President Joe Biden is due to huddle with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday to discuss his proposed $ 2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, as he faces resistance from Republicans and even some Democrats. The president’s plan would pump money into transportation, water and broadband projects, and also into home- …
Read More » While most members of Congress were away from the Hill on Friday, news of a second violent incident at the Capitol complex in less than three months weighed on Washington officials, including President Joe Biden. A Capitol Police officer was killed after a man rammed a car into two officers …
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris expressed outrage and sympathy on Friday as they visited Atlanta to meet with Asian-American leaders in the wake of shootings that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent. “Hate can have no safe harbor in America,” Biden said in …
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Hi there, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Here’s a ray of hope for people worried they missed a valuable tax break on jobless benefits by filing too soon Though jobless benefits count as taxable income, one part of the sprawling law says the first $ 10,200 of …
Read More » Mark Brown, the head of the office overseeing the government’s student-loan portfolio, resigned Friday, following calls on the Biden administration to remove Brown, who was appointed by former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement Friday morning that he’d accepted Brown’s resignation from …
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Over the past few weeks the question of whether the Biden administration will achieve a campaign promise to reopen the majority of schools in its first 100 days — and what that goal even means — has occupied the airwaves and the minds of students, parents and teachers. After the …
Read More » Good news for Americans who are forced to skip their mortgage payments amid rising unemployment. The White House is extending the foreclosure moratorium until the end of June for homeowners with mortgages backed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Agriculture. Homeowners …
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About nine months ago, oil futures did a crazy thing and briefly crashed into negative territory, marking a low point of a historic bear market for the commodity. But this week, oil reclaimed its 12-month highs, with U.S. benchmark futures CL.1, +0.53% settling at $ 56 a barrel Thursday and …
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President Joe Biden will reinstate coronavirus travel restrictions against foreign citizens coming to the U.S. from Brazil, the U.K, Ireland and much of Europe on Monday, according to multiple reports, and will add South Africa to the list. Reuters first reported the pending order Sunday, which was later confirmed by …
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