For decades, all research in federally funded laboratories had to use only marijuana grown at a single facility located in Oxford, Mississippi. Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
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Student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt During The Supreme Court Hearings On Student Debt Relief on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for People's Rally hide caption
A person prepares a marijuana cigarette in New York City on April 20, 2024. Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban. A couple looking at a cake. Brendan Smialowski / AFP; George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
The Biden administration is establishing new standards for how much time each day a nursing home resident gets direct care from a nurse or an aide. picture alliance/Getty Images hide caption
An EMT wearing personal protective equipment prepares to unload COVID-19 transfer patients in the early days of the pandemic. The Biden Administration has just announced a new program aimed at preventing the next pandemic. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
A man walks past a mural featuring oil pumps and wells in Caracas, Venezuela, as the country faces the prospect of the U.S. reimposing oil sanctions. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption
Vice President Harris watches as President Biden signs an executive order on artificial intelligence on Oct. 30. On Thursday, the Biden administration issued new rules on how government agencies can implement AI. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The White House issued new rules on how government can use AI. Here's what they do
Activists and students protest in front of the Supreme Court during a rally for student debt cancellation in Washington, D.C., in February 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. On March 8, 2024, a federal judge in Texas upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden's immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discusses next steps for the foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel on the day after the bipartisan Senate border security bill collapsed, at the Capitol on Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Brittany Watts, center, speaks to a rally of supporters, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Warren, Ohio. A grand jury decided that Watts, who was facing criminal charges for her handling of a home miscarriage, will not be charged. Congressional Democrats are using Watts' case to call for Biden to do more on abortion rights and protection for pregnant patients. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption
A liquid dose of methadone at the clinic in Rossville, Ga. The medication is only available at designated opioid treatment centers and that won't change. But more clinicians will be able to prescribe it. Kevin D. Liles/AP hide caption
President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
A man uses plastic to cover a broken window in his apartment following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 25. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption
Environmental activists march during the Global Climate Strike in downtown Chicago on Sept. 15, 2023. Local groups across the United States are gathering to call for an end to the era of fossil fuels. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden signs a new executive order on artificial intelligence on Oct. 30. Vice President Harris will talk about the order in London with world leaders this week. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Biden plans to step up government oversight of AI with new 'pressure tests'
The Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands performs during the 2023 National Battle of the Bands, a showcase for HBCU marching bands, held at NRG Stadium Saturday, August 26, 2023, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP hide caption
Global Thermostat's pilot plant for direct air carbon capture, on April 4, 2023, in Brighton, Colorado. The company is also receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a plant with 1,000 times the capacity of this demonstration plant. Hart Van Denburg/CPR News/Hart Van Denburg/CPR News hide caption
In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP hide caption
A Biden proposal would raise the threshold under which salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay — but it could face opposition from business groups. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, N.H., on August 8. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden is pictured with leaders on artificial intelligence during a visit to San Francisco on June 20. On Friday, the White House announced voluntary agreements with technology companies on managing AI. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The White House and big tech companies release commitments on managing AI
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pictured at his office in Jerusalem on Monday. Netanyahu spoke with President Biden, who invited him for a meeting later this year. Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption