-19 pandemic. Quoting the Gene Scheer composition "American Anthem",{{cite web|last=Yoo|first=Noah|date=January 20, 2021|title=President Biden Quotes From "American Anthem," His "Favorite Song," in Inaugural Address|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/president-biden-quotes-from-american-anthem-his-favorite-song-in-inaugural-address/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120213834/https://pitchfork.com/news/president-biden-quotes-from-american-anthem-his-favorite-song-in-inaugural-address/|archive-date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=Pitchfork}} he implored Americans to consider their legacy in answering the "call of history" to protect "democracy, hope, truth, and justice", "secure liberty", and make America a "beacon to the world", insisting that generations of their descendants would judge them on their actions.

{{Further|List of political appointments by Joe Biden}}

{{Biden cabinet infobox}}

Biden was inaugurated alongside Kamala Harris, the first woman, first African American, and first Asian American vice president.{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris becomes first female, first black and first Asian-American VP |work=BBC News |date=January 20, 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55738741 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322132559/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55738741 |url-status=live }}

On November 11, 2020, Biden selected Ron Klain, who served as his vice presidential chief of staff, to serve as his White House chief of staff.{{cite news |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Glueck |first2=Katie |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |last4=Kaplan |first4=Thomas |date=November 12, 2020 |title=Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/politics/ron-klain-biden.html |access-date=November 12, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003452/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/politics/ron-klain-biden.html/ |url-status=live }} Biden chose Jen Psaki, deputy White House press secretary and U.S. Department of State spokesperson during the presidency of Barack Obama, as his White House press secretary. Psaki announced, and has held, daily press briefings for White House reporters. On March 25, 2021, Biden held his first solo press conference after 64 days in office,{{cite news|last1=Chaggaris|first1=Steve|last2=Roberts|first2=William|date=March 25, 2021|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/biden-holds-first-formal-press-conference-of-his-presidency|title=What Joe Biden said in his first presidential press conference|agency=Al Jazeera|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629072019/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/biden-holds-first-formal-press-conference-of-his-presidency|url-status=live}} unlike his most recent predecessors (back to Herbert Hoover in 1929), who all held their first solo press conferences within 33 days of taking office.{{cite web |last1=Wooley |first1=John |last2=Peters |first2=Gerhard |title=Days from Taking Office to First News Conference |date=n.d. |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/content/days-from-taking-office-first-news-conference |website=The American Presidency Project |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara |access-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325142922/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/content/days-from-taking-office-first-news-conference |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |title=White House reporters clamor for press conference as Biden waits longer than predecessors |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/03/media/biden-press-conference-reliable-sources/index.html |access-date=March 4, 2021 |work=CNN |date=March 3, 2021 |archive-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315114653/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/03/media/biden-press-conference-reliable-sources/index.html |url-status=live }}

On November 17, 2020, Biden announced that he had selected Mike Donilon as senior advisor and Steve Ricchetti as counselor.{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Sean |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Biden builds White House team and tries to show dangers of Trump's intransigence |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-transition-trump/2020/11/17/cfb8a5c2-28ef-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html |access-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120174244/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-transition-trump/2020/11/17/cfb8a5c2-28ef-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html |url-status=live }} Jen O'Malley Dillon, who had served as campaign manager for Biden's successful presidential campaign, was named as deputy chief of staff.{{cite news |last=Lerer |first=Lisa |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, Biden's Campaign Manager, Will Tackle Another Difficult Job |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/jennifer-omalley-dillon-biden.html |access-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110084600/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/jennifer-omalley-dillon-biden.html |url-status=live }}

{{main|Cabinet of Joe Biden}}

{{See also|Vice presidency of Kamala Harris}}

Biden selected Antony Blinken to be secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the United Nations, and Jake Sullivan as national security advisor.{{cite news |last=Jakes |first=Lara |title=Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/us/politics/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state.html |access-date=November 22, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 22, 2020 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123015015/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/us/politics/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Linskey |first=Annie |title=Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.N. ambassador |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/22/joe-biden-nominate-antony-blinken-secretary-state/ |access-date=November 22, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 22, 2020 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123031147/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/22/joe-biden-nominate-antony-blinken-secretary-state/ |url-status=live }}

On November 23, 2020, Biden announced Alejandro Mayorkas to be his choice for Secretary of Homeland Security and Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence.{{cite news |last1=Crowley |first1=Michael |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/politics/biden-nominees.html |title=Biden Will Nominate First Woman to Lead Intelligence, First Latino to Run Homeland Security |access-date=November 23, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123170639/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/politics/biden-nominees.html |url-status=live }} Throughout December and January, Biden continued to select cabinet members, including Marty Walsh, the then current mayor of Boston, as his Secretary of Labor.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/joe-bidens-cabinet-begins-to-take-shape.html|title=All of President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet Nominees|work=New York|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215201511/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/joe-bidens-cabinet-begins-to-take-shape.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Cathey|first1=Libby|last2=Crawford|first2=Shannon K.|last3=Deliso|first3=Meredith|date=March 22, 2021|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-elect-joe-bidens-top-level-appointees-cabinet/story?id=74362384|title=President Joe Biden's top-level appointees and Cabinet picks|website=ABC News|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708003227/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-elect-joe-bidens-top-level-appointees-cabinet/story?id=74362384|url-status=live}}

Biden altered his cabinet structure, elevating the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and ambassador to the United Nations as cabinet-level positions.{{cite news |last1=Zimmer |first1=Carl |title=Biden to Elevate Science Adviser to His Cabinet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/science/biden-science-cabinet.html |work=The New York Times |date=January 16, 2021 |access-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206124904/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/science/biden-science-cabinet.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Falk |first1=Pamela |date=November 20, 2020 |title=Will Biden tap a U.N. ambassador to "reclaim America's leading position"? |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-un-ambassador-pick-can-reclaim-us-leading-position-at-united-nations/ |work=CBS News |access-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126094348/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-un-ambassador-pick-can-reclaim-us-leading-position-at-united-nations/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Martin |date=December 1, 2020 |title=Biden elevates Economic Advisers chair to Cabinet |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/528185-biden-re-adding-cea-chair-to-cabinet |work=The Hill |access-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215195946/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/528185-biden-re-adding-cea-chair-to-cabinet |url-status=live }} Biden removed the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from his official cabinet at the onset of his presidency, but he restored it to the cabinet in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Matthew |date=January 11, 2021 |title=Biden chooses veteran diplomat Burns as CIA director |url=https://apnews.com/article/william-burns-cia-director-5e1ffa2eb67fe00f661a9ce67c97790c |work=Associated Press News |access-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226003325/https://apnews.com/article/william-burns-cia-director-5e1ffa2eb67fe00f661a9ce67c97790c |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2023-07-21 |title=Biden Elevates C.I.A. Director to Become a Member of the Cabinet |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/us/politics/cia-director-burns-cabinet.html |access-date=August 9, 2023 |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810123227/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/us/politics/cia-director-burns-cabinet.html |url-status=live }}

While administering the oath of office to hundreds of White House officials through video conferencing, Biden called for more civility in politics, saying: "If you ever work with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot. ... No ifs, ands, or buts."{{cite news |last=Aggarwal |first=Mayank |title=Biden tells staff he will 'fire them on the spot' if they show disrespect to colleagues |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-fire-staff-spot-disrespect-colleagues-b1790476.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Independent |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213123437/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-fire-staff-spot-disrespect-colleagues-b1790476.html |url-status=live }}

{{Further|Joe Biden Supreme Court candidates|List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden}}

Of the Article III judges nominated by Biden, 235 of them were confirmed by the United States Senate, including: one associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 45 judges for the United States courts of appeals, 187 judges for the United States district courts and two judges for the United States Court of International Trade. Biden appointed the most federal judges during the first two years of any presidency since John F. Kennedy.{{Cite web |last=Gramlich |first=John |title=Biden has appointed more federal judges than any president since JFK at this point in his tenure |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/08/09/biden-has-appointed-more-federal-judges-than-any-president-since-jfk-at-this-point-in-his-tenure/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404145743/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/08/09/biden-has-appointed-more-federal-judges-than-any-president-since-jfk-at-this-point-in-his-tenure/ |url-status=live }}

{{Excerpt|Joe Biden Supreme Court candidates|Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson|hat=no}}

File:President Joe Biden speaking at the joint session of Congress (cropped).jpg and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, April 28, 2021.]]

Biden strongly campaigned for the presidency on the public option, a policy that, if enacted into law, would have offered Americans a choice between maintaining their private healthcare insurance or buying into Medicare. The idea was viewed as a compromise between the progressive and moderate flanks of the Democratic Party. The Biden campaign described the public option as a "plan to protect and build on ObamaCare".{{cite web |title=Biden's health care plan |url=https://joebiden.com/healthcare/ |website=JoeBiden.com |publisher=Joe Biden's presidential campaign of 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817025636/https://joebiden.com/healthcare/ |url-status=dead }}

However, shortly before taking office in January 2021, Biden's team abruptly dropped the proposal, frustrating many online progressives who already viewed the public option healthcare proposal as a failure to fight the status quo.{{cite news |title=Joe Biden Lifted His Health Care Plan From Insurance Industry Lobbyists |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/joe-biden-public-option-health-insurance-plan |access-date=August 17, 2021 |publisher=Jacobin |date=January 19, 2021 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305195947/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/joe-biden-public-option-health-insurance-plan |url-status=live }}

The Biden administration rescinded work requirements for Medicaid recipients.{{cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|title=Biden administration pulls plug on Medicaid work requirements in Michigan|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/04/07/michigan-medicaid-work-requirement-revoked/7117611002/|access-date=April 10, 2021|website=Detroit Free Press|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410224954/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/04/07/michigan-medicaid-work-requirement-revoked/7117611002/|url-status=live}} The administration opened a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act as well as extending the normal enrollment period, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|author=Tami Luhby and Jeremy Diamond|title=Biden administration announces extension of Affordable Care Act special enrollment by three months|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/politics/affordable-care-act-enrollment-august/index.html|access-date=April 10, 2021|website=CNN|date=March 23, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410224950/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/politics/affordable-care-act-enrollment-august/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Armour|first=Stephanie|date=March 23, 2021|title=Biden Administration Extends Enrollment Period for Affordable Care Act|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-extends-enrollment-period-for-affordable-care-act-11616533263|access-date=April 10, 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410213008/https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-extends-enrollment-period-for-affordable-care-act-11616533263|url-status=live}} The administration provided larger premium subsidies.{{cite news|last=Harwood|first=Analysis by John|title=Analysis: Biden strengthens Obama's legacy while seeking his own|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/11/politics/joe-biden-obamacare-legacy/index.html|access-date=April 11, 2021|website=CNN|date=April 11, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411125413/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/11/politics/joe-biden-obamacare-legacy/index.html|url-status=live}}

In August 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The law allocates $64 billion{{Cite news |last=Romm |first=Tony |date=2022-08-07 |title=Senate approves Inflation Reduction Act, clinching long-delayed health and climate bill |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/08/07/senate-inflation-reduction-act-climate/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204023207/https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/08/07/senate-inflation-reduction-act-climate/ |url-status=live }} for a three-year expansion of Affordable Care Act subsidies originally expanded under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and $265 billion{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} for prescription drug price reform to lower prices, including providing Medicare the authority to negotiate the prices for certain drugs with pharmaceutical companies.{{Cite web |last=Alltucker |first=Ken |title=Biden administration says Medicare negotiated price discounts on 10 prescription drugs |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/08/15/medicare-prescription-drugs-discounts/74799087007/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=USA Today |language=en-US |quote=Under President Joe Biden's 2022 climate and health legislation called the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare was empowered to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies on a limited number of medications. |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817080015/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/08/15/medicare-prescription-drugs-discounts/74799087007/ |url-status=live }}

That same month, Biden signed into law the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022, which expands federal health care access, services, and funding for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during their service, including toxic smoke from burn pits.{{cite news |last1=Megerian |first1=Chris |title=Biden signs 'burn pits' help for vets; a personal win, too |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-veterans-obituaries-health-care-reform-jon-tester-cc45130782cfbf86ef29723514ce5e39 |work=Associated Press News |date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903020116/https://apnews.com/article/biden-veterans-obituaries-health-care-reform-jon-tester-cc45130782cfbf86ef29723514ce5e39 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Opioid epidemic in the United States}}

Drug overdoses killed 106,699 in the United States in 2021.{{cite news |title=Nearly 107,000 drug overdoses, COVID deaths, push US life expectancy to lowest in 25 years |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2022/12/22/final-cdc-tally-us-overdose-deaths-last-year/10943550002/ |work=USA Today |date=December 22, 2022 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527101810/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2022/12/22/final-cdc-tally-us-overdose-deaths-last-year/10943550002/ |url-status=live }} Opioids were involved in 80,411 overdose deaths in 2021, up from around 10,000 in 1999.{{cite news |title=Opioid Deaths Could Hit 165,000 Annually Without Intervention, Biden Official Warns |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/06/07/opioid-deaths-could-hit-165000-annually-without-intervention-biden-official-warns/ |work=Forbes |date=June 7, 2023 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313193639/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/06/07/opioid-deaths-could-hit-165000-annually-without-intervention-biden-official-warns/ |url-status=live }}

In June 2023, U.S. federal prosecutors announced criminal indictments of fentanyl precursor producers in China.{{Cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Sarah N. |last2=Cohen |first2=Luc |last3=Lynch |first3=Sarah N. |last4=Cohen |first4=Luc |date=June 23, 2023 |title=US files first-ever charges against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-files-first-ever-charges-against-chinese-fentanyl-manufacturers-2023-06-23/ |access-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624021232/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-files-first-ever-charges-against-chinese-fentanyl-manufacturers-2023-06-23/ |url-status=live }} In October 2023, OFAC sanctioned a China-based network of fentanyl manufacturers and distributors.{{Cite news |last1=Goudsward |first1=Andrew |last2=Psaledakis |first2=Daphne |date=October 3, 2023 |title=US takes action against Chinese companies, people tied to fentanyl |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-sanctions-china-based-network-accused-trafficking-fentanyl-2023-10-03/ |access-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004062803/https://www.reuters.com/world/us-sanctions-china-based-network-accused-trafficking-fentanyl-2023-10-03/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=U.S. Presses China to Stop Flow of Fentanyl |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/business/economy/biden-xi-fentanyl.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 15, 2023 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313193639/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/business/economy/biden-xi-fentanyl.html |url-status=live }} In 2023, the Biden administration announced a crackdown on Mexican drug cartels smuggling fentanyl into the United States.{{cite news |title=Mexican cartel targeted by Biden administration in multiple fentanyl indictments |url=https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/mexican-cartel-biden-fentanyl-indictments/ |work=Colorado Newsline |date=April 14, 2023 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313193642/https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/mexican-cartel-biden-fentanyl-indictments/ |url-status=live }}

Rahul Gupta led White House efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.{{cite news |first1=Myah |last1=Ward |first2=Lauren |last2=Egan |title=Biden's top man on the opioid epidemic has created a 'toxic' office environment |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/16/white-house-drug-control-office-complaints-00142014 |work=Politico |date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313193640/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/16/white-house-drug-control-office-complaints-00142014 |url-status=live }}

{{main|COVID-19 pandemic in the United States}}

{{further|U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic#Biden administration|Biden administration COVID-19 action plan}}

File:President Joe Biden visits Kalamazoo, Michigan (03).jpg

On January 20, 2021, his first day as president, Biden implemented a federal mask mandate, requiring the use of masks and social distancing in all federal buildings, on federal lands, and by federal employees and contractors.{{cite web |last=Biden |first=Joseph R. |title=Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing |date=January 21, 2021 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-protecting-the-federal-workforce-and-requiring-mask-wearing/ |publisher=White House |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210173328/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-protecting-the-federal-workforce-and-requiring-mask-wearing/ |url-status=live }} Biden also signed an executive order that reversed the withdrawal of the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO), making Dr. Anthony Fauci the head of the delegation to the WHO.{{cite news |last1=Bradner |first1=Eric |last2=Klein |first2=Betsy |title=Biden targets Trump's legacy with first-day executive actions |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/executive-actions-biden/index.html |access-date=January 20, 2021 |work=CNN |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207052352/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/executive-actions-biden/index.html |url-status=live }} On January 21, the administration released a 200-page document titled "National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness".{{cite news|last=Stolberg|first=Sheryl Gay|date=January 21, 2021|title=Live Updates: Biden Set to Unveil Covid Response Plan|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/21/us/joe-biden|access-date=January 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121110634/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/21/us/joe-biden|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Biden |first=Joseph R. |title=National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness |website=The White House |date=January 21, 2021 |url=https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/national-strategy-for-the-covid-19-response/c7bd8ecb9308d669/full.pdf |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121114155/https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/national-strategy-for-the-covid-19-response/c7bd8ecb9308d669/full.pdf |url-status=live }} That same day, Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to speed up the vaccination process and ensure the availability of glass vials, syringes, and other vaccine supplies at the federal level.{{cite news |date=January 21, 2021 |title=Biden signs executive orders on COVID-19 response, authorizes broader use of Defense Production Act to speed vaccine |url=https://www.inquirer.com/wires/ap/biden-signs-executive-orders-covid-19-response-authorizes-broader-use-defense-production-act-speed-vaccine-20210121.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129035728/https://www.inquirer.com/wires/ap/biden-signs-executive-orders-covid-19-response-authorizes-broader-use-defense-production-act-speed-vaccine-20210121.html }} In justifying his use of the act, Biden said: "And when I say wartime, people kind of look at me like 'wartime?' Well, as I said last night, 400,000 Americans have died. That's more than have died in all of World War II. 400,000. This is a wartime undertaking."{{cite news |last1=Vogt |first1=Adrienne |date=January 21, 2021 |title=Biden on Covid-19 plan: "This is a wartime undertaking" |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/president-joe-biden-news-01-21-20/h_1122c1996b539ee2bf80006978126494 |work=CNN |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121231510/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/president-joe-biden-news-01-21-20/h_1122c1996b539ee2bf80006978126494 |url-status=live }} Biden established the White House COVID-19 Response Team, a White House Office dedicated to coordinating a unified federal government response.{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Kaitlan|last2=Sullivan|first2=Kate|date=July 1, 2021|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/01/politics/delta-variant-white-house-response-teams/index.html|title=White House to deploy response teams focused on combating Delta variant of Covid-19|agency=CNN|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708135407/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/01/politics/delta-variant-white-house-response-teams/index.html|url-status=live}}

According to a report by Reuters, in mid-2021 the Biden administration ended a military-run propaganda campaign to spread disinformation about the Sinovac Chinese COVID-19 vaccine which had begun in 2020 during the Trump administration.{{Cite news |last1=Bing |first1=Chris |last2=Schechtman |first2=Joel |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Pentagon Ran Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China during Pandemic |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ |work=Reuters |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240614110549/https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ |url-status=live }} The campaign was described as "payback" for COVID-19 disinformation by China directed against the U.S.{{Cite web |last=Toropin |first=Konstantin |date=2024-06-14 |title=Pentagon Stands by Secret Anti-Vaccination Disinformation Campaign in Philippines After Reuters Report |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/06/14/pentagon-stands-secret-anti-vaccination-disinformation-campaign-philippines-after-reuters-report.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614223757/https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/06/14/pentagon-stands-secret-anti-vaccination-disinformation-campaign-philippines-after-reuters-report.html |archive-date=2024-06-14 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Military.com |language=en}} Primarily targeting people in the Philippines, the campaign used fake social media accounts to spread disinformation, including that the Sinovac vaccine contained pork-derived ingredients and was therefore haram under Islamic law.

On January 21, 2021, Biden signed ten executive orders pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title=Biden signs 10 executive orders to tackle Covid-19 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55750884 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=BBC News |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217203634/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55750884 |url-status=live }} In order to meet his vaccination goal of a hundred million shots in his first 100 days in office, Biden signed an executive order increasing needed supplies.{{cite news |last1=Klein |first1=Betsy |last2=Stracqualursi |first2=Veronica |last3=Sullivan |first3=Kate |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Biden unveils Covid-19 plan based on 'science not politics' as he signs new initiatives |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/biden-national-coronavirus-plan/index.html |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=CNN |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121140457/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/biden-national-coronavirus-plan/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Allegretti |first1=Aubrey |date=January 21, 2021 |title=COVID-19: US president Joe Biden signs 10 executive orders to curb spread of coronavirus |url=https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-us-president-joe-biden-signs-10-executive-orders-to-curb-spread-of-coronavirus-12194856 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=Sky News |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128042257/https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-us-president-joe-biden-signs-10-executive-orders-to-curb-spread-of-coronavirus-12194856 |url-status=live }} Biden signed an order on January 21 that directed FEMA to offer full reimbursements to states for the cost of using their own National Guard personnel and emergency supplies such as Personal Protective Equipment in schools.{{cite news |last1=Stolberg |first1=Sheryl Gay |title=Biden Unveils a National Pandemic Response That Trump Resisted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/politics/biden-coronavirus-response.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/politics/biden-coronavirus-response.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 21, 2021}}{{cbignore}} On January 24, 2021, Biden reinstated a travel ban imposed by President Trump on Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, and 26 other European countries.{{cite news |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Kelly |title=Biden to reinstate Covid travel restrictions Trump rescinded, impose new ban on South Africa |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-sign-sweeping-coronavirus-related-travel-restrictions-n1255484 |access-date=January 25, 2021 |work=NBC News |date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124232120/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-sign-sweeping-coronavirus-related-travel-restrictions-n1255484 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Diaz |first1=Jaclyn |date=January 25, 2021 |title=Biden To Implement Travel Restrictions To Combat New Coronavirus Variants |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/25/960229515/biden-to-implement-travel-restrictions-to-combat-new-coronavirus-variants |work=NPR |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125161813/https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/25/960229515/biden-to-implement-travel-restrictions-to-combat-new-coronavirus-variants |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Saenz |first1=Arlette |last2=LeBlanc |first2=Paul |date=January 24, 2021 |title=Biden to reinstate Covid-19-related travel restrictions lifted by Trump |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/24/politics/biden-coronavirus-travel-trump/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124235153/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/24/politics/biden-coronavirus-travel-trump/index.html |url-status=live }} The travel ban prevents non-U.S. citizens living in the prospective countries from entering the U.S.{{cite news |last1=Shepardson |first1=David |date=January 24, 2021 |title=Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new COVID-19 variant |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-usa-travel-exclusi/exclusive-biden-to-impose-south-africa-travel-ban-to-combat-new-covid-19-variant-cdc-idUSKBN29T0P0 |work=Reuters |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125090734/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-usa-travel-exclusi/exclusive-biden-to-impose-south-africa-travel-ban-to-combat-new-covid-19-variant-cdc-idUSKBN29T0P0 |url-status=live }} Biden implemented a face mask requirement on nearly all forms of public transportation and inside of transportation hubs; previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had recommended that such a policy be enacted but it was blocked by the Trump administration, under which the CDC issued strong, albeit non-binding recommendations for mask use in these settings.{{cite news|last=Belkin|first=Douglas|date=January 30, 2021|title=CDC to Require Masks on All Forms of Public Transportation|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdc-to-require-masks-on-all-forms-of-public-transportation-11612027813|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=January 30, 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130173325/https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdc-to-require-masks-on-all-forms-of-public-transportation-11612027813|url-status=live}}

In mid-March 2021, Biden dismissed a request by the European Union to export unused COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca out of the U.S. even though the manufacturer endorsed it and vowed to resupply the doses. The rationale for this decision, which contributed to low European vaccination rates, was that the U.S. had to be "over-supplied and over-prepared", according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/astrazeneca-asks-biden-to-consider-shipping-u-s-doses-to-eu|title=Biden Rebuffs EU, AstraZeneca and Says U.S. Will Keep Its Doses|date=March 13, 2021|access-date=April 9, 2021|archive-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323022143/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/astrazeneca-asks-biden-to-consider-shipping-u-s-doses-to-eu|url-status=live}} Whereas the U.S. exported no vaccines, the European Union exported 77 million doses to the world from December 2020 to March 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-summit-vaccines-exports-idUSKBN2BH2AG|title=EU exported 77 million COVID-19 vaccines since December Commission|publisher=Reuters|date=March 25, 2021|access-date=March 27, 2021|archive-date=March 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326051209/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-summit-vaccines-exports-idUSKBN2BH2AG|url-status=live}} Eventually, the U.S. reversed course and gave vaccine doses from AstraZeneca to Mexico, Canada, and Japan by the end of March.{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blocked-eus-export-ban-japan-134245824.html|title=Blocked by the EU's export ban, Japan got its first AstraZeneca vaccines from the US instead|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|date=April 1, 2021|access-date=April 4, 2021|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110104315/https://sports.yahoo.com/blocked-eus-export-ban-japan-134245824.html|url-status=live}}

On May 6, 2021, the Biden administration announced that it supports waiving patent protections on existing COVID-19 vaccines so that other countries can produce generic variants, after weeks of pressure from the international community.{{cite web|title=Biden administration supports waiving patent protections for Covid vaccines to raise global production|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-supports-waiving-patent-protections-covid-vaccines-bid-raise-n1266444|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=NBC News|date=May 5, 2021|archive-date=July 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716000855/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-supports-waiving-patent-protections-covid-vaccines-bid-raise-n1266444|url-status=live}} On 7 May, French president Emmanuel Macron called on the U.S. "to put an end to export bans not only on vaccines but on vaccine ingredients, which prevent production."{{cite web|title=Covid: Macron calls on US to drop vaccine export bans|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57039362|access-date=July 5, 2021|date=May 8, 2021|website=BBC|archive-date=June 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611085137/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57039362|url-status=live}}

On May 26, 2021, Biden ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to increase their investigations into the origin of the virus, after reports that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology became ill a month before the pandemic began.{{cite web|title=Biden orders review of US intelligence on origins of coronavirus|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/26/biden-orders-review-of-us-intel-on-origins-of-coronavirus|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Al Jazeera|archive-date=June 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601021759/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/26/biden-orders-review-of-us-intel-on-origins-of-coronavirus|url-status=live}}

In July 2021, amid a slowing of the COVID-19 vaccination rate in the country and the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, Biden said that the U.S. has "a pandemic for those who haven't gotten the vaccination" and that it was therefore "gigantically important" for Americans to be vaccinated, touting the vaccines' effectiveness against hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.{{cite news|last1=Jaffe|first1=Alexandra|last2=Madhani|first2=Aamer|date=July 22, 2021|title=Biden says getting COVID-19 vaccine 'gigantically important'|work=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-06b4c8c4e0a1d595d94883b24c4ed020|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730080908/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-06b4c8c4e0a1d595d94883b24c4ed020|url-status=live}} He also criticized the prevalence of COVID-19 misinformation on social media, saying it was "killing people".{{cite news|date=July 17, 2021|title=Covid misinformation on Facebook is killing people - Biden|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57870778|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722091047/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57870778|url-status=live}}

Despite months of vaccine availability and incentives, by September many Americans continued to resist vaccination amid rising cases in several states, hampering prospects towards herd immunity. On September 9, Biden stated, "We've been patient. But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us." That day he issued an executive order directing businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccination of their workers or weekly testing, affecting about 80 million Americans. The order also required the roughly 17 million employees of health facilities receiving federal Medicare or Medicaid to be vaccinated.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-executive-branch-18fb12993f05be13bf760946a6fb89be|title=Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans|date=September 9, 2021|website=AP NEWS|access-date=September 10, 2021|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921100629/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-executive-branch-18fb12993f05be13bf760946a6fb89be|url-status=live}} Many Republicans asserted Biden's order was an unconstitutional overreach of federal authority, and some Republican governors said they would sue to block it.{{cite web|url=https://theweek.com/joe-biden/1004733/biden-tells-legal-challengers-to-have-at-it-after-announcing-vaccine-mandate|title=Biden tells legal challengers to 'have at it' after announcing vaccine mandate|website=The Week|date=September 10, 2021|access-date=September 11, 2021|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921100514/https://theweek.com/joe-biden/1004733/biden-tells-legal-challengers-to-have-at-it-after-announcing-vaccine-mandate|url-status=live}}

The Biden administration responded to the global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in December 2021 by advocating response by the states instead of the federal government.{{cite news |last1=Franck |first1=Thomas |title=Biden says Covid surge needs to be solved at state level, vows full federal support |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/27/biden-says-covid-surge-needs-to-be-solved-at-state-level-vows-full-federal-support.html |access-date=30 December 2021 |agency=CNBC |date=27 December 2021 |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230232821/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/27/biden-says-covid-surge-needs-to-be-solved-at-state-level-vows-full-federal-support.html |url-status=live }} Throughout the surge, the Biden administration has been criticized for a lack of COVID-19 tests, exacerbating the spread of the Omicron variant. When questioned about the apparent shortage of tests, Jen Psaki replied, "Should we just send one to every American? Then what happens if every American has one test? How much does that cost and what happens after that?",{{cite news |title=Psaki on Covid tests: 'Should we just send one to every American?' |url=https://www.politico.com/video/2021/12/21/psaki-on-covid-tests-should-we-just-send-one-to-every-american-440759 |access-date=30 December 2021 |agency=Politico |date=21 December 2021 |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230214904/https://www.politico.com/video/2021/12/21/psaki-on-covid-tests-should-we-just-send-one-to-every-american-440759 |url-status=live }} causing backlash.{{cite news |last1=Seddiq |first1=Oma |title=Psaki responds to criticism over her dismissal of sending Americans COVID-19 tests |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/psaki-responds-to-criticism-over-dismissal-of-at-home-covid-19-tests-2021-12 |access-date=30 December 2021 |agency=Business Insider |date=21 December 2021 |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230214903/https://www.businessinsider.com/psaki-responds-to-criticism-over-dismissal-of-at-home-covid-19-tests-2021-12 |url-status=live }} The Biden administration responded by promising an increased supply of at-home tests later in 2022.{{cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Kevin |title=Biden concedes not enough has been done to expand Covid-19 testing capacity: 'We have more work to do' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/27/politics/biden-covid-governors/index.html |access-date=30 December 2021 |agency=CNN |date=27 December 2021 |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230223805/https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/27/politics/biden-covid-governors/index.html |url-status=live }}

In the midst of an all-time high of new COVID-19 cases,{{cite news |title=Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html |access-date=30 December 2021 |agency=The New York Times |date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609144543/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html |url-status=live }} the Centers for Disease Control revised their guidelines, recommending five days of quarantine rather than ten without requiring a negative COVID-19 test.{{Cite press release |title=CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population |date=December 27, 2021 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html |access-date=30 December 2021 |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231043241/https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html |url-status=live }} This move was criticized by health experts who worry that without rapid testing, COVID-positive people may unknowingly spread COVID-19 in workplaces under the recommended CDC guidelines. Others criticize the CDC for implementing this change after lobbying by Delta Airlines, leading to social media backlash against the federal government.{{cite news |last1=Foody |first1=Katie |last2=Miller |first2=Zeke |title=CDC move to shorten COVID isolation causes confusion and doubt |url=https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-12-28/cdc-move-to-shorten-covid-isolation-causes-confusion-and-doubt |access-date=30 December 2021 |agency=Los Angeles Times |issue=28 December 2021 |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230214834/https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-12-28/cdc-move-to-shorten-covid-isolation-causes-confusion-and-doubt |url-status=live }}

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Biden gave a speech at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on September 12, 2022, the 60th anniversary of Kennedy's We Choose to Go to the Moon speech, promoting his administration's revival of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot, including the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/12/metro/channeling-jfk-boston-visit-biden-breathes-new-life-into-cancer-moonshot/ |title=Channeling JFK in Boston visit, Biden breathes new life into cancer 'moonshot' |author=Jessica Bartlett |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=September 12, 2022 |access-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914162636/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/12/metro/channeling-jfk-boston-visit-biden-breathes-new-life-into-cancer-moonshot/ |url-status=live }}

{{see also|Economic policy of the Joe Biden administration}}The New Republic praised Biden's economic record in July 2024, highlighting record low unemployment leading to a growth in wages at the lower end of the wage distribution as workers had more bargaining power. However, overall real median full-time wages stagnated throughout his time in office.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-16 |title=Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=fred.stlouisfed.org |language=en}} The wealthiest 0.1% of Americans further expanded their share of household wealth from 13.2% to 13.8%, continuing the trend of the previous decades.{{Cite web |last=Kochhar |first=Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Ruth Igielnik and Rakesh |date=2020-01-09 |title=1. Trends in income and wealth inequality |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-and-wealth-inequality/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US}} While inflation was painful, it has returned near its pre-pandemic rate and was similar to peer countries, though the U.S. economy has grown faster than its peers.{{Cite magazine |last=Baker |first=Dean |date=July 29, 2024 |title=The Biggest Success Story the Country Doesn't Know About |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/184223/biden-administration-success-story-country-doesnt-know |access-date=2024-08-02 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804022057/https://newrepublic.com/article/184223/biden-administration-success-story-country-doesnt-know |url-status=live }} The expansion of the Affordable Care Act, the child tax credit, $1400 stimulus checks, and the expansion of SNAP benefits boosted balance sheets for low and middle-income Americans. New business formation rose 30% from pre-pandemic levels, and was notably strong among women. Biden also signed three major pieces of longer-term economic legislation to repair infrastructure like roads, bridges and water pipes, boost semiconductor investment, and expand green energy.

In February 2024, the total federal government debt grew to $34.4 trillion after having grown by approximately $1 trillion in both of two separate 100-day periods since the previous June.{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Michelle|date=March 1, 2024|title=The U.S. national debt is rising by $1 trillion about every 100 days|publisher=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/01/the-us-national-debt-is-rising-by-1-trillion-about-every-100-days.html}}

{{More citations needed section|date=January 2025}}{{main|Build Back Better Plan}}The Build Back Better Plan was a proposed framework of public investment in social, infrastructural, and environmental programs. It was eventually divided into three parts. The American Rescue Plan was focused on COVID-19 pandemic relief, and was passed and signed into law in March 2021 as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The second part called for investment in infrastructure and addressing climate change, and was called the American Jobs Plan. Elements of the American Jobs Plan were the basis for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November 2021. The third part, the American Families Plan, proposed investment in social policies, such as paid parental leave. The American Families Plan was merged with elements of the American Jobs Plan to form the Build Back Better Act, introduced in September 2021. This passed the House of Representatives, but failed to pass the Senate. Continued negotiations led to a new proposal, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 which included proposals addressing climate change, healthcare, and tax reform proposals while excluding Build Back Better's social safety net proposals. This was passed and signed into law in August 2022.

