03-30-2021
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White House dramatically increased tax proposal as it sought to address tensions over next big spending plan
When President Biden’s team began putting together his infrastructure and jobs package this February, the White House National Economic Council circulated an internal proposal calling for about $3 trillion in new spending and $1 trillion in new tax hikes.
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03-29-2021
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Biden is betting on bigger government. The pandemic may be helping him
The biggest expansion of the federal government in a generation is underway, a pandemic-inspired shift in resources and responsibilities that will challenge President Biden and the Democrats to demonstrate that they can make government work.
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03-26-2021
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For media, Biden news conference notable for what’s missing
Joe Biden’s first presidential news conference was notable for what was missing after predecessor Donald Trump: no contentious exchanges with reporters, no Fox News and no questions about COVID-19.
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03-25-2021
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It Gets Worse; There's an Update on Hunter Biden That Involves a Gun
We haven't heard much about Hunter Biden since Inauguration Day, or since Vanity Fair did a puff piece on his new pool house art career, but it turns out leaving the "laptop from hell" at a computer repair shop isn't the only questionable thing he's left behind.
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03-24-2021
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Biden under fire for border wall cash freeze
Like Donald Trump, Joe Biden has made a border wall promise he might not have the legal authority to keep. On his first day in office, Biden hit pause on billions of dollars set to be spent on his predecessor’s long-touted barrier between the U.S. and Mexico.
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03-23-2021
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Biden Team Prepares $3 Trillion in New Spending for the Economy
President Biden’s economic advisers are pulling together a sweeping $3 trillion package to boost the economy, reduce carbon emissions and narrow economic inequality, beginning with a giant infrastructure plan.
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03-22-2021
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Atlanta shooting of Asian women was racially motivated, U.S. senator says
U.S. Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth on Sunday expressed doubts about FBI Director Chris Wray’s initial assessment that the fatal shooting of six Asian women in Atlanta-area spas may not constitute a hate crime, saying it “looks racially motivated.”
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03-19-2021
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Democratic congressman moves to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress
A Democratic congressman from California on Friday introduced a resolution to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, charging the Georgia Republican with a history of trafficking in conspiracy theories.
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