WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday said he wants to see a corporate tax rate “between 25 and 28” percent, setting down a new marker in the ongoing negotiations over how to fund a major infrastructure bill. “The way I can pay for this, is making sure that the largest companies don’t pay zero,
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President Joe Biden speaks following a tour of Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Virginia on May 3, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The looming battle over tax hikes to fund President Joe Biden’s economic recovery bills threatens to undermine the Republican Party’s nascent, post-Trump effort to rebrand itself as the
Katherine C. Tai addresses the Senate Finance committee hearings to examine her nomination to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, in Washington, DC February 25, 2021. Bill O’Leary | Pool | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it supports waiving intellectual patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, as countries struggle
US President Joe Biden speaks about updated CDC guidance on masks for people who are fully vaccinated during an event in front of the White House April 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan would cost far more than the White House estimates, and
A man breaks a window as a mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, January 6, 2021. Leah Millis | Reuters Supporters of former President Donald Trump continue to face arrest in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as the Justice Department ramps
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell toughened their positions Monday over the tax increases for millionaires and corporations that Biden has proposed to fund his sweeping infrastructure and education plans. “We’re open to doing a roughly $600 billion package which deals with what all of us agree is ‘infrastructure,'”
US President Joe Biden speaks on the American Jobs Plan, following a tour of Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Virginia on May 3, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden will raise the annual U.S. refugee cap to 62,500 entrants for the fiscal year, revising the much lower number set under
Representative Karen Bass, a Democrat from California and chair of the Democratic Black Caucus, speaks during an event with members of the Democratic caucus on the East Front steps of the U.S. Capitol before a vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Stefani
View Of White House And South Lawn From A Window In The Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. Shannon Dunaway / EyeEm | EyeEm | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Federal agencies are investigating at least two mysterious incidents on U.S. soil with some hallmarks of the “Havana syndrome,” invisible attacks reported by American diplomats based in Cuba.
A cloud of colored smoke appears as a mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, January 6, 2021. Leah Millis | Reuters The family of Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot while participating in the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol, plans to sue the police
US President Joe Biden speaks on the anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 11, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images In his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill,
In this article DRE HWIN Hometown Deli, Paulsboro, N.J. Mike Calia | CNBC The investment funds of two U.S. universities, Duke and Vanderbilt, own significant chunks of stock in the mysterious company valued at $100 million by the stock market despite owning only a tiny New Jersey deli. Duke and Vanderbilt’s shares in Hometown International
People wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry the body of a person who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a mass cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India April 26, 2021. Adnan Abidi | Reuters The Biden administration will restrict travel from India as that country grapples with a gigantic surge in coronavirus
U.S. Marines board a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Cpl. Alejandro Pena | U.S. Marine Corps photo WASHINGTON – The White House confirmed Thursday that the U.S. military has begun its withdrawal from Afghanistan and proactively deployed additional troops and military equipment to protect forces in the region. “Potential adversaries should
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pauses while speaking during an Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and other Republican leaders who are considered potential contenders for the GOP’s
Federal investigators executed search warrants Wednesday morning at the Manhattan apartment and office of Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City who was the personal lawyer of former President Donald Trump, NBC News reported. The searches were part of a criminal investigation into Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, The New York Times reported first
US President Joe Biden speaks about updated CDC guidance on masks for people who are fully vaccinated during an event in front of the White House April 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden‘s new plan to boost the social safety net would not expand Medicare coverage,
Protesters march in the evening after family members were shown body camera footage of a deputy sheriff shooting and killing Black suspect Andrew Brown Jr. last week, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, April 26, 2021. Jonathan Drake | Reuters The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Tuesday that it will investigate the killing of Andrew Brown