The administration also pursued lower drug prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate the prices it pays and capping the price of insulin.

In 2024, Biden pushed to limit junk fees through the FTC, FCC and CFPB.{{Cite web |last=Narea |first=Nicole |date=2024-08-13 |title=Biden wants to free you from all those subscriptions you meant to cancel but didn't |url=https://www.vox.com/policy/366838/biden-subscription-membership-junk-fees |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Vox |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814022948/https://www.vox.com/policy/366838/biden-subscription-membership-junk-fees |url-status=live }}

Biden took antitrust more seriously than presidents in recent memory, as seen by the work of Lina Khan at the FTC, a historic court victory against Google's search monopoly, and a lawsuit to break-up Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

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On January 14, 2021, Biden revealed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.{{cite news |last1=Alonso-Zaldivar |first1=Ricardo |last2=Barrow |first2=Bill |title=Biden unveils $1.9T plan to stem COVID-19 and steady economy |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-action-plan-3d8d5841bb9098a81ad9452fb2619024 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=January 14, 2021 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120191741/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-action-plan-3d8d5841bb9098a81ad9452fb2619024 |url-status=live }} The plan includes $1 trillion in direct aid, including $1,400 per-person checks, for working Americans, and would provide for direct housing and nutrition assistance, expanding access to safe and reliable childcare and affordable healthcare, increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance, and giving families with kids and childless workers an emergency boost this year.{{cite web|date=January 14, 2021|title=President-elect Biden Announces American Rescue Plan|url=https://buildbackbetter.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/COVID_Relief-Package-Fact-Sheet.pdf|website=The White House|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123050648/https://buildbackbetter.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/COVID_Relief-Package-Fact-Sheet.pdf}} It would also expand the eligibility of these checks to adult dependents who have been left out of previous rounds of relief. The plan additionally includes $440 billion in community support, providing $350 billion of community support to first responders while the rest goes to grants for small businesses and transit agencies; $400 billion for a national vaccination plan and school reopenings; and $10 billion for information technology, modernizing federal cybersecurity infrastructure.{{cite news |last1=Dodge |first1=Garen E. |last2=Sholinsky |first2=Susan Gross |date=January 19, 2021 |title=What's in President-Elect Biden's COVID-19 American Rescue Plan? |url=https://www.natlawreview.com/article/what-s-president-elect-biden-s-covid-19-american-rescue-plan |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The National Law Review |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120134021/https://www.natlawreview.com/article/what-s-president-elect-biden-s-covid-19-american-rescue-plan |url-status=live }} In her first press briefing, press secretary Psaki said the plan was likely to change as negotiations continued, with the provision to increase the minimum wage later being excluded from the relief plan.{{cite web |author=The White House |date=January 21, 2021 |title=01/20/21: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=842&v=N4WMxMJ-J3Y |publisher=YouTube |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206001853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=842&v=N4WMxMJ-J3Y |url-status=live }} Biden signed the Plan into law on March 11, 2021, passing through both chambers of Congress with a party-line vote.{{cite news |last=Montanaro |first=Domenico |date=March 13, 2021 |title=The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. What's Biden's Next Big Move? |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/976595300/the-covid-19-relief-bill-passed-whats-bidens-next-big-move |access-date=March 15, 2021 |work=NPR |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316143955/https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/976595300/the-covid-19-relief-bill-passed-whats-bidens-next-big-move |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Pramuk |first=Jacob |date=March 11, 2021 |title=Biden signs $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, clearing way for stimulus checks, vaccine aid |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/biden-1point9-trillion-covid-relief-package-thursday-afternoon.html |access-date=March 17, 2021 |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210204311/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/biden-1point9-trillion-covid-relief-package-thursday-afternoon.html |url-status=live }}

The plan invokes the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the production of personal protective equipment, glass vials, syringes, and other supplies exceeds the demand. It allows partners of states to create vaccine centers in stadiums, convention centers and pharmacies.{{cite news |title=Biden's COVID-19 plan: Masks, testing, more vaccine supplies |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-2cceeb30ccf92784a84cbfa16ed6c3ca |date=January 21, 2021 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=Associated Press |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121111756/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-2cceeb30ccf92784a84cbfa16ed6c3ca |url-status=live }} The federal government would identify communities that have been hit hardest by COVID-19, and ensure the vaccine does not reach them at an unfair pace. In addition, the plan would launch a national campaign to educate Americans about the vaccine and COVID-19, targeting misinformation related to the pandemic. Vaccines would also be freely available to all citizens regardless of immigration status. In Biden's plan, he would issue a national testing strategy that attempts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by increasing laboratory capacity and expanding testing. The plan would also develop new treatments for COVID-19.

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On 28 April, during Biden's speech to Congress he unveiled the American Families Plan, a roughly $1.8 trillion proposal to significantly increase federal spending in areas related to childcare, paid leave, pre-kindergarten, community college, and healthcare.{{cite news|last=Stein|first=Jeff|date=April 24, 2021|title=White House's new $1.8 trillion 'families plan' reflects ambitions — and limits — of Biden presidency|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/24/biden-families-plan-tax/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 25, 2021|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426132610/https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/24/biden-families-plan-tax/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Stein|first1=Jeff|last2=Pager|first2=Tyler|date=April 19, 2021|title=White House closes in on 'families plan' spending proposal centered on child care, pre-K, paid leave|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/19/white-house-families-plan/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 25, 2021|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420111028/https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/19/white-house-families-plan/|url-status=live}} It is considered to be the third part of Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda (the first being the American Rescue Plan and the second being the American Jobs Plan).{{cite news|last=Tankersley|first=Jim|date=April 22, 2021|title=Biden Will Seek Tax Increase on Rich to Fund Child Care and Education|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/business/economy/biden-taxes.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/business/economy/biden-taxes.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|website=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}} The bill was effectively merged with climate change and other provisions that didn't make it into the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, for a total $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act. However, the bill did not have Republican support, and Democrats struggled to win the support of Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia to pass it on a party-line vote through budget reconciliation, even as the price was lowered to $2.2 trillion.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-reconciliation-bill-house-democrats-progressives/|title=Biden sets $1.9 - $2.2 trillion price range for social safety net bill in call with House progressives|website=CBS News|date=October 5, 2021|access-date=April 11, 2022|archive-date=October 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023023747/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-reconciliation-bill-house-democrats-progressives/|url-status=live}} After the bill ultimately failed to match his envisioned cost, Manchin publicly rejected it, dooming its passage.{{cite web|url = https://www.npr.org/2021/12/19/1065636709/joe-manchin-says-he-cannot-support-bidens-build-back-better-plan|title = Joe Manchin says he won't support President Biden's Build Back Better plan|website = NPR|date = December 19, 2021|last1 = Seipel|first1 = Arnie|access-date = April 11, 2022|archive-date = April 11, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220411025452/https://www.npr.org/2021/12/19/1065636709/joe-manchin-says-he-cannot-support-bidens-build-back-better-plan|url-status = live}}

On January 22, 2021, Biden signed an executive order that removed schedule F, overturning a number of Trump's policies that limited the collective bargaining power of federal unions.{{cite news |last=Wagner |first=Erich |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Biden to Sign Executive Order Killing Schedule F, Restoring Collective Bargaining Rights |url=https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/01/biden-sign-executive-order-killing-schedule-f-restoring-collective-bargaining-rights/171569/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122171636/https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/01/biden-sign-executive-order-killing-schedule-f-restoring-collective-bargaining-rights/171569/ |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=Government Executive}}{{cite news |last=Ogrysko |first=Nicole |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Biden to repeal Schedule F, overturn Trump workforce policies with new executive order |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2021/01/biden-to-repeal-schedule-f-overturn-trump-workforce-policies-with-new-executive-order/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122145328/https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2021/01/biden-to-repeal-schedule-f-overturn-trump-workforce-policies-with-new-executive-order/ |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=Federal News Network}} Biden's executive order also promotes a $15 minimum wage for federal workers and repeals three of Trump's executive orders which made the employee discipline process stricter and restricted union representatives' access to office space. As well as promoting a $15 minimum wage, Biden's executive order increases the amount of money going to the families of children who are missing meals because of school closures due to the pandemic by 15%.{{cite news |last=Boak |first=Josh |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Biden's executive actions for economic relief at a glance |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/bidens-executive-actions-for-economic-relief-at-a-glance/2021/01/22/fc4f89dc-5cf4-11eb-a849-6f9423a75ffd_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130233354/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/bidens-executive-actions-for-economic-relief-at-a-glance/2021/01/22/fc4f89dc-5cf4-11eb-a849-6f9423a75ffd_story.html |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |access-date=January 22, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} The repealing of Trump's three executive orders comes as the orders were used to transfer civil servants and career scientists and replace them with employees friendly to the Trump administration.{{cite news |last=Lienhard |first=Kelly |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Biden Axes Trump's EO That Made It Easier To Fire Career Scientists |url=https://insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/biden-axes-trump%E2%80%99s-eo-made-it-easier-fire-career-scientists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122213824/https://insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/biden-axes-trump%E2%80%99s-eo-made-it-easier-fire-career-scientists |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=Inside Health Policy}}

On inauguration day 2021, Biden fired pro-business Peter Robb, then general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board,{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Alex Gangitano and Jordan |date=2021-01-21 |title=Biden fires Trump-era NLRB counsel |url=https://thehill.com/regulation/labor/535181-biden-fires-trump-era-nlrb-counsel/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830213606/https://thehill.com/regulation/labor/535181-biden-fires-trump-era-nlrb-counsel/ |url-status=live }} replacing him with pro-union Jennifer Abruzzo in February 2021.{{Cite web |title=The NLRB Welcomes Jennifer Abruzzo as General Counsel |url=https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/the-nlrb-welcomes-jennifer-abruzzo-as-general-counsel |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=National Labor Relations Board |language=en |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830213607/https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/the-nlrb-welcomes-jennifer-abruzzo-as-general-counsel |url-status=live }} Biden's NLRB has pursued action against Starbucks' and Amazon's alleged anti-union activities.{{Cite web |last=Niedzwiadek |first=Nick |date=2022-05-09 |title=NLRB stretches its wings under Biden's appointees |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-shift/2022/05/09/nlrb-stretches-its-wings-under-bidens-appointees-00030967 |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=POLITICO |language=en |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830213607/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-shift/2022/05/09/nlrb-stretches-its-wings-under-bidens-appointees-00030967 |url-status=live }} On August 24, 2023, the NLRB reinstated Obama-era policies regarding union elections, speeding up the timeline by removing restrictions such as resolving litigation before holding an election.{{Cite news |last=Wiessner |first=Daniel |date=2023-08-24 |title=NLRB restores Obama-era rule speeding up union election process |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/nlrb-restores-obama-era-rule-speeding-up-union-election-process-2023-08-24/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830213606/https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/nlrb-restores-obama-era-rule-speeding-up-union-election-process-2023-08-24/ |url-status=live }}

In late 2022, Biden signed a bill forcing an agreement between union workers and rail companies in order to prevent a strike, earning him criticism from progressives and rail workers.{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-02 |title=Why 'Union Joe' Made it Illegal for Rail Workers to Strike |url=https://time.com/6238361/joe-biden-rail-strike-illegal/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830162955/https://time.com/6238361/joe-biden-rail-strike-illegal/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hsu |first=Andrea |title=Some rail workers say Biden "turned his back on us" in deal to avert rail strike |website=NPR |date=December 2, 2022 |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140265413/rail-workers-biden-unions-freight-railroads-averted-strike |access-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830162948/https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140265413/rail-workers-biden-unions-freight-railroads-averted-strike |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=White |first=Ben |date=2022-11-29 |title=Inside Biden's decision to halt a rail strike |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/29/bidens-congress-halt-rail-strike-00071251 |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=POLITICO |language=en |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830162948/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/29/bidens-congress-halt-rail-strike-00071251 |url-status=live }} Afterwards, Biden pressured the rail companies to offer paid sick leave to workers, which had been a key demand in the original planned strike.{{Cite news |last=Bose |first=Nandita |date=2023-02-09 |title=White House renews pressure on railroads over paid sick leave |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/white-house-renews-pressure-railroads-over-paid-sick-leave-2023-02-09/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |archive-date=November 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124124509/https://www.reuters.com/business/white-house-renews-pressure-railroads-over-paid-sick-leave-2023-02-09/ |url-status=live }} More than 60% of rail workers had sick leave agreements in June 2023.{{Cite news |last=Shepardson |first=David |date=2023-06-06 |title=Most unionized US rail workers now have new sick leave |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/most-unionized-us-rail-workers-now-have-new-sick-leave-2023-06-05/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |archive-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924122106/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/most-unionized-us-rail-workers-now-have-new-sick-leave-2023-06-05/ |url-status=live }}

On the 2023 United Auto Workers strike, Biden repeated union leader Shawn Fain's motto "record profits, record contracts" and expressed support for the workers in negotiations.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-15 |title=UAW strike: Biden says striking car workers deserve 'fair share' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66822558 |access-date=2023-09-20 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915171936/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66822558 |url-status=live }} Biden assigned two White House officials to aid in negotiation efforts, senior adviser Gene Sperling and acting Labor Secretary Julie Su.{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=www.msn.com |archive-date=January 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131090906/https://www.msn.com/ |url-status=live }} On September 26, Biden joined striking UAW workers on the picket line in Michigan, becoming the first president to do so.{{Cite news|date=2023-09-26|title=Biden visits the picket line in Michigan to show solidarity with striking UAW|language=en-US|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/politics/biden-picket-line-michigan-uaw/index.html|access-date=2023-09-26|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926185932/https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/26/politics/biden-picket-line-michigan-uaw/index.html|url-status=live}}

Biden became the first US president to run for election with a unionized campaign staff for his 2024 election run.{{Cite web |last1=Weissert |first1=Will |last2=Miller • |first2=Zeke |date=2023-03-23 |title=Pro-Labor? Biden Aims to Prove It With Unionized 2024 Staff |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/politics/pro-labor-biden-aims-to-prove-it-with-unionized-2024-staff/3120988/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830162949/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/politics/pro-labor-biden-aims-to-prove-it-with-unionized-2024-staff/3120988/ |url-status=live }}

The Biden administration helped to resolve the 2024 United States port strike.{{Cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Jeff |last2=Duncan |first2=Ian |last3=Gurley |first3=Lauren Kaori |date=2024-10-04 |title=How Biden helped end a port strike that threatened Democrats in November |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/04/biden-white-house-harris-port-strike/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=November 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125035115/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/04/biden-white-house-harris-port-strike/ |url-status=live }}

{{See also|2023 banking crisis}}

After the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023, Biden expressed opposition to a bailout that was borne by taxpayers.{{cite web|last=Cathey|first=Libby|title=Amid crisis, Biden tells Americans 'banking system is safe'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speaks-banking-crisis/story?id=97820883|website=ABC News|date=March 13, 2023|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314045608/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speaks-banking-crisis/story?id=97820883|url-status=live}} He also claimed that the partial roll-back of Dodd-Frank regulations contributed to the bank failures.{{cite web|last=Hunnicutt|first=Trevor|title=Biden vows new bank rules after SVB collapse, cites Trump rollback|url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/biden-defend-us-banking-system-after-svb-signature-collapse-2023-03-13/|website=Reuters|date=March 13, 2023|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314045605/https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/biden-defend-us-banking-system-after-svb-signature-collapse-2023-03-13/|url-status=live}}

Biden signed an executive order intended to support domestic manufacturers by increasing a federal preference for purchasing goods made wholly or partly in the U.S. Using the broad term "Made in America laws", the executive order's stated goal is to strengthen "all statutes, regulations, rules, and Executive Orders relating to Federal financial assistance awards or Federal procurement, including those that refer to 'Buy America' or 'Buy American.'"{{cite web |title=Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers |last=Biden |first=Joseph R. Jr. |publisher=The White House |date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/25/executive-order-on-ensuring-the-future-is-made-in-all-of-america-by-all-of-americas-workers/ |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125224514/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/25/executive-order-on-ensuring-the-future-is-made-in-all-of-america-by-all-of-americas-workers/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Biden signs executive order aimed at strengthening American manufacturing |last=Lobosco |first=Katie |work=CNN |date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/biden-executive-orders-manufacturing-buy-american/index.html |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128170821/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/biden-executive-orders-manufacturing-buy-american/index.html |url-status=live }}

On August 9, 2022, Biden actively promoted and signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act, which authorized $52 billion for domestic semiconductor research and manufacturing.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Lamar |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Biden ends slog on semiconductor bill with signature |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/09/biden-ends-slog-on-semiconductor-bill-with-signature-00050530 |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=POLITICO |language=en |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621192521/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/09/biden-ends-slog-on-semiconductor-bill-with-signature-00050530 |url-status=live }} On August 16, 2022, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, which included provisions to support the domestic production of solar panels, wind turbines, and other infrastructure.{{cite news |last1=Shivaram |first1=Deepa |title=Democrats passed a major climate, health and tax bill. Here's what's in it |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1116190180/democrats-are-set-to-pass-a-major-climate-health-and-tax-bill-heres-whats-in-it |work=NPR |date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902101738/https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1116190180/democrats-are-set-to-pass-a-major-climate-health-and-tax-bill-heres-whats-in-it |url-status=live }} Due to incentives from the CHIPS and Science Act, Micron Technology will invest billions in new semiconductor manufacturing in New York.{{Cite news |last=Lohr |first=Steve |date=2022-10-04 |title=Micron Pledges Up to $100 Billion for Semiconductor Factory in New York |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/technology/micron-chip-clay-syracuse.html |access-date=2022-11-08 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006000024/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/technology/micron-chip-clay-syracuse.html |url-status=live }}

The Wall Street Journal reported that instead of negotiating access to Chinese markets for large American financial-service firms and pharmaceutical companies, the Biden administration may focus on trade policies that boost exports or domestic jobs. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the administration wants a "worker-centered trade policy".{{cite web |title=Biden Team Promises New Look in Trade Policy |last=Davis |first=Bob |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 24, 2021 |access-date=January 26, 2021 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-team-promises-new-look-in-trade-policy-11611484201 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125211154/https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-team-promises-new-look-in-trade-policy-11611484201 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Biden set his sights on China |last=Allen-Ebrahimian |first=Bethany |work=Axios |date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=January 26, 2021 |url=https://www.axios.com/biden-administration-china-policy-trump-136a1da4-f49d-42df-9fb6-29090a589087.html |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126120503/https://www.axios.com/biden-administration-china-policy-trump-136a1da4-f49d-42df-9fb6-29090a589087.html |url-status=live }} U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo aggressively enforced trade rules to combat unfair practices by China.{{Cite news |last=Swanson |first=Ana |date=January 26, 2021 |title=Biden's Commerce Pick Vows to Combat China and Climate Change |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/economy/gina-raimondo-commerce.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126113413/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/economy/gina-raimondo-commerce.html |url-status=live }}

In March 2021, in her first interview since taking office, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told The Wall Street Journal the U.S. would not lift tariffs on Chinese imports (implemented under the Trump administration as urged by Peter Navarro) in the near future, despite lobbying efforts from "free traders" including former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson and the Business Roundtable, a big-business group in the U.S., that pressed for tariff repeal.{{cite web |title=New Trade Representative Says U.S. Isn't Ready to Lift China Tariffs |last1=Davis |first1=Bob |last2=Hayashi |first2=Yuka |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 28, 2021 |access-date=March 29, 2021 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-trade-representative-says-u-s-isnt-ready-to-lift-china-tariffs-11616929200 |archive-date=March 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328160259/https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-trade-representative-says-u-s-isnt-ready-to-lift-china-tariffs-11616929200 |url-status=live }}

In 2021, the U.S. suspended its diplomatic trade engagement with Myanmar after a rise in violence perpetrated by the Burmese military against anti-coup protesters.{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Betsy|title=US suspends all diplomatic trade engagement with Myanmar after weekend of violence against pro-democracy protesters|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/29/politics/us-trade-suspension-myanmar/index.html|access-date=March 30, 2021|website=CNN|archive-date=March 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329205610/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/29/politics/us-trade-suspension-myanmar/index.html|url-status=live}}

In May 2024, the Biden administration raised tariffs on Chinese imports, including a doubling for solar cells; tripling for lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries; and increases for steel, aluminum, and medical equipment. This marks the first time that critical minerals, including rare earth magnets—key components in electric and hybrid vehicles—have been specifically included in the tariffs.{{Cite web |last=Su |first=Annie |date=2024-05-15 |title=US to impose 25% import tariffs on Chinese rare earth magnets in 2026 |url=https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/us-to-impose-25-import-tariffs-on-chinese-rare-earth-magnets/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Fastmarkets |language=en-US |archive-date=June 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618213528/https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/us-to-impose-25-import-tariffs-on-chinese-rare-earth-magnets/ |url-status=live }} China produces and refines over 90 percent of the world's rare earth material.{{Cite web |last=Treadgold |first=Tim |title=Rinehart's New Attack On China's Rare Earth Dominance |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/timtreadgold/2024/04/16/rineharts-new-attack-on-chinas-rare-earth-dominance/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611222538/https://www.forbes.com/sites/timtreadgold/2024/04/16/rineharts-new-attack-on-chinas-rare-earth-dominance/ |url-status=live }} The tariff increases will be phased in over a period of three years.{{Cite web |last1=Boak |first1=Josh |last2=Hussein |first2=Fatima |last3=Wiseman |first3=Paul |last4=Tang |first4=Didi |date=2024-05-14 |title=Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — and snipes at Trump |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-china-tariffs-electric-vehicles-evs-solar-2024ba735c47e04a50898a88425c5e2c |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516122028/https://apnews.com/article/biden-china-tariffs-electric-vehicles-evs-solar-2024ba735c47e04a50898a88425c5e2c |url-status=live }}

{{see also|Build Back Better Plan|Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act|Infrastructure policy of the Joe Biden administration}}

File:President Biden after signing the Infrastructure Investment and Job Act into law.jpg

As a part of the Build Back Better Plan, the Biden administration aimed for massive spending on the nation's infrastructure on the order of $2 trillion.{{cite news|last=Schwartz|first=Brian|date=January 21, 2021|title=Joe Biden's business allies discuss ways to pay for infrastructure plan, including a carbon tax|work=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/21/biden-infrastructure-plan-carbon-tax.html|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215025408/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/21/biden-infrastructure-plan-carbon-tax.html|url-status=live}} Several of the physical infrastructure provisions featured in the proposal were included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Biden signed the Act into law on November 15, 2021.{{cite web|title=Biden signs infrastructure bill, marking victory in hard-fought legislative battle|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-sign-infrastructure-bill-marking-victory-hard-fought-legislative-battle-n1283910|access-date=2021-11-18|website=NBC News|date=November 15, 2021|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115200818/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-sign-infrastructure-bill-marking-victory-hard-fought-legislative-battle-n1283910|url-status=live}}

This final version included approximately $1.2 trillion in spending, with $550 billion being newly authorized spending on top of what Congress was planning to authorize regularly.{{cite news |last1=Sprunt |first1=Barbara |last2=Kim |first2=Caitlyn |last3=Shivaram |first3=Deepa |date=November 6, 2021 |title=Biden says final passage of $1 trillion infrastructure plan is a big step forward |language=en |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/05/1050012853/the-house-has-passed-the-1-trillion-infrastructure-plan-sending-it-to-bidens-des |access-date=November 14, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121111856/https://www.npr.org/2021/11/05/1050012853/the-house-has-passed-the-1-trillion-infrastructure-plan-sending-it-to-bidens-des |url-status=live }} The bill included $7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging.{{Cite news |last=Osaka |first=Shannon |date=28 March 2024 |title=Biden's $7.5 Billion Investment in EV Charging has Only Produced 7 Stations in Two Years |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/03/28/ev-charging-stations-slow-rollout/ |access-date=5 May 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512030617/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/03/28/ev-charging-stations-slow-rollout/ |url-status=live }} As of March 2024, seven charging stations with a total of 38 spots for charging vehicles had been built.

{{See also|2021–2023 inflation surge}}

Longer-term variables that preceded the pandemic and contributed to the rise in inflation include structural housing shortages,{{Cite news |last=Derby |first=Michael S. |date=September 27, 2022 |title=Fed's Harker says housing shortage a key inflation driver |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/feds-harker-says-housing-shortage-key-inflation-driver-2022-09-27/ |work=Reuters |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320232640/https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/feds-harker-says-housing-shortage-key-inflation-driver-2022-09-27/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Katy |last2=Guida |first2=Victoria |date=November 10, 2021 |title=Biden's next inflation threat: The rent is too damn high |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/10/rent-inflation-biden-520642 |work=Politico |quote=Housing costs just posted one of their largest monthly gains in decades, and many economists expect them to loom large in inflation figures over the next year heading into the 2022 midterm elections. It’s not just economists — the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in research released Monday that Americans on average expect rents to rise 10.1 percent over the next year, the highest reading in the survey’s history. |archive-date=July 24, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724220633/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/10/rent-inflation-biden-520642 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Mena |first1=Bryan |last2=Bahney |first2=Anna |date=2024-03-08 |title=Biden says he can fix America's housing affordability crisis. Will it work? |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/economy/fed-biden-housing-affordability-crisis/index.html |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=CNN Business |publisher=CNN |language=en |quote=Fed Chair Jerome Powell in testimony this week said a growing housing shortage is likely to result in continued housing inflation. |archive-date=July 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724220633/https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/economy/fed-biden-housing-affordability-crisis/index.html |url-status=live }} impacts of climate change on food, energy and home insurance prices,{{Cite web |last=Becker |first=William S. |date=2024-07-22 |title=Opinion: Climate inflation is eating your paycheck — and it's only going to get worse |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4782252-climate-inflation-economic-impact/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726090432/https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4782252-climate-inflation-economic-impact/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2024 |title=How is climate change affecting food prices and inflation? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/7/11/how-is-climate-change-affecting-food-prices-and-inflation |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730172223/https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/7/11/how-is-climate-change-affecting-food-prices-and-inflation |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Borenstein |first=Seth |date=2024-03-21 |title=Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation |url=https://apnews.com/article/inflation-climate-change-food-prices-heat-6e5297e12868aaf797529bb755268818 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=AP News |language=en}} as well as the size of government debt and deficits.{{Cite news |last=Ip |first=Greg |date=November 2, 2022 |title=To Solve Inflation, First Solve Deficits, This Theory Advises |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-solve-inflation-first-solve-deficits-this-theory-advises-11667391310 |work=WSJ |archive-date=July 27, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727075738/https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-solve-inflation-first-solve-deficits-this-theory-advises-11667391310 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Howard |last2=Slobin |first2=Sarah |date=2024-06-25 |title=The Trump Biden Rematch |url=https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-BIDEN-ECON/lgvdoowmkpo/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |work=Reuters |language=en |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803013113/https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-BIDEN-ECON/lgvdoowmkpo/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Chancellor |first=Edward |date=April 14, 2023 |title=A flawed but useful economic model for a bleak age |url=https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/flawed-useful-economic-model-bleak-age-2023-04-14/ |work=Reuters |archive-date=May 20, 2023 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520063421/https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/flawed-useful-economic-model-bleak-age-2023-04-14/ |url-status=live }}

In the midst of recovery from COVID-19, inflation rose to the highest rate in forty years peaking at 9.1% in 2022, with many other major global economies reaching similar level.{{cite news |last1=Ivanova |first1=Irina |title=U.S. inflation in January surged at fastest rate in 40 years |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-consumer-price-index-January-2022/ |work=CBS News |date=February 10, 2022 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309081138/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-consumer-price-index-january-2022/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Arnold |first1=Martin |title=German inflation hits 40-year high as ECB president warns of 'supply shock' |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2f2fb7cc-3039-416b-ad22-f42315d0b1d0 |work=Financial Times |date=March 10, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713163929/https://www.ft.com/content/2f2fb7cc-3039-416b-ad22-f42315d0b1d0 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Elliot |title=UK inflation hits new 40-year high of 9.1% as food and energy price surge persists |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/uk-inflation-hits-new-40-year-high-of-9point1percent-as-food-and-energy-price-surge-persists.html |publisher=CNBC |date=June 22, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725194025/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/uk-inflation-hits-new-40-year-high-of-9point1percent-as-food-and-energy-price-surge-persists.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Wayne |title=Australian inflation hits 20-yr high, May rate rise seen in play |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/australian-inflation-hits-20-year-high-brings-rate-rises-near-2022-04-27/ |publisher=Reuters |date=April 27, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713163935/https://www.reuters.com/business/australian-inflation-hits-20-year-high-brings-rate-rises-near-2022-04-27/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Ayres |first1=Marcella |title=Brazil's inflation hits highest for April in 26 years, +12.1% in 12 months |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/brazils-inflation-hits-highest-april-26-years-121-12-months-2022-05-11/ |publisher=Reuters |date=May 11, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713163935/https://www.reuters.com/business/brazils-inflation-hits-highest-april-26-years-121-12-months-2022-05-11/ |url-status=live }} Biden stated during his first State of the Union Address on March 1, 2022, that addressing inflation was his "top priority", while touting an anti-inflation plan that he said would address ocean shipping costs and prescription drug prices.{{cite news |last1=Smialek |first1=Jeanna |title=Biden Says Fighting Inflation Is 'Top Priority' as Prices Bite Consumers |work=The New York Times |date=March 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/us/politics/inflation-biden-state-of-the-union.html |access-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309000411/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/us/politics/inflation-biden-state-of-the-union.html |url-status=live }}

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in increases in food and energy prices.[https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/8/bidens-posturing-on-russian-oil-risks-wider-conflict-analysts "Biden's 'posturing' on Russian oil risks wider conflict: Analysts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309091647/https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/8/bidens-posturing-on-russian-oil-risks-wider-conflict-analysts |date=March 9, 2022 }} aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.{{cite news |last1=Suleymanova |first1=Radmilla |date=March 8, 2022 |title=Biden's 'posturing' on Russian oil risks wider conflict: Analysts |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/8/bidens-posturing-on-russian-oil-risks-wider-conflict-analysts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309091647/https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/8/bidens-posturing-on-russian-oil-risks-wider-conflict-analysts |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |access-date=March 8, 2022 |work=Al Jazeera}}

At the end of 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau found that without housing inflation, inflation would have been just 1.8%, instead of 3.2%.{{Cite web |last=Boak |first=Josh |date=2024-03-15 |title=Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It's home prices |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-inflation-housing-trump-home-price-rent-248ef02e197c3a7ffb801e370c529d33 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=AP News |language=en |quote= |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728002822/https://apnews.com/article/biden-inflation-housing-trump-home-price-rent-248ef02e197c3a7ffb801e370c529d33 |url-status=live }} Katy O'Donnell of Politico argued that housing shortages, caused by artificial scarcity driven by NIMBYism, had been the single-biggest contributor to inflation.{{Cite news |last=O'Donnell |first=Katy |date=March 18, 2022 |title=The main driver of inflation isn't what you think it is |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/18/housing-costs-inflation-00015808 |work=Politico |quote=But when it comes to the single biggest driver of runaway prices, Washington’s hands are mostly tied. Skyrocketing housing costs may create even bigger problems for the administration going forward than oil and food price spikes, which are the result of sudden and unforeseen — but probably temporary — events. That’s because there’s no clear end in sight for shelter inflation. |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726231912/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/18/housing-costs-inflation-00015808 |url-status=live }} Freddie Mac estimated that the housing shortage surged 52% between 2018 and 2020. Between 2020 and 2023 climate-change exacerbated home insurance premiums in the U.S. by 33%. July 2024 data showed that inflation had dropped to 2.9%, with rising rents and childcare costs as the main drivers.{{Cite web |last=Narea |first=Nicole |date=2024-08-14 |title=The inflation crisis appears to be over. What happens next? |url=https://www.vox.com/business-and-finance/367103/inflation-report-cpi-ppi-us-economy-fed-rate-cut |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Vox |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814212619/https://www.vox.com/business-and-finance/367103/inflation-report-cpi-ppi-us-economy-fed-rate-cut |url-status=live }}

Most economists surveyed by the WSJ in July 2024 found that inflation would be worse under a second Trump administration compared to a second Biden term, due in part to tariffs, a crack down on illegal immigration, and larger deficits.{{Cite news |last1=Kiernan |first1=Paul |last2=DeBarros |first2=Anthony |date=July 11, 2024 |title=Economists Say Inflation Would Be Worse Under Trump Than Biden |url=https://www.wsj.com/economy/economists-say-inflation-would-be-worse-under-trump-than-biden-263bc900 |work=The Wall Street Journal |quote=Conducted July 5–9...of the 50 who answered questions about Trump and Biden 56% said inflation would be higher under another Trump term than a Biden term, versus 16% who said the opposite...Fifty-one percent of economists anticipate larger federal budget deficits under a Trump presidency, compared to 22% under Biden. |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802080650/https://www.wsj.com/economy/economists-say-inflation-would-be-worse-under-trump-than-biden-263bc900 |url-status=live }}

Biden changed the practice of IRS agents disproportionately auditing lower-income Americans.{{Cite web |last=Hager |first=Eli |date=2024-11-02 |title=Trump Says He'll Fight for Working-Class Americans. His First Presidency Suggests He Won't. |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-agenda-working-class |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=ProPublica |language=en |archive-date=November 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106195233/https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-agenda-working-class |url-status=live }}

Finance officials from 130 countries agreed on July 1, 2021, to plans for a new international taxation policy. All the major economies agreed to pass national laws that would require corporations to pay at least 15% income tax in the countries they operate. This new policy would end the practice of locating world headquarters in small countries with very low taxation rates. Governments hope to recoup some of the lost revenue, estimated at $100 billion to $240 billion each year. The new system was promoted by the Biden administration and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Secretary-General Mathias Cormann of the OECD said: "This historic package will ensure that large multinational companies pay their fair share of tax everywhere."{{cite news |last1=Davidson |first1=Kate |last2=Hannon |first2=Paul |date=July 1, 2021 |title=U.S. Wins International Backing for Global Minimum Tax |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-wins-international-backing-for-global-minimum-tax-11625153698 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704175101/https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-wins-international-backing-for-global-minimum-tax-11625153698 |archive-date=July 4, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}

{{see also|Environmental policy of the Joe Biden administration}}

File:Biden visits Texas after winter storm damage (1).jpg visit the Harris County Emergency Operations Center in Houston after the 2021 Texas power crisis, February 2021.]]

