Six months into Biden’s presidency, The Takeaway looks at the administration's strategy ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. 

Some experts say this could be the beginning of a string of catastrophic natural disasters caused by climate change, and the time has come for local leaders to take action and adapt.

There are more than two dozen COVID-19 infections among people involved with the Olympics, and an estimated 62 percent of the Japanese voters oppose the games.

On Monday, the Biden administration announced that it had repatriated Abdul Latif Nasser out of the Guantánamo Bay prison complex.  

There are six bills currently in Congress aiming to limit the power of big tech companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon.

Top Democratic lawmakers, including House Majority Whip James Clyburn, are urging their colleagues in the Senate to reform the filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation.

On Wednesday, the CDC released data showing that more than 93,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2020.

Plus, under pressure from activists and civil rights leaders, President Joe Biden has called for a new coalition to defend voting rights. 

A report put out this year by the non-profit Freedom House says that 2020 was the 15th consecutive year in which global freedoms declined, as authoritarian leaders gained more power.