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Joe Biden's administration to outline 2022 budget priorities next week
The Biden administration will next week release its proposed discretionary budget for fiscal 2022, providing insight into the president's top priorities and laying down a marker for Congress
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US President Biden expands 'Obamacare' by cutting health insurance costs
Biden has pledged that his $1.9 trillion rescue package would build on the promise of the Affordable Care Act, the hallmark legislation of Barack Obama's presidency that became a law 11 years ago
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US Senate vote to confirm Indian-American Murthy as Biden's surgeon general
The Senate voted to confirm Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy to be US President Biden's surgeon general, handing the administration one of its top public health officials amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Biden administration weighs $4 trillion in fresh economic spending
The price range does not include separate proposals to make child tax credits and other benefits to lower-income Americans
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US President Biden's Cabinet near complete but hundreds of jobs still open
Biden's Cabinet is nearly complete with the confirmation of Labour Secretary Marty Walsh. But he has hundreds of key presidential appointments to make to fill out the federal government
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Joe Biden eyes $3 trillion package for infrastructure, schools, families
Fresh off passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden is assembling the next big White House priority, a sweeping $3 trillion package of investments on infrastructure and domestic needs
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India envoy urges corporates to help realise full potential of ties with US
India's top diplomat in the US urged the corporate sector to help realise the full potential of the India-US relationship that, he said, has witnessed the strength of bipartisan support under Biden
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Biden admin urges US court to certify India's request to extradite Tahawwur
The Biden administration has urged a federal court to certify India's request to extradite Pakistani-origin businessman Tahawwur Rana, who is sought for his involvement in 2008 Mumbai terror attack
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'Border is closed': Biden administration pushes back amid mounting crisis
Homeland Security Secretary said the administration's message to would-be border-crossers was simple: "Now is not the time to come. Do not come. The journey is dangerous"
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US President Biden says US 'must change laws that enable discrimination'
US President Joe Biden says American laws need to be changed in order to root out racial discrimination
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Elevating US-India defence partnership a priority of Biden admin: Austin
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said as he described the relationship between the two countries as a "stronghold" of a free and open Indo-Pacific
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Biden stumbles while boarding Air Force One; WH says he is '100% fine'
US President Joe Biden is doing "100% fine" after he tripped multiple times while jogging up the stairs to board Air Force One on Friday, according to a senior White House official
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Biden, Harris meet Asian American leaders in Atlanta after deadly shootings
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday met Asian American leaders in Atlanta after the deadly shootings that claimed the lives of eight people, including six Asian women
US says it has had 'serious discussions' with China despite 'theatrics'
"We know that sometimes these diplomatic presentations can be exaggerated, or maybe even aimed at a domestic audience," State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter told a news briefing
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Biden urged to rescind Trump-era ban on H-1B and other foreign work visas
Five powerful Democratic senators urged Biden to rescind Trump's ban on some non-immigrant visas, including the H-1B visa which is popular among Indian IT professionals
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First US-China meeting under Biden administration gets off to a rocky start
Officials trade barbs over Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang
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US Def Secretary Austin arrives in India; focus on strengthening ties
This is the first visit by a top Biden administration official
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Biden reaffirms commitment to re-engagement with international institutions
President Biden hosted Permanent Representatives from the UN Security Council, where he reaffirmed the US commitment to values-based global leadership and re-engagement with international institutions
US, China spar in first face-to-face meeting under President Joe Biden
Top US and Chinese officials offered sharply different views of each other and the world on Thursday as the two sides met face-to-face for the first time since President Joe Biden took office
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US to meet goal of injecting 100 mn Covid-19 vaccines on Friday: Joe Biden
With the US closing in on Biden's goal of injecting 100 million vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White House announced the nation is now in position to help neighbours
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