During his first week in office, Biden established the position of White House National Climate Advisor, appointing environmental health and air quality expert Gina McCarthy to the role. Biden also created the position of U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, appointing former secretary of state John Kerry.{{cite web |title=Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/27/executive-order-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad/ |website=The White House |date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318102001/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/27/executive-order-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad/ |url-status=live }}

On January 20, 2021, Biden signed an executive order rejoining the U.S. to the Paris Agreement.{{cite news|last=Sommer|first=Lauren|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden Moves Quickly On Climate Change, Reversing Trump Rollbacks|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958854421/biden-moves-quickly-on-climate-change-reversing-trump-rollbacks|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212190103/https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958854421/biden-to-move-quickly-on-climate-change-reversing-trump-rollbacks|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Volcovici|first1=Valerie|last2=Hunnicutt|first2=Trevor|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden set to rejoin Paris climate accord, impose curbs on U.S. oil industry Author of the article|publisher=Financial Times|url=https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/biden-set-to-rejoin-paris-climate-accord-impose-curbs-on-u-s-oil-industry-5|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205090441/https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/biden-set-to-rejoin-paris-climate-accord-impose-curbs-on-u-s-oil-industry-5|url-status=live}} With the U.S. rejoining the agreement, countries responsible for two-thirds of the global greenhouse gas emissions would make pledges of becoming carbon neutral, while without United States it is only half.{{cite web|title=Secretary-General welcomes US return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1082602|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=UN News|date=January 20, 2021|publisher=United Nations|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202232113/https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1082602|url-status=live}} On the same day, Biden also issued an executive order that cancelled the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, an extension of the Keystone Pipeline. The pipeline was heavily criticized by environmental and Native American activists and groups.{{cite web|last=Rice|first=Doyle|title=Biden is taking bold action on climate change and the environment: Here's what we know about the Paris Agreement and the Keystone XL|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/21/biden-environment-orders-target-paris-agreement-keystone-pipeline/6657211002/|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=USA Today|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122000705/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/21/biden-environment-orders-target-paris-agreement-keystone-pipeline/6657211002/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ferguson|first=Danielle|title=South Dakota tribes applaud cancellation of Keystone XL Pipeline, Thune decries 'bad decision'|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/01/21/south-dakota-tribes-applaud-cancellation-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline/4243581001/|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=Argus Leader|archive-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217204627/https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/01/21/south-dakota-tribes-applaud-cancellation-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline/4243581001/|url-status=live}} This order also directed agencies to review and reverse more than 100 actions made by Trump on the environment.

On March 27, 2021, Biden invited more than forty world leaders for a climate summit.{{cite web|date=March 27, 2021|title=Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-barack-obama-climate-climate-change-d7ccfff957ff6cdf500d3bb7692ab5ff|access-date=March 30, 2021|website=AP News|archive-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327075324/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-barack-obama-climate-climate-change-d7ccfff957ff6cdf500d3bb7692ab5ff|url-status=live}}

In August 2022, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, a domestic spending bill born out of continued negotiations on the Build Back Better Act after its collapse that fulfilled some of its initial provisions. The bill included significant federal investment in domestic clean energy production, combating climate change, and healthcare; it aims to reduce U.S. carbon emissions by 40% from peak 2005 levels by 2030, included a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, and empowered Medicare to begin negotiating lower prescription drug costs for the first time.

In May 2022, the White House Council on Environmental Quality released a report in which it describes how Biden's administration followed the around 200 recommendations of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. The full report has around 150 pages. The report summarizes many of the steps taken by the administration on environmental issues. Among others, it mentions significant achievements in the domains of energy efficiency, weatherization, transit-oriented development, walking, cycling, mixed-use development, cooperation with Indigenous peoples of the Americas.{{cite web |title=Biden-⁠Harris Administration Outlines Historic Progress on Environmental Justice in Report Submitted to Congress |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ceq/news-updates/2022/05/23/biden-harris-administration-outlines-historic-progress-on-environmental-justice-in-report-submitted-to-congress-2/ |website=The White House |date=May 23, 2022 |access-date=30 May 2022 |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531021057/https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/news-updates/2022/05/23/biden-harris-administration-outlines-historic-progress-on-environmental-justice-in-report-submitted-to-congress-2/ |url-status=live }}

In April 2024 Biden delivered $20 billion to eight environmental NGOs. The aim is to reduce the country's {{CO2}} emissions by 40 million tonnes per year with the money, while giving 70% of the benefits to low income communities.{{cite news |last1=Joselow |first1=Maxine |title=America's new high-risk, high-reward $20 billion climate push |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/04/04/epa-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |agency=Washington Post |date=4 April 2024 |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408061658/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/04/04/epa-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=EPA head Regan defends $20B green bank: 'I feel really good about this program' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-head-regan-defends-20b-green-bank-feel-108896740 |access-date=7 April 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=5 April 2024 |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407083124/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-head-regan-defends-20b-green-bank-feel-108896740 |url-status=live }} In the same month, the American Climate Corps is expected to begin function with several hundred members. The tasks will probably be "things like installing solar panels, restoring vulnerable habitats, and fire hazard prevention." Biden plans increase the number of participants to 20,000 during the first year and then 50,000 more will be added each year by 2031. However, this plan is opposed by Republicans.{{cite web |last1=HULLINGER |first1=JESSICA |title=Want to get a job as one of Biden's 20,000 climate workers? Here's what you need to know |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91073271/want-to-get-a-job-as-one-of-bidens-20000-climate-workers-heres-what-you-need-to-know |website=Fast Company |date=April 2, 2024 |access-date=7 April 2024 |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407091439/https://www.fastcompany.com/91073271/want-to-get-a-job-as-one-of-bidens-20000-climate-workers-heres-what-you-need-to-know |url-status=live }}

In May 2024, the administration announced guidelines around carbon markets. They push for increased verifiability from suppliers and transparency from buyers. The guidelines are not binding or enforceable.{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Undark |date=2024-07-17 |title=Will Burying Biomass Underground Curb Climate Change? |url=https://undark.org/2024/07/17/bury-biomass-curb-climate-change/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Undark Magazine |language=en-US}}

In November 2024, the Biden administration withheld federal funding from Climate Justice Alliance, a move which CJA and The Intercept connected to its support for a ceasefire in Gaza and other progressive policy issues that had made it a target of Republican scrutiny.{{Cite web |last=Lacy |first=Akela |date=2024-11-29 |title=Biden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/11/29/biden-climate-funding-palestine/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US |archive-date=November 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130233143/https://theintercept.com/2024/11/29/biden-climate-funding-palestine/ |url-status=live }}

On January 21, 2021, the Biden administration issued a 60-day ban on oil and gas leases and permits on federal land and waters.{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Matthew |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Biden halts oil and gas leases, permits on US land and water |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-billings-a3a37acf2fce55449b704b01badc1f67 |website=Associated Press |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123011937/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-billings-a3a37acf2fce55449b704b01badc1f67 |url-status=live }} On January 27, 2021, Biden signed a number of executive orders aimed at combating climate change,{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Melissa |date=January 28, 2021 |title='It's time to act': Biden rolls out new actions on climate change |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-signs-executive-actions-climate-change/ |access-date=January 29, 2021 |work=CBS News |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211052704/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-signs-executive-actions-climate-change/ |url-status=live }} one of them setting climate change as a key consideration for U.S. national security and foreign policy.{{cite web|last1=Ebbs|first1=Stephanie|last2=Kolinovsky|first2=Sarah|date=January 27, 2021|title=Biden says tackling climate change will create jobs, bring economic recovery|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sign-executive-order-climate-change/story?id=75510742|access-date=January 28, 2021|work=ABC News|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127225854/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sign-executive-order-climate-change/story?id=75510742|url-status=live}} In an attempt to encourage U.S. membership to the Kigali Amendment, an international agreement aimed to reduce the production of hydrofluorocarbons, Biden's executive order directed the U.S. Department of State to submit the Kigali Amendment to the Senate.{{cite news |last1=Waldman |first1=Scott |title=Five Things in Biden's Climate Day Orders That Flew Under the Radar |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-things-in-bidens-climate-day-orders-that-flew-under-the-radar/ |access-date=January 29, 2021 |work=Scientific American |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129012012/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-things-in-bidens-climate-day-orders-that-flew-under-the-radar/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Hillbrand |first1=Alex |last2=Doniger |first2=David |date=January 27, 2021 |title=Biden Announces Move to Ratify Kigali Amendment on HFCs |url=https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alex-hillbrand/biden-announces-move-ratify-kigali-amendment-hfcs |access-date=January 29, 2021 |work=NRDC |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129033620/https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alex-hillbrand/biden-announces-move-ratify-kigali-amendment-hfcs |url-status=live }}

File:President Joe Biden at the Leaders Summit on Climate (01).jpg in April 2021, held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic]]

In March 2021, 21 Republican state attorneys general of 21 states sued the Biden administration for revoking the Keystone XL pipeline permit. The suit claims Biden's executive order exceeded his authority.{{cite web|last=Quinn|first=Melissa|date=March 18, 2021|title=21 states sue Biden for revoking Keystone XL pipeline permit|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/keystone-pipeline-21-states-sue-biden/|access-date=March 19, 2021|website=CBS News|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318174935/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/keystone-pipeline-21-states-sue-biden/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/21-republican-led-states-sue-biden-over-keystone-xl-rejection-n1261356|publisher=NBC News|title=21 Republican-led states sue Biden over Keystone XL rejection|author=Josh Lederman|date=March 17, 2021|access-date=May 27, 2024|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720031328/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/21-republican-led-states-sue-biden-over-keystone-xl-rejection-n1261356|url-status=live}}

In May 2021, the EPA rolled back a Trump administration rule that prohibited the EPA from using certain studies.{{cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/05/26/epa-ends-secret-science-rule-studies/1651622047180/ | title=EPA ends secret science studies rule | newspaper=UPI | author=Zarrin Ahmed | date=May 26, 2021 | access-date=May 29, 2021 | archive-date=May 31, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531001628/https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/US/2021/05/26/epa-ends-secret-science-rule-studies/1651622047180/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Frazin|first=Rachel|date=May 26, 2021|title=EPA officially nixes Trump 'secret science' rule|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/555512-epa-officially-nixes-trump-rule-limiting-consideration-of-certain|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=The Hill|archive-date=May 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531213843/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/555512-epa-officially-nixes-trump-rule-limiting-consideration-of-certain|url-status=live}} The previous rule, which made it more difficult to use major scientific studies to justify pollution reduction policies,{{cite news | url=https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-new-rule-restricting-epa-s-use-certain-science-could-have-short-life | title=Trump's new rule restricting EPA's use of certain science could have short life | newspaper=Science Magazine | author=Warren Cornwall | date=January 6, 2021 | access-date=June 30, 2022 | archive-date=February 1, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201192415/https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-new-rule-restricting-epa-s-use-certain-science-could-have-short-life | url-status=live }} had already been invalidated by a federal court.{{cite news | url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/536787-court-tosses-trump-epas-secret-science-rule | title=Court tosses Trump EPAs Secret Science Rule | newspaper=The Hill | author=Rachel Frazen | date=February 1, 2021 | access-date=May 29, 2021 | archive-date=May 27, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527093732/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/536787-court-tosses-trump-epas-secret-science-rule | url-status=live }}

On June 1, 2021, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland suspended all oil and gas drilling leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, pending further review of their environmental impacts.{{cite web|last=Federman|first=Adam|title=Biden freezes oil leases in Alaska refuge pending new environmental review|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/01/biden-anwr-alaska-oil-491498|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Politico|date=June 2021|archive-date=June 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606200350/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/01/biden-anwr-alaska-oil-491498|url-status=live}}

In January 2021, Biden had issued a 60-day ban on oil and gas leases and permits on federal land and waters. A group of Republican state attorneys general successfully obtained a decision in federal court to lift the moratorium. The Biden administration appealed the decision but agreed to continue with the sales, and in September 2021 held the largest federal gas and oil lease auction in U.S. history, selling leases to extract 1.7 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. The areas that were purchased by oil companies can be expected to produce around 4.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.12 billion barrels of oil over the next 50 years. The administration has also proposed another round of gas and oil lease sales in 2022, in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and other western states.{{cite web |last1=Dutton |first1=Jack |title=Biden Admin Set to Auction Off Over 80 Million Acres to Oil and Gas Drilling Companies |url=https://www.newsweek.com/biden-admin-set-auction-off-over-80-million-acres-offshore-drilling-1649242 |website=Newsweek |date=November 15, 2021 |access-date=November 24, 2021 |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123082525/https://www.newsweek.com/biden-admin-set-auction-off-over-80-million-acres-offshore-drilling-1649242 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Companies bid $192 million in 1st Gulf oil sale under Biden |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/nov/17/us-holds-huge-crude-sale-in-gulf-coming-off-climate-pledges |website=The Columbian |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125175622/https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/nov/17/us-holds-huge-crude-sale-in-gulf-coming-off-climate-pledges/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-ee63e75fb0b4005aa3341b4dfa2a8aba|work=Associated Press|title=Biden sets out oil, gas leasing reform, stops short of ban|author=Matthew Daly|date=November 26, 2021|access-date=May 27, 2024|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128011615/https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-ee63e75fb0b4005aa3341b4dfa2a8aba|url-status=live}}

The Biden administration supported the Line 3 pipeline, which transports oil from Canada's oil sands region.{{cite news |title=Biden Administration Backs Oil Sands Pipeline Project |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/climate/line-3-pipeline-biden.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/climate/line-3-pipeline-biden.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |work=The New York Times |date=July 24, 2021}}{{cbignore}}

In November 2021, a closely watched Interior Department report on federal oil and gas lease policy, ordered by Biden, was completed. The report recommended increasing the 12.5% federal royalty rate for oil and gas drilling, which had not been raised by a century, and was significantly lower than rates charged for leasing on state and private land. The report also recommended an increase in the bond rates that drilling companies are required to pay for future cleanup efforts before beginning extraction at new sites, and recommended that leases be focused on sites with "moderate to high potential" for production in proximity to existing fossil-fuel infrastructure. The report stopped short of banning the leasing program, which generates billions of dollars for the federal government, but reformed its terms to be less favorable for industry; environmental groups praised the reforms, but also said they were insufficient to address the U.S. contribution to the climate crisis.

In 2021, the Biden administration proposed a 20-year ban on oil and gas drilling around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a site in northwestern New Mexico that contain important Ancestral Puebloan sites.Joshua Partlow & Darryl Fears, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/15/chaco-canyon-drilling-biden/ Biden proposes 20-year drilling ban around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a sacred tribal site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116061156/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/15/chaco-canyon-drilling-biden/ |date=November 16, 2021 }}, Washington Post (November 15, 2021).

In May 2021, the EPA rolled back a Trump administration rule that prohibited the EPA from using certain studies. The previous rule, which made it more difficult to use major scientific studies to justify pollution reduction policies, had already been invalidated by a federal court.

The Biden administration set a goal of achieving 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy generated in the U.S. by 2030 (sufficient to provide electricity to about 10 million homes). In 2021, the Biden administration approved the South Fork Wind project, a major (130 MW, 12-turbine) commercial offshore wind power project located southeast of Rhode Island's Block Island and east of New York's Montauk Point, the wind farm is projected to provide electricity to proved 70,000 Long Island homes. The project is the country's second large-scale offshore wind project (after a similar wind-power development in Massachusetts).Dartunorro Clark, [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-administration-approves-second-major-offshore-wind-project-provide-power-n1284601 Biden administration approves second major offshore wind project, to provide power to N.Y.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127051218/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-administration-approves-second-major-offshore-wind-project-provide-power-n1284601 |date=November 27, 2021 }}, NBC News (November 24, 2021).Dino Grandoni, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/24/biden-offshore-wind-new-york/ Biden administration approves first offshore wind farm to supply power to New York] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125233300/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/24/biden-offshore-wind-new-york/ |date=November 25, 2021 }}, Washington Post (November 24, 2021).

The U.S. is part of the 30 by 30 initiative which aims to preserve 30% of the global land and sea territory by 2030. For the U.S. to accomplish its part, Biden launched a campaign called "America the Beautiful". The campaign seeks to work in cooperation with indigenous people and farmers, as well as better serve disadvantaged communities.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Benji |title=The Biden administration has a game-changing approach to nature conservation |url=https://www.vox.com/2021/5/7/22423139/biden-30-by-30-conservation-initiative-historic |access-date=26 March 2024 |agency=Vox |date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151100/https://www.vox.com/2021/5/7/22423139/biden-30-by-30-conservation-initiative-historic |url-status=live }}

In November 2021, Biden promised to end and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030,{{cite news |title=Hoyer introduces $9B bill bolstering Biden's deforestation vow at COP26 |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/579810-hoyer-to-introduce-9b-bill-bolstering-bidens-deforestation-vow-at |work=The Hill |date=November 3, 2021 |access-date=November 13, 2021 |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106182454/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/579810-hoyer-to-introduce-9b-bill-bolstering-bidens-deforestation-vow-at |url-status=live }} joining more than 100 other global leaders in the COP26 climate summit's first major agreement.{{cite news |title=COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59088498 |work=BBC News |date=2 November 2021 |access-date=November 13, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112151002/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59088498 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030 |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/over-100-global-leaders-pledge-end-deforestation-by-2030-2021-11-01/ |work=Reuters |date=3 November 2021 |access-date=November 13, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112161836/https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/over-100-global-leaders-pledge-end-deforestation-by-2030-2021-11-01/ |url-status=live }}

According to a report from the Center for American Progress during the first 3 years of his presidency Biden broke several records in conservation, which is "a proven defense against the changing climate". In 2023 alone he turned 12.5 million acres into protected areas and made 200 agreements with indigenous people about co-management of the protected areas.{{cite web |last1=Zeno |first1=Sam |title=The Biden Administration Has Reached Conservation Records in 2023 |url=https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-biden-administration-has-reached-conservation-records-in-2023/ |website=Center for American Progress |date=December 20, 2023 |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104012334/https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-biden-administration-has-reached-conservation-records-in-2023/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Biden reached conservation records in 2023 |url=https://westernpriorities.org/2023/12/biden-reached-conservation-records-in-2023/ |website=Center for Western Priorities |date=December 21, 2023 |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102180523/https://westernpriorities.org/2023/12/biden-reached-conservation-records-in-2023/ |url-status=live }} He advanced a proposal to ban logging in old growth forests from 2025 which is also important for the climate.{{cite news |last1=Aratani |first1=Lauren |title=Joe Biden plans to ban logging in US old-growth forests in 2025 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/19/biden-forest-logging-ban-old-trees |access-date=2 January 2024 |agency=The Guardian |date=19 December 2023 |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527101810/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/19/biden-forest-logging-ban-old-trees |url-status=live }}

{{see also|Electoral and ethics policy of the Joe Biden administration}}

In response to what Biden describes as the growing influence of special interests and gerrymandering in elections, he has pledged to seek electoral and government ethics reforms.{{cite web|title=Plan for a Government that Works For the People|url=https://joebiden.com/governmentreform/|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122135916/https://joebiden.com/governmentreform/|url-status=dead}} Biden supported the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.{{cite web|url = https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/03/statement-by-president-biden-on-the-john-r-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act/|title = Statement by President Biden on the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act| work=The White House |date = November 3, 2021|access-date = April 11, 2022|archive-date = December 27, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211227160953/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/03/statement-by-president-biden-on-the-john-r-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act/|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/22/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-for-the-people-act/|title = Statement by President Joe Biden on the for the People Act| work=The White House |date = June 22, 2021|access-date = April 11, 2022|archive-date = November 6, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211106081317/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/22/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-for-the-people-act/|url-status = live}} In January 2022, he endorsed a change to senate filibuster rules after they both failed to invoke cloture.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/11/biden-endorses-filibuster-change-voting-rights/9165060002/|title='Let the majority prevail': Biden backs filibuster change to pass voting rights in Atlanta speech|website=USA Today|access-date=April 11, 2022|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062405/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/11/biden-endorses-filibuster-change-voting-rights/9165060002/|url-status=live}} However, the rules change failed when two Democratic senators joined Senate Republicans in opposing it.{{cite news|author=Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett|title=Senate Democrats suffer defeat on voting rights after vote to change rules fails|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/senate-voting-legislation-filibuster/index.html|access-date=2022-02-03|website=CNN|date=January 19, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409161903/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/senate-voting-legislation-filibuster/index.html|url-status=live}}

Known for his generally bipartisan tone, Biden avoided directly referring to his predecessor during his first year in office.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-01 |title=Biden sounds newly strong alarm: Trumpism menaces democracy |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-donald-trump-presidential-philadelphia-5d0f7c02df093f0d3a3340474a53be4b |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103020138/https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-donald-trump-presidential-philadelphia-5d0f7c02df093f0d3a3340474a53be4b |url-status=live }} Beginning in 2022, Biden condemned Trump and Trumpism in stronger terms; he likened the "MAGA philosophy" to "semi-fascism" and, in a 2022 speech outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, said the "extreme ideology" of Trump, and a Republican Party dominated by him, "threatens the very foundation of our republic." Biden specifically condemned Trump and "MAGA Republicans" for promoting authoritarian leaders, using violent rhetoric, refusing to disavow political violence, and refusing to acknowledge election losses.{{Cite news |last=Keith |first=Tamara |date=2022-09-01 |title=Why Biden is reviving his 'soul of the nation' argument for the midterm elections |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/09/01/1120479578/why-biden-is-reviving-his-soul-of-the-nation-argument-for-the-midterm-elections |access-date=2022-11-02 |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102014000/https://www.npr.org/2022/09/01/1120479578/why-biden-is-reviving-his-soul-of-the-nation-argument-for-the-midterm-elections |url-status=live }} Biden suggested that the 2022 United States elections could be illegitimate if federal laws are not passed to combat enacted voter-suppression legislation from state legislatures.{{cite web |title=Biden questions if US midterm elections will be 'legit' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60063594 |website=BBC News |access-date=January 20, 2022 |date=January 20, 2022 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120205745/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60063594 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Gangitano |first1=Alex |title=Biden says elections might not be legitimate if reform bills aren't passed |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/590511-biden-says-elections-might-not-be-legitimate-if-the-election-reform |website=The Hill |access-date=January 20, 2022 |language=en |date=January 19, 2022 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121084216/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/590511-biden-says-elections-might-not-be-legitimate-if-the-election-reform |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Cillizza |first1=Chris |title=Analysis: The 7 most important lines from Joe Biden's news conference |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/biden-news-conference-important-takeaways/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=January 20, 2022 |date=January 19, 2022 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121035546/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/biden-news-conference-important-takeaways/index.html |url-status=live }}

After the attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, Biden called for reforms to the 1887 Electoral Count Act to clarify the roles of Congress and the vice president in certifying electoral votes. The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022 raised the threshold for objections to electoral votes, clarified that the vice president cannot decertify electoral votes, and modified the process for which electors are certified. It was included as part of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act.{{cite web|last=Riccardi|first=Nicholas|title=Congress approves new election rules in Jan. 6 response|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-donald-trump-e4366ca9e350ef87ebbb7638517cbde3|website=AP News|date=December 24, 2022|access-date=December 24, 2022|archive-date=July 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712012605/https://apnews.com/article/biden-donald-trump-e4366ca9e350ef87ebbb7638517cbde3|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Housing Supply Action Plan}}

Due to ongoing decreases in housing affordability exacerbated by the pandemic, inflation, and snarls in the global supply chain, Biden launched the Housing Supply Action Plan on May 16, 2022, to increase housing supply and construction through executive initiatives, administrative deregulation and funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Due to the statutory limits upon federal intervention in housing policy, the plan relied heavily upon partnerships with willing municipal governments and the private sector to reform zoning and permitting laws and secure construction supply, issuing financial incentives to municipal governments for cooperation with the plan, issuing financial support to renters, landlords and first-time homeowners, and disincentivizing large institutional investors from acquiring government-owned or funded home properties.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2022-05-16 |title=President Biden Announces New Actions to Ease the Burden of Housing Costs |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/16/president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-ease-the-burden-of-housing-costs/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=The White House |language=en-US |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817154420/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/16/president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-ease-the-burden-of-housing-costs/ |url-status=live }} Biden also called upon Congress to pass an Unlocking Possibilities Program to allow HUD to issue grants to states and localities to help reform permitting for affordable housing, as well as further mortgage assistance for first-time homebuyers.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2024-03-07 |title=FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Plan to Lower Housing Costs for Working Families |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-plan-to-lower-housing-costs-for-working-families/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=The White House |language=en-US |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817174002/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-plan-to-lower-housing-costs-for-working-families/ |url-status=live }}

Through the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration secured over $25 billion to invest in a variety of programs and tax credits that incentivize renovations and energy efficiency in housing through five federal agencies (HUD, IRS, DOE, DOT, EPA).{{Cite web |title=New Funds for Housing in the Inflation Reduction Act |url=https://guidehouse.com/insights/energy/2023/new-funds-for-housing-in-the-inflation-reduction-act |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=guidehouse.com |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817203056/https://guidehouse.com/insights/energy/2023/new-funds-for-housing-in-the-inflation-reduction-act |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-16 |title=Two Years After Signage of President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, HUD is Creating More Affordable, Energy Efficient and Climate Resilient Homes for Renters |url=https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_24_210 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817203056/https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_24_210 |url-status=live }}

{{see also|Immigration policy of the Joe Biden administration|Mexico–United States border crisis#Biden administration (2021–2025)}}

File:Proclamation 10141 - Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States (2021).pdf

On January 20, 2021, the day Biden was inaugurated, he halted the construction of the U.S.–Mexico barrier and ended a related national emergency declared by Trump in February 2018. Biden issued a proclamation that ended the Trump travel ban imposed on predominantly Muslim countries in January 2017. Biden also reaffirmed protections to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).{{cite news |last=Narea |first=Nicole |title=Biden is already rolling back Trump's immigration legacy |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/1/20/22240549/biden-executive-actions-immigration |access-date=January 20, 2021 |publisher=Vox |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120220043/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/1/20/22240549/biden-executive-actions-immigration |url-status=live }} The same day, Biden sent a memorandum to the U.S. Department of State reinstating Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians.{{cite web |title=Reinstating Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians |website=The White House |date=January 20, 2021 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/reinstating-deferred-enforced-departure-for-liberians/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121034628/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/reinstating-deferred-enforced-departure-for-liberians/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Axelrod |first=Tal |title=These are the executive orders Biden has signed so far |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535245-these-are-the-executive-orders-biden-has-signed-so-far |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Hill |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121180247/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535245-these-are-the-executive-orders-biden-has-signed-so-far |url-status=live }}

On January 20, Biden proposed the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 which would enact broad changes to the immigration system.{{Cite web |title=Biden Immigration Bill Announced Day One of Administration |url=https://natlawreview.com/article/new-biden-immigration-bill-announced-day-one-administration |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=natlawreview.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Narea |first=Nicole |date=2021-01-20 |title=Biden's sweeping immigration bill, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/22233711/biden-day-one-immigration-congress-path-citizenship |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Vox |language=en-US |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031001939/https://www.vox.com/22233711/biden-day-one-immigration-congress-path-citizenship |url-status=live }} It would provide an eight-year potential pathway for citizenship to eleven million immigrants living in the U.S. without a permanent legal status.{{cite news |last1=Hackman |first1=Michelle |last2=Siobhan |first2=Hughes |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Biden's Immigration Package Faces Steep Odds on Capitol Hill |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-immigration-package-faces-steep-odds-on-capitol-hill-11611430901 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123194515/https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-immigration-package-faces-steep-odds-on-capitol-hill-11611430901 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |access-date=January 23, 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal}} The bill would also make it easier for certain foreign workers to stay in the U.S.{{cite news |last=Fram |first=Alan |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-immigration-jen-psaki-12e9346eef0af68dbd604feda32ec1e5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124002331/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-immigration-jen-psaki-12e9346eef0af68dbd604feda32ec1e5 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |work=Associated Press}}{{cite news |last=Spagat |first=Elliot |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Biden bets big on immigration changes in opening move |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-mexico-immigration-us-news-8d565946dfdec1f365befdada879023e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123205722/https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-mexico-immigration-us-news-8d565946dfdec1f365befdada879023e |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |work=Associated Press}} In addition, it would deliver record budget allocations for the Department of Homeland Security to secure the border and $4 billion to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to combat the root causes of their emigration.{{Cite news |last=Bokat-Lindell |first=Spencer |date=2021-01-21 |title=Can Biden Finally Fix America's Broken Immigration System? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-immigration-plan.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=December 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218220748/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-immigration-plan.html |url-status=live }} If passed, it would also replace the word "alien" with "noncitizen" in U.S. immigration law.{{Cite web |last1=Alvarez |first1=Priscilla |last2=Fox |first2=Lauren |date=2021-02-18 |title=White House announces sweeping immigration bill {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/politics/biden-immigration-legislation/index.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211175415/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/politics/biden-immigration-legislation/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Shoichet |first1=Catherine E. |title=Biden wants to remove this controversial word from US laws |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/alien-biden-immigration-law/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121181712/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/alien-biden-immigration-law/index.html |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |publisher=CNN}}{{cite act|type=act|index=8 USC 1101|date=June 30, 1965|article=Immigration and Nationality|title=Aliens and Nationality|url=https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim}} Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin called the bill "aspirational" and it was widely expected not to pass both houses of Congress without significant revision.

Also on January 20, 2021, the Biden administration issued a moratorium on deportations from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the first 100 days of his presidency.{{cite news |last1=Priscilla |first1=Alvarez |title=DHS pauses some deportations for 100 days |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/homeland-security-pause-some-deportations/index.html |access-date=January 25, 2021 |work=CNN |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124191255/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/homeland-security-pause-some-deportations/index.html |url-status=live }} On January 22, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration for violating Biden's written pledge to cooperatively work with the state of Texas.{{cite news |last1=Priscilla |first1=Alvarez |title=Texas attorney general sues Biden administration over deportation pause |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/texas-biden-lawsuit-deportation/index.html |access-date=January 25, 2021 |work=CNN |date=January 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124170547/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/texas-biden-lawsuit-deportation/index.html |url-status=live }} A federal judge in Texas subsequently issued a temporary restraining order barring the Biden administration from enforcing its moratorium, citing the lack of "any concrete, reasonable justification for a 100-day pause on deportations."{{cite news |last=Merchant |first=Nomaan |date=January 26, 2021 |title=Judge bars Biden from enforcing 100-day deportation ban |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-immigration-texas-barack-obama-51688033e490d50867e52ef9c8ec574f |work=Associated Press |access-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129003126/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-immigration-texas-barack-obama-51688033e490d50867e52ef9c8ec574f |url-status=live }}

On January 22, 2021, Biden had a call with Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. On the call, Biden and López Obrador spoke about immigration, where Biden spoke of reducing immigration from Mexico to the U.S. by targeting what Biden deemed as root causes.{{cite web |title=Readout of President Joe Biden Call with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico |website=The White House |date=January 23, 2021 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/23/readout-of-president-joe-biden-call-with-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-of-mexico/ |access-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-date=September 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904190441/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/23/readout-of-president-joe-biden-call-with-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-of-mexico/ |url-status=live }} According to an Associated Press report, López Obrador noted that Biden pledged $4 billion to "help development in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala — nations whose hardships have spawned tides of migration through Mexico toward the United States."{{cite news|last1=Mark|first1=Stevenson|last2=Gillies|first2=Rob|last3=Madhani|first3=Aamer|date=January 23, 2021|title=Mexican leader says Biden offers $4B for Central America|work=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-calls-canadas-trudeau-mexicos-lpez-obrador-75444816|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203024021/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-calls-canadas-trudeau-mexicos-lpez-obrador-75444816|url-status=live}}

According to a 2021 Politico report, Republicans expected prior to Biden taking office that there would be a border surge at the start of 2021 (due to seasonal patterns and regional crises) and coordinated to make it a central issue in the lead-up to the 2022 mid-term elections.{{cite web |last=Kumar |first=Anita |date=April 23, 2021 |title=The border turned out to be a better attack on Biden than even Republicans thought |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/23/gop-biden-immigration-border-problems-484383 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706110836/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/23/gop-biden-immigration-border-problems-484383 |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |website=Politico}} The number of migrants arriving in the U.S. from Central America had been rising since April 2020 due to ongoing violence, natural disasters, food insecurity, and poverty in the region.{{cite news |last=Romo |first=Vanessa |date=March 11, 2021 |title=Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/975916980/number-of-unaccompanied-minors-entering-u-s-soared-in-february |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328162309/https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/975916980/number-of-unaccompanied-minors-entering-u-s-soared-in-february |archive-date=March 28, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |agency=NPR}} In February 2021, the U.S. Border Patrol reported a 61% increase in encounters with unaccompanied children from the month before, the largest one-month percentage increase in encounters with unaccompanied children since U.S. Customs and Border Protection began recording data in 2010.{{cite news |last1=Spagat |first1=Elliot |date=March 17, 2021 |title=Explainer: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis? |url=https://apnews.com/article/is-us-mexico-border-in-crisis-explained-aea57dde734f5cccb920e0d5d6111e65 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429015930/https://apnews.com/article/is-us-mexico-border-in-crisis-explained-aea57dde734f5cccb920e0d5d6111e65 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |work=Associated Press}}{{cite news |last1=Morin |first1=Rebecca |date=March 15, 2021 |title=As Biden faces ongoing surge of migrant children, Republicans criticize White House for border crisis |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/15/kevin-mccarthy-republicans-slam-biden-migrants-us-mexico-border/4701550001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416102151/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/15/kevin-mccarthy-republicans-slam-biden-migrants-us-mexico-border/4701550001/ |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=March 30, 2021 |work=USA Today}}

Biden instructed the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to focus on violent offenders of immigration laws rather than all offenders of immigration laws.{{cite news|last1=Kanno-Youngs|first1=Zolan|last2=Shear|first2=Michael D.|date=February 3, 2021|title=Trump Loyalists Across Homeland Security Could Vex Biden's Immigration Policies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/us/politics/biden-trump-immigration.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 3, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213023116/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/us/politics/biden-trump-immigration.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Miroff|first1=Nick|last2=Sacchetti|first2=Maria|date=February 7, 2021|title=New Biden rules for ICE point to fewer arrests and deportations, and a more restrained agency|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-biden-rules-for-ice-point-to-fewer-arrests-and-deportations-and-a-more-restrained-agency/2021/02/07/faccb854-68c6-11eb-bf81-c618c88ed605_story.html|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214143016/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-biden-rules-for-ice-point-to-fewer-arrests-and-deportations-and-a-more-restrained-agency/2021/02/07/faccb854-68c6-11eb-bf81-c618c88ed605_story.html|url-status=live}}

In February 2021, it was reported that DHS agents who had been empowered by Trump to enact his anti-immigration policies were resisting and defying Biden's immigration policies. The union representing ICE agents signaled that its agents would not accept reversals of Trump policies.

