Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour from $7.25 would help the U.S. economy more than it would harm it, Janet Yellen, President Joe
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Biden Pledges ‘Full-Scale Wartime Effort’ Against Pandemic
President Biden signed a string of executive orders and presidential directives on Thursday, rolling out a “full-scale, wartime” coronavirus strategy, including requiring masks on some
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Ted Cruz rips Senate Dems for pursuing ‘vindictive’ Trump impeachment despite Biden call for unity
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, ripped his Democratic colleagues on Thursday for moving forward with an impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, arguing that the
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McConnell: Biden ‘took several big steps in the wrong direction’ on Day One
Just one day after President Biden spoke of unity in his inaugural address to the nation, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Democrat president has
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Biden Seeks New Covid Guidelines for Workplaces: Live Business Updates
Carolina Sanchez, left, whose husband died after contracting Covid-19 while working at a meatpacking plant, is comforted at a protest outside the Occupational Safety and
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Ron Klain: What to know about Biden’s chief of staff
President Biden has chosen longtime confidant and Democratic operative Ron Klain to serve as his chief of staff, and Klain is already making waves in Washington.
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: Democrats’ hope for fast start in Senate stalled by Republican filibuster demand
Senate Democrats had hoped to have several of President Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees confirmed and in place by end of his first day in office.
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Buttigieg floats gas tax hike despite concern about regressive impact
Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg expressed an openness to a federal gas tax increase in order to pump more money into the suffering Highway Trust Fund. During
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Psaki hints Biden may skip bipartisan deal on COVID-19 if needed: ‘Not going to take any tools off the table’
President Biden has signaled that he wants to secure bipartisan support for another coronavirus relief package, but his administration is refusing to rule out unilateral action by congressional
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David Bossie: Biden must report to Congress in 40 days – what will he say?
Joe Biden has been president of the United States for just over twenty-four hours and the Biden doctrine is already coming into focus: say one
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