A $1.75 billion investment in the bipartisan infrastructure law that President Joe Biden signed into law aims to bridge the accessibility gap through a new grant program for the more than 920 stations around the country — or 20% of all stations— that don’t meet ADA standards, according to the Department of Transportation.

As the U.S. prepares to exit Afghanistan, the military could leave behind thousands of interpreters like Omid and others who aided the United States, even as they remain threatened because they’re seen as traitors for their work. Now, dozens of advocacy organizations and lawmakers on both sides are calling for the Biden administration to evacuate interpreters and their families out of the country before it’s too late.

Iman Dehzangi and Gazelle Taherzadeh lived apart for three years because of the ban, and they almost gave up on living together in the U.S.

Gov. Jack Markell — whom President Joe Biden mentored when he first began working in Delaware politics — now serves as the point person for Afghan resettlement for the Biden administration, connecting the dots between governors, refugee resettlement agencies, private companies and federal agencies.

“Having served as a governor and also in business, I've had experience with running complex processes. And I certainly acknowledge that this is one of them,” he told Spectrum News in his first television interview.

Investigative producer: Austin Landis / Reporter: Mark Greenblatt

A compensation program designed to head off radicalization and aid civilians who are unintentionally harmed by U.S. military operations remains stalled in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, according to data released to Newsy by the Department of Defense.

Millions of borrowers like Nelson Montoya are waiting to see whether President Joe Biden will cancel a portion of their federal debt, after he promised on the campaign trail to “immediately forgive” $10,000 per borrower. The prospect of that promise is now more urgent for some Americans, as a pandemic pause on student loan payments and interest is set to end on September 30, a freeze first approved by former President Trump in March 2020.

“He certainly has a PhD in the process,” said Jeffrey Peck, who served as general counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee under Biden’s leadership from 1987 to 1992.

As President Biden prepares to nominate his first Supreme Court justice, Spectrum News spoke to former advisers who say they expect him to approach the process of replacing Justice Stephen Breyer the way he did back then: by thoroughly reading material and in coordination with senators from both parties, bringing with him both tough lessons and core advisers from his days as chairman.

Immigration advocates are calling on the Trump administration reverse a policy shift which has led to the rejection of hundreds of visa applications for minor mistakes.