In March 2021, the Biden administration granted temporary protected status to Venezuelans fleeing the country amidst the ongoing political and economic crisis.{{cite news|date=March 9, 2021|title=US grants Venezuelan migrants temporary protected status|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56333605|work=BBC News|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311210005/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56333605|url-status=live}}File:Harris meets with Special Envoy Ricardo Zúñiga.jpg meets with State Department Special Envoy for the Northern Triangle, Ricardo Zúñiga, and other officials on the surge of migrants from Central America, March 2021.]]On March 24, 2021, Biden tasked Vice President Harris to reduce the number of unaccompanied minors and adult asylum seekers. She is also tasked with leading the negotiations with Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.{{cite web |last=Lahut |first=Jake |date=March 25, 2021 |title=Biden is giving Kamala Harris the thorniest issue to oversee as VP: immigration |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/biden-is-giving-kamala-harris-the-thorniest-issue-to-oversee-as-vp-immigration/articleshow/81676987.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327141338/https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/biden-is-giving-kamala-harris-the-thorniest-issue-to-oversee-as-vp-immigration/articleshow/81676987.cms |archive-date=March 27, 2021 |access-date=March 27, 2021 |website=Business Insider}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=August 2024}} The number of migrant families and unaccompanied children entering the U.S. from across the Southwest border steeply declined in August, September, and October 2021.Austin Landis, [https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/11/16/border-crossings-decline-again-in-october Border crossings decline again in October, with drop in families, children] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117011638/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/11/16/border-crossings-decline-again-in-october|date=November 17, 2021}}, Spectrum News (November 16, 2021).

On June 1, 2021, the DHS officially terminated the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, which mandated that all asylum seekers from Central America were to wait in Mexico pending their court cases; however, a health order from March 2020 allowed the border authorities to send migrants back for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic have remained in place.{{cite web |last=Gregorian |first=Dareh |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Biden administration officially ends Trump's 'remain in Mexico' asylum policy |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-officially-ends-trump-s-remain-mexico-asylum-policy-n1269262 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607012950/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-officially-ends-trump-s-remain-mexico-asylum-policy-n1269262 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |access-date=July 2, 2021 |website=NBC News}}{{cite web |date=June 1, 2021 |title=US formally ends Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/1/us-formally-ends-trumps-remain-in-mexico-asylum-policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607013450/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/1/us-formally-ends-trumps-remain-in-mexico-asylum-policy |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |website=Al Jazeera}} However, on August 14, 2021, a federal judge in Texas ordered the Biden administration to reimplement the policy; the Supreme Court placed a pause on the ruling to give the administration time for arguments.{{cite web |last1=Montoya-Galvez |first1=Camilo |date=August 14, 2021 |title=Judge orders U.S. to reinstate Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-orders-u-s-to-reinstate-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-asylum-policy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823041221/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-orders-u-s-to-reinstate-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-asylum-policy/ |archive-date=August 23, 2021 |access-date=23 August 2021 |website=CBS News}}{{cite web |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Supreme Court halts reinstating 'Remain in Mexico' policy |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-mexico-courts-health-immigration-fa8250193e4177ba50ad9f3deb11dbe1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823041321/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-mexico-courts-health-immigration-fa8250193e4177ba50ad9f3deb11dbe1 |archive-date=August 23, 2021 |access-date=23 August 2021 |website=AP News}} On August 24, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration must comply with the lower court's ruling to reinstate the policy.{{cite web |last=Diaz |first=Jaclyn |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Supreme Court Orders the 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Reinstated for Asylum-Seekers |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/1030829693/supreme-court-remain-in-mexico |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829170924/https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/1030829693/supreme-court-remain-in-mexico |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=NPR}}{{cite web |date=August 25, 2021 |title=U.S. Supreme Court says Biden administration must comply with ruling to restart "remain in Mexico" program for asylum-seekers |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/24/remain-in-mexico-immigration-supreme-court/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322122154/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/24/remain-in-mexico-immigration-supreme-court/ |archive-date=March 22, 2022 |access-date=April 11, 2022}}

In fiscal year 2022, over one million immigrants (most of whom entered through family reunification) were granted legal residence,{{cite news |title=Who Are America's Immigrants? |url=https://www.prb.org/articles/who-are-americas-immigrants/ |work=Population Reference Bureau |date=May 22, 2024 |archive-date=July 8, 2024 |access-date=July 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708183434/https://www.prb.org/articles/who-are-americas-immigrants/ |url-status=live }} up from 707,000 in 2020.{{cite news |title=After a Slump, Legal Immigration to the United States Is Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/legal-immigration-us-returns-prepandemic-levels |work=Migration Policy Institute |date=November 30, 2022 |archive-date=July 8, 2024 |access-date=July 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708183938/https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/legal-immigration-us-returns-prepandemic-levels |url-status=live }} Up until 2022 during Biden's presidency, the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States steadily rose.{{Cite web |last=Krogstad |first=Jeffrey S. Passel and Jens Manuel |date=2024-07-22 |title=What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US |archive-date=July 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731015232/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/ |url-status=live }}

On October 5, 2023, Biden's administration said it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, carrying forward a signature policy of former president Donald Trump.{{cite web |date=2023-10-06 |title=Biden to build more US border wall using Trump-era funds |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-build-new-barriers-roads-texas-border-area-2023-10-05/ |website=Reuters |access-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005160422/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-build-new-barriers-roads-texas-border-area-2023-10-05/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=2023-10-05 |title=Biden approves new section of border wall as Mexico crossings rise |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67015137 |website=BBB News |access-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005094938/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67015137.amp |url-status=live }} One of Biden's first actions after taking office in January 2021 was to issue a proclamation pledging that "no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall" as well as a review of all resources that had already been committed. The administration said Thursday's action did not deviate from Biden's proclamation because money that was allocated during Trump's term in 2019 had to be spent now. Former president Trump was quick to claim victory and demand an apology: "As I have stated often, over thousands of years, there are only two things that have consistently worked, wheels, and walls!" Trump wrote on social media. "Will Joe Biden apologize to me and America for taking so long to get moving...". Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called the move "a step backwards."

On October 31, 2023, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee that more than 600,000 people illegally made their way into the United States without being apprehended by border agents during the 2023 fiscal year.{{cite news |title=WATCH LIVE: FBI Director Wray, DHS head Mayorkas testify in Senate hearing on threats to U.S. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKn948LUX8I&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour |work=PBS NewsHour |date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211102151/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKn948LUX8I&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Mayorkas confirms over 600,000 illegal immigrants evaded law enforcement at southern border last fiscal year |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-confirms-over-600k-illegal-immigrants-evaded-law-enforcement-southern-border |work=Fox News |date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211102151/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-confirms-over-600k-illegal-immigrants-evaded-law-enforcement-southern-border |url-status=live }}

President Biden pledged to welcome 125,000 refugees in 2024.{{cite news |title=Biden administration plans to keep refugee cap at 125,000 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/26/politics/refugee-cap/index.html |work=CNN |date=September 26, 2023 |archive-date=July 10, 2024 |access-date=July 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710183314/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/26/politics/refugee-cap/index.html |url-status=live }} The Biden administration considered accepting Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip.{{cite news |title=Biden considers allowing some Palestinians from Gaza to come to the U.S. as refugees |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249886160/biden-considers-allowing-some-palestinians-from-gaza-to-come-to-the-u-s-as-refug |work=NPR |date=May 8, 2024}}

On March 29, 2024, in response to a class-action lawsuit filed by lawyers representing detained migrant children, the Biden administration argued in front of a federal court that it had no responsibility to feed and house migrant children that were waiting in Border Patrol camps along the U.S.-Mexico border.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-29 |title=Judge questions Border Patrol stand that it's not required to care for children at migrant camps |url=https://apnews.com/article/border-patrol-migrant-children-camps-a96d574bd4d9cd27bb28c001b1239a38 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422225818/https://apnews.com/article/border-patrol-migrant-children-camps-a96d574bd4d9cd27bb28c001b1239a38 |url-status=live }} This argument was rejected by Judge Dolly M. Gee, who ordered the administration to "expeditiously" house all detained migrant children.{{Cite news |last=Baumgaertner |first=Emily |date=2024-04-04 |title=Judge Orders Timely Housing for Migrant Children Waiting at Border |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/health/migrant-children-border-housing.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422225822/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/health/migrant-children-border-housing.html |url-status=live }}

On June 4, 2024, President Biden issued a new executive order granting immigration officials the authority to deport certain asylum seekers without processing their claims. This measure targets migrants who enter the United States "without permission and against the law," making it easier for authorities to deport them.{{Cite web |last=Montoya-Galvez |first=Camilo |date=2024-06-04 |title=Biden's new immigration order restricts asylum claims along the border. Here's how it works. - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-executive-order-immigration-border-asylum/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611230220/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-executive-order-immigration-border-asylum/ |url-status=live }} Under the new order, if migrants express fear of returning to their home countries, they may be given an interview with an asylum officer. However, agents are no longer required to ask migrants if they have such fears.{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Alex Leeds |date=2024-06-08 |title=Illegal border crossings would have triggered the new Biden policy years ago {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/08/politics/us-border-crossings-biden-dg/index.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611230534/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/08/politics/us-border-crossings-biden-dg/index.html |url-status=live }} As part of the new action, the Biden administration announced the closure of the South Texas Family Residential Center, the largest immigrant detention center in the United States. The primary reason cited for this decision was the high cost of operating the facility.{{Cite news |last=Hackman |first=Michelle |title=Exclusive {{!}} Biden to Close 'Dilley' Detention Center, Shift Resources Amid Border Crackdown |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-to-close-dilley-detention-center-shift-resources-amid-border-crack-down-2b2cfcb5 |access-date=2024-06-11 |work=WSJ |language=en-US |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611231754/https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-to-close-dilley-detention-center-shift-resources-amid-border-crack-down-2b2cfcb5 |url-status=live }}

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Biden, a practicing Catholic,{{cite news |last1=O'Loughlin |first1=Michael J. |title=Joe Biden will be the second Catholic president. Here's what you need to know about his faith. |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/11/07/joe-biden-second-catholic-president-faith |access-date=8 November 2020 |work=America Magazine |date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108005946/https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/11/07/joe-biden-second-catholic-president-faith |archive-date=8 November 2020 |language=en}} has taken a public position of dissent against the Church's position opposing free-choice in the abortion issue.Brian Bennett, "Joe Biden's Presidency Highlights Rifts." TIME magazine. March 31, 2021. This has raised the question of whether his public office might allow him to influence the outcomes of current debates with the Church concerning abortion.Ruth Graham. "Catholic Bishops Avoid Confrontation With Biden". The NY Times. Nov 17, 2021. The Vatican has taken a mediating position concerning Biden's dissent by allowing him to take Communion in Rome while visiting the Pope.

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During his early days in office, Biden focused on "advancing equity, civil rights, racial justice and equal opportunity." According to The New York Times, Biden's early actions in office focused on racial equality more than any president since Lyndon B. Johnson, who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.{{cite news |last1=Tankersley |first1=Jim |last2=Shear |first2=Michael D. |title=Biden Seeks to Define His Presidency by an Early Emphasis on Equity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/business/biden-equity-racial-gender.html |access-date=January 23, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123170006/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/business/biden-equity-racial-gender.html |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |url-status=live |quote=In his first days in office, President Biden has devoted more attention to issues of racial equity than any new president since Lyndon B. Johnson, a focus that has cheered civil rights activists and drawn early criticism from conservatives. In his inauguration speech, the president pledged to defeat 'white supremacy', using a burst of executive orders on Day 1 to declare that 'advancing equity, civil rights, racial justice and equal opportunity is the responsibility of the whole of our government.'}} On January 25, 2021, Biden signed an executive order that lifted the ban on transgender military service members.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Zeke |last2=Baldor |first2=Lolita C. |title=Biden to drop Trump's military transgender ban |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-biden-cabinet-lloyd-austin-confirmation-hearings-82138242acd4b6dad80ff4d82f5b7686 |access-date=January 25, 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125040130/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-biden-cabinet-lloyd-austin-confirmation-hearings-82138242acd4b6dad80ff4d82f5b7686 |url-status=live }} This reversed a memorandum imposed by Trump.{{cite news |last1=Bennet |first1=Geoff |last2=Edelman |first2=Adam |date=January 25, 2021 |title=Biden reverses Trump's transgender military ban |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-reverse-trump-s-transgender-military-ban-n1255522 |work=NBC News |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125155115/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-reverse-trump-s-transgender-military-ban-n1255522 |url-status=live }}

The Biden administration sought to put Harriet Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill.{{cite news |last1=Samuels |first1=Brett |date=January 25, 2021 |title=Biden administration will look to expedite getting Tubman on $20 bill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535716-biden-administration-will-look-to-expedite-getting-tubman-on-20-bill |work=The Hill |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125193435/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535716-biden-administration-will-look-to-expedite-getting-tubman-on-20-bill |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Rappeport |first1=Alan |date=January 25, 2021 |title=Biden's Treasury will seek to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, an effort the Trump administration halted. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/tubman-20-dollar-bill.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/tubman-20-dollar-bill.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 25, 2021}}{{cbignore}} This effort followed that of the Obama administration, which was blocked by Steven Mnuchin.{{cite news |last1=Watkins |first1=Eli |date=May 22, 2019 |title=Mnuchin punts again on putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/politics/mnuchin-pressley-harriet-tubman-20-dollar-bill/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205092250/https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/politics/mnuchin-pressley-harriet-tubman-20-dollar-bill/index.html |url-status=live }} Press secretary Psaki said it was important that U.S. money and notes reflect the "history and diversity" of the country and that putting Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill would do so.{{cite news |last1=Judd |first1=Donald |date=January 25, 2021 |title=White House recommits to getting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill after Trump delay |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/harriet-tubman-20-biden-trump-obama/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125205814/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/harriet-tubman-20-biden-trump-obama/index.html |url-status=live }}

On January 20, 2021, the Biden administration issued an Executive Order entitled Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government{{cite web |title=Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/ |website=White House |date=January 21, 2021 |access-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211082913/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/ |url-status=live }} increasing the federal government's anti-bias enforcement against government contractors. The intent is heightened investigations and audits by the Department of Justice as well as more detailed follow-up inquiries with government contractors, with an emphasis on combatting pay discrimination.{{cite news |last1=Connelly |first1=Amanda M. |title=Department of Labor Steps Up Enforcement of Anti-Bias for Government Contractors |url=https://www.natlawreview.com/article/department-labor-steps-enforcement-anti-bias-government-contractors |access-date=April 21, 2021 |work=The National Law Review |volume=XI |issue=96 |publisher=Roetzel & Andress |date=April 6, 2021 |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421023736/https://www.natlawreview.com/article/department-labor-steps-enforcement-anti-bias-government-contractors |url-status=live }} Also in January, Biden directed the U.S. Department of Justice to reduce their usage of private prisons and ordered the attorney general to not renew contracts with private prisons, citing the need to "reduce profit-based incentives" for the incarceration of racial minorities.{{cite web |last=Beitsch |first=Rebecca |date=January 26, 2021 |title=Biden directs DOJ to phase out use of private prisons |work=The Hill |access-date=January 29, 2021 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535973-biden-directs-doj-to-phase-out-use-of-private-prisons |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128182626/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535973-biden-directs-doj-to-phase-out-use-of-private-prisons |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Madhani|first=Aamer|date=January 26, 2021|title=Biden orders Justice Dept. to end use of private prisons|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-prisons-coronavirus-pandemic-c8c246f00695f37ef2afb1dd3a5f115e|website=Associated Press|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127002341/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-prisons-coronavirus-pandemic-c8c246f00695f37ef2afb1dd3a5f115e|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Tankersley|first1=Jim|last2=Karni|first2=Annie|date=January 26, 2021|title=Biden Moves to End Justice Contracts with Private Prisons|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/biden-private-prisons-justice-department.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 27, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126233858/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/biden-private-prisons-justice-department.html|url-status=live}}

Three days after the Atlanta spa shootings that killed 8 people, including 6 Asian women, Biden and Vice President Harris travelled to Atlanta. They spoke to Asian American and Pacific Islander advocates and leaders and condemned sexism, and racism against Asian Americans.{{cite web|last=Morin|first=Nicholas Wu and Rebecca|title='Our silence is complicity. We can not be complicit': Biden, Harris meet with Asian American advocates after Atlanta killings|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/19/biden-harris-travel-atlanta-meet-asian-american-leaders/4754107001/|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=USA Today|archive-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322132609/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/19/biden-harris-travel-atlanta-meet-asian-american-leaders/4754107001/|url-status=live}}

Biden made Juneteenth (June 19) a federal holiday in 2021, celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/politics/juneteenth-holiday-biden.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/politics/juneteenth-holiday-biden.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|title=Biden Signs Law Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday|last1=Karni|first1=Annie|last2=Broadwater|first2=Luke|date=June 17, 2021|work=The New York Times|access-date=19 June 2021}}{{cbignore}} In March 2022, Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. With the enactment of that legislation, lynching was made a federal hate crime for the first time in American history.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-29 |title=Joe Biden signs anti-lynching bill in historic first |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60679930 |access-date=2023-01-07 |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107190535/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60679930 |url-status=live }}

In October 2022, Biden pardoned all past federal marijuana possession charges and announced an inquiry into whether cannabis should be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.{{cite news |author=Louis Casiano |date=October 6, 2022 |title=Biden pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession |work=Fox News |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-pardoning-all-prior-federal-offenses-simple-marijuana-possession |access-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007084943/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-pardoning-all-prior-federal-offenses-simple-marijuana-possession |url-status=live }} In December 2022, Biden signed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act which was the first standalone cannabis-related bill ever passed by the United States Congress.{{Cite web |last=Fertig |first=Natalie |title=Congress sends first weed bill to Biden |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/16/congress-sends-first-weed-bill-to-biden-00068082 |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=POLITICO |date=November 16, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107185512/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/16/congress-sends-first-weed-bill-to-biden-00068082 |url-status=live }}

In January 2025, Biden declared the lapsed Equal Rights Amendment ratified as the "28th Amendment" to the constitution. However, the declaration has no formal effect{{cite news |last1=Stokols |first1=Eli |last2=Cancryn |first2=Adam |title=Biden declares the ERA the law of the land — but it likely will not matter |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/17/biden-era-amendment-004495 |access-date=17 January 2025 |publisher=Politico}}{{cite news |title=Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions |last1=Klein |first1=Betsy |last2=Saenz |first2=Arlette Saenz |date=January 17, 2025 |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/joe-biden-equal-right-amendment/index.html |access-date=January 17, 2025}} and the National Archives has said they do not intend to certify the amendment as part of the constitution, citing "established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions."{{cite press release|url=https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2025/nr25-004|title=Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Process|date=17 December 2024|access-date=17 January 2025|publisher=The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration}}

The United States Department of Agriculture unveiled efforts in 2022 to prevent anti-LGBT discrimination in food programs, including school lunch programs, resulting in 20 lawsuits from 20 Republican attorneys general.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-27 |title=Republican attorneys general sue federal government over LGBTQ school meal guidance |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/republican-attorneys-general-sue-federal-government-lgbtq-school-meal-rcna40250 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031170110/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/republican-attorneys-general-sue-federal-government-lgbtq-school-meal-rcna40250 |url-status=live }}

In December 2022, Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), required states to recognize other states' marriage certificates for LGBT Americans, and ensured some religious liberties.{{Cite web |last=Montanaro |first=Domenico |title=Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act, reflecting his and the country's evolution |website=NPR |date=December 13, 2022 |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/13/1142331501/biden-to-sign-respect-for-marriage-act-reflecting-his-and-the-countrys-evolution |access-date=August 31, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004104120/https://www.npr.org/2022/12/13/1142331501/biden-to-sign-respect-for-marriage-act-reflecting-his-and-the-countrys-evolution |url-status=live }} The bill came from a push from Democrats to codify same-sex marriage after the Dobbs decision, particularly Clarence Thomas's push to reconsider other precedents.{{Cite web |last=Breuninger |first=Kevin |date=2022-07-19 |title=House passes same-sex marriage protections in response to Roe ruling, with murky Senate path ahead |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/19/house-votes-on-same-sex-marriage-bill-after-supreme-court-roe-ruling.html |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719234455/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/19/house-votes-on-same-sex-marriage-bill-after-supreme-court-roe-ruling.html |url-status=live }}

In January 2023, the Biden administration released an "evidence agenda" for LGBTQI+ Americans to learn about "their experiences engaging with federal agencies and the disparities they face in their daily lives," as well as documenting how many LGBT people live in the United States.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-24 |title=FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases First-Ever Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity {{!}} OSTP |website=The White House |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/24/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-releases-first-ever-federal-evidence-agenda-on-lgbtqi-equity/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031163718/https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/24/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-releases-first-ever-federal-evidence-agenda-on-lgbtqi-equity/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=FEDERAL EVIDENCE AGENDA ON LGBTQI+ EQUITY |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Federal-Evidence-Agenda-on-LGBTQI-Equity.pdf |author=((Subcommittee on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Variations in Sex Characteristics (SOGI) Data)) |date=January 2023 |access-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123032132/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Federal-Evidence-Agenda-on-LGBTQI-Equity.pdf |url-status=live }}

In December 2021, the Biden administration ended a long-standing restriction on sales of abortion pills through the mail. This decision came amidst legal cases and Supreme Court decisions that jeopardized abortion access in the United States.{{Cite news|title=FDA eliminates key restriction on abortion pill as Supreme Court weighs case that challenges Roe v. Wade|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/16/abortion-pill-fda/|access-date=2021-12-16|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=December 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216222754/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/16/abortion-pill-fda/|url-status=live}}

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey on June 24, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Biden addressed the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House.{{cite web |date=2022-06-24 |title=Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/06/24/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-supreme-court-decision-to-overturn-roe-v-wade/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=The White House |language=en-US |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710040456/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/06/24/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-supreme-court-decision-to-overturn-roe-v-wade/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=President Biden Reacts to Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?521322-1/president-biden-calls-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-sad-day-court-country |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=www.c-span.org |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703112151/https://www.c-span.org/video/?521322-1/president-biden-calls-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-sad-day-court-country |url-status=live }} He mentioned that "it's a sad day ... for the country" and "with Roe gone, ... The health and life of women in this nation are now at risk." In addition, he attacked the Court saying "With this decision, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court shows how extreme it is" and "They have made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world." Regarding action, Biden stated that his administration will defend the right of women to seek an abortion in another state where abortion is legal and help protect a woman's access to contraception and abortion pills approved by the FDA. He also called on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade, saying "No executive action ... can do that.". But stated that if Congress did not have the votes to codify, that the voters would have to take action by "elect[ing] more senators and representatives who will codify a woman's right to choose into federal law."

The Biden administration rejected the call from progressives{{Cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=David |last2=Lawder |first2=David |date=2022-06-27 |title=Democratic women call on Biden, Congress to protect abortion rights |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-women-call-biden-congress-protect-federal-abortion-rights-2022-06-26/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830155754/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-women-call-biden-congress-protect-federal-abortion-rights-2022-06-26/ |url-status=live }} to allow abortions on federal land, with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying, "in states where abortion is now illegal, women and providers who are not federal employees, as you look at the federal land, could be potentially – be prosecuted."{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Kate |date=2022-06-28 |title=White House press secretary says using federal lands for abortion services would have 'dangerous ramifications' {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/28/politics/white-house-federal-lands-abortion/index.html |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830155752/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/28/politics/white-house-federal-lands-abortion/index.html |url-status=live }}

During a press conference at the 2022 Madrid NATO Summit, Biden expressed support for providing an exception to the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade.{{Cite news |last=Sprunt |first=Barbara |date=2022-06-30 |title=Biden says he supports change in Senate filibuster rules for abortion rights |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1108880746/biden-filibuster-abortion-rights |access-date=2022-07-04 |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709101913/https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1108880746/biden-filibuster-abortion-rights |url-status=live }}

The Biden administration rescinded a Trump administration policy that curtailed the use of consent decrees that had been used by previous administrations in their investigations of misconduct in police departments.{{cite news|last=Balsamo|first=Micahel|date=April 17, 2021|title=Garland rescinds Trump-era memo curtailing consent decrees|work=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/garland-rescinds-trump-era-memo-curtailing-consent-decrees-77118681|access-date=July 5, 2021|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=May 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530233018/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/garland-rescinds-trump-era-memo-curtailing-consent-decrees-77118681|url-status=live}}

Biden proposed in his fiscal 2022 budget to more than double funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program, which helps state and local governments to hire law enforcement officers.{{cite news|date=June 29, 2021|title=The continuing GOP fiction that President Biden supports defunding police|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/29/continuing-gop-fiction-that-president-biden-supports-defunding-police/|access-date=July 5, 2021|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701201428/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/29/continuing-gop-fiction-that-president-biden-supports-defunding-police/|url-status=live}}

Despite perceptions, notably by Republicans and conservative media, of a "crime crisis" of soaring violent crime under Biden, FBI data indicated the violent crime rate had declined significantly during the president's first two years in office, after a spike in 2020 during the COVID pandemic. By 2022, the violent crime rate was near a 50-year low, and preliminary data released in early 2024 indicated continuing declines in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Jacobsen |first1=Louis |title=No, crime has not 'skyrocketed' under Joe Biden, as Rep. Nancy Mace claimed |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/apr/03/nancy-mace/has-crime-skyrocketed-under-joe-biden-not-exactly/ |publisher=PolitiFact |date=April 3, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Jacobsen |first1=Louis |title=Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/28/joe-biden/joe-biden-is-correct-that-violent-crime-is-near-a/ |publisher=PolitiFact |date=May 28, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Gabbatt |first1=Adam |title=FBI data shows US crime plummeted in 2023 but experts warn report is incomplete |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/19/fbi-data-shows-us-crime-plummeted-2023 |work=The Guardian |date=March 19, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Fox News' attempt to manufacture a Biden crime crisis runs into a problem: Violent crime is down |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-attempt-manufacture-biden-crime-crisis-runs-problem-violent-crime-down |publisher=Media Matters |date=February 29, 2024}}

As of July 1, 2024 violent crime was down and homicides were on pace to drop to 2015 levels by the end of the year.{{Cite web |last=Narea |first=Nicole |date=2024-08-12 |title=Violent crime is plummeting. Why? |url=https://www.vox.com/policy/366622/violent-crime-dropping-pandemic-wave-2024 |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Pfaff |first=John |date=August 26, 2024 |title=Crime Is Down. Kamala Is Up. |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/185266/violent-crime-homicides-down-kamala-up |access-date=2024-08-27 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}

On December 23, 2024, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.{{cite news |last1=Kavi |first1=Aishvarya |title=Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump's Plan to Resume Federal Execution |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/biden-commutes-37-death-sentences.html |access-date=24 December 2024 |work=New York Times |date=24 December 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-commutes-sentences-37-of-40-federal-death-row-inmates/ | title=Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates to life in prison without possibility of parole | website=CBS News | date=December 24, 2024 }}

File:Biden delivers remarks on gun control measures.jpg and Attorney General Merrick Garland in the White House Rose Garden, April 8, 2021.]]File:President-Biden-Delivers-Remarks-on-the-Horrific-Elementary-School-Shooting-in-Uvalde -Texas.webm.]]In a national address in March 2021, after mass shootings in the Atlanta area and Boulder, Colorado, Biden advocated further gun regulations, such as a restored ban on assault weapons and a high-capacity magazine ban, as well as reinforcing preexisting background checks.{{cite news|last1=Liptak|first1=Kevin|last2=Zeleny|first2=Jeff|date=March 23, 2021|title=Biden pushes House-passed gun reforms in the wake of Colorado mass shooting|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/politics/biden-gun-control-colorado-atlanta/index.html|access-date=March 23, 2021|work=CNN|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324143909/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/politics/biden-gun-control-colorado-atlanta/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Karni|first1=Annie|last2=Edmondson|first2=Catie|date=March 23, 2021|title=Biden Seeks Assault Weapons Ban and Background Checks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/us/politics/biden-gun-control.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/us/politics/biden-gun-control.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|access-date=March 23, 2021|work=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}

After the Robb Elementary School shooting on May 24, 2022, President Biden addressed the nation.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Zeke |last2=Megerian |first2=Chris |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Biden says 'we have to act' after Texas school shooting |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-to-address-nation-over-uvalde-school-shooting-c2c414829a7397cb6e3de82636de2ba9 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531223726/https://apnews.com/article/biden-to-address-nation-over-uvalde-school-shooting-c2c414829a7397cb6e3de82636de2ba9 |url-status=live }} The next week, he again called on Congress to pass an assault weapons and high-capacity magazine ban, as well as red flag laws and other legislation.{{cite web |last=Nazaryan |first=Alexander |date=June 3, 2022 |title='Enough!': Biden calls for assault weapons ban |url=https://news.yahoo.com/enough-biden-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban-002644979.html |access-date=June 5, 2022 |website=Yahoo! News |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606023153/https://news.yahoo.com/enough-biden-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban-002644979.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Zeke |last2=Weissert |first2=Will |date=June 3, 2022 |title=Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: 'How much more carnage?' |work=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-speak-mass-shootings-urge-congress-act-85140116 |access-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606020051/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-speak-mass-shootings-urge-congress-act-85140116 |url-status=live }} As a result of the shooting, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was eventually passed by Congress and signed into law. It marked the first federal gun safety law to have been enacted in 30 years.{{Cite news |date=2022-06-24 |title=Congress passes first gun control bill in decades |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61919752 |access-date=2023-01-07 |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107184709/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61919752 |url-status=live }}

After the Colorado Springs nightclub shooting, Biden called again for an assault weapons ban.{{Cite web|date=2022-11-25|title=Emboldened Biden, Dems push ban on so-called assault weapons|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-gun-violence-colorado-shootings-f85b4b9a59e3852868950d797f79a351|access-date=2022-11-28|website=AP NEWS|language=en|archive-date=November 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128053623/https://apnews.com/article/biden-gun-violence-colorado-shootings-f85b4b9a59e3852868950d797f79a351|url-status=live}}

The Biden administration reversed the Trump administration's method of using the National Space Council to coordinate commercial, civil, and military space policies, instead using the National Security Council to issue national security memoranda instead of the Space Council's space policy directives.{{cite news |last1=Erwin |first1=Sandra |title=White House to realign responsibilities for space policy oversight |url=https://spacenews.com/white-house-to-realign-responsibilities-for-space-policy-oversight/ |access-date=February 26, 2021 |work=SpaceNews |date=February 5, 2021}} The Biden administration renewed the National Space Council, chaired by Vice President Harris,{{cite news|author=Kristin Fisher|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/harris-first-meeting-national-space-council/index.html|title=Harris to announce Biden administration's first meeting of the National Space Council|publisher=CNN|date=November 5, 2021|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115170145/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/harris-first-meeting-national-space-council/index.html|url-status=live}} "to assist the president in generating national space policies, strategies, and synchronizing America's space activities."{{cite news|author=Bryan Bender|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-defense/2021/03/29/scoop-biden-to-renew-national-space-council-794316|title=SCOOP: Biden to renew National Space Council|date=March 29, 2021|work=Politico|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117012943/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-defense/2021/03/29/scoop-biden-to-renew-national-space-council-794316|url-status=live}} Harris held meetings with the leaders of five countries to discuss international cooperation on space issues.

The Biden administration continued the Artemis program to send people back to the Moon.{{cite news |last1=Foust |first1=Jeff |date=February 4, 2021 |title=White House endorses Artemis program |url=https://spacenews.com/white-house-endorses-artemis-program/ |work=SpaceNews |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-date=February 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208021759/https://spacenews.com/white-house-endorses-artemis-program/ |url-status=live }} The administration also emphasized the role of NASA in studying climate change.{{cite news|author1=Bryan Bender|author2=Jonathan Custodio|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/31/climate-change-space-satellites-517773|title='It is a game changer': Waging war on climate change from space|date=October 31, 2021|work=Politico|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117012945/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/31/climate-change-space-satellites-517773|url-status=live}}

Biden appointed Bill Nelson, an astronaut and former U.S. senator, to the post of NASA administrator. Nelson was confirmed unanimously by the Senate in April 2021.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-bill-nelson-florida-business-bills-8ff8e26d4cb76f81d9cc5da3e96cb149|title=Senate confirms former Florida Sen. Bill Nelson to lead NASA|date=April 29, 2021|work=Associated Press|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117012934/https://apnews.com/article/politics-bill-nelson-florida-business-bills-8ff8e26d4cb76f81d9cc5da3e96cb149|url-status=live}}

In April 2021, as part of his first annual budget request, Biden proposed a $24.8 billion budget for NASA in 2022, a $1.5 billion increase on what Congress allocated to 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.space.com/biden-nasa-2022-budget-request|title=Biden proposes $24.7 billion NASA budget in 2022 to support moon exploration and more|publisher=Space.com|date=April 9, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410002136/https://www.space.com/biden-nasa-2022-budget-request|url-status=live}} The proposal includes funding for the Artemis program for a new crewed Moon landing mission. The proposal also included a 12.5% increase for NASA's Earth Science Division, as well as a 22% increase for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which operates a fleet of weather satellites; both measures aimed to use space tools to study and mitigate climate change.

