President Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response on Thursday. Experts say his administration's efforts have yielded mixed results in the first year Biden's been in office. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out last month in Youngstown, Ohio. Since Saturday, private health insurers have been required to cover up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced last week. David Dermer/AP hide caption
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies at a Senate hearing. The agency has come under criticism for not holding regular briefings. This week, Walensky pledged to hold regular briefings moving forward. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images hide caption
CDC is criticized for failing to communicate, promises to do better
Thursday
A new executive order from President Biden calls on the State Department to create a system through which passports can be renewed online. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Claudio Rojas, who was deported from the U.S. in 2019, is silhouetted against a curtained window of his home in Moreno, Argentina, on May 8, 2021. He was able to return to the U.S. in August. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption
An immigrant activist says ICE deported him in retaliation. Now he's back in the U.S.
Tuesday
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves his office after speaking with President Biden about his long-stalled domestic agenda, at the Capitol on Monday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
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A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day earlier this year in Los Angeles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose from April 2020 to April 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000 for the first time
Wednesday
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said the overdose epidemic has grown so severe that new measures are needed to keep people with addiction alive. He is seen here on Capitol Hill in September. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Overdose deaths are so high that the Biden team is embracing ideas once seen as taboo
Monday
A battle over taxes continues to brew as the IRS is seeking to obtain more bank account information, a move strongly opposed by Republicans and the lenders themselves. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Does the IRS really want to spy on your bank account? The latest tax fight, explained
Thursday
President Biden finishes signing one of three executive orders to expand the areas of three national monuments during an event at the White House on Friday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Tenants facing eviction wait to speak with attorneys from Memphis Area Legal Services in Room 134 of the Shelby County General Sessions Court in Memphis, Tenn. Liz Baker/NPR hide caption
With The Eviction Ban Over, Here's How One City Is Hustling To Help Those Who Need It
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Friday
COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, the international vaccine-sharing program, arrive in Khartoum, Sudan, on Aug. 5. In a letter to President Biden, health experts are asking him to take action to manufacture and distribute vaccines to the entire world. Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A wind farm in Wyoming generates electricity for a region that used to be more dependent on coal-fired power plants. A new study finds that millions of lives could be saved this century by rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Matt Young/AP hide caption