Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina delivers the G.O.P. rebuttal to President Biden's remarks to a joint session of Congress.

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said on Wednesday that the nation would need to show greater progress toward substantial recovery before policies designed to bolster the economy would be lifted.

President Biden spoke on Tuesday about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new guidance about when masks should be worn outdoors.

Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention remarked on Tuesday on the agency's new guidance about when masks should be worn outdoors.

Lawyers and the family of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed in police custody in Elizabeth City, N.C., said a private autopsy revealed that Brown Jr. was hit by five bullets from police and killed by a shot to the head.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced a Justice Department investigation into the police in Louisville, Ky., and the county government on Monday. The inquiries show the Biden administration seeking stricter oversight of local departments amid a national outcry over police abuse.

Chantel Cherry-Lassiter, a lawyer for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man who was killed by sheriff's deputies in Elizabeth City, N.C., held an impassioned news conference after viewing a 20-second snippet of footage showing his final moments.

Adm. Yudo Margono, chief of staff of the Indonesian Navy, said on Saturday that divers had located debris near where the vessel was last seen before it went missing three days ago with 53 people on board.

At his climate summit on Friday, President Biden championed the economic benefits and new jobs that would come from proposed initiatives to combat climate change and enhance renewable energy.

At President Biden's climate summit on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel pledged to reduce Israel's carbon footprint by investing in more renewable energy and eliminating its use of coal by 2025.