On December 1, 2021, Biden announced his new framework for US space policy, the United States Space Priorities Framework, which explains Biden's approach for commercial, civil, and military space activity.{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2021 |title=UNITED STATES SPACE PRIORITIES FRAMEWORK |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/01/united-states-space-priorities-framework/ |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=The White House |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926082900/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/01/united-states-space-priorities-framework/ |url-status=live }} There is a new emphasis on combating climate change and investing in STEM education.

On July 29, 2024, Biden announced a plan to reform the Supreme Court of the United States. The plan called for three major changes. The first was an amendment to the Constitution, the No One Is Above the Law Amendment, which would eliminate immunity for presidents. This would effectively reverse the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States. Second, Biden laid out a plan for creating term limits for Supreme Court justices. Under his plan, every two years presidents would appoint justices to 18 year terms. Lastly, he pushed for "a binding code of conduct" to replace the Supreme Court's existing self-enforced ethics code.{{Cite news |date=2024-07-29 |title=Opinion {{!}} Joe Biden: My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/29/joe-biden-reform-supreme-court-presidential-immunity-plan-announcement/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

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On January 22, 2021, Biden signed his first bill, H.R. 335 into law, providing a waiver to the law preventing appointment of a Secretary of Defense who had been on active duty in the armed forces within the past seven years;{{cite web|title=Bill Signing: H.R. 335 |website=The White House |date=January 22, 2021 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2021/01/22/bill-signing-hr-335/ |access-date=January 22, 2021}} this was the third time such a waiver was granted by Congress. Retired army four-star general Lloyd Austin was confirmed by the Senate in a 93–2 vote that same day, making Austin the first African-American Defense Secretary.{{cite news |last1=Foran |first1=Clare |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/lloyd-austin-senate-vote-confirmation/index.html |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=CNN}}{{cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Jason |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Biden signs first bill into law as President, granting a waiver to his Defense pick |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/president-joe-biden-news-01-22-20/h_5cd510d89040f6be531921b3f7ac077d |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=CNN }}

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Austin said his number one priority was to assist COVID-19 relief efforts, pledging he would "quickly review the Department's contributions to COVID-19 relief efforts, ensuring that we're doing everything that we can to help distribute vaccines across the country and to vaccinate our troops and preserve readiness."{{cite news |title=Watch: Gen. Lloyd Austin's full opening statement in Senate confirmation hearing |url=https://www.wpbstv.org/watch-gen-lloyd-austins-full-opening-statement-in-senate-confirmation-hearing/ |work=WPBS |date=January 19, 2021}}

On February 10, 2021, Biden visited the Pentagon for the first time as president.{{cite news |last1=Holland|first1=Steve|last2=Stewart|first2=Phil|title=In Pentagon debut, Biden promises break from Trump-era politicization of military |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-defense-idUSKBN2AA2X2 |work=Reuters |date=February 10, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021}} In remarks to service members alongside Vice President Kamala Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Biden announced a U.S. Department of Defense-led China task force "to provide a baseline assessment of department policies, programs and processes in regard to the challenge China poses."{{cite web |title=Biden Announces DOD China Task Force |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2500271/biden-announces-dod-china-task-force/ |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}

On June 18, 2021, the administration removed eight MIM-104 Patriot anti-missile batteries from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, and Iraq, removed the THAAD anti-missile defense system from Saudi Arabia, and announced that most jet squadrons and hundreds of American troops would be withdrawn from the region. The changes come in light of both de-escalating tensions with Iran and the administration changing its focus on countering China.{{cite news|last1=Gordon|first1=Michael R.|last2=Lubold|first2=Gordon|last3=Youssef|first3=Nancy A.|date=June 18, 2021|title=U.S. Military to Withdraw Hundreds of Troops, Aircraft, Antimissile Batteries From Middle East|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-military-to-withdraw-hundreds-of-troops-aircraft-antimissile-batteries-from-middle-east-11624045575|access-date=July 5, 2021|issn=0099-9660}}

After taking office, Biden heavily restricted the use of armed drones and drone strikes.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/us/politics/biden-drones.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/us/politics/biden-drones.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|title=Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones|access-date=December 8, 2021|date=March 3, 2021|work=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-administration-curtails-drone-strikes-amid-major-policy-review-nyt-2021-3|title=Biden administration curtails drone strikes amid major policy review|access-date=December 8, 2021|date=March 4, 2021|work=Business Insider|author=Charles Davis}} After Biden's first year in office, drone strikes had hit a 20-year low and were heavily limited by the administration.{{cite web|url=https://theweek.com/foreign-policy/1007579/biden-nearly-ended-the-drone-war-and-nobody-noticed|title=Why U.S. Drone Strikes Are at an All-Time Low|access-date=December 8, 2021|date=July 1, 2021|author=Michael Hirsh|work=Foreign Policy}}{{cite web|url=https://theweek.com/foreign-policy/1007579/biden-nearly-ended-the-drone-war-and-nobody-noticed|title=Biden nearly ended the drone war, and nobody noticed|access-date=December 8, 2021|date=December 1, 2021|author=Ryan Cooper|work=The Week}}

File:230929-D-LS763-1036 (53229051939).jpg at the welcoming ceremony for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr. (left) on September 29, 2023. Outgoing chairman General Mark Milley (right) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (center-right) are present.]]

In October 2023, President Biden asked Congress for nearly $106 billion in funding for Israel, Ukraine, countering China in the Indo-Pacific, and operations on the southern U.S. border.{{cite news |title=Biden asks Congress for $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, U.S. border |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/10/20/biden-budget-request-ukraine-israel-border |work=Axios |date=Oct 20, 2023}} Biden signed a record $886 billion defense spending bill into law on December 22, 2023.{{cite news |title=Biden signs record $886 billion defense bill into law |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/12/23/biden-billions-defense-israel-ukraine-ndaa |work=Axios |date=December 23, 2023}}{{cite news |title=Biden signs defense policy bill, extending controversial spying program |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/22/biden-defense-bill-spying-program-00133124 |work=Politico |date=December 22, 2023}}

Biden has said the U.S. needs to "get tough" on China and build "a united front of U.S. allies and partners to confront China's abusive behaviors and human rights violations."{{cite magazine |title=Why America Must Lead Again |last=Biden |first=Joseph R. |magazine=Foreign Affairs |date=January 23, 2020 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |url= https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-01-23/why-america-must-lead-again}} He described China as the "most serious competitor" that poses challenges on the "prosperity, security, and democratic values" of the U.S.{{cite web |title=Remarks by President Biden on America's Place in the World |publisher=The White House |date=February 4, 2021 |access-date=February 6, 2021 |url= https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/02/04/remarks-by-president-biden-on-americas-place-in-the-world/}}

Biden nominated Antony Blinken to serve as Secretary of State who took office on January 26, 2021.{{cite news |last1=Hansler |first1=Jennifer |date=January 26, 2021 |title=Antony Blinken sworn in as Biden's secretary of state |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/blinken-confirmation-secretary-of-state/index.html |access-date=January 28, 2021 |work=CNN}}{{cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Brittany|date=January 20, 2021|title=Incoming Secretary of State Backs Pompeo's Uyghur Genocide Designation|work=National Review|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/incoming-secretary-of-state-backs-pompeos-uyghur-genocide-designation/}} During his nomination hearing, Blinken said that previous optimistic approaches to China were flawed,{{cite web |last1=Mauldin |first1=William |last2=Gordon |first2=Michael R. |date=January 20, 2021 |title=Blinken Backs Tough Approach to China, Says Will Work With GOP |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/blinken-to-address-u-s-rivalry-with-china-russia-in-senate-hearing-11611069439?mod=article_inline |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=January 28, 2021 }} and that Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, "was right in taking a tougher approach to China" but he "disagree[s] very much with the way [Trump] went about it in a number of areas." He endorsed former secretary of state Mike Pompeo's report that China is committing a genocide against Uyghur Muslims.

File:Secretary Blinken Meets With Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang (51647860110).jpg meets with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on October 31, 2021.]]

In March 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and other administration officials met with the Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, and other Chinese officials in Alaska with heated exchanges on China's human rights abuses, cyberattacks, its threats against Taiwan, its crackdown in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and other issues of U.S. interest. The Chinese side countered: "The U.S. does not have the qualification to speak to China from a position of strength [and] does not serve as a model to others [and] China's development and strengthening is unstoppable."{{cite web |title=Bitter Alaska Meeting Complicates Already Shaky U.S.-China Ties |last=Mauldin |first=William |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 19, 2021 |access-date=March 20, 2021 |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitter-alaska-meeting-complicates-already-shaky-u-s-china-ties-11616185669}}{{cite news|date=March 19, 2021|title=US and China trade angry words at high-level Alaska talks|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56452471|access-date=March 20, 2021}}

The Washington Post reported that the Biden administration got "a taste of China's 'wolf warrior' diplomacy" during the first meeting with its Chinese counterpart, which was "remarkably undiplomatic", adding "China's diplomats appeared more forceful than they had been in any public meeting during President Trump's term."{{cite web |title=The Biden administration gets a taste of China's 'wolf warrior' diplomacy |last1=Taylor |first1=Adam |last2=Rauhala |first2=Emily |newspaper=Washington Post |date=March 19, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/19/biden-blinken-china-wolf-warrior/}} The Atlantic published an article saying that the Biden team "flushed Beijing's true intentions out into the open for the world to see", quoting a senior administration official's comment that it is "increasingly difficult to argue that we don't know what China wants."{{cite web |title=The U.S. and China Finally Get Real With Each Other |last=Wright |first=Thomas |magazine=The Atlantic |date=March 21, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/the-us-and-china-finally-get-real-with-each-other/618345/}}

In April 2021, it was reported that the Biden administration was rallying U.S. allies in consideration of a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The U.S. Department of State spokesman Ned Price told reporters that a joint boycott "is something that we certainly wish to discuss."{{cite web |title=U.S. considering joining boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics, State Department says |last=Macias |first=Amanda |publisher=CNBC |date= April 6, 2021|access-date=April 6, 2021 |url= https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/06/us-considering-joining-boycott-of-2022-beijing-olympics.html }}

In May 2021, the administration removed Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi from the Chinese military blacklist, reversing the previous administration's decision.{{cite web|date=May 12, 2021|title=Xiaomi Removed from US Blacklist by Biden Administration, Reversing Late China Jab by Donald Trump|url=https://www.news18.com/news/tech/xiaomi-removed-from-us-blacklist-by-biden-administration-reversing-late-china-jab-by-donald-trump-3731582.html|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=News 18}}

On June 3, 2021, Biden announced an executive order that would come into effect from August 2, and ban Americans from investing into 59 Chinese firms, including Huawei. Before it was announced, China said it would retaliate against it.{{cite news|date=June 3, 2021|title=Biden expands US investment ban on Chinese firms|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57334265|access-date=July 5, 2021}}

In October 2021, Biden said he is concerned about Chinese hypersonic missiles, days after China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile that circled the globe before speeding towards its target.{{cite news |title=Biden airs hypersonic missile fears as probable ambassador labels China 'untrustworthy' |url=https://www.dw.com/en/biden-airs-hypersonic-missile-fears-as-probable-ambassador-labels-china-untrustworthy/a-59568428 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=20 October 2021}}

In December 2021, a coalition of Jewish organizations, including the American Jewish Committee and the Rabbinical Assembly, issued an open letter to Biden urging additional action in response to what they describe as an Uyghur genocide.{{Cite news|last=Allen-Ebrahimian|first=Bethany|date=December 14, 2021|title=Jewish groups urge Biden to take action on Uyghur genocide|work=Axios|url=https://www.axios.com/jewish-groups-biden-uyghur-genocide-58533ec3-158f-4db0-aa60-c230f6c6e787.html}}{{Cite web|url=https://images.shulcloud.com/1039/uploads/OpenLetterfromtheJewishCommunitytoPresidentBidenontheUyghurGenocide.pdf|title=Open Letter from the Jewish Community to President Biden on the Uyghur Genocide}}

File:President Biden met with President Xi of the PRC before the 2022 G20 Bali Summit.jpg Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit on November 14, 2022.]]

File:President Joe Biden meeting President Xi Jinping at APEC Peru 2024.jpg Xi Jinping at the APEC Summit on November 16, 2024.]]

In late January and early February 2023, U.S. and Canadian defense officials were tracking a China-operated high-altitude balloon that had been seen hovering in North American airspace.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Matthew |date=February 4, 2023 |title=Chinese balloon soars across US; Blinken scraps Beijing trip |work=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-antony-blinken-china-314302278a5f05bdc2df146ed5b35ec6 |access-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205001417/https://apnews.com/article/politics-antony-blinken-china-314302278a5f05bdc2df146ed5b35ec6 |url-status=live}} The balloon's first reported sighting was on February 1, 2023, when a commercial airliner reported flying in close proximity to it.{{Cite news |date=February 2, 2023 |title=Chinese Spy Balloon Tracked Over U.S. This Week |language=en-US |website=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-spy-balloon-seen-over-u-s-this-weekofficials-11675376397 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-02-10 |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210054610/https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-spy-balloon-seen-over-u-s-this-weekofficials-11675376397 |url-status=live }} Biden ordered the U.S. Air Force to shoot down the balloon on February 4, on the possibility of it being a surveillance device, when it was spotted over territorial waters near South Carolina;{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Matthew |last2=Pollard |first2=James |date=February 5, 2023 |title=Eyes on the sky as Chinese balloon shot down over Atlantic |language=en-US |work=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-montana-north-carolina-302134762e8aeae53314ebd9fdb327e4 |url-status=live |access-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205125306/https://apnews.com/article/politics-montana-north-carolina-302134762e8aeae53314ebd9fdb327e4 |archive-date=February 5, 2023}} at 2:39 p.m. that day, the balloon was downed by an F-22 Raptor that had departed from Langley Air Force Base.{{cite news |first1=Randall |last1=Hill |first2=Phil |last2=Stewart |first3=Jeff |last3=Mason |date=February 4, 2023 |title=U.S. fighter jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon |language=en-US |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-us-is-going-take-care-of-chinese-balloon-2023-02-04/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204224852/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-us-is-going-take-care-of-chinese-balloon-2023-02-04/ |url-status=live}} In response to the downing of the balloon, China admitted it belonged to them, but claimed the balloon was a weather device that had been blown off course.{{Cite news|url=https://ijr.com/china-issues-statement-following-reports-balloon/|website=Independent Journal Review|title=China Issues Statement Following Reports of a Suspected Spy Balloon Over Montana|first=Savannah|last=Rychcik|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=February 5, 2023|archive-date=February 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203160942/https://ijr.com/china-issues-statement-following-reports-balloon/|url-status=live}} Chinese officials accused the U.S. of indiscriminately using force against the civilian airship in violation of international law. The incident increased tensions between the U.S. and China.{{cite news |last1=Hansler |first1=Jennifer |last2=Liptak |first2=Kevin |last3=Herb |first3=Jeremy |last4=Atwood |first4=Kylie |last5=Sciutto |first5=Kylie |last6=Liebermann |first6=Oren |date=February 3, 2023 |title=Blinken postpones trip to Beijing after Chinese spy balloon spotted over US, officials say |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/politics/china-us-balloon-intl/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204022758/https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/politics/china-us-balloon-intl/index.html |archive-date=February 4, 2023}} On February 9, Biden stated that he did not believe that relations with China will be negatively affected by his decision to shoot down the balloon.{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Mark |date=February 9, 2023 |title=Biden says China spy balloon won't hurt Xi relations — draws Chinese rebuke |publisher=The New York Post |url=https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/biden-says-chinese-spy-balloon-wont-damage-us-china-relations/}} The incident did prompt Secretary Blinken to delay a diplomatic visit to Beijing.{{cite news |last1=Cadell |first1=Cate |last2=Hudson |first2=John |last3=Abutaleb |first3=Yasmeen |title=Blinken postpones China trip as suspected spy balloon detected over U.S. |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/03/blinken-postpones-china-trip-suspected-spy-balloon-detected-over-us |url-access=limited |access-date=February 5, 2023}}

In December 2022, Biden signed the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, prohibiting the use of TikTok on devices owned by the federal government, due to national security concerns related to the app's origin in China.{{cite news |last=Ingram |first=David |date=30 December 2022 |title=Biden signs TikTok ban for government devices, setting up a chaotic 2023 for the app |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tiktok-ban-biden-government-college-state-federal-security-privacy-rcna63724 |url-status=live |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101212713/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tiktok-ban-biden-government-college-state-federal-security-privacy-rcna63724 |archive-date=1 January 2023}} In April 2024, Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,{{cite web |date=24 April 2024 |title=Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban package after Republican battle |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-battle-with-republicans-biden-sign-ukraine-aid-package-2024-04-24/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |publisher=Reuters |language=en}} which would ban social networking services within 270 to 360 days if they are determined by the president and relevant provisions to be a "foreign adversary controlled application"; the definition covers websites and application software, including mobile apps.{{cite web |title=Restricting TikTok (Part II): Legislative Proposals and Considerations for Congress |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10942 |publisher=Congressional Research Service |pages=1; 4–6}}{{cite web |title=Regulation of TikTok Under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act: Analysis of Selected Legal Issues |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB11127 |publisher=Congressional Research Service |pages=14–15; 21–26}}{{cite web |title=TikTok: Frequently Asked Questions and Issues for Congress |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R48023 |publisher=Congressional Research Service |pages=3–5}} The act explicitly applies to ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries—including TikTok—without the need for additional determination, with the company to become compliant by January 19, 2025. It ceases to be applicable if the foreign adversary controlled application is divested and no longer considered to be controlled by a foreign adversary of the United States.{{Cite web |date=13 March 2024 |title=House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-bill-that-could-lead-to-a-tiktok-ban-fight-shifts-to-the-senate.html |access-date=13 March 2024 |website=CNBC}}{{Cite web |last1=Peller |first1=Lauren |last2=Hutzler |first2=Alexandra |last3=El-Bawab |first3=Nadine |date=20 April 2024 |title=House approves $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-vote-foreign-aid-bills-ukraine-israel/story?id=109429499 |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Peller |first1=Lauren |last2=Pecorin |first2=Allison |last3=Beth Hensley |first3=Sarah |last4=Hutzler |first4=Alexandra |date=23 April 2024 |title=Senate passes $95B foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan: What's next? |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-returns-95b-foreign-aid-package-ukraine-israel/story?id=109506150 |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=ABC News |language=en}} TikTok challenged the law in TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, where both the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the law as constitutional. On January 18, 2025, less than two hours before the bill went into effect in the United States, TikTok became unavailable across the country, with the Biden administration calling the ban a "stunt" by TikTok.{{Cite web |last=Lawler |first=Richard |date=2025-01-19 |title=TikTok is down in the US |url=https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24346961/tiktok-shut-down-banned-in-the-us |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Verge |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-19 |title=TikTok makes app unavailable for U.S. users ahead of ban |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tiktok-makes-app-unavailable-us-users-ahead-ban-rcna188294 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=RedNote: Americans and Chinese share jokes on 'alternative TikTok' as US ban looms |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c983lr756xwo |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.bbc.com |date=January 17, 2025 |language=en-GB}}

On 18 September 2022, it was reported by Reuters that "Joe Biden said U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement on the issue, drawing an angry response from China that said it sent the wrong signal to those seeking an independent Taiwan." The policy was stated in contrast to Biden's previous exclusion of boots-on-the-ground and planes-in-the-air for U.S. support for Ukraine in its current conflict with Russia.Reuters. September 19, 2022. "Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion". By David Brunnstrom and Trevor Hunnicutt. [https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-us-forces-would-defend-taiwan-event-chinese-invasion-2022-09-18/]

The Biden administration has maintained the sanctions against Cuba that were issued by the first Trump administration, despite one of Biden's campaign promises being to lift restrictions against the country.{{cite news|last=O'Grady|first=Mary Anastasia|date=2021-09-06|title=Opinion {{!}} A Sanction Worth Lifting in Cuba|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanction-cuba-fishing-communists-protests-dollar-remittance-let-cubans-live-petition-emily-mendrala-biden-administration-11630938612|access-date=2021-09-13 |issn=0099-9660}}{{cite web|title=Over 100 Democrats urge Biden to engage with Cuba, lift restrictions|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/100-democrats-urge-biden-engage-cuba-lift-restrictions-rcna9072|access-date=2022-01-19|website=NBC News|date=December 17, 2021|language=en}}

In June 2021, the Biden administration continued America's tradition of voting against an annual United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.{{cite web|last=Nichols|first=Michelle|date=2021-06-23|title=U.S. again votes against U.N. call to end Cuba embargo|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-continues-vote-against-un-call-end-cuba-embargo-2021-06-23/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Reuters|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717142627/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-continues-vote-against-un-call-end-cuba-embargo-2021-06-23/}} The resolution was adopted for the 29th time with 184 votes in favor, three abstentions, and two no votes: the U.S. and Israel.{{cite web|date=2021-06-23|title=UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo for 29th consecutive year|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1094612|access-date=2021-07-27 |website=UN News|language=en|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714185126/https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1094612|url-status=live}}

In July 2021, protesters gathered in front of the White House and demonstrators called on President Joe Biden to take action in Cuba.{{cite web|last=Rouh|first=Alex J.|date=2021-07-26|title=Protesters clash in front of White House over Cuba crisis, demand Biden increase pressure|url=https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-clash-front-white-house-over-cuba-crisis-demand-biden-increase-pressure-1613257|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Newsweek|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727044008/https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-clash-front-white-house-over-cuba-crisis-demand-biden-increase-pressure-1613257|url-status=live}} The Biden administration sanctioned a key Cuban official and a government special forces unit known as the Boinas Negras for human rights abuses in the wake of historic protests on the island.{{cite web|author1=Kylie Atwood|author2=Patrick Oppmann|author3=Jennifer Hansler|date=2021-07-22|title=Biden administration sanctions Cuban regime in wake of protests |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/politics/biden-cuba-sanctions/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27 |website=CNN|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727052135/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/politics/biden-cuba-sanctions/index.html|url-status=live}} On July 22, 2021, directly before hosting a meeting with Cuban American leaders,{{cite web|title=U.S. announces Cuba sanctions as Biden meets with Cuban American leaders |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-announces-cuba-sanctions-biden-meets-cuban-american-leaders-rcna1567|access-date=2021-09-13 |website=NBC News|date=July 31, 2021 |language=en}} President Biden stated "I unequivocally condemn the mass detentions and sham trials that are unjustly sentencing to prison those who dared to speak out in an effort to intimidate and threaten the Cuban people into silence."{{cite web|date=2021-07-22|title=Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Continuing Crackdown in Cuba|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/22/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-continuing-crackdown-in-cuba/|access-date=2021-07-27 |website=The White House|language=en-US|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726233652/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/22/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-continuing-crackdown-in-cuba/|url-status=live}} President Biden has also ordered government specialists to develop ideas for the U.S. to unilaterally extend internet access on the island, and he has promised to enhance backing for Cuban dissidents.{{Cite news |last1=Londoño |first1=Ernesto |last2=Robles |first2=Frances |date=2021-08-09 |title=Biden Ramps Up Pressure on Cuba, Abandoning Obama's Approach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/world/americas/cuba-government-biden-pressure.html |access-date=2021-08-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830113640/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/world/americas/cuba-government-biden-pressure.html |url-status=live }}

In August 2021, Biden sanctioned three additional Cuban officials who were also reportedly involved in the suppression of anti-government protesters in Cuba.{{cite web|title=U.S. sanctions more Cuban officials; Mayorkas meets with Cuban Americans|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-sanctions-cuban-officials-mayorkas-meets-cuban-americans-rcna1722|access-date=2021-09-13|website=NBC News|date=August 20, 2021 |language=en}}

In December 2021, 114 Democratic House members signed a letter that urged President Biden to lift restrictions and sanctions against Cuba in order to make their access to food and medicine easier.

In January 2022, Biden again sanctioned Cuba officials, this time placing travel restrictions on eight members of the Cuban government.{{cite web|title=Biden administration slaps US travel bans on 8 Cuban officials|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/6/biden-administration-slaps-us-travel-ban-on-eight-cuban-officials|access-date=2022-01-19 |website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}

In May 2022, the Biden administration lifted some of the sanctions, with policy changes such as expansion of flights to Cuba and resumption of a family reunification program. In January 2023, the Biden administration made changes to its immigration policy, to limit the amount of Cuban migrants entering the United States.

In the final week of his presidency, the Biden administration removed Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list, in concert with a prisoner exchange, brokered by the Vatican.{{Cite web |last=Smolinski |first=Paulina |date=2025-01-14 |title=Biden to lift Cuba's designation as terror sponsor in exchange for release of prisoners - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-lifting-cuba-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-designation/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

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File:President Joe Biden with President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman Abdullah Abdullah.jpg and chairman Abdullah Abdullah, June 2021]]

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In February 2020, the Trump administration made a deal with the Taliban to completely withdraw U.S. forces by May 1, 2021.{{cite news |last1=Sanger |first1=David |title=For Biden, Images of Defeat He Wanted to Avoid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/politics/afghanistan-biden.html |access-date=August 16, 2021 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210816031133/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/politics/afghanistan-biden.html |date=August 15, 2021 |url-status=live }} In April 2021, President Biden formally announced that American troops would instead withdraw from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, which would signal an end to the U.S.'s longest war.{{cite web|last=Macias|first=Amanda|date=April 14, 2021|title='It is time to end America's longest war' — Biden announces U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/14/biden-announces-us-troops-to-leave-afghanistan-by-sept-11.html|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=CNBC}} According to Princeton professor Julian E. Zelizer, Biden "clearly learned a great deal from his time in the Obama presidency", and demonstrated that "he is a politician capable of learning and evolving, contrary to some of the skeptics in the primaries who thought he didn't understand how politics had changed." According to Washington Post journalist Steven Levingston, "Obama listened to military leaders who advised him that withdrawal would be a mistake. Biden, meanwhile, was the top administration official arguing for a much more limited role for American forces in Afghanistan. Later, Biden would go on to say that he could tell by Obama's 'body language' that he agreed with that assessment — even though he ultimately rejected it."{{cite news|last=Nazaryan|first=Alexander|date=April 14, 2021|url=https://news.yahoo.com/biden-breaks-with-obama-as-well-as-trump-on-everything-from-afghanistan-to-spending-211954060.html|title=Biden breaks with Obama, as well as Trump, on everything from Afghanistan to spending|agency=Yahoo|access-date=July 5, 2021}}

Soon after the withdrawal of U.S. troops started, the Taliban launched an offensive against the Afghan government, quickly advancing in front of a collapsing Afghan Armed Forces.{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Nic |title=Afghanistan is disintegrating fast as Biden's troop withdrawal continues |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/24/asia/afghanistan-taliban-offensive-intl-cmd/index.html |work=CNN|date= June 24, 2021}}{{cite news |title=Afghanistan stunned by scale and speed of security forces' collapse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/13/afghanistan-stunned-by-scale-and-speed-of-security-forces-collapse |work=The Guardian |date=July 13, 2021}} President Biden defended the withdrawal, saying "I trust the capacity of the Afghan military, who is better trained, better equipped and ... more competent in terms of conducting war."{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Wajahat |title=Biden defends Afghanistan pullout as Taliban gain ground |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Biden-defends-Afghanistan-pullout-as-Taliban-gain-ground |work=Nikkei Asia |date=July 9, 2021}}

By early July 2021, most of the American troops in Afghanistan were withdrawn. Biden addressed the withdrawal, stating that: "The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely." On August 15, amid an offensive by the Taliban, the Afghan government collapsed, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country and Kabul fell to the Taliban.{{cite news |title=Biden defends 'messy' US pullout from Afghanistan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58238497 |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=BBC News |date=August 17, 2021}} Biden reacted by ordering 6,000 American troops to assist in the evacuation of American personnel and Afghan allies.{{cite news |last1=Prakash |first1=Nidhi |title=Joe Biden Blamed Afghan Leaders For Giving Up As The Taliban Took Control |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/biden-afghanistan-speech-taliban-take-over |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=Buzzfeed News |date=August 16, 2021}} He has been criticized over the manner of the American withdrawal.

On August 16, Biden addressed the "messy" situation, taking responsibility for it ("the buck stops with me"), and admitting that the situation "unfolded more quickly than we had anticipated".{{cite news |last1=Watson |first1=Kathryn |title=Biden says "buck stops with me" and defends Afghanistan withdrawal |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-afghanistan-taliban-watch-live-stream-today-2021-08-16/ |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=CBS News |date=August 16, 2021}} He defended his decision to withdraw, saying that Americans should not be "dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves", since the "Afghan military collapsed [against the Taliban], sometimes without trying to fight".{{cite news |last1=Blake |first1=Aaron |title=Biden says the 'buck stops with me' — while pinning blame on Trump and many Afghans |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/16/biden-says-buck-stops-with-me-while-pinning-blame-trump-lots-afghans/ |access-date=August 17, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 16, 2021}} Biden partly attributed the lack of early evacuation of Afghan civilians to the Afghan government's opposition of a "mass exodus" which they thought would cause a "crisis of confidence".

File:President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are briefed by their national security team.jpg with the National Security Council, August 2021]]

On August 26, a suicide attack was carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan Province at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, killing more than 170 people, including at least 62 Afghan civilians, 13 US service members, two British nationals and the child of a third British national.{{cite news|date=25 August 2021|title=Explosion outside Kabul airport|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-58279900|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826145526/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-58279900|archive-date=26 August 2021}}{{cite news|date=27 August 2021|title=British victims of Kabul terror attack: Foreign Secretary's statement|work=Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-victims-of-kabul-terror-attack-foreign-secretarys-statement|url-status=live|access-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827155143/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-victims-of-kabul-terror-attack-foreign-secretarys-statement|archive-date=27 August 2021}} Biden made a public address after the attack, in which he honored the American service members who were killed, calling them "heroes" and saying they lost their lives "in the service of liberty", and stated that the US had evacuated more than 100,000 Americans, Afghans, and others. He expressed deep sorrow for the Afghan victims as well. Biden said to those who wished harm upon the US that "we will hunt you down and make you pay."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/us/politics/biden-afghanistan-speech-transcript.html|title=Transcript of Biden's Speech After Kabul Airport Attack|work=The New York Times|date=August 26, 2021}}{{Cite news|title=Israeli PM and Biden postpone meeting because of Afghanistan|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/israeli-pm-to-make-case-to-biden-against-iran-nuclear-pact/2021/08/26/821b336c-0624-11ec-b3c4-c462b1edcfc8_story.html|access-date=2021-08-28|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828005715/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/israeli-pm-to-make-case-to-biden-against-iran-nuclear-pact/2021/08/26/821b336c-0624-11ec-b3c4-c462b1edcfc8_story.html}} Biden received increasingly harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress, with Republicans calling for his resignation or for his impeachment.{{cite web|date=2021-08-27|title=Pentagon warns of further attacks as Biden condemned over Afghan pullout|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/27/pentagon-afghanistan-further-attacks-joe-biden|access-date=2021-08-28|website=The Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Allen|first=Nick|date=2021-08-27|title=Democrats distance themselves from Joe Biden as anger mounts in wake of Kabul bombings|language=en-GB|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/27/democrats-distance-joe-biden-anger-mounts-wake-kabul-bombings/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/27/democrats-distance-joe-biden-anger-mounts-wake-kabul-bombings/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite news|last=Allen|first=Nick|date=2021-08-26|title='Impeach Joe Biden': Republican fury grows over Afghanistan debacle|language=en-GB|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/26/impeach-joe-biden-republican-fury-grows-afghanistan-debacle/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/26/impeach-joe-biden-republican-fury-grows-afghanistan-debacle/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}

After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Biden administration froze about $9 billion in assets belonging to the Afghan central bank, blocking the Taliban from accessing these billions of dollars in reserves held in U.S. bank accounts.{{cite news |title=Taliban blames U.S. as 1 million Afghan kids face death by starvation |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-taliban-blames-us-as-1-million-kids-face-starvation/ |work=CBS News |date=20 October 2021}}{{cite news|author=Jeff Stein|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/08/17/treasury-taliban-money-afghanistan/|title=Biden administration freezes billions of dollars in Afghan reserves, depriving Taliban of cash|newspaper=Washington Post|date=August 17, 2021}}

In February 2022, Biden signed an executive order that seeks to unfreeze approximately $3.5 billion of Afghan assets in the U.S. for the purpose of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.{{Cite news|last=Naylor|first=Brian|date=2022-02-11|title=Biden signs executive order to try to free up frozen Afghan assets for aid|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/02/11/1080086260/biden-executive-order-frozen-afghan-assets|access-date=2022-02-11}}

On July 31, 2022, Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in Kabul by an American drone strike approved by Biden.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader |date=1 August 2022 |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Cooper |first2=Helene |last3=Barnes |first3=Julian |last4=Schmitt |first4=Eric |work=The New York Times |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801215209/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |url-status=live }}

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File:President Joe Biden and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa shake hands in the Oval Office.jpg Cyril Ramaphosa, September 16, 2022]]

Biden hosted a three-day U.S.-Africa summit in Washington in December 2022, attended by 49 African national leaders.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63982818 US-Africa summit: Joe Biden says US is 'all in' on Africa's future], BBC News (December 15, 2022). The meeting was the first such summit since 2014.Declan Walsh, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/world/africa/biden-african-leaders-summit.html Biden Courts African Leaders, but Some Are Skeptical of Big Promises], New York Times (December 15, 2022). The leaders of every African nation in good standing with the African Union (AU), except Eritrea, were invited to the summit. The leaders of African nations not in good standing with the AU (mostly those who had come to power through military coups) were also not invited.

