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As U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan, Biden Is Set To Explain What Happens Now
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President Biden will address the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan at a moment when the Taliban are gaining power and threatening the Afghan government.
![Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, says there are some foreign policy initiatives the Trump administration started that the new White House will build on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ap20329686794779-7d68b7d15b039f8528c4b5758704cd0341d0c728-scaled-e1611958165309-900x422.jpg)
Biden Won’t Reverse All Of Trump’s Foreign Policy. Here’s What He’ll Keep
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President Biden’s Iran policy is significantly different from that of his predecessor. But there are some things started by former President Donald Trump that Biden plans to build on.
![President Biden has repealed former President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/gettyimages-1297846170-c74f10965da8ae65485088c0f9475041aec66e3b-scaled-e1611592184639-900x422.jpg)
Biden Repeals Trump-Era Ban On Transgender Soldiers
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Former President Donald Trump had first ordered a ban on transgender soldiers in 2017, and President Biden had long promised to repeal the order.
![Kamala Harris will become the first African American to be nominated for vice president by a major political party.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gettyimages-1222886908-375a107e3a77a432e5b21abfea028952e625733d-900x422.jpg)
In Historic Pick, Joe Biden Taps Kamala Harris To Be His Running Mate
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The selection will make Harris just the third woman — and first African American — to be nominated for vice president by a major political party.
![Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Philadelphia. He has now secured enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ap_20154537329579-83d8bf4f7e45af265479df16cc1b415a49f3c02d-900x422.jpg)
Biden Formally Clinches Democratic Nomination, While Gaining Steam Against Trump
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The candidate has started to reemerge on the campaign trail. His response to and the administration’s handling of the coronavirus and protests over racial injustice seem to help him in the polls.
![Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally in Chicago on March 7.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gettyimages-1211037989-423401cc08a9221a84651d49d51238c44475fe63-scaled-e1586360378259-900x422.jpg)
Bernie Sanders Is Suspending His Presidential Campaign
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The Vermont senator is exiting the 2020 race, bowing to the commanding delegate lead former Vice President Joe Biden has established.
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‘She Touched Their Lives’: Friends, Family Gather To Remember Cokie Roberts
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The veteran journalist, who died on Tuesday at 75, was one of NPR’s “Founding Mothers.” Roberts’ funeral is being held Saturday morning at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C.
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The Political News Didn’t Stop Over Thanksgiving. Here’s What You Missed
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Over the long weekend, President Trump aired several grievances, the federal government published a report on global warming and U.S. border agents fired tear gas at migrants at the border.