Page 90 - Latest Updates on Joe Biden
Democrats outline $3.5-trillion antipoverty, climate blueprint
The budget blueprint is expected to be voted on this week in the Senate soon after final passage of Biden's bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure package
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Biden's infra Bill hits Senate speed bump, debate slows to crawl
Amendments still on the table include proposals for new cryptocurrency rules and flexibility for states and localities that choose to use some unspent pandemic relief funds for roads and bridges
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Eager to continue partnership with India in fight against Covid: US
The delay in providing vaccines to India from the United States is not because of Washington, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said
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US President Biden sets US goal for clean cars to be half of 2030 sales
Biden will be joined at the White House Thursday by representatives of Detroit automakers and the United Automobile Workers union as he unveils an executive order establishing the goal
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Biden urges to stand up to hate as he remembers Oak Creek gurdwara shootout
US President Joe Biden on Thursday recalled an act of "unspeakable hate" by a white supremacist who shot ten people at a Sikh gurdwara in Winconsin in 2012
Pakistan has other 'options', PM Imran Khan's aide tells United States
Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that Islamabad has other "options" if Biden continues to ignore the country's leadership.
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Biden administration seeks to boost fuel economy to thwart Trump rollback
The moves are big steps toward President Joe Biden's pledge to cut emissions
Joe Biden says Andrew Cuomo should resign over sexual harassment report
Prez, Pelosi latest to demand Guv step down; state Democrats vow to speed up impeachment probe
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US trying to help India, others to produce Covid-19 vaccine: Joe Biden
The United States is helping India and other countries to be able produce the vaccines by themselves, President Joe Biden has said.
US, India share number of interests, values: Biden administration
US has a number of shared interests and values with India in terms of economic, cooperation on climate and regional security issues that were discussed during recent visit of Tony Blinken to New Delhi
Taliban violence: Biden administration expands Afghan refugee programme
The State Department said it is widening the scope of Afghans eligible for refugee status in United States to include current and former employees of US-based news organizations
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Nancy Pelosi, Democrats call on Prez Biden to extend eviction ban
Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leaders called on the Biden administration to immediately extend the nation's eviction moratorium
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3.6 mn Americans at risk of eviction after Biden, Cong fail to extend ban
Hours before the ban was set to expire, Biden called on local governments to take all possible steps to immediately disburse the funds. Evictions could begin as soon as Monday
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Joe Biden's infrastructure win overshadowed by new virus surge
Biden has entered a more challenging phase of his presidency as the virus has once more proved to be an intractable foe that now endangers the nation's fragile return to normalcy
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US Senate works on the weekend on Biden's $1 trn infrastructure bill
The US Senate will continue work on Saturday on a bill that would spend $1 trillion on roads, rail lines and other infrastructure
Joe Biden lands a win, but virus surge threatens to derail agenda
Joe Biden wagered his campaign and now his presidency on the premise that government itself could still work, even at a time of fractious political division.
Biden nominates Indian-American as 1st Muslim religious freedom ambassador
Rashad Hussain is Director for Partnerships and Global Engagement at the National Security Council.
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United States sets new Cuba sanctions as Biden meets Cuban-Americans
The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba's national revolutionary police
Biden says federal workers must be vaccinated or submit to Covid-19 testing
US President Biden on Thursday (local time) directed all federal employees to declare that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or wear masks and be regularly tested
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Joe Biden pushing federal workers - hard - to get vaccinated against Covid
President Joe Biden is announcing strict new testing, masking and distancing requirements for federal employees who can't or won't show they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus
