U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he announces executive actions on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 8, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Americans broadly back the big-ticket spending proposals that have defined President Joe Biden‘s first 100 days in office, a variety of recent polls show.
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National Economic Council Director Brian Deese holds a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 26 2021. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s top economic advisor on Monday defended a plan to raise the capital gains tax on the nation’s wealthiest households
Members of the media set up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Al Drago | Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a major Second Amendment dispute that could settle whether the Constitution protects a right to carry guns in public. The decision, announced in an order, comes as
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about jobs and the economy at the White House in Washington, April 7, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden will seek to raise taxes on millionaire investors to fund education and other spending priorities as part of the administration’s effort to overhaul the U.S. economy. As part of
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 31, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters More than half of Americans say they support President Joe Biden‘s performance in office so far and approve of his sweeping infrastructure
A group of Senate Republicans outlined their infrastructure plan Thursday, unveiling a much narrower vision for how to revamp U.S. transportation and broadband than the sweeping approach backed by President Joe Biden. The GOP package would cost $568 billion, only a fraction of the Democratic president’s more than $2 trillion package. It also would not
Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 23, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s reported plan to hike capital gains taxes on millionaires may have spooked
President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on February 5, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden will make his first overseas trip as president in June as he heads to the United Kingdom and Belgium for crucial meetings
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is shown in a combination of police booking photos after a jury found him guilty on all counts in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 20, 2021. Minnesota Department of Corrections | via Reuters Former
In this article C New York City Mayoral candidate Ray McGuire speaks during a press conference at the National Action Network’s House of Justice to denounce the rise of attacks against Asian Americans on March 18, 2021 in New York City. David Dee Delgado | Getty Images Former Citigroup executive Ray McGuire, who is running
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the state of vaccinations at the South Court Auditorium of Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Several watchdog and activist groups are pressuring President Joe Biden to publicly release ethics agreements signed by political
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about a jury’s verdict in the case against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, at the Department of Justice on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday announced that the Department of Justice is
In this article JNJ US President Joe Biden makes a statement of a police shooting in Minnesota in the Oval Office of the White House after a meeting with members of Congress about the American Jobs Plan April 12, 2021, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden‘s next economic recovery package will cost at least $1 trillion and extend the beefed-up child tax credit, a source familiar with the proposal confirmed
A jury on Tuesday found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges stemming from the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, last year. Chauvin was not expressive as Judge Peter Cahill announced his conviction on charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The verdicts were read a
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) speaks during a press conference on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act at the U.S. Capitol on April 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. Stefani Reynolds | Getty Images The Senate will vote Wednesday on legislation to address a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said
In this article SCHW A jobs sign is seen on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building in Washington. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Several key officials have left the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as the nation’s biggest business lobbying group shifts its priorities and changes its leadership during the administration of President Joe
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny makes a heart gesture during a hearing into an application by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service to convert his suspended sentence of three and a half years in the Yves Rocher case into a real jail term. Moscow City Court Press Office | TASS | Getty Images WASHINGTON – White