PHILADELPHIA — Progressive activists in Congress have put mounting pressure on President Joe Biden to direct the archivist of the United States to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment — which would become the first explicit mention of women in the U.

The Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination based on gender, was sent to the states for ratification in 1972. Congress set a deadline of 1979 for three-quarters of state legislatures to ratify the amendment, then extended it to 1982.

President Joe Biden says he believes Equal Rights Amendment should be added to the Constitution; archivist of the U.S. says it cannot.

President Joe Biden delivered a vigorous defense of his record in an Oval Office address that bid farewell to five decades in politics.

President Biden is sounding the alarm on the growing influence of ultra-wealthy billionaires on American life, a notion Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department Scott Bessent refused to acknowledge during his confirmation hearing this week.

Biden's career began when he was elected to the U.S. Senate at 29, making him one of the youngest people ever elected to the Senate. His early career was marked by personal tragedy when his wife and baby daughter were killed in a car accident,