Zeke Miller

Associated Press

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

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January 8, 2025

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Longshoremen Reach Agreement with Ports, Shippers, Averting Potential Strike

January 9, 2025

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Manufacturing Sector Contracts to End the Year

January 8, 2025

The Barbours Cut Container Terminal in Houston during the first day of a dockworkers strike, Oct. 1, 2024.

Dockworkers Threaten to Strike Against Automation

January 7, 2025

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

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January 8, 2025

Julie Su, of Calif., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, on Capitol Hill, March 16, 2021, in Washington.

Biden to Nominate Julie Su as Next U.S. Labor Secretary

Su was central to negotiations between labor and freight rail companies late last year.

March 1, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2022.

Mexico Agrees to Invest $1.5B in 'Smart' Border Technology

The country will spend $1.5 billion over the next two years to make improvements.

July 14, 2022

Pre-loaded syringes with COVID-19 vaccine are ready as medical staff vaccinate students at KIPP Believe Charter School in New Orleans, Jan. 25, 2022.

U.S. Diverts COVID-19 Funds to Secure Vaccines Amid Stalemate

White House says it has "no choice" but to cut back on orders of at-home rapid tests that have supported a domestic manufacturing base for the easy diagnostic tests.

June 8, 2022

Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Houston. Parents seeking baby formula are running into bare supermarket and pharmacy shelves in part because of ongoing supply disruptions and a recent safety recall.

U.S. Allows More Baby Formula Imports to Fight Shortage

The move will make it easier for foreign manufacturers to ship formula into the U.S.

May 17, 2022

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AT&T, Verizon Pause Some New 5G After Airlines Raise Alarm

Airlines want the new service to be banned within two miles of airport runways.

January 19, 2022

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White House Soft-Launches COVID-19 Test Request Website

People can order four at-home tests per residential address.

January 18, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022.

Biden to Double Free COVID Tests, Add N95s to Fight Omicron

The federal government has a stockpile of more than 750 million N95 masks.

January 14, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and other bipartisan group of senators, Thursday June 24, 2021, outside the White House in Washington.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Back On Track After Walk-Back

Republicans indicated they were satisfied with Biden's comments that he was dropping the both-or-nothing approach.

June 28, 2021

In this Thursday, April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine sits on a table at a pop up vaccinations site the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.

US Recommends J&J Vaccine 'Pause' Over Clot Reports

Investigation concerns unusual clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination.

April 13, 2021

Vice President Mike Pence receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in Washington. Karen Pence, and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams also participated.

Pence, Wife Karen, Surgeon General Get COVID-19 Vaccines

The vice president has taken an increasingly visible role in highlighting the safety and efficacy of the shots.

December 18, 2020

In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Dr. Deborah Birx, Ambassador and White House coronavirus response coordinator, holds a 3M N95 mask as she and Vice President Mike Pence visit 3M headquarters in Maplewood, Minn., in a meeting with the company's leaders and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to coordinate response to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Trump, 3M Clash Over US Face Masks

The conflict involves the export of N95 masks, surgical gloves and other medical protective gear.

April 3, 2020

A National Park Service worker picks up trash along the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol are seen in the distance in Washington, at sunrise Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The number of tourist is down ahead of an expected surge in coronavirus cases.

$500B to Americans in April

It's the centerpiece of a $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy.

March 18, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks back to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

White House Wants $850B Economic Stimulus

It's bigger than the 2008 bank bailout or the 2009 recovery act.

March 17, 2020

President Donald Trump gestures for Vice President Mike Pence to speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020, about the coronavirus outbreak.

Trump Plans Tax Relief

It's part of his response to coronavirus concerns.

March 10, 2020