Recent wins, including the president signing into law a climate and prescription-drug package that accomplishes many of his party’s long-held objectives, have eased a debate over Biden’s future that was spreading.
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What’s in big Biden bill? Health, climate goals become law
The package, an election year turnaround after loftier versions collapsed, will touch countless American lives and secure longtime party goals.
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Companies facing 1st ever tax on stock buybacks in Biden bill
Investors, including pension and retirement funds, like the buybacks. But critics of big corporations call the practice ‘paper manipulation’ to enrich executives and big shareholders.
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Biden emerges from COVID isolation, tells public: Get shots
The president talks more about treatment than prevention, a sign of how the pandemic and his approach have evolved.
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Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with crown prince
The president’s visit to Saudi Arabia aims to balance human rights, oil and security.
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Biden delivers tough talk on Iran as he opens Mideast visit
One larger goal of the president’s Mideast visit is assuring uneasy Israeli and Saudi Arabian officials that he is committed to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
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Biden heads to Mideast jittery about Iranian nuclear program
President Biden’s visit to the Middle East comes as the region is experiencing dramatic changes and struggling to address deep problems.
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Offshore wind gets a boost as Biden, East Coast governors team up
Maine is part of the partnership that has a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, enough to provide electricity to 10 million homes and spur $12 billion per year in private investment.
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Here is how Biden’s proposed gas tax holiday would work
If savings from the 18.4 cents-a-gallon federal tax on gas are fully passed along to consumers, drivers would save about $2.76 for a 15-gallon fill-up.
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Takeaways: ‘Carnage’ at the Capitol and a case against Trump
The made-for-TV hearings — including video of police officers being brutally beaten and right-wing extremists leading the crowds into the Capitol — come as some have tried to downplay the violence.