US President Joe Biden proposes higher taxes for the wealthiest

President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted the nation’s economic health in his State of the Union address, just days after a blockbuster jobs report showed a strong labor market has coincided with a monthslong easing of inflation.
 
President Biden challenged the new House Republican majority to work together with him to “finish the job” of repairing America’s unsettled economy and fragile democracy even as the emboldened opposition geared up to try to force him to change course.
 
“To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there’s no reason we can’t work together and