At the summit, Biden announced U.S. support for the AU joining the G20 group of major economies, a long-sought goal for Africa.Jeff Mason, Daphne Psaledakis and Andrea Shalal, [https://www.reuters.com/world/us-provide-165-million-support-elections-governance-africa-2022-12-15/ Biden announces U.S. support for African Union joining G20], Reuters (December 15, 2022). The summit was part of a broader effort by the U.S. to rebuild U.S.-African relations and counter Chinese influence on the continent. During the summit, the administration announced $800 million in new deals with Cisco Systems and Cybastion to combat cyberthreats targeting Africa, a bid to blunt the dominance of the Chinese firm Huawei in Africa.Peter Baker and Declan Walsh, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/us/politics/biden-us-africa-summit.html Biden Aims to Inject New Energy Into U.S. Relations With African Nations], New York Times (December 14, 2022). The administration also signed a memorandum of understanding in support of the African Continental Free Trade Area to reduce trade barriers in Africa, and committed $55 billion to Africa over the next three years, focused on preexisting U.S. initiatives, such as the trade-focused Prosper Africa and Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, as well as the Power Africa initiative, which aims to increase connections of Africans to the electric grid. The administration also emphasized initiatives in technology and cybersecurity, health, clean energy and the environment, and other areas. Biden committed an additional $2 billion for emergency humanitarian aid and $11 billion for food security programs in Africa. The administration also expanded ties with West Africa, including support for infrastructure improvements at the Benin seaport of Cotonou, a key part of the West African economy.[https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-with-beninese-president-patrice-talon-and-nigerien-president-mohamed-bazoum-at-the-regional-compact-signing/ Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Beninese President Patrice Talon and Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum at the Regional Compact Signing], U.S. Department of State (December 14, 2022). Biden appointed a longtime U.S. diplomat, Johnnie Carson, to coordinate implementation of U.S. actions following up the summit.Akayla Gardner, [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-14/biden-to-meet-six-african-leaders-in-push-for-free-elections Biden Meets With African Leaders to Encourage Fair Elections], Bloomberg (December 14, 2022).

During the 2022 summit, Biden and senior administration officials also met privately with six African leaders facing elections in 2023, pushing them to ensure free and fair elections in their nations.

Senator Bob Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has criticized the Biden administration for hesitating to impose sanctions on the governments of Sudan and Ethiopia, where many atrocities and war crimes were committed in the Tigray War.{{cite news |title=Team Biden Balks on Africa Sanctions |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/20/us-africa-sanctions-human-rights-biden-ethiopia-sudan/ |work=Foreign Policy |date=20 October 2022}}

On April 24, 2021, the Biden administration declared that the Turkish killings of Armenians at the start of the 20th century were a genocide. He is the first U.S. president to ever officially recognize the Armenian genocide.{{cite news|last1=Rogers|first1=Katie|last2=Gall|first2=Carlotta|date=April 24, 2021|title=Breaking With Predecessors, Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/us/politics/armenia-genocide-joe-biden.html|access-date=April 24, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}

File:President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet journalist Alsu Kurmasheva at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Thursday, August 1, 2024, after her release in a prisoner swap with Russia.jpg journalist Alsu Kurmasheva on August 1, 2024, after her release in a prisoner swap with Russia.]]

In July 2022, President Biden signed an executive order aimed at deterring the wrongful detention of Americans abroad.{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2022|last1=Crawford|first1=Shannon K.|last2=Gittleson|first2=Ben|last3=Winsor|first3=Morgan |title=Biden signs executive order on Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sign-executive-order-americans-held-hostage-wrongfully/story?id=87050103 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=ABC News |language=en}} According to an estimate by The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, there are at least 67 U.S. citizens who are currently imprisoned abroad. The foundation further estimates that 90% of those are wrongly detained by foreign governments hostile to the U.S., including Venezuela, Russia, China, Iran, and others.{{Cite web |date=July 28, 2022|last=Guarino|first=Mark |title=Americans detained abroad as families plead for Biden to help |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/families-us-citizens-held-abroad-call-biden-administration/story?id=87452688 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=ABC News |language=en}} Dozens of families of Americans who are detained abroad say President Biden has failed to adequately address the crisis. They formed a group called "Bring Our Families Home Campaign" to pressure Biden to do more.{{Cite news |last=Breslow |first=Jason |date=2022-07-29 |title=The families of Americans who are wrongfully detained are very much done being quiet |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/07/29/1114225672/brittney-griner-americans-wrongfully-detained-bring-our-families-home-campaign |access-date=2022-07-29}}

In September 2023, President Biden reached a deal to release five prisoners held by Iran. In exchange, $6 billion of frozen Iranian assets were released.{{Cite news |last1=Wintour |first1=Patrick |last2=Janjua |first2=Haroon |date=2023-09-18 |title=Five Americans head home in $6bn US-Iran prisoner swap deal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/18/five-americans-fly-out-of-iran-in-6bn-oil-money-prisoner-swap |access-date=2024-08-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The U.S. said the unfrozen money would be held in restricted accounts so that it could only be spent on humanitarian goods such as food and medicine.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-18 |title=Five Americans detained in Iran walk free, released in deal for frozen Iranian assets |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-prisoner-swap-sanctions-assets-4e1fa477f8e6af45fb764acd259c2f1a |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}

In August 2024, President Biden reached a deal to secure the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-01 |title=Inside the deal that led to a blockbuster prisoner swap between U.S., Russia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/01/deal-us-russia-prisoner-swap/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en |quote=The months of complex negotiations, near misses and high-stakes diplomacy that resulted in the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War and freedom for a Wall Street Journal reporter.}} The exchange included the release of Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva; thirteen others from Russia and Belarus; and Russians held by the U.S., Slovenia, Norway, Poland, and Germany.{{Cite web |last1=Hammond |first1=Elise |last2=Powell |first2=Tori B. |date=2024-08-02 |title=Americans Gershkovich and Whelan back in US after historic prisoner swap with Russia |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/gershkovich-whelan-russia-prisoner-swap-08-02-24/index.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=CNN |language=en}} Turkey and Estonia were also involved in the deal. Biden stressed the importance of alliances on the world stage by describing the achievement as "a powerful example of why it's vital to have friends in this world."{{Cite web |last=Herb |first=Jeremy |date=2024-08-01 |title=Biden celebrates prisoner deal and importance of allies in key moment for his legacy {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/01/politics/biden-prisoner-swap/index.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=CNN |language=en}}

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In March 2021, Biden held a virtual meeting with leaders of Japan, India and Australia, an alliance of countries known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, that work together to address China's expansionism in the Indo-Pacific region.{{cite web |title=Biden Meets World Leaders in Quest for More Covid-19 Vaccine |last1=Lubold |first1=Gordon |last2=Leary |first2=Alex |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-meets-world-leaders-in-a-quest-for-more-vaccine-11615527000}}{{cite web |title=U.S., India Vow to Deepen Defense Ties |last=Roy |first=Rajesh |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 20, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-india-vow-to-deepen-defense-ties-11616246056}} A few days later, the administration officials, including secretary of state Antony Blinken and secretary of defense Lloyd Austin, met with U.S. allies in Asia and imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials.{{Cite news |title=Blinken, Austin Work To Revive Asian Alliance To Counter China, North Korea |last=King |first=Noel |newspaper=NPR |date=March 17, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |url= https://www.npr.org/2021/03/17/978065786/blinken-austin-work-to-revive-asian-alliance-to-counter-china-north-korea}} Austin also visited India to deepen the defense ties between the two countries. In September 2021, Biden hosted the first in-person meeting of Quad at the White House.{{cite web|author=|title=Highlights: Quad will establish peace and prosperity in the world, says PM|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/quad-summit-2021-live-updates-pm-modi-in-us-joe-biden-japan-pm-australia-highlights-121092400301_1.html|access-date=2021-09-25|website=www.business-standard.com|date=September 24, 2021 |language=en}}

On May 23, 2022, Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) to counter growing Chinese economic and political influence in the Indo-Pacific region. At the time of its launch, the IPEF had 12 partners including Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.{{cite web |date=2022-05-23 |title=FACT SHEET: In Asia, President Biden and a Dozen Indo-Pacific Partners Launch the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/23/fact-sheet-in-asia-president-biden-and-a-dozen-indo-pacific-partners-launch-the-indo-pacific-economic-framework-for-prosperity/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=whitehouse.gov|language=en-US}} In response, China described the proposed grouping as a "closed and exclusive club". National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan defended the IPEF by highlighting the diverse nature of the grouping's membership.{{Cite news |last=Liptak |first=Kevin |date=2022-05-23 |title=Biden unveils his economic plan for countering China in Asia |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/22/politics/joe-biden-japan-monday/index.html |access-date=2022-05-29 |work=CNN |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Biden unveils Indo-Pacific framework countering China during Japan visit |url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20220523-biden-unveils-indo-pacific-framework-countering-china-during-japan-visit |access-date=2022-05-29 |work=France 24 |date=2022-05-23}} In November 2023, under pressure from Congressional Democrats, the Biden administration halted plans for the IPEF's trade component.{{Cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Alex |last2=Sevastopulo |first2=Demetri |date=2023-11-15 |title=Joe Biden halts plan for Indo-Pacific trade deal after opposition from Democrats |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d124ee69-dc6e-4a84-b18a-26a39235ab11 |access-date=2023-11-15}}{{Cite news |last=Bade |first=Gavin |date=November 14, 2023 |title=How Sherrod Brown rattled Biden's summit agenda |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/14/electoral-angst-biden-trade-deal-00127064 |access-date=July 7, 2024 |work=Politico}}

In August 2022, the Biden administration announced that it will be hosting the US–Pacific Island Country Summit in September 2022 which will coincide with the week of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-08 |title=Pacific leaders to meet Joe Biden in Washington |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/472439/pacific-leaders-to-meet-joe-biden-in-washington |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}

On August 18, 2023, Biden hosted Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol at Camp David. The meeting, amid a period of strained Japan–South Korea relations, resulted in the Camp David Principles relating to joint military exercises, preventing supply chain disruptions, and united criticism of North Korea, Russia, and China.{{Cite news |last1=Hunnicutt |first1=Trevor |last2=Shin |first2=Hyonhee |date=2023-08-18 |title=Major takeaways from US, Japan, South Korea summit |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/major-takeaways-us-japan-south-korea-summit-2023-08-18/ |access-date=2023-08-18}}

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On the day of Biden's inauguration, the Russian government urged the new U.S. administration to take a "more constructive" approach in talks over the extension of the 2010 New START treaty, the sole remaining agreement limiting the number of U.S. and Russian long-range nuclear warheads.{{cite web|date=January 20, 2021|title=Russia Urges Biden to Be 'More Constructive' Over Arms Treaty |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/01/20/russia-urges-biden-to-be-more-constructive-over-arms-treaty-a72675 |website=The Moscow Times}} In Biden's first telephone call as president with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on January 26, 2021, Biden and Putin agreed to extend the New START treaty (which was set to expire in February 2021) by an additional five years.{{cite web|date=January 27, 2021|title=Renewed US-Russia nuke pact won't fix emerging arms threats |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-nuclear-weapons-north-korea-vladimir-putin-41891565c23d7ff99f5c575080c7ed6a |access-date=January 28, 2021|website=Associated Press}}

Biden and his administration condemned human rights violations by the Russian authorities, calling for the release of detained dissident and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, his wife, and the thousands of Russians who had demonstrated in his support; the U.S. called for the unconditional release of Navalny and the protestors and a credible investigation into Navalny's poisoning.{{cite web|last1=Larger|first1=Thibault|last2=Leonard|first2=Ben|date=January 23, 2021|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/23/alexei-navalny-protests-arrests-461606|title=U.S. condemns Russia's arrests of Navalny protesters|website=Politico|access-date=July 5, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Chalfant|first=Morgan|date=February 4, 2021|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/537429-biden-condemns-jailing-of-navalny-in-russia|title=Biden condemns jailing of Navalny in Russia|newspaper=The Hill|access-date=July 5, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-back-court-biden-ups-pressure-moscow-n1256833|title=Russian opposition leader Navalny back in court as Biden ups pressure on Moscow|agency=Reuters|date=February 5, 2021|access-date=July 5, 2021|via=NBC News}} On March 2, 2021, the U.S. and European Union imposed coordinated additional sanctions on Russian officials, as well as the FSB and GRU, over Navalny's poisoning and imprisonment. The State Department also expanded existing sanctions from the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act that had been imposed after the poisoning of Skripal.{{cite news|publisher=CNN|author=Jennifer Hansler|title=Biden administration unveils raft of sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning and imprisonment|date=March 2, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/politics/biden-russia-sanctions-alexey-navalny/index.html|access-date=March 4, 2021}} The Biden administration also planned to impose sanctions against Russia because of the 2020 SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign, which compromised the computer systems of nine federal agencies.{{cite news|last=Nakashim|first=Ellen|date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-russia-sanctions-solarwinds-hacks/2021/02/23/b77039d6-71fa-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html|title=Biden administration preparing to sanction Russia for SolarWinds hacks and the poisoning of an opposition leader|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 5, 2021}} Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the response "will include a mix of tools seen and unseen, and it will not simply be sanctions."

The Biden administration's comprehensive review into Russian activities has included an examination of reports that the Russian government offered bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.{{cite news|last1=De Luce|first1=Dan|last2=Lee|first2=Carol E.|last3=Mitchell|first3=Andrea|last4=Williams|first4=Abigail|date=March 2, 2021|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-eu-set-impose-sanctions-russia-n1259249|title=U.S., E.U. impose sanctions on Russia over Navalny's poisoning|agency=NBC News|access-date=July 5, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Seligman|first=Lara|date=March 1, 2021|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/01/tammy-duckworth-biden-russian-bounties-471931|title=Duckworth urges Biden admin to release intel on Russian bounties|website=Politico|access-date=July 5, 2021}} The Biden administration said intelligence community has only "low to moderate" confidence in reports due to the fact that the bounty reports originated from "detainee reporting and because of the difficult operating environment in Afghanistan."{{cite news |title=Remember those Russian bounties for dead U.S. troops? Biden admin says the CIA intel is not conclusive |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/remember-those-russian-bounties-dead-u-s-troops-biden-admin-n1264215 |work=NBC News |date=April 15, 2021}}{{cite news |title=Intel officials have "low to moderate" confidence in reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops |url=https://www.axios.com/intelligence-officials-low-moderate-confidence-russia-bounty-troops-b971724d-37f8-4eed-a003-95c86a82915d.html |work=Axios |date=April 15, 2021}} Biden called Russian president Vladimir Putin a "killer" in an ABC News interview, and said that Russia would pay a price for election meddling.{{cite news|title=Joe Biden brands Putin a 'killer', says he will pay for poll meddling|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/joe-biden-brands-putin-a-killer-says-he-will-pay-for-poll-meddling/articleshow/81560908.cms|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=The Times of India|date=March 18, 2021 }}

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On May 19, 2021, the Biden administration lifted CAATSA sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project between Russia and Germany. Despite Biden's personal opposition to the project, the U.S. State Department says that it concluded that it was in the "U.S. national interest" to waive the sanctions.{{cite news|date=May 20, 2021|title=Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57180674|access-date=July 5, 2021}} Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov welcomed the move as "a chance for a gradual transition toward the normalization of our bilateral ties."

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On June 16, 2021, Biden met with Putin in Geneva, Switzerland. The two presidents discussed a number of topics, including stable policy on climate change, nuclear proliferation, and cybersecurity. Russia's activities regarding Ukraine, Alexei Navalny, Belarus, and nationals jailed in each other's countries. The summit was significantly shorter than expected, only lasting three and a half of the predicted five hours.{{cite news|date=June 16, 2021|title=Biden and Putin conclude high-stakes diplomacy at Geneva summit|access-date=July 5, 2021|work=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/16/putin-biden-summit-in-geneva-2021.html}} Putin praised Biden as a knowledgeable and shrewd negotiator the next day.{{cite news |last1=Isachenkov |first1=Vladimir |title=Putin praises summit result, calls Biden a tough negotiator |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-summits-d86605a1c60be7c9ca856028030b961b |work=Associated Press |date=June 17, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/17/politics/putin-biden-praise-professional/index.html|title=Putin praises Biden, calling him a 'professional' following Geneva summit|author=Nicole Gaouette and Zahra Ullah|website=CNN|date=June 17, 2021}}

In November 2021, Putin stated that an expansion of NATO's presence in Ukraine, especially the deployment of any long-range missiles capable of striking Russian cities or missile defense systems similar to those in Romania and Poland, would be a "red line" issue for Russia.{{cite news |title=Russia will act if Nato countries cross Ukraine 'red lines', Putin says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/30/russia-will-act-if-nato-countries-cross-ukraine-red-lines-putin-says |work=The Guardian |date=30 November 2021}}{{cite news |title=NATO Pushes Back Against Russian President Putin's 'Red Lines' Over Ukraine |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43334/nato-pushes-back-against-russian-president-putins-red-lines-over-ukraine |work=The Drive |date=1 December 2021}} In December 2021, Putin asked President Joe Biden for legal guarantees that NATO wouldn't expand eastward or put "weapons systems that threaten us in close vicinity to Russian territory."{{cite news |title=Putin Demands NATO Guarantees Not to Expand Eastward |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2021-12-01/russia-says-its-worried-about-ukrainian-military-buildup |work=U.S. News & World Report |date=1 December 2021}} The U.S. and NATO have rejected Putin's demands.{{cite news |title=US will help to end Ukraine conflict with Russia, Biden tells Kyiv |url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/12/10/president-joe-biden-speaks-to-ukraine-s-zelenskyy-on-donbas-nato |work=Euronews |date=10 December 2021}}{{cite news |title=Is Russia preparing to invade Ukraine? And other questions |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589 |work=BBC News |date=10 December 2021}}

On February 24, 2022, Biden condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying Putin "chose this war" and calling him "the aggressor". He announced new sanctions against Russia.{{Cite news |last=Gambino |first=Lauren |date=February 24, 2022 |title='Putin chose this war,' Biden says as he announces new sanctions – US politics as it happened |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2022/feb/24/biden-ukraine-us-russia-invasion-latest-news-g7-leaders-updates |access-date=March 1, 2022}} On February 25, the White House announced the US would personally sanction Putin and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.{{cite web |last=Cathey |first=Libby |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Biden to order personal sanctions on Putin as Russian forces close in on Kyiv |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-order-personal-sanctions-putin-russian-forces-close/story?id=83111481 |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=ABC News}} On February 28, the Biden administration announced sanctions against Russia's central bank, prohibiting Americans from doing business with the bank and freezing the bank's assets.{{cite web |last=Macias |first=Amanda |date=February 28, 2022 |title=Biden administration expands sanctions against Russia, cutting off U.S. transactions with central bank |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/28/biden-administration-expands-russia-sanctions-cuts-off-us-transactions-with-central-bank.html |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=CNBC}} On March 29, 2022, Biden appeared to heighten his condemnation concerning Putin made at the end of his NATO trip to Europe, stating that he makes "no apologies" for previously stating that "Putin cannot remain in power"."'I make no apologies': Biden stands by 'Putin cannot remain in power' remark." The Guardian. Lauren Gambino. March 28, 2022. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/28/biden-vladimir-putin-power-russia-ukraine] On April 12, he called the war a "genocide".{{Cite news |last=Pager |first=Tyler |date=April 12, 2022 |title=Biden calls Russia's war in Ukraine a 'genocide' |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/12/biden-calls-russias-war-ukraine-genocide/ |access-date=April 17, 2022}} Biden criticized the Kremlin for "idle comments" on the possible use of nuclear weapons.{{cite news |title=Russia's nuclear threats 'show desperation': Biden |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/954245-russia-s-nuclear-threats-show-desperation-biden |work=The News International |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=April 29, 2022}}

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On April 28, Biden asked Congress for an additional $33 billion to assist Ukraine, including $20 billion to provide weapons to Ukraine.{{cite news |title=War in Ukraine: U.S. dramatically upgrades its aid package to Kyiv |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/04/29/war-in-ukraine-u-s-dramatically-upgrades-its-aid-package-to-kyiv_5981990_4.html |work=Le Monde |date=29 April 2022}} On May 10, the House passed legislation that would provide $40 billion in new aid to Ukraine.{{cite news |title=House approves $40B in Ukraine aid, beefing up Biden request |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-europe-0ac5c758d32dbea64c437b50e829bbb2 |work=Associated Press |date=11 May 2022}} The New York Times reported that the United States provided real-time battlefield targeting intelligence to Ukraine that helped Ukrainian forces kill Russian generals and sink the Russian warship Moskva.{{cite news |title=Biden is furious about the leaks saying US intelligence helped Ukraine kill Russian generals and sink its warship, report says |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/biden-is-furious-about-the-leaks-saying-us-intelligence-helped-ukraine-kill-russian-generals-and-sink-its-warship-report-says/articleshow/91468802.cms |work=Business Insider |date=10 May 2022}}{{cite news |title=Did US intelligence-sharing with Ukraine cross a line? |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-intel-russia-war/a-61794064 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=14 May 2022}} The Biden administration has pledged to help the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Putin and others for war crimes committed during the invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |title=U.S. looks to assist war crimes prosecutions targeting Russian leaders |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/25/russia-ukraine-war-crimes-prosecutions/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=25 April 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Orentlicher |first1=Diane |title=The case for a Putin war crimes trial |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-updates-trickle-case-trying-vladimir-putin-war-crim-rcna27996 |work=NBC News |date=10 May 2022}}

On September 27, 2022, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre encouraged Russian men fleeing their home country to avoid being drafted to apply for asylum in the United States.{{cite news |title=The White House told Russians to flee here instead of fighting Ukraine. Then the U.S. tried to deport them |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-17/russian-conscripts-asylum-biden-putin |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 17, 2023}} In early 2023, the Biden administration resumed deportations of Russians who had fled Russia because of mobilization and political persecution.{{cite news |title=Biden administration quietly resumes deportations to Russia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/18/biden-administration-russia-deportations |work=The Guardian |date=18 March 2023}}

In January 2024, the Biden administration rejected Putin's proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan informed Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that the United States would not discuss a ceasefire without Ukraine's participation.{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Putin's suggestion of Ukraine ceasefire rejected by United States, sources say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putins-suggestion-ukraine-ceasefire-rejected-by-united-states-sources-say-2024-02-13/ |publisher=Reuters |date=13 February 2024}}{{cite news |title=US rejects Putin's proposal to cease fire after meeting of mediators – Reuters |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/13/7441736/ |work=Ukrainska Pravda |date=13 February 2024}}

On May 30, 2024, Biden gave Ukraine permission to strike targets inside Russia using American-supplied weapons.{{cite news |title=Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/biden-ukraine-weapons-strike-russia-00160731 |work=Politico |date=30 May 2024}} Biden said "They are authorized to be used in proximity to the border. We are not authorizing strikes 200 miles into Russia."{{cite news |last1=Muir |first1=David |title=Exclusive: Pres. Joe Biden tells David Muir US weapons will not be used to strike Moscow, Kremlin |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4hF8V1FRKA |agency=YouTube |publisher=ABC News |date=6 June 2024}} On August 9, 2024, a convoy of Russian troops in the Kursk Oblast of Russia was destroyed in a strike by U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket system in what Russian milbloggers described as one of the bloodiest attacks of the entire war.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-fighting-continues-kursk-video-shows-burnt-out-russian-trucks-2024-08-09/|title=Russia reinforces Kursk region as video shows evidence of Ukrainian attack|first=Mark|last=Trevelyan|work=Reuters|date=9 August 2024}}{{cite news |title=Russia sends reinforcements to retake Kursk |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/09/russian-drives-past-destruction-ukraine-missile-strike/ |work=The Telegraph |date=9 August 2024}}

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In February 2022, amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the Biden administration faced questions for its year-long failure to nominate an ambassador to Ukraine.{{Cite news |last=Crowley |first=Michael |date=2022-02-11 |title=Puzzle in Ukraine Crisis: Where's the U.S. Ambassador? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/us/politics/ukraine-ambassador-biden.html |access-date=2022-02-13 |issn=0362-4331}}

The Russian invasion of Ukraine instigated significant and substantial support to Ukraine during the Biden presidency including two dozen military aid packages to assist them against the invasion. On 28 October 2022 the Pentagon announced the 24th presidential drawdown of materiel worth $275 million; the security assistance has totaled $18.5 billion to Ukraine since January 2021.{{Cite web |first=Corey |last=Dickstein |website=Stars and Stripes |url=https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-10-28/ukraine-military-aid-russia-war-7842528.html |date=28 October 2022 |title=US sends more military aid to Ukraine that includes ammunition, mines and satellite antennas}} The aid includes 500 Excalibur precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds, 2000 155mm remote anti-armor mine systems, more than 1,300 anti-armor weapons, more than 2.75 million rounds of small arms ammunition, more HIMARS rockets, 125 Humvees, and four satellite communications antennas for Ukraine's command and control systems, as well as training for operation of the NASAMS units.{{efn|name=nasamsImminent|1=The first NASAMS is coming to Ukraine (17 October 2022), now that NASAMS training is nearly complete.}} Two NASAMS units arrived in Ukraine on 7 November 2022.{{cite news |first1=Mick |last1=Krever |first2=Kevin |last2=Liptak |first3=Maegan |last3=Vazquez |first4=Sam |last4=Fossum |location=Kyiv and Washington |newspaper=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-11-07-22/h_ad68c67c022998c226a3bb324044d02e |date=7 November 2022 |title=New advanced air defenses systems have arrived in Ukraine |quote=The White House in October said it would expedite the delivery of two [National Advanced Surface to Air Missile] Systems.}}{{efn|name=nasams16Nov22|1=As of 16 November 2022 the NASAMS had a 100% kill rate against their targets.{{cite news |first=Travis |last=Tritten |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-edge-against-russia-winter-210825600.html |date=16 November 2022 |title=Ukraine Has the Edge Against Russia as Winter Descends, US Defense Secretary Says |newspaper=Yahoo! News |agency=Military.com}}{{cite AV media |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m313YnbWU1U |date=16 November 2022 |title=Pentagon gives update after missile hits Poland |quote=4 hour Ukraine Defense Contact Group, 7th meeting, with 50 nations 47:21}}{{cite speech |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3220910/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-and-army-general-mark-a-milley-chairman/ |title=Transcript: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army General Mark A. Milley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hold a Press Briefing Following Ukrainian Defense Contact Group Meeting |last1=Austin III |first1=Lloyd J. |author1-link=Lloyd Austin |last2=Milley |first2=Mark A. |author2-link=Mark Milley |publisher=United States Department of Defense |date=16 November 2022}}}}

On February 20, 2023, four days before the one-year anniversary of the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Biden visited Kyiv and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska.{{Cite web |date=20 February 2023 |title='This is a part of history': Kyiv citizens delighted by Joe Biden's surprise visit |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/20/this-is-a-part-of-history-kyiv-citizens-delighted-by-joe-biden-surprise-visit |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=The Guardian}} While there, Biden affirmed more military aid to Ukraine and denounced the war.{{Cite web |last=Child |first=David |title=Putin's war plans 'plain wrong', Biden says in Ukraine |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/2/20/russia-ukraine-live-russia-suffering-extraordinary-losses |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220123823/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/2/20/russia-ukraine-live-russia-suffering-extraordinary-losses |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}} The trip was unannounced, and involved major security coordinations to ensure safety.{{Cite web |date=20 February 2023 |title=U.S. alerted Russia to Biden's Ukraine visit for "deconfliction purposes," White House says |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-ukraine-kyiv-visit-russia-deconfliction-white-house/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220163219/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-ukraine-kyiv-visit-russia-deconfliction-white-house/ |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=CBS News}}

In 2022, Congress approved more than $112 billion in aid to Ukraine. In October 2023, the Biden administration requested $61.4 billion more in aid for Ukraine for the year ahead.{{cite news |title=The White House is asking for almost $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and the border |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1206301577/biden-ukraine-israel-congress-funding-request |work=NPR |date=October 26, 2023}}

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President Biden promised to repair "strained" relationships with European allies in contrast to his predecessor Trump. "An attack on one is an attack on all. That is our unshakeable vow," Biden said, referring to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty (the mutual defense clause).{{cite web|last=Macias|first=Amanda|date=February 19, 2021|title='An attack on one is an attack on all' – Biden backs NATO military alliance in sharp contrast to Trump|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/19/munich-security-conference-biden-backs-nato-in-sharp-contrast-to-trump.html|access-date=March 3, 2021|website=CNBC}} Biden pledged support for the European project and for Ukraine's sovereignty as well as the need for global cooperation on fighting the pandemic and climate change.{{cite web|last=Conradis|first=Brandon|date=February 19, 2021|title=Biden warns European allies that 'democratic progress is under assault'|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/539584-biden-warns-european-allies-that-democratic-progress-is-under-assault|website=The Hill|access-date=March 3, 2021}}

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U.S. relations with France deteriorated in September 2021 due to fallout from the AUKUS security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, which aimed to counter Chinese power in the Indo-Pacific region. As part of the agreement, the U.S. agreed to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. After entering into the agreement, the Australian government canceled an agreement that it had made with France for the provision of French conventionally powered submarines. The deal angered the French government, which recalled its ambassador to the U.S. (Philippe Étienne) as well as the ambassador to Australia. Amid the diplomatic row, the French Foreign Ministry contended that it had been subjected to "duplicity, disdain and lies"{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-recalls-ambassadors-to-us-australia-over-submarine-deal/ar-AAOyNcL|title=France recalls ambassadors to US, Australia over submarine deal|website=www.msn.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/19/explainer-why-is-a-submarine-deal-sparking-a-diplomatic-crisis|title=Explainer: Why is a submarine deal sparking a diplomatic crisis?|website=www.aljazeera.com}} and French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called the deal a "stab in the back".{{Cite news|date=2021-09-16|title=Aukus: UK, US and Australia launch pact to counter China|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-58564837}} In a conciliatory call a few days later, Biden and French president Emmanuel Macron agreed to reduce bilateral tensions, and the White House acknowledged the crisis could have been averted if there had been open consultations between allies.{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210922-macron-biden-agree-to-soothe-tensions-after-submarine-row|title=Macron, Biden agree to soothe tensions after submarine row|date=22 September 2021|website=France 24}} A month later, Biden met Macron, telling him his administration was "clumsy" and that he was "under the impression that France had been informed long before" that France's deal with Australia was "not going through".{{cite web|last=Vazquez|first=Maegan|date=October 29, 2021|title=Biden tells French President the US was 'clumsy' in handling nuclear submarine deal|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/29/politics/macron-biden-meeting-rome/index.html|access-date=November 5, 2021|website=CNN}}

In July 2024, the Biden administration announced its intention to deploy long-range missiles in Germany beginning in 2026. In response, Russian president Putin warned of a Cold War-style missile crisis and threatened to deploy long-range missiles within striking distance of the West.{{cite news |title=A new arms race in Europe? US long-range weapons in Germany |url=https://www.dw.com/en/a-new-arms-race-in-europe-us-long-range-weapons-in-germany/a-69648733 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=13 July 2024}} US weapons in Germany would include SM-6 and Tomahawk cruise missiles and hypersonic weapons. The United States' decision to deploy long-range missiles in Germany has been compared to the deployment of Pershing II launchers in Western Europe in 1979.{{cite news |title=Russia says US missiles in Germany signal return of Cold War |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/11/russia-says-us-missiles-in-germany-signal-return-of-cold-war |work=Al Jazeera |date=11 July 2024}}{{cite news |title=Putin warns US against deploying long-range missiles in Germany |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/28/putin-warns-us-against-deploying-long-range-missiles-in-germany |work=The Guardian |date=28 July 2024}} Critics say the move would trigger a new arms race.{{cite news |title=Germany split on US stationing long-range cruise missiles |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-split-on-us-stationing-long-range-cruise-missiles/a-69638145 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=11 July 2024}} According to Russian military analysts, it would be extremely difficult to distinguish between a conventionally armed missile and a missile carrying a nuclear warhead, and Russia could respond by deploying longer-range nuclear systems targeting Germany.{{cite news |title=Thanks to Putin, the U.S. will again place long-range missiles in Germany |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4767369-thanks-to-putin-the-u-s-will-again-place-long-range-missiles-in-germany/ |work=The Hill |date=12 July 2024}}

File:Joe Biden and Ursula von der Leyen at the March 2022 NATO or G7 special meeting.jpg Ursula von der Leyen at a special meeting with NATO in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022]]

File:Joe Biden and Jens Stoltenberg on Day 1 of the 2022 Madrid Summit.jpg Jens Stoltenberg at the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022]]

{{Main|Iran–United States relations during the Biden administration}}

The relations with Iran during the Biden administration were shaped by efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement alongside ongoing regional tensions, sanctions, cyberattacks, and proxy conflicts. Early in Joe Biden’s presidency, U.S. officials expressed interest in returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),{{cite news |title=Biden's First Foreign Policy Blunder Could Be on Iran |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-21/biden-s-first-foreign-policy-blunder-could-be-on-iran |work=Bloomberg |date=January 22, 2021}} but negotiations in Vienna eventually stalled.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-relations-iran-1953-2023 |title=1953 – 2023 U.S. Relations With Iran |website=Council on Foreign Relations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230003605/https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-relations-iran-1953-2023 |archive-date=December 30, 2024}}{{cite web | title=The stalling of Vienna talks on Iran nuclear deal | url=https://finabel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IF-24.06-3.pdf | access-date=April 23, 2025}} Iran increased uranium enrichment and imposed retaliatory sanctions,{{cite news |title=Iran imposes sanctions on 15 U.S. officials as nuclear talks stall |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-imposes-sanctions-15-us-officials-nuclear-talks-stall-2022-04-09/ |access-date=April 9, 2022 |work=Reuters|agency=Reuters |publisher=Reuters |date=April 9, 2022}} while the U.S. imposed new sanctions over missile programs, oil exports, and human rights abuses.{{cite news |title=Blinken: Nuclear deal the best way to cap Iran nuclear activity |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/27/blinken-says-nuclear-deal-best-way-to-cap-iran-nuclear-activity |access-date=March 27, 2022 |work=Al Jazeera |agency=Al Jazeera and News Agencies |publisher=Business Insider |date=March 27, 2022}}{{cite news |title=U.S. says it imposes sanctions on Moscow-backed Iranian oil smuggling network |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-imposes-sanctions-money-laundering-network-aiding-irans-oil-revenue-2022-05-25/ |access-date=May 30, 2022 |work=Reuters|agency=Reuters|publisher=Reuters}}{{cite news |title=U.S. pressures Iran by targeting Chinese, UAE companies|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-targets-chinese-emirati-firms-iran-petrochemical-sales-2022-06-16/ |access-date=June 19, 2022 |work=Reuters|agency=Reuters |publisher=Reuters |date=June 16, 2022}}

Tensions persisted throughout this era, marked by recurring proxy attacks on U.S. bases,{{cite news |title=U.S. airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria in Biden's 1st military action |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/syria-us-airstrikes-iranian-militia-target/ |publisher=CBS News |date=January 26, 2021}} which intensified following the outbreak of the Gaza war in late 2023,{{Cite news |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Why pro-Iran militias are attacking U.S. troops in Iraq, Jordan, Syria |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/29/us-troops-jordan-iraq-militias/ |access-date=April 6, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}} and by subsequent American retaliatory strikes.{{cite web | last=Mehvar | first=Ameneh | title=US strikes and counter-strikes in the Middle East (Updated 2/9/23) | website=ACLED | date=February 3, 2024 | url=https://acleddata.com/2024/02/03/acled-factsheet-us-strikes-and-counter-strikes-in-the-middle-east/ | access-date=April 30, 2025}} The period also saw disputes over the assassination of Qasem Soleimani,{{Cite web|last=Motamedi|first=Maziar|title=Iran sanctions more US officials over Soleimani assassination|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/8/iran-sanctions-more-us-officials-over-soleimani-assassination|access-date=January 21, 2022|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}{{cite news |title=Iran Guards commander says death of all US leaders would not avenge Soleimani killing |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-commander-says-death-all-american-leaders-would-not-avenge-soleimani-2022-04-13/ |access-date=April 17, 2022 |work=Reuters|agency=Reuters |publisher=Reuters |date=April 13, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Iran refuses to abandon avenging Soleimani despite U.S. offers |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-has-rejected-us-offers-lift-sanctions-exchange-tehran-abandoning-soleimani-2022-04-21/ |access-date=April 24, 2022 |work=Reuters|agency=Reuters |publisher=Reuters}} and military escalations across the Gulf region.{{cite news |title=Iran attacks Iraq's Erbil with missiles in warning to U.S., allies |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/multiple-rockets-fall-erbil-northern-iraq-state-media-2022-03-12/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |work=Reuters|agency=Reuters|publisher=Reuters|date=March 13, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Iran Seizes Commercial Tanker in Persian Gulf|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-seizes-commercial-tanker-in-persian-gulf-/7170938.html |publisher=Voa News}}{{cite web |title=Thousands of US troops arrive in Red Sea amid ratcheting Iran tensions |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/7/thousands-of-us-troops-arrive-in-red-sea-amid-ratcheting-iran-tensions |website=aljazeera}} In 2023, a breakthrough occurred with a U.S.–Iran prisoner swap and the release of frozen Iranian funds,{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/4150808-mccaul-pans-6b-deal-to-free-us-citizens-in-iran/ |title=McCaul pans $6B deal to free US citizens in Iran |last=Nazzaro |first=Miranda |website=The Hill |location=Washington DC |date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=September 19, 2023}}[https://apnews.com/article/us-iran-prisoners-blinken-3e834df0a845ef2cc5c52af14598c66f# „The US moves to advance a prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in frozen funds"] AP News (September 12, 2023) accessed September 13, 2023.{{cite news | last=Hudson | first=John | title=U.S. and Iran trade prisoners, signaling partial thaw in relations | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=September 18, 2023 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/18/us-iran-prisoner-exchange/ | access-date=April 24, 2025}} though indirect diplomacy remained fragile.{{cite news |title=U.S., Iran indirect nuclear talks in Doha end without progress |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/indirect-talks-between-iran-us-ended-without-result-tasnim-news-agency-2022-06-29/ |access-date=July 3, 2022 |work=Reuters|agency=Reuters |publisher=Reuters |date=June 29, 2022}} Iran was later accused of interfering in the 2024 U.S. presidential election through cyber operations and AI disinformation.{{cite web |title=Trump election campaign accuses Iran of hacking attack |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/11/donald-trumps-campaign-accuses-iran-of-cyberattacks-amid-election-race |website=aljazeera}}{{cite news|title=US says Iran emailed stolen Trump campaign material to Biden camp|date=September 19, 2024 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-alleges-iran-tried-influence-election-with-messages-biden-camp-2024-09-18/|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=September 19, 2024}}{{cite news|title=Iran rejects allegation of interference in US election through AI3 lines|date=October 4, 2024 |url=https://ifpnews.com/iran-interference-us-election-ai/|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241007074311/https://ifpnews.com/iran-interference-us-election-ai/ |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 7, 2024}} Alleged assassination plots targeting Donald Trump and dissidents on U.S. soil further strained relations.{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Hannah |date=November 8, 2024 |title=DOJ announces charges in Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/08/politics/doj-charges-three-iranian-plot-to-kill-donald-trump/index.html |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=CNN |language=en}} By late 2024, relations remained adversarial, marked by unresolved security disputes and growing mistrust.

On February 1, 2021, Biden condemned the Myanmar coup d'état and called for the release of detained officials. Biden also left open the door to re-imposing sanctions on the country, saying in a statement that "[t]he United States removed sanctions on Burma over the past decade based on progress toward democracy. The reversal of that progress will necessitate an immediate review of our sanction laws and authorities, followed by appropriate action."{{cite news|last=Hansler|first=Jennifer|date=February 3, 2021|title=Biden administration designates Myanmar military takeover as a coup|work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/myanmar-state-department-coup-determination/index.html|access-date=July 5, 2021}}

On March 5, 2021, Biden imposed sanctions on Myanmar's Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Defence and certain junta conglomerates.{{cite news|last1=Pamuk|first1=Humeyra|last2=Alper|first2=Alexandra|date=March 5, 2021|title=U.S. blocks Myanmar ministries, military businesses from certain trade|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-blacklist-idUSKBN2AW2SL|access-date=March 5, 2021}} On March 22, 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced sanctions on several military generals in response to a violent crackdown on peaceful protests.{{cite news|last=Gaoutte|first=Nicole|title=US and allies sanction Myanmar's military for violent repression of protesters|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/us-allies-burma-sanctions/index.html|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=CNN|date=March 22, 2021 }}

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Biden has reiterated his commitment to maintaining peace in Northern Ireland by resisting the possibility of a hard border as a result of Brexit. When asked by The Irish Times in March 2021 about comments made by Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney that the UK "cannot be trusted" on the Northern Ireland protocol, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that "President Biden has been unequivocal about his support for the Good Friday Agreement." As part of his own Irish-American heritage, Psaki said that Biden "has a special place in his heart for the Irish", underpinning his commitment to Northern Ireland's peace.{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Suzanne |last2=McClements |first2=Freya |last3=Clark |first3=Vivienne |date=March 4, 2021 |title=Biden 'unequivocal' about Belfast Agreement support as Dublin and London row over NI protocol |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/biden-unequivocal-about-belfast-agreement-support-as-dublin-and-london-row-over-ni-protocol-1.4500990 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=March 7, 2021}}

File:210706-D-XI929-1010 (51294433446).jpg and Saudi Arabia's deputy minister of defense Prince Khalid bin Salman, July 2021]]

File:President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince July 2022.webp and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman bumps fist at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, in July 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2370162#2370162 |title=Jeddah Security and Development Summit/ HRH Crown Prince receives President of United States of America The official Saudi Press Agency |publisher=Spa.gov.sa |date=2022-07-15 |access-date=2022-07-19}}]]

Biden ordered a halt in the arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which the Trump administration had previously agreed to.{{cite web|date=January 28, 2021|title=Biden administration halts arms sales to UAE and Saudi Arabia|url=https://www.dw.com/en/biden-administration-halts-arms-sales-to-uae-and-saudi-arabia/a-56365478|access-date=January 30, 2021|website=Deutsche Welle}} Two years after Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, Avril Haines, the Director of National Intelligence under Biden's administration, announced that the intelligence report into the case against the Saudi government would be declassified. It was reported that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman would be blamed for the murder, as was concluded by the CIA.{{cite web|last=Kirchgaessner|first=Stephanie|date=January 19, 2021|title=Biden administration 'to declassify report' into Khashoggi murder|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/19/biden-administration-to-declassify-report-into-khashoggi|access-date=January 19, 2021|website=The Guardian|location=Washington, D.C.}}

On February 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. was ending its support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen. President Biden in his first visit to the State Department as president said "this war has to end" and that the conflict has created "a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe".{{cite web |last1=Knickmeyer |first1=Ellen |date=February 5, 2021 |title=Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-end-support-saudi-offenseive-yemen-b68f58493dbfc530b9fcfdb80a13098f |website=Associated Press |access-date=February 5, 2021}} However, the details of the end of American involvement in the war have yet to be released as of April 2021.{{cite web|last1=Emmons|first1=Alex|title=Months After Biden Promised to End Support for Yemen War, Congress Still Has No Details|url=https://theintercept.com/2021/04/07/biden-yemen-war-congress-end/|access-date=8 April 2021|website=Intercept|date=April 7, 2021}}

In September 2021, Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan met in Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Bin Salman to discuss the high oil prices.{{cite news |title=Top White House aide discussed oil prices with Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/white-house-said-top-aide-planned-discuss-oil-prices-with-saudi-arabia-2021-09-30/ |work=Reuters |date=1 October 2021}} The record-high energy prices were driven by a global surge in demand as the world quit the economic recession caused by COVID-19.{{cite news |title=Energy crunch: How high will oil prices climb? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/9/27/energy-crunch-how-high-will-oil-prices-climb |work=Al-Jazeera |date=27 September 2021}}{{cite news |title=OPEC-Plus in Driver's Seat As Global Energy Crisis Intensifies |url=https://www.naturalgasintel.com/opec-plus-in-drivers-seat-as-global-energy-crisis-intensifies/ |work=Natural Gas Intelligence |date=6 October 2021}} The Biden administration was pressed on potential oil deals with Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran that would have them increase their oil production.{{cite news |last1=Knickmeyer |first1=Ellen |last2=Bussewitz |first2=Cathy |title=Pariahs no more? US reaches out to oil states as prices rise |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-business-europe-saudi-arabia-f30cd495adf6a7c58b269d508f3007b2 |work=Associated Press |date=10 March 2022 }}{{cite news |title=Mohammed bin Salman Has Leverage on Biden—and Is Using It |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/24/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-ukraine-oil-biden-opec/ |work=Foreign Policy |date=24 March 2022}} However, so far, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have declined requests from the US.{{cite news |last=Lonas |first=Lexi |title=Saudi, UAE leaders declined calls with Biden amid Ukraine conflict: report |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/597436-saudi-uae-leaders-declined-calls-with-biden-amid-ukraine-conflict |work=The Hill |date=8 March 2022}}{{cite news |title=White House stops asking Saudi Arabia to pump more oil to offset Biden's Russian-energy ban, report says, as US-Gulf relations hit new low |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-stops-asking-saudi-arabia-pump-more-oil-russia-report-2022-4 |work=Business Insider |date=20 April 2022}}

As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden had vowed to make the Saudis "pay the price" and make them a "pariah" state, citing the Kingdom's involvement in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/politics/biden-jamal-khashoggi-saudi-arabia.html|title=Candidate Biden Called Saudi Arabia a 'Pariah.' He Now Has to Deal With It.|access-date=24 February 2021|website=The New York Times}} But, in June 2022, the White House confirmed that Biden was to visit Saudi Arabia and meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, during his Middle East trip in July.{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/diplomacy/20220615-biden-to-visit-saudi-arabia-on-july-trip-to-middle-east-white-house-confirms|title=Biden to visit Saudi Arabia on July trip to Middle East, White House confirms|access-date=15 June 2022|website=France 24|date=June 15, 2022 }}{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/19/politics/joe-biden-mohammed-bin-salman-meeting/index.html|title=White House says Biden's meeting with Saudi officials next month will 'include' crown prince|access-date=19 June 2022|website=CNN|date=June 19, 2022 }} The announcement came after inflation in the US rose to a 40-year high.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/key-inflation-report-highest-level-in-four-decades-c0248c5b5705cd1523d3dab3771983b4|title=US inflation at new 40-year high as price increases spread|access-date=10 June 2022|website=Associated Press|date=June 10, 2022 }} The Russian invasion of Ukraine also had an impact on the oil and gas prices in the US. Biden repeatedly appealed to the Saudis to increase oil production, but the Kingdom turned down such requests.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/03/saudi-biden-mbs-khashoggi/|title=Saudi dissidents call Biden's planned visit to kingdom a betrayal |access-date=3 June 2022|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Biden's planned visit was seen as a move to seek Saudi assistance to ease the oil and gas prices at home.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/business/biden-oil-saudi-arabia.html|title=Biden Has 'Only Bad Options' for Bringing Down Oil Prices|access-date=5 June 2022|website=The New York Times|date=June 5, 2022 |last1=Krauss |first1=Clifford }} However, human rights activists and Democratic lawmakers warned Biden that the visit could send signals to Saudi that their horrific human rights violations could be exempted. Saudi dissidents living in the US said that as Saudi activists who were wronged by Prince Mohammed, they "feel betrayed by Biden". Son of Saad Aljabri, Khalid AlJabri said Biden's meeting with MbS would be "equivalent of a presidential pardon for murder".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/16/biden-saudi-arabia-visit-jamal-khashoggi|title=Biden Saudi visit is 'presidential pardon for murder', says ex-spy chief's son|access-date=16 June 2022|website=The Guardian|date=June 16, 2022 }} Democratic representative Adam Schiff also criticized the visit saying, "I wouldn't go. I wouldn't shake his hand. This is someone who butchered an American resident, cut him up into pieces and in the most terrible and premeditated way."{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/biden-should-not-visit-saudi-meet-crown-prince-democratic-rep-schiff-says-2022-06-05/|title=Biden should not visit Saudi, meet crown prince, Democratic Rep. Schiff says|access-date=5 June 2022|website=Reuters|date=June 5, 2022 |last1=Mohammed |first1=Arshad }}

File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States - 53689212351.jpg and foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 19, 2024]]

On 10 July 2022, president Biden defended his trip to Saudi Arabia, saying humans rights were on his agenda.{{cite web |title=Biden defends decision to visit Saudi, says rights are on agenda |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/biden-defends-saudi-arabia-visit-khashoggi-yemen-crown-prince-mbs-rcna37481 |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=NBC News |date=July 10, 2022 |language=en}} In an op-ed, he wrote that he aims to "reorient and not rupture relations with a country that's been a strategic partner for 80 years", and that Saudi Arabia has helped to restore unity among the six countries of Gulf Cooperation Council and has fully supported the truce in the context of the Yemen war.{{Cite news |title=Opinion {{!}} Joe Biden: Why I'm going to Saudi Arabia |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/09/joe-biden-saudi-arabia-israel-visit/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |issn=0190-8286}}

Ahead of Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia, reports revealed that the Biden administration could possibly lift a ban on sales of Offensive weapons to Riyadh. However, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan they were focused on a "real ceasefire", and on Saudi efforts to end the war.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-us-weighs-possible-resumption-offensive-arms-sales-saudis-sources-2022-07-11/|title=Exclusive: U.S. weighs resumption of offensive arms sales to Saudis, sources say|access-date=12 July 2022|website=Reuters|date=July 11, 2022 |last1=Spetalnick |first1=Matt |last2=Yaakoubi |first2=Aziz El |last3=Stone |first3=Mike }} After the meeting with Saudi officials, Biden announced that the Kingdom committed to extend the truce in Yemen.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-15/us-says-saudis-commit-to-extending-yemen-truce|title=Biden Says Saudi Arabia Commits to Extending Yemen Truce|access-date=15 July 2022|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=July 15, 2022 }} On 2 August 2022, the State Department approved the potential sale of 300 MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical Ballistic Missiles (GEM-T) for the Patriot missile defense system to Saudi Arabia. It also approved support equipment, spares and technical support to the Arab nation. In addition, the State Department also approved the potential sale of 96 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system interceptors and support equipment to the UAE.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-oks-potential-sale-thaad-system-missiles-uae-pentagon-2022-08-02/|title=U.S. to resupply Saudi and UAE missile defense systems|access-date=2 August 2022|website=Reuters|date=August 2, 2022 |last1=Stone |first1=Mike }}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/2022/08/04/uae-and-saudi-arabia-seek-more-us-interceptor-missiles-amid-talk-of-middle-east-air-defense-alliance/?sh=31ee3f1f1aa8|title=UAE And Saudi Arabia Seek More U.S. Interceptor Missiles Amid Talk Of Middle East Air Defense Alliance|access-date=4 August 2022|website=Forbes}} However, Human Rights Watch said the US should suspend sales of both offensive and defensive arms to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which have used American weapons in unlawful airstrikes. HRW said a policy reversal by the US could lead to added rights violations in Yemen.{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/14/biden-should-not-renew-arms-sales-saudi-arabia|title=Biden Should Not Renew Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia|access-date=14 July 2022|website=Human Rights Watch|date=July 14, 2022 }}

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The U.S. authorities indicted Thomas J. Barrack Jr., an outside adviser to Donald Trump during and after the 2016 United States presidential election campaign. They alleged he acted as an unregistered foreign lobbyist for the United Arab Emirates. Barrack was also accused of obstruction of justice by giving false statements to the investigators.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/us/thomas-barrack-trump-indicted.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/us/thomas-barrack-trump-indicted.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|title=Thomas Barrack, Trump Fund-Raiser, Is Indicted on Lobbying Charge|access-date=20 July 2021|website=The New York Times|date=July 20, 2021|last1=Lafraniere|first1=Sharon|last2=Rashbaum|first2=William K.}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web |last1=Schecter |first1=Anna |last2=Blankstein |first2=Andrew |date=November 5, 2022 |title=Trump friend sought millions in UAE investments while lobbying for UAE |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-friend-barrack-sought-millions-uae-investments-lobbying-uaes-beh-rcna29306 |website=NBC News |language=en}} He was found not guilty on all charges in November 2022.{{Cite news |last=Vandevelde |first=Mark |date=November 4, 2022 |title=Trump ally Tom Barrack acquitted on charges of acting as a foreign agent |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/c5a48348-fd7e-485a-9906-ffbb7d7bad51 }} The DOJ also prosecuted some men for funneling more than $3.5 million to Hillary Clinton from George Nader, the royal adviser of the UAE.{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/california-ceo-and-seven-others-charged-multi-million-dollar-conduit-campaign-contribution|title=California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case|access-date=3 December 2019|website=The US Department of Justice|date=December 3, 2019}}

While federal prosecutors accused the Emirates of interfering in American politics from both sides, the relations with the Arab nation during Biden's presidency didn't witness much of the expected changes. The UAE was seen escaping its blunder-filled history of relations with the US, despite Biden's repetitive criticism against the Emirates' human rights violations and its attempts of infiltrating the US politics.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uae-election-biden_n_6111678ee4b0710ba2df0478|title='Who Are They Paying Secretly Now?': Signs Of UAE Meddling In U.S. Politics Go Ignored|access-date=10 August 2021|website=HuffPost|date=August 10, 2021}} Moreover, the Biden administration also permitted the arms sales of $23 billion to the UAE, which was initiated by Donald Trump and involved a transfer of sophisticated weaponry like the F-35 fighter jets.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-united-arab-emirates-sale-trump_n_60761e0fe4b01654bb7754bb|title=Joe Biden Is Proceeding With Donald Trump's Biggest Arms Deal|access-date=14 April 2021|website=HuffPost|date=April 13, 2021}} The US Justice Department did not charge any Emirati in the case. However, Barrack's indictment identified three UAE officials who were hosts at his reception in the Gulf nation after Trump's 2016 elections, and two others who were involved. Amongst the hosts was Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed, the UAE's national security adviser Tahnoun bin Zayed and director of the Emirati intelligence service, Ali Mohammed Hammad Al Shamsi. The fourth Emirati official was Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli, who "tasked" Barrack to push Emirati interests with America. Another official was Yousef Al Otaiba, who asked to remain anonymous in discussions over private matters.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-28/uae-royals-said-to-direct-tom-barrack-s-influence-campaign?sref=nAHOTXiV|title=UAE Royals Said to Direct Tom Barrack's Influence Campaign|access-date=28 September 2021|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=September 28, 2021}}

On September 23, 2024, the UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed visited the White House to hold meetings with President Biden and Kamala Harris. It marked the first ever meeting of an Emirati President to Washington. Biden and Harris met Mohamed separately, focusing on future bilateral economic and technological relations. Prior to the meeting, Biden received a letter from the lawmakers to raise concerns with the UAE around its military support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan. Appreciating Biden's efforts towards the Sudan crisis, the lawmakers stated that the Emirati actions could become an obstruction. They urged Biden to address the concerns to Mohammed and press the UAE to cease the support to RSF.{{Cite news |date=22 September 2024 |title=U.S. lawmakers urge Biden to press UAE on Sudan conflict |language=en |work=Sudan Tribunal |url=https://sudantribune.com/article291233/ |access-date=29 September 2024}}{{cite news|title=Congress of the United States|date=17 September 2024 |url=https://jayapal.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Letter-to-Biden-on-UAE-Visit_FINAL.pdf |access-date=3 October 2024 }}{{cite news|last1=Kanno-Youngs |first1=Zolan |last2=Naar |first2=Ismaeel |title=Biden and Harris Meet With Emirati President in Washington |work=The New York Times |date=23 September 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/politics/biden-harris-united-arab-emirates.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001134916/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/politics/biden-harris-united-arab-emirates.html|archive-date=1 October 2024 |access-date=3 October 2024}}

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Early on, the Biden administration addressed Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. The White House confirmed that the U.S. Embassy would remain in Jerusalem and it would continue to be recognized as the capital. The administration also expressed support for the Abraham Accords while wanting to expand on them, although it shied away from using that name, instead referring to it simply as "the normalization process".{{cite web|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/09/white-house-confirms-biden-will-keep-embassy-in-jerusalem/|title=White House confirms Biden will keep embassy in Jerusalem|date=February 9, 2021|website=Roll Call}}{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/israel-sudan-normalization-biden-white-house-78f08a6c-1c64-445f-9db6-c04125da2e6b.html|title=Israel pushes White House ceremony to seal Sudan normalization deal|first=Barak|last=Ravid|website=Axios|date=March 10, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-administration-laying-groundwork-for-push-to-expand-abraham-accords/|title=Biden administration laying groundwork for push to expand Abraham Accords|first1=Ellen|last1=Knickmeyer|first2=Aya|last2=Batrawy|first3=Laurie|last3=Kellman|website=The Times of Israel}}

On 13 May 2021, in the aftermath of the Al-Aqsa mosque conflict, the Biden administration was accused of being indifferent towards the violent conflict between Israeli statehood and the Palestinian minority there. Critics on both sides identified the reaction by the White House as "lame and late".Gosh Bobby (May 13, 2021). [https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-13/israel-palestine-biden-s-response-to-the-crisis-is-late-and-lame "Biden's Response to the Israeli Crisis Is Late and Lame"]. Bloomberg (Opinion). Retrieved 13 May 2021.

On 21 May 2021, a ceasefire was brokered between Israel and Hamas after eleven days of clashes. According to Biden, the US will be playing a key role to rebuild damaged infrastructure in the Gaza alongside the Palestinian authority.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/17/power-up-biden-administration-approves-735-million-weapons-sale-israel-raising-red-flags-some-house-democrats/ "Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Holds Despite Jerusalem Clashes"] The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2021.Alemany, Jacqueline (May 17, 2021). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/17/power-up-biden-administration-approves-735-million-weapons-sale-israel-raising-red-flags-some-house-democrats/ "Power Up: Biden administration approves $735 million weapons sale to Israel, raising red flags for some House Democrats"]. The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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After the October 7 attack in Israel, Biden stated, "We stand with Israel" three days later and emphasized the US's role in potentially freeing American hostages in Gaza.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-10 |title='We stand with Israel': Biden vows U.S. support in face of 'pure, unadulterated evil' |url=https://news.yahoo.com/biden-deliver-remarks-israel-hamas-143351202.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}

On October 14, Biden condemned the murder of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a six-year-old Muslim boy in Chicago, by the boy's landlord. The murder was an alleged hate crime inspired by the conflict. Biden said, "There is no place in America for hate against anyone."{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Shardaa |date=October 17, 2023 |title=Plainfield landlord charged with hate crime in killing of 6-year-old Palestinian boy, stabbing of mom |website=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/plainfield-landlord-charged-with-hate-crime-in-killing-of-6-year-old-palestinian-boy-stabbing-of-mom/ar-AA1igf8h}}{{Cite web |last=O'Kane |first=Caitlin |title=Biden condemns murder of 6-year-old Muslim boy |website=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-condemns-murder-of-6-year-old-muslim-boy/ar-AA1iirUI}}

During a speech at the Human Rights Campaign Dinner on October 15, a protestor chanted "let Gaza live" and "ceasefire now" to which Biden responded that he could not hear the protestor, but then later said "I get it. I'm not sure that's a good thing. No, I'm only joking."{{Cite AV media |title=President Biden and the First Lady Deliver Remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner | date=October 14, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNOQYRR1AaI |access-date=2023-10-18 |language=en |via=YouTube }}{{Cite news |last=Sainato |first=Michael |date=2023-10-15 |title=Biden interrupted by pro-Palestine activist at human rights dinner |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/15/biden-pro-palestine-activist-keynote-speech |access-date=2023-10-18 |issn=0261-3077}}

Biden's trip to Jordan to meet King Abdullah II, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Mahmoud Abbas was "mutually" canceled on October 17 and indefinitely postponed.{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Kathryn |title=Biden's trip to Jordan to meet with Arab leaders canceled |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bidens-trip-to-jordan-to-meet-with-arab-leaders-cancelled/ar-AA1iolSK |website=CBS News}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=Summit with Arab leaders in Jordan called off as President Biden heads to Israel |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/summit-with-arab-leaders-in-jordan-called-off-as-president-biden-heads-to-israel |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us}}{{Cite news |date=2023-10-18 |title=Jeremy Bowen: Joe Biden's search for a Middle East solution just got harder |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67148622 |access-date=2023-10-18}}

President Biden traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18 and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, resulting in humanitarian aid being allowed into Gaza, including food, water, and medicine.{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=www.msn.com}} During the trip, Biden blamed the al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion on "an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza," citing US intelligence reports.{{Cite web |last=Macias |first=Amanda |date=October 18, 2023 |title=Biden to seek 'unprecedented' Israel aid package; pledges $100 million for humanitarian relief |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-to-seek-unprecedented-israel-aid-package-pledges-100-million-for-humanitarian-relief/ar-AA1isaOI |website=CNBC}}{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2023 |title=U.S. Intelligence Shows Gaza Militants Behind Hospital Blast |website=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-intelligence-shows-gaza-militants-behind-hospital-blast/ar-AA1iqDrW?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=f61b77f3545c449eb9f4887082de417e&ei=5}} He also promised to ask congress for an "unprecedented support package for Israel's defense," potentially tied to a bill with support for Ukraine, Taiwan, and the Southern Border.{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2023 |title=Biden promises to request 'unprecedented support package for Israel's defense' from Congress |website=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/biden-promises-to-request-unprecedented-support-package-for-israel-s-defense-from-congress/ar-AA1irDHr}} Biden called on Congress to pass $14.3 billion in emergency military aid to Israel.{{cite news|last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Demirjian |first2=Karoun |date=20 October 2023 |title=Biden Requests $105 Billion Aid Package for Israel, Ukraine and Other Crises |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/us/politics/biden-aid-israel-ukraine-taiwan-border.html }} Israel already receives $3.8 billion a year in military aid.{{cite news |title=US House passes $14.5bn military aid package for Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/3/us-house-passes-14-5bn-military-aid-package-for-israel |work=Al Jazeera |date=3 November 2023}} Biden also announced that the US would send $100 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza and the West Bank.{{Cite web |last=Garrity |first=Kelly |date=October 18, 2023 |title=Biden announces $100 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza and West Bank |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-announces-100-million-in-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza-and-west-bank/ar-AA1irY7F |website=Politico}}

On November 1, after Jessica Rosenberg, a rabbi and activist from Jewish Voice for Peace, heckled Biden during a speech in Northfield, Minnesota calling for a ceasefire, Biden said, "I think we need a pause. A pause means give time to get the prisoners out."{{Cite web |date=2 November 2023 |title=Heckler pushes Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Biden says: 'we need a pause' |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/heckler-pushes-israel-hamas-ceasefire-biden-says-we-need-a-pause/ar-AA1jg5d5 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Aleks |date=2 November 2023 |title=Who Is Jessica Rosenberg? Rabbi Who Heckled Joe Biden |website=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/who-is-jessica-rosenberg-rabbi-who-heckled-joe-biden/ar-AA1jgyfp}}

Starting November 9, Biden negotiated four-hour pauses for civilians to flee every day after his push for three-day pauses failed.{{Cite web |date=9 November 2023 |title=Biden gets four-hour battle pauses from Israel after pushing for three-day stoppages |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-gets-four-hour-battle-pauses-from-israel-after-pushing-for-three-day-stoppages/ar-AA1jFHuG |website=Reuters}} Starting on November 23, Israel agreed to a four-day ceasefire for north of Gaza for six hours a day and a complete ceasefire south of Gaza in exchange for hostages taken by Hamas. The deal was brokered by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States.{{Cite news |title=Inside Joe Biden's 'excruciating' effort to secure Israeli hostage release |url=https://www.ft.com/content/754f1f0a-15d1-4d88-ba7e-d61e5717cfd8 |access-date=2023-11-22 |newspaper=Financial Times|date=November 22, 2023 |last1=Politi |first1=James }}{{Cite news |date=2023-11-22 |title=Israel–Hamas war: The hostage deal and ceasefire explained |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israelhamas-war-hostage-deal-ceasefire-gaza-2023-11-22/ |access-date=2023-11-22}}{{Cite web |last=Goldenberg |first=Tia |date=22 November 2023 |title=Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages. What does it look like? |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-and-hamas-have-reached-a-deal-on-a-cease-fire-and-hostages-what-does-it-look-like/ar-AA1klbTd |website=AP}}

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Ian Bremmer, an American political scientist, stated the Biden administration's position unconditionally supporting Israel had left him as isolated on the world stage as Russia's president Vladimir Putin.{{cite web |last1=Turak |first1=Natasha |title=Biden's support of Israel leaves him as isolated as Russia on the world stage, analyst says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/07/bidens-support-of-israel-leaves-him-as-isolated-as-russia-on-the-world-stage-analyst.html |website=CNBC |date=December 7, 2023 |access-date=11 December 2023}} Biden has reportedly expressed frustration with Netanyahu's handling of the war, although this has not lead to a major shift in American policy.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-12 |title=Biden disparages Netanyahu in private but hasn't significantly changed U.S. policy toward Israel and Gaza |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/biden-disparages-netanyahu-private-hasnt-changed-us-policy-israel-rcna138282 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Lazer |date=2024-02-14 |title=Biden reportedly fed up with Netanyahu, calling him 'asshole' over management of war |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-reportedly-fed-up-with-netanyahu-calls-him-asshole-over-conduct-of-gaza-war/ |website=The Times of Israel}}

Congressional oversight on arms sales has been sidestepped by the Biden administration on two occasions in December 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-sidesteps-congress-arms-sale-israel-rcna131661 |date=30 December 2023 |access-date=11 February 2024 |title=Biden administration sidesteps Congress again for emergency arms sale to Israel |website=www.nbcnews.com}} Usually the Arms Export Control Act would require the State Department, on behalf of the president, to provide U.S. Congress advance notification of government-to-government foreign military sales of defense equipment. But the secretary of state Antony Blinken certified the existence of an "emergency" and therefore the requirement was lifted twice which raised objections from lawmakers from the Democratic Party.{{cite web |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-arms-sales-to-israel |title=Democrats Demand Blinken Explain Unapproved Arms Transfers to Israel |date=30 January 2024 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=www.commondreams.org}}

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In February 2024, the Biden administration warned the government of Israel against its announced advance against Rafah,{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/live-updates-biden-warns-israel-attack-rafah-plan-107284509 |title=Biden warns Israel not to attack Rafah without plan to protect civilians |date=16 February 2024 |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=abcnews.go.com}} and NBC news reported that Biden "has been venting his frustration in recent private conversations, some of them with campaign donors, over his inability to persuade Israel to change its military tactics in the Gaza Strip". On 16 February 2024, the Wall Street Journal reported that the administration is pushing for a cease-fire deal but on the other hand is preparing another delivery of bombs and other weapons and that the administration has to notify "congressional committee leaders who would need to approve the transfer."{{cite web |title=U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-plans-to-send-weapons-to-israel-amid-biden-push-for-cease-fire-deal-184e75bc |date=16 February 2024 |access-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240217041511/https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-plans-to-send-weapons-to-israel-amid-biden-push-for-cease-fire-deal-184e75bc |archive-date=17 February 2024 |website=www.wsj.com}} On 20 February, the U.S. government vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza.{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-un-security-council-votes-on-new-gaza-cease-fire-resolution-u-s-promises-to-veto |title=WATCH: U.S. casts lone veto against UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza |date=20 February 2024 |access-date=22 February 2022 |website=www.pbs.org}}

After the killing of Palestinian civilians receiving food aid on February 29, Biden expressed that the current level of aid flowing into Gaza was insufficient.{{Cite web |last=Ewing |first=Giselle Ruhiyyih |date=2024-03-02 |title=Gaza airdrop has begun, Biden says, but more needed |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/02/gaza-aid-airdrop-biden-00144563 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Politico}} On March 3, US military began airdropping food aid into Gaza.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-02 |title=US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-airdrop-humanitarian-assistance-f8bc071193f89906abf21478bc70a084 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=AP News |language=en}} Some experts called the US airdrops performative and claimed they would do little to alleviate the food situation in Gaza.{{cite news |title=Airdropping aid is inefficient — so why is the U.S. doing it in Gaza anyway? |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/03/06/1236019060/gaza-israel-airdrop-aid-humanitarian-united-states |work=NPR |date=March 6, 2024}} In July 2024, following Biden's decision not to seek re-election, Palestinian advocacy groups stated they believed that the war would define Biden's presidential legacy.{{cite web |last1=Harb |first1=Ali |title=Biden's legacy is Gaza genocide, Palestinian rights advocates say |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/22/bidens-legacy-is-gaza-genocide-palestinian-rights-advocates-say |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=3 August 2024}}

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On July 10, 2024, the Biden administration resumed shipments of the 500-pound bombs to Israel, which were halted in May over concerns about the humanitarian impact of Israel's use of them in killing Palestinians in Gaza.{{cite news |title=US resumes sending shipments of 500-pound bombs to Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/11/us-resumes-sending-shipments-of-500-pound-bombs-to-israel |work=Al Jazeera |date=11 July 2024}}

On September 17, 2024, thousands of handheld pagers used by Hezbollah simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and Syria.{{Cite web |date=17 September 2024 |title=Exploding pagers belonging to Hezbollah kill 8 and injure more than 2,700 in Lebanon |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hezbollah-pagers-expolsion-lebanon-handheld-devices-rcna171457 |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}} The attack came just a day after the Biden administration's special envoy Amos Hochstein visited Israel and warned Benjamin Netanyahu against provoking a major escalation in Lebanon.{{Cite news |last=Ravid |first=Barak |date=17 September 2024 |title=Israel didn't tell U.S. in advance about Hezbollah pager attack, officials said |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/hezbollah-pager-explosion-israel-didnt-tell-biden-administration |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=Axios}}

On November 20, 2024, a UN Security Council draft resolution that demanded an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was vetoed by the U.S. whereas all other members voted in favor. The draft resolution would have rejected "any effort to starve Palestinians" and demanded the facilitation of full, rapid, safe and unhindered entry of aid at scale to and throughout the Strip and its delivery to all those in need.{{cite web |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157216 |title=United States vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution at Security Council |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=news.un.org|date=November 20, 2024 }} On January 15, 2025, a ceasefire proposal backed by Biden was adopted just days before his leaving office.{{cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/15/statement-from-president-joe-biden-14/|title=Statement From President Biden: January 15, 2025|access-date=15 January 2025|work=The White House|date=January 15, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/15/israel-hamas-ceasefire-hostage-deal-agreed-to-in-principle.html|title=Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=NBC News |date=15 January 2025}}

File:P20220715AS-1244 (52325477560).jpg at the Palestinian presidential palace in Bethlehem, West Bank, July 15, 2022]]

During a July 2022 visit to Israel, Biden stressed the importance of keeping the two-state vision alive. He met with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and announced a new aid package to the Palestinians.{{Cite web |last=Eglash |first=Ruth |date=2022-07-21 |title='People love Joe Biden here,' Nides says of the president's reception in Israel |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2022/07/people-love-joe-biden-here-nides-says-of-the-presidents-reception-in-israel/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Jewish Insider |language=en-US}} During the administration of his predecessor Donald Trump, U.S. contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees had been defunded.{{Cite web |last=Amr |first=Hady |date=2018-09-07 |title=In one move, Trump eliminated US funding for UNRWA and the US role as Mideast peacemaker |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/09/07/in-one-move-trump-eliminated-us-funding-for-unrwa-and-the-us-role-as-mideast-peacemaker/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}} On the Israeli end, Prime Minister Yair Lapid reaffirmed his position on a two-state solution.

