Brian Bennett

Brian Bennett covers the White House.

Honduran parents hold their sleeping boy after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico in Roma, Texas, on April 15, 2021.

Why Letting in More Refugees Could Work for President Joe Biden

President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has hovered around a healthy 53% ...

President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has hovered around a healthy 53% since he took office. Americans largely approve of his handling of the economy and the pandemic, polls show. But he’s gotten low marks...

Biden leaves services Dec. 12 at St. Joseph on the Brandywine, his home church in Wilmington, Del.

Joe Biden’s Presidency Has Highlighted the Rifts in the American Catholic Church

The hymns of the Catholic Church have been the soundtrack to Joe Biden’s li...

The hymns of the Catholic Church have been the soundtrack to Joe Biden’s life. He attends Mass on Sundays and holy days, and before major events. In Oval Office meetings, Biden sometimes pulls from his...

U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions during the first news conference of his presidency in the East Room of the White House on March 25, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Immigration, Guns and the Filibuster: Joe Biden Confronts Challenges in First Press Conference

Joe Biden held his first formal news conference as president 65 days into t...

Joe Biden held his first formal news conference as president 65 days into this presidency, after making a series of consequential moves in the early weeks of his Administration to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic...

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, one day after a shooter killed 10 people in a supermarket in Colorado.

After Mass Shootings, Joe Biden Faces Pressure to Act on Gun Control

In the wake of two deadly shooting sprees in Atlanta and Boulder, calls for...

In the wake of two deadly shooting sprees in Atlanta and Boulder, calls for gun control from both activists and members of Biden's own party are already intensifying

President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wis., on Feb. 16, 2021.

Why President Biden's First Major Trips Are to Sell His Relief Plan in Battleground States

Jessica Salas stood up from her plush velvet seat in Milwaukee’s Pabst Thea...

Jessica Salas stood up from her plush velvet seat in Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater on Tuesday night, her second-grade daughter Layla in tow, and carefully read her question for President Joe Biden from a white sheet...

U.S. President Joe Biden, center, meets with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and other Democratic senators to discuss his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 03, 2021.

How Joe Biden Has Changed the ‘Toxic Tone’ in the Oval Office

President Joe Biden prefers to hold meetings in the Oval Office sitting in ...

President Joe Biden prefers to hold meetings in the Oval Office sitting in an armchair next to the fireplace. He often has a slim leather briefing book at his elbow and sometimes balances a slender...

US President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response before signing executive orders for economic relief to Covid-hit families and businesses in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 22, 2021.

President Joe Biden's Call For Unity Is Running Into Deadline Pressure

Will Biden make good on promises of unity and continue to court reluctant R...

Will Biden make good on promises of unity and continue to court reluctant Republicans to compromise on his COVID-19 relief package, or will his party push it through alone?