Biden administration

Enhanced premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans that were implemented during the Biden administration were scheduled to expire at the end of 2025 (December 31, 2025) absent further legislative action.

In 2025, the Trump administration reversed a Biden administration policy that had prohibited immigration raids in sensitive locations such as churches, schools, and hospitals.

Enhanced health insurance tax credits enacted during the Biden administration can expire unless Congress acts to extend them, and expiration of those credits can lead to significantly higher premiums for many consumers who purchase coverage on Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance exchanges.

Lina Khan served as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission during the Biden administration.

The Biden administration set the U.S. refugee admissions ceiling at 125,000 for fiscal year 2025.

As of December 2024, the Biden administration had canceled nearly $180 billion in federal student loan debt for approximately 4.9 million borrowers.

The Biden administration's stated immigration enforcement priorities generally deprioritize low-level or misdemeanor offenses, which can result in ICE not pursuing detainers following misdemeanor arrests such as DUI.

The Biden administration provided approximately $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) between 2021 and the funding freeze in 2024.

In 2023, an option was created allowing borrowers to 'buy back' months of missed loan payments that occurred during forbearance or deferment so that more borrowers can qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

In 2022, the Biden administration implemented an "alternatives to detention" immigration policy that allowed noncitizens encountered at the border to be released into the interior of the United States pending immigration hearings.

A 2022 management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska designated nearly half of the reserve as off-limits to oil and gas leasing.

The Biden administration enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits in 2021 with the stated goal of making healthcare more available to a wider swath of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 2021 expansion of the Affordable Care Act established enhanced premium tax credits for people purchasing health insurance through ACA marketplaces.

The Obama administration broadened WOTUS definitions, the Trump administration narrowed some of those broader definitions, and the Biden administration expanded federal jurisdiction under WOTUS to include ephemeral streams and low-lying areas that could be found to have a 'significant nexus' to navigable waters.

U.S. intelligence officials during the Biden administration released a report determining that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, and the crown prince has denied involvement.