On February 4, 2021, Biden issued a presidential memorandum for expanding protection of LGBT rights worldwide, which includes the possibility to impose financial sanctions.{{cite news|last1=Alper|first1=Alexandra|last2=Shalal|first2=Andrea|date=February 5, 2021|title=Biden calls for expanded efforts to protect LGBTQ rights globally|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-lgbt-idUSKBN2A42KF|work=Reuters|access-date=February 21, 2021}}

The US State Department released a statement on Intersex Awareness Day promoting LGBTQI+ rights around the globe, saying, "Intersex persons often face stigma and discrimination in accessing education, healthcare, and legal recognition, and are subjected to medically unnecessary surgeries. These harmful practices, which can cause lifelong negative physical and emotional consequences, are a medical form of so-called conversion therapy practices in that they seek to physically "convert" Intersex children into non-Intersex children."{{Cite web |title=On Intersex Awareness Day |url=https://www.state.gov/on-intersex-awareness-day-2/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}

Biden announced he would be removing Uganda from the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade deal{{Cite web |date=2023-10-31 |title=US to remove Uganda and three other African countries from Agoa trade deal |url=https://news.yahoo.com/us-remove-uganda-three-other-075918682.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}} over the country's anti-LGBT bill that included the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" and life-in-prison for identifying as LGBT.{{Cite news |date=2023-03-21 |title=Uganda Anti-Homosexuality bill: Life in prison for saying you're gay |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65034343 |access-date=2023-10-31}}{{Cite news |date=2023-03-22 |title=Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-passes-bill-banning-identifying-lgbtq-2023-03-21/ |access-date=2023-10-31}}

{{further|Joe Biden classified documents incident}} Biden's attorneys informed the National Archives Administration in November 2022 that classified documents from before Biden's presidency had been found at the Penn Biden Center. Days later Attorney General Garland tasked U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch Jr. with conducting an initial investigation. On January 5, 2023, Lausch advised Garland that the assignment of a special counsel was warranted.{{cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Kevin |date=January 16, 2023 |title=What we know about the Biden classified documents: A timeline of events |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/politics/biden-classified-docs-timeline/index.html}}{{cite news |last=Shpigel |first=Ben |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Timeline of the Biden Documents Case: What We Know So Far |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/biden-documents-timeline.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114124700/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/biden-documents-timeline.html |archive-date=January 14, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Maureen |last2=Hammond |first2=Elise |last3=Meyer |first3=Matt |last4=Sangal |first4=Aditi |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Garland lays out timeline of investigation into Biden classified documents so far |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/garland-attorney-general-statement-01-12-23/h_d0728a48029a6407e468b05806963497 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113030157/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/garland-attorney-general-statement-01-12-23/h_d0728a48029a6407e468b05806963497 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |access-date=January 12, 2023 |work=CNN}} On January 12, Garland announced that he was appointing a special counsel to investigate "possible unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or other records",{{Cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Sarah N. |last2=Renshaw |first2=Jarrett |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Special counsel named to probe Biden's handling of documents |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/special-counsel-named-probe-bidens-handling-documents-2023-01-12/ |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112182715/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/special-counsel-named-probe-bidens-handling-documents-2023-01-12/ |archive-date=January 12, 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Live updates: Garland makes statement on Biden classified documents |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/garland-attorney-general-statement-01-12-23/index.html |access-date=January 12, 2023 |website=CNN |date=January 12, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112190717/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/garland-attorney-general-statement-01-12-23/index.html |url-status=live }} and appointed Robert K. Hur as special counsel.{{cite news |title=Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Handle Biden Documents Inquiry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/12/us/biden-classified-documents |work=The New York Times |date=January 12, 2023 |access-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112190009/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/12/us/biden-classified-documents |url-status=live }} Hur released his report on February 8, 2024, stating that the "evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt".{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Biden won't be charged in classified docs case; special counsel cites instances of 'poor memory' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/special-counsel-says-evidence-biden-willfully-retained-disclosed-class-rcna96666 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=NBC News |language=en}} The report's final conclusion was that "no criminal charges are warranted in this matter" and that it would be "the same even if there was no policy against charging a sitting president".{{Cite web |first1=Pierre |last1=Thomas |first2=Alexander |last2=Mallin |first3=Lucien |last3=Bruggeman |first4=Katherine |last4=Faulders |title=Special counsel won't charge Biden in classified docs probe, despite evidence he 'willfully retained' materials |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/white-house-finishes-review-special-counsels-report-biden/story?id=107047339 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

{{see also|United States House Oversight Committee investigation into the Biden family|United States House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government|Efforts to impeach Joe Biden|Impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden}}

On September 12, 2023, Speaker McCarthy acceded to the right wing of the House Republican Conference and announced the launch of an impeachment inquiry into Biden.{{cite web |last1=Zanona |first1=Melania |last2=Tablot |first2=Haley |last3=Fox |first3=Lauren |last4=Grayer |first4=Annie |title=McCarthy calls for formal impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from conservatives |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/politics/biden-impeachment-house-gop/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=September 12, 2023 |date=September 12, 2023}}{{cite magazine |last1=Cortellessa |first1=Eric |title=McCarthy Lacks the Votes For an Impeachment Inquiry. Trump's Allies Have a Plan to Get Them. |url=https://time.com/6311911/impeachment-biden-marjorie-greene-hunter/#:~:text=Republicans%20have%20only%20a%20slim,after%20a%20full%20House%20vote. |magazine=Time |date=September 8, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Griffing |first1=Alex |title='He Doesn't Have Enough Votes': CNN's Manu Raju Explains Why McCarthy Backtracked on Impeachment Vote |url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/he-doesnt-have-enough-votes-cnns-manu-raju-says-mccarthy-backtracked-on-impeachment-vote/ |publisher=Mediaite |date=September 12, 2023}} McCarthy claimed that earlier findings of House investigations "paint a picture of corruption" involving Biden and his relatives.{{cite web |last1=Mascaro |first1=Lisa |last2=Farnoush |first2=Amiri |title=Speaker McCarthy directs the House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden |url=https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-shutdown-house-republicans-b187202be8814f7acbdd6e2e937e23d4 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=September 12, 2023 |date=September 12, 2023}} Prior investigations have failed to find evidence of wrongdoing by the president.{{Efn|Attributed to multiple sources:{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |title=House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/hunter-biden-house-republicans-report.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 10, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Demirjian |first1=Karoun |title=Republicans Are Divided on Impeaching Biden as Panel Begins New Inquiry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/us/republicans-biden-inquiry.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 4, 2023}}{{cite news |title=How a fight over immunity unraveled Hunter Biden's plea deal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/17/hunter-biden-plea-deal/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 17, 2023|author1=Perry Stein|author2=Devlin Barrett|author3=Matt Viser}}{{cite magazine |last1=Otten |first1=Tori |title=McCarthy Plans Biden Impeachment Inquiry—With No Evidence and Not Enough Votes |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/175504/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-inquiry-no-evidence-not-enough-votes |magazine=The New Republic |date=September 12, 2023}}}} The impeachment inquiry fizzled out by April 2024.{{Cite web |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Zanona |first2=Melanie |date=2024-04-24 |title=How the House GOP's Biden impeachment effort fell apart |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/politics/house-gop-biden-impeachment-effort/index.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=CNN Politics |publisher=CNN |language=en}}

{{Main|2022 United States elections}}

Despite Biden's low approvals, a red wave did not occur during the president's midterm as many had anticipated. Democrats expanded their narrow Senate majority while Republicans took control of the House of Representatives by a far smaller margin than expected.{{Cite web |last=Paz |first=Christian |date=2022-11-26 |title=The key swing group that stopped a Democratic disaster |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23471686/independent-voters-midterms-democrats-republicans-trump-abortion-economy |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Vox |language=en}} This was largely attributed to a backlash against the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,{{Cite news |title=What we know (and don't know) about how abortion affected the midterms |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1139040227/abortion-midterm-elections-2022-republicans-democrats-roe-dobbs |access-date=2022-11-28}} as well as the perceived extremeness of certain Republican candidates in competitive races.

It was the first midterm election since 1986 in which the party of the incumbent president achieved a net gain in governorships, and the first since 1934 in which the president's party didn't lose any state legislative chambers or incumbent senators.{{Cite web |last=Enten |first=Harry |date=2022-11-13 |title=How Joe Biden and the Democratic Party defied midterm history {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/13/politics/democrats-biden-midterm-elections-senate-house/index.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}

Many pundits had failed to predict the Democrats' resilient performance; Simon Rosenberg was one exception.{{Cite web |last=Narea |first=Nicole |date=2022-11-27 |title=The guy who got the midterms right explains what the media got wrong |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/11/27/23475262/midterms-red-wave-democrats-election |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Vox |language=en}} Polls for the election cycle were the most accurate since 1998, though Republican-aligned pollsters such as the Trafalgar Group had a notable polling miss.{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Benjamin |date=2022-11-17 |title=The Pollster Who Predicted a Red Wave Explains Himself |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/trafalgar-groups-robert-cahaly-explains-his-polling-miss.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Intelligencer |language=en-us}}{{cite web|last=Rakich|first=Nathaniel|title=The Polls Were Historically Accurate In 2022|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/2022-election-polling-accuracy/|website=FiveThirtyEight|date=March 10, 2023|access-date=March 13, 2023}}

The results drew praise from the Democratic Party,{{Cite web |date=2022-11-20 |title='You did it!': Biden basks in midterms afterglow after beating expectations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/20/joe-biden-midterms-democrats-presidency |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} and Biden celebrated the results as a strong day for democracy.{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |date=2022-11-09 |title=Biden Celebrates Beating the Odds, but He Faces a New Challenge |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/politics/biden-midterms-republicans.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |issn=0362-4331}}

Democratic overperformance in these elections are considered to have played a factor in the party's defeat in the 2024 elections, with its results misinterpreted as support for Biden's initial bid for re-election.{{cite web|last=Brownstein|first=Ronald|title=The Democrats' 2022 Error Message|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/democrats-2022-error-message/680661/|website=The Atlantic|date=2024-11-14|access-date=2024-12-07}}{{cite web|last=Todd|first=Chuck|title=Chuck Todd: This Democratic defeat — and the rise of Trump 2.0 — was a decade in the making|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/chuck-todd-democratic-defeat-rise-trump-20-was-decade-making-rcna179175|website=NBC News|date=2024-11-08|access-date=2024-12-07}}

{{Main|Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries|Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election}}

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After speculation Biden would not seek re-election due to his advanced age and poor job approval,{{Cite news|last=Baker|first=Peter|date=2022-11-13|title=An Emboldened Biden Now Faces a Tough Choice About His Own Future|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/us/politics/biden-2024-election.html|access-date=2022-12-09}} Biden officially announced his reelection campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential election on April 25, 2023.{{Cite news|last=Miller|first=Zeke|date=2023-04-25|title=Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: 'Let's finish this job'|language=en-US|work=AP News|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-election-2024-president-democrats-trump-9c72115656855da89a41cac3f79aa65b|access-date=2023-04-25}} Representative Dean Phillips ran against Biden in the primaries but was unsuccessful.{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Arit |last2=McKend |first2=Eva |last3=Pellish |first3=Aaron |title=House Democrat Dean Phillips launches primary challenge against President Biden |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/26/politics/dean-phillips-presidential-campaign-launch/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=23 December 2024 |date=27 October 2023}}{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2024 |title=Dean Phillips ends presidential campaign and endorses Biden|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/dean-phillips-ends-presidential-campaign-rcna142091 |access-date=23 December 2024 |publisher=NBC News |author1=Shabad, Rebecca |author2=Egwuonwu, Nnamdi}} Phillips campaigned as a younger alternative to Biden, who would be a stronger opponent to Trump.{{cite web |last1=Skelley |first1=Geoffrey |date=31 October 2023 |title=The curious case of Dean Phillips's last-minute primary challenge |url=https://abcnews.go.com/538/curious-case-dean-phillipss-minute-primary-challenge/story?id=104482909 |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=ABC News |publisher=}}{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Scott |last2=Vitali |first2=Ali |last3=Traylor |first3=Jake |date=27 October 2023 |title='A head scratcher': Dems baffled by Dean Phillips' quixotic bid against Biden |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/-head-scratcher-dems-baffled-dean-phillips-quixotic-bid-biden-rcna122506 |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=NBC News |publisher=}} Biden became the presumptive Democratic party nominee on March 12, 2024, facing no effective challengers in the primaries.{{Cite web |last=Fowler |first=Stephen |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Trump and Biden clinch 2024 presidential nominations |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/03/12/1238033721/donald-trump-joe-biden-nomination-delegates |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=NPR}} Following what was widely viewed as a lackluster performance in the first presidential debate against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and numerous age and health concerns, Biden faced repeated calls to suspend his candidacy. On July 21, 2024, Biden announced in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) that he was suspending his campaign. He stated that "while it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term", and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in his stead.{{Cite news|last=Baker|first=Peter|date=2024-07-21|title=Biden Drops Out of Race, Scrambling the Campaign for the White House|language=en-US|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/21/us/politics/biden-drops-out.html|access-date=2024-07-21}}

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{{Further|Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign|Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|2024 United States presidential election|Second presidential transition of Donald Trump}}

File:ElectoralCollege2024.svg defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.]]

File:P20241113CS-0503 (cropped).jpg in the Oval Office on November 13, 2024]]

Following the attempted assassination of his then-opponent and then-presumptive Republican nominee former president Donald Trump, Biden condemned the shooting and, in an Oval Office address the next day, spoke about the "need for to lower the temperature" of its political rhetoric.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-15 |title='We must stand together': Biden calls on Americans to stop viewing their political opponents as enemies |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-oval-office-address-sunday-evening-trump-shooting-rcna161790 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=NBC News |language=en |quote=President Joe Biden called on Americans to "lower the temperature" of political rhetoric in an address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, asking for more respectful discourse and civility in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.}}

Biden defended his record as president at the Democratic National Convention and advocated for the election of Harris in one of the last speeches of his presidency.{{Cite web|last1=Lemire|first1=Jonathan|last2=Stokols|first2=Eli|title=Biden got the lovefest he wanted. He just had to drop out first.|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/20/biden-dnc-speech-democrats-00174920|date=August 20, 2024|access-date=August 20, 2024|website=Politico}} The convention was largely portrayed as an honoring of his political legacy.{{cite web|last=Shear|first=Michael|title=Biden Defends His Record and Endorses Harris: 'America, I Gave My Best to You'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/us/politics/biden-democratic-national-convention-speech.html|date=August 19, 2024|access-date=August 20, 2024|website=New York Times}} In the general election, Harris was defeated by Trump. Some Democrats attributed Harris' loss to Biden's unpopularity on issues such as the economy and his refusal to withdraw from the race sooner.{{cite web|last1=Bose|first1=Nandita|last2=Renshaw|first2=Jarrett|last3=Borter|first3=Gabriella|title=After Harris' loss, angry Democrats blame her boss, Biden|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-harris-loss-angry-democrats-blame-her-boss-biden-2024-11-06/|website=Reuters|date=November 6, 2024|access-date=November 6, 2024}} In the concurrent congressional elections, Republicans also retained a narrow majority in the House of Representatives and took control of the Senate.

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On January 15, 2025, Biden gave a farewell address in the Oval Office days before the second inauguration of Donald Trump.{{Cite web |last1=Heuer |first1=Mike |last2=Coote |first2=Darryl |date=15 January 2025 |title= Biden warns of growing threat of unchecked power in farewell address |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/15/biden-farewell-address/8721736988111 |access-date=16 January 2025 |website=United Press International |language=en}}

{{See also|2021 opinion polling on the Joe Biden administration|l1=2021|2022 opinion polling on the Joe Biden administration|l2=2022|2023 opinion polling on the Joe Biden administration|l3=2023|2024–2025 opinion polling on the Joe Biden administration}}

Very early in Biden's presidency, opinion polls found that Biden's approval ratings were steadier than Trump's, with an average approval rating of 55% and an average disapproval rate of 39%.{{cite news |last=Enten|first=Harry |date=February 21, 2021|title=Analysis: Biden's polling is steadier than Trump's |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/21/politics/biden-approval-poll-of-the-week/index.html|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=CNN}} Biden's early approval ratings have been more polarized than Trump's, with 98% of Democrats, 61% of independents and 11% of Republicans approving of Biden's presidency in February 2021, a party gap of 87%.{{cite web|date=February 4, 2021|title=Biden Begins Term With 57% Job Approval |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/329348/biden-begins-term-job-approval.aspx|access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Gallup.com}} Around the end of his first hundred days in office, Biden's approval rating was higher than Trump's but was the third worst since the presidency of Harry Truman; only Trump and Gerald Ford scored lower.{{cite web|last=Politi |first=Daniel|date=April 25, 2021|title=Biden's 100-Day Approval Rating Is Better Than Trump's, but Third-Worst Since Truman|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/04/biden-100-day-approval-poll-trump.html |access-date=April 25, 2021 |website=Slate Magazine}}{{cite web |last=Bowden|first=John |date=April 25, 2021 |title=Biden approval rating stands at 52 percent after almost 100 days in office |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/550141-biden-approval-rating-stands-at-52-percent-after-almost-100-days-in|access-date=April 25, 2021|website=The Hill}}

After the fall of Kabul and the surge of COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant in July and August 2021, Biden's approval rating began to steadily decline, from a high of 52.7% approval on July 26, 2021, to 45.9% approval by September 3, 2021, according to FiveThirtyEight.{{cite web |last=Skelley|first=Geoffrey|date=August 27, 2021|title=Biden's Declining Approval Rating Is Not Just About Afghanistan |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bidens-declining-approval-rating-is-not-just-about-afghanistan/|access-date=August 28, 2021 |website=FiveThirtyEight}}{{cite web |last=Silver|first=Nate|authorlink=Nate Silver|date=January 28, 2021 |title=How Popular Is Joe Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128032510/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2021|access-date=September 6, 2021|website=FiveThirtyEight}} While the White House emphasized COVID-19 as causing his low approval rating,{{cite web |last=Miller|first=Zeke|date=November 27, 2021|title=Biden's White House blames COVID-19 as approval drops, inflation rises|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8407650/joe-biden-covid-19-polling-inflation/ |access-date=November 28, 2021|website=Global News}} inflation, the highest in nearly 40 years,{{Cite news|last=Cox|first=Jeff|date=December 10, 2021 |title=Inflation surged 6.8% in November, even more than expected, to fastest rate since 1982 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/10/consumer-price-index-november-2021.html|access-date=December 26, 2021 |work=CNBC}}{{Cite news|date=November 11, 2021|title=What is driving US inflation to a 31-year high? The reasons and solutions are complicated|work=USA Today |url=https://usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2021/11/11/inflation-rate-2021-causes/6385830001/ |access-date=November 28, 2021}} has also been described as a cause.{{cite web|last=Montanaro |first=Domenico |date=November 24, 2021|title=Biden hits a new low in the NPR/Marist poll as inflation concerns rise|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058739328/biden-hits-a-new-low-in-the-npr-marist-poll-as-inflation-concerns-rise|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=NPR}}{{cite web |last=Collinson|first=Stephen|date=November 11, 2021|title=Why inflation is a political nightmare for Biden |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/11/politics/president-joe-biden-inflation-politics/index.html |access-date=November 28, 2021|website=CNN}} Biden's lowest approval rating on record comes from a Quinnipiac University poll in July 2022, which showed just 31% of respondents approving of his performance as president.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/20/president-joe-biden-job-approval-rating-hits-new-low-in-public-poll.html |title=President Biden's job approval rating hits new low in public poll |work=CNBC |last=Mangan |first=Dan |date=July 20, 2022 |access-date=July 21, 2022}}

By the one-year anniversary of Biden's presidency on January 20, 2022, Gallup recorded the average approval rating for Biden's first year as 49%, which was the second-lowest first-year average approval rating for any American president since World War II; only Trump's first-year average of 38.4% was lower.{{cite news|last=Hubbard|first=Kaia|date=January 19, 2022 |title=Biden's First-Year Approval Better Than Trump's, But More Polarized |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-01-19/bidens-first-year-approval-better-than-trumps-but-more-polarized|access-date=January 24, 2022|newspaper=U.S. News & World Report}}{{cite web |last=Schnell|first=Mychael|date=January 18, 2022|title=Gallup: Biden's first-year approval rating at 49 percent |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/590325-gallup-bidens-first-year-approval-rating-at-49-percent?rl=1|access-date=January 24, 2022|work=The Hill}} Gallup further noted that there was greater political polarization in Biden's approval ratings than any other first-year president in modern history, with 91% of Democrats supporting Biden while just 8% of Republicans supported him, resulting in a party gap of 83%. The only other year of any presidency that saw greater polarization was Trump's final year in office.{{cite web |title=Presidential Approval Ratings -- Joe Biden|date=February 5, 2021 |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/329384/presidential-approval-ratings-joe-biden.aspx|access-date=January 24, 2022|publisher=Gallup}} The July 2022 Gallup survey saw Biden's sixth quarter approval rating of 40%, the lowest sixth quarter rating of any president in modern history dating back to Dwight Eisenhower.{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Ewan |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Joe Biden's latest approval rating lowest for any president |url=https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-approval-rating-gallup-poll-1729533 |access-date=August 31, 2022 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

Until April 23, according to figures compiled by FiveThirtyEight, Biden's approval rating stood at 42.3 percent, a slight improvement from the sub-40 percent level reached in the summer of 2022, but still well below the peak of 53 percent when he began his presidency in January 2021.{{cite magazine|last=Carbonaro |first=Giulia |title=Joe Biden Could Become the Most Unpopular President To Be Re-Elected |url=https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-most-unpopular-president-re-elected-1796169#:~:text=Joe%20Biden%20Could%20Become%20the%20Most%20Unpopular%20President%20To%20Be%20Re%2DElected,-By%20Giulia%20Carbonaro&text=2024%20Election%20Democrats-,Joe%20Biden%20could%20become%20the%20most%20unpopular%20president%20to%20be,in%20a%20rematch%20next%20year. |magazine=Newsweek |date=April 24, 2023}}

An October 30, 2023 poll by the Arab American Institute, support for Biden among Arab Americans dropped from 59% in 2020 to 17%.{{Cite news |last=Salam |first=Erum |date=October 31, 2023 |title=Arab American backing for Biden sinks over 'rock-solid' Israel support |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/31/biden-polling-israel-hamas-war-arab-americans |access-date=2023-10-31 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2023 |title=Arab Americans Special Poll: Domestic Implications of the Most Recent Outbreak of Violence in Palestine/Israel |url=https://www.aaiusa.org/library/arab-americans-special-poll-domestic-implications-of-the-most-recent-outbreak-of-violence-in-palestineisrael |access-date=October 31, 2023 |publisher=Arab American Institute |language=en-US}} The drop in support has been attributed to the administration's handling of the Gaza war.{{Cite magazine |last=Serhan |first=Yasmeen |date=October 31, 2023 |title=Biden's Gaza Stance Spurs Stunning Drop in Arab American Support |url=https://news.yahoo.com/biden-gaza-stance-spurs-stunning-152115214.html|magazine=Time |via=Yahoo! News}}{{Cite news |last1=Perkins |first1=Tom |last2=Salam |first2=Erum |date=October 27, 2023 |title='How can I vote for Biden?' Arab Americans in Michigan 'betrayed' by Israel support |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/27/michigan-arab-american-voters-biden-israel |access-date=October 31, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}

According to Gallup, in July 2024, Biden's approval rating dropped to 36%, the lowest of his presidency, prior to his decision to end his re-election campaign; his highest approval rating dated back to 57% in April 2021.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-23 |title=Biden's Approval Rating Hit New Low Before Exit From Race|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/647633/biden-approval-rating-hit-new-low-exit-race.aspx|access-date=2024-07-31 |publisher=Gallup |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-23 |title=Biden Job Approval a Respectable 57% at 100 Days|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/348974/biden-job-approval-respectable-100-days.aspx|access-date=2024-07-31 |publisher=Gallup |language=en}}

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Biden has been interviewed for several news outlets and appeared on several late-night talk shows throughout his presidency.

In December 2021, Biden appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where they discussed "his Build Back Better Plan, the importance of his bipartisan friendship with the late Sen. Bob Dole, rejecting extremism and getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19."{{Cite AV media |title=President Biden on the Importance of Bipartisanship & Vaccines, Rejecting Extremism in Trump's GOP | date=December 10, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5msrmQNtg4Y |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }}

In June 2022, Biden appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he discussed "27 school shootings in America in 2022, why he believes nothing has been done so far about gun violence, an overwhelming amount of Americans supporting background checks, meeting with families after the tragic events in Uvalde, Texas, the idea of passing an Executive Order, the strides made in regard to Climate Change, Joe Manchin & Kyrsten Sinema's voting record, housing, food and gas prices being very high and what he intends to do about inflation, the negative impact that the pandemic has had on families and the need for mental health care, being optimistic about this generation of young people, changes in the press, his process for flushing documents down the toilets, what his intentions are if Roe v Wade does in fact get overturned, and his hopes for America."{{Cite AV media |title=President Joe Biden Visits Jimmy Kimmel Live | date=June 8, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEtPV-qvLe8 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }}

In July 2022, comedian and host of The Late Late Show, James Corden, visited the White House and spoke with Biden, Jen Psaki, and White House custodian staff. He also gave a fake press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.{{Cite AV media |title=James Corden Pays The White House a Visit - #LateLateLondon | date=July 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZsZN9afTLI |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }}

Biden has also been interviewed by Drew Barrymore, Jake Tapper, Jonathan Capehart, Yonit Levi, George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, Scott Pelley, Lester Holt, and Norah O'Donnell, for The Drew Barrymore Show,{{Cite AV media |title=Drew Barrymore Visits President Joe Biden & First Lady Dr. Jill Biden for Christmas |publisher=Drew Barrymore | date=December 19, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6OtSk4USw8 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }} CNN,{{Cite AV media |title=Watch the full exclusive interview with President Joe Biden |series=CNN Politics |date=2022-10-12 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/10/12/joe-biden-full-exclusive-interview-jake-tapper-tapperctn-sot-vpx.cnn |publisher=CNN |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07}} MSNBC,{{Cite AV media |title=Interview: Jonathan Capehart Interviews Joe Biden on MSNBC – October 21, 2022 | date=October 24, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cziw7IXdP20 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }} Channel 12 in Israel,{{Cite AV media |title=Interview: Yonit Levi of Channel 12 in Israel Interviews Joe Biden in Washington – July 12, 2022 | date=July 18, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyzsO9ijeWI |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }} ABC News,{{Cite AV media |title=Interview: George Stephanopoulos of ABC News Interviews Joe Biden – August 18, 2021 | date=August 20, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIQg9q8KXCI |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }}{{Cite web |title=Biden tells ABC's David Muir 'yes' he'll run again, Trump rematch would 'increase the prospect' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-tells-abcs-david-muir-hell-run-trump/story?id=81901418 |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=ABC News |language=en}} 60 Minutes,{{Cite AV media |title=President Joe Biden: The 2022 60 Minutes Interview | date=September 18, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1UC89H4Swc |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }} NBC,{{Cite AV media |title=NBC News Exclusive: One-On-One with President Biden | date=February 10, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D94yt3ditog |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }} and CBS News,{{Cite AV media |title=Interview: Norah O'Donnell Interviews Joe Biden at The White House – February 5, 2021 | date=February 8, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHpImN2644U |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }} as well as a solo interview by Heather Cox Richardson{{Cite AV media |title=Historian Heather Cox Richardson interviews President Joe Biden February 25, 2022 | date=March 4, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Ks3BnFymQ |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }} and Brian Tyler Cohen.{{Cite AV media |title=BRIAN TYLER COHEN INTERVIEWS PRESIDENT BIDEN | date=February 26, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KutIWGd2fk8 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-07 |via=YouTube }} Notably, Biden has not sat down with Fox News, despite its popularity in the United States.{{Cite web |last1=Stokols |first1=Eli |last2=Egan |first2=Lauren |title=Will Biden sit down with Fox? |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/02/06/will-biden-sit-down-with-fox-00081310 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=POLITICO |date=February 6, 2023 |language=en}}

News outlets have criticized Biden for only doing a limited amount of interviews during his tenure. Biden participated in 23 interviews in his first 100 days, compared to 95 for Donald Trump, 187 for Barack Obama, 60 for George W. Bush, 64 for Bill Clinton, 70 for George H. W. Bush, and 78 for Ronald Reagan.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-05 |title=Biden gives far fewer interviews than his predecessors – could his caution backfire? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/05/joe-biden-few-press-interviews-media-access |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

• Vice presidency of Joe Biden
• Presidency of Barack Obama
• First presidency of Donald Trump
• Second presidency of Donald Trump
• Presidency of George W. Bush
• Presidency of Bill Clinton
• Electoral history of Joe Biden
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• {{Cite book |last=Foer |first=Franklin |year=2023 |title=The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future |location=New York |publisher=Penguin Press |isbn=978-1-101-98114-6 |oclc=1395141546}} [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C32ZVF19/?asin=B0C32ZVF19&revisionId=f42595d0&format=2&depth=1 Excerpt].
• {{Cite book |last=Wayne |first=Stephen J. |year=2022 |title=The Biden Presidency: Politics, Policy, and Polarization |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-032-01007-6 |oclc=1306538369}} [https://www.amazon.com/Biden-Presidency-Politics-Policy-Polarization-ebook/dp/B0BDPPP8ZB/ Excerpt]; covers first 18 months.
• {{Cite book |last=Whipple |first=Chris |year=2023 |title=The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-1-9821-0643-0 |oclc=1333841502}} [https://www.amazon.com/Fight-His-Life-Inside-Bidens/dp/1982106433/ Excerpt]; comprehensive history of first two years.

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