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Intel plants in Ohio and Arizona will receive nearly $20 billion in federal funding
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Wednesday that nearly $20 billion in funding will be spread across Intel’s various expansion projects throughout the country, including the new… Read More
Biden praises ‘Herculean efforts’ to rebuild at the site of last February’s East Palestine train derailment
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train… Read More
Biden is going to the site of last year’s train derailment in East Palestine. Republicans say he took too long
WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a year, President Joe Biden waited for what the White House said was the right moment to visit East Palestine, facing criticism that he was… Read More
Biden will visit East Palestine a year after the community was devastated by a train derailment
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit East Palestine, the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023 that displaced thousands of residents… Read More
Biden awards $7 billion for clean hydrogen hubs across the country to help replace fossil fuels
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of… Read More
Biden warns against threats to democracy and says Americans must speak out
Updated September 28, 2023 at 4:15 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — President Biden on Thursday said democracy in America is at risk, and urged Americans of all political backgrounds to… Read More
Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal
WASHINGTON (NPR) — Millions of salaried workers would be newly eligible for overtime pay under a proposal unveiled by the Biden administration Wednesday, but the draft rule is likely to… Read More
Supreme Court kills Biden’s student debt plan in a setback for millions of borrowers
Updated June 30, 2023 at 10:42 AM ET Follow NPR’s live coverage for the latest updates and reaction to this opinion. WASHINGTON (NPR) — In a highly anticipated decision, the… Read More
Mitch Landrieu is Biden’s man to rebuild America and deliver broadband to millions
WASHINGTON (NPR) — When President Biden delivered his State of the Union Address this past February, a big emotional thrust of the speech was a law he had signed more… Read More
Biden and McCarthy reach a deal to avoid default. Here’s what’s in it
WASHINGTON (NPR) — While many families in the U.S. were relaxing over the Memorial Day weekend, top negotiators for President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., were working late… Read More
Biden bets big on bringing factories back to America, building on some Trump ideas
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — When the pandemic snarled imports in 2020, Drew Greenblatt’s manufacturing plant in Baltimore sprung into action to help U.S. buyers scrambling to replace things they normally… Read More
Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close… Read More
Biden’s complex relationship with oil and gas, despite campaign promises
WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — In 2020, Joe Biden promised to move the U.S. away from fossil fuels. But the Biden administration has a complicated relationship with the oil and gas industry. It… Read More
5 takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address
WASHINGTON (NPR) — President Biden delivered a State of the Union address Tuesday night that Democrats will likely be thrilled with. He struck notes of his traditional unity message, pledging… Read More
The U.S. has an overclassification problem, says one former special counsel
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — For months, classified documents have been turning up in places where they’re not supposed to. First, there was the discovery of hundreds of classified documents inappropriately… Read More
The U.S. could hit its debt ceiling within days. Here’s what you need to know
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Hitting the national debt ceiling is a major worry for Washington right now. On Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the U.S. is on track… Read More
Here’s what we know about the classified documents found at Biden’s home and office
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden is facing a Department of Justice investigation after his lawyers found classified documents at his Delaware residence and an office in Washington, D.C. On… Read More
President Biden releases more oil from strategic reserve to help lower gas prices
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden announced the release of an additional 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve. The president insisted the move is not politically motivated… Read More
Biden has $52 billion for semiconductors. Today, work begins to spend that windfall
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden is heading to an IBM manufacturing plant in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Thursday to tout a new $20 billion investment the company is making in… Read More
Key takeaways from Biden’s conference on hunger and nutrition in America
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden pushed for Congress to permanently extend the child tax credit, raise the minimum wage and expand nutrition assistance programs to help reduce hunger rates… Read More
Joe Biden says the COVID-19 pandemic is over. This is what the data tells us
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden said in a 60 Minutes interview Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic is a thing of the past. “The pandemic is over,” he said. “We… Read More
Biden says a tentative railway labor deal has been reached, averting a strike
Updated September 15, 2022 at 8:22 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A strike that could have halted both freight and passenger trains across the country seems to have been… Read More
Brown says student debt relief is only part of a plan to help Ohioans pay for higher education
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, said the focus on forgiving some student loan debt is overlooking other key parts of President Joe Biden’s… Read More
Biden’s speech walks a fine line in its attack on MAGA Republicans
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Democrats have picked up some momentum this election cycle with wins in multiple special elections, following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. And the… Read More
Biden is canceling up to $10K in student loans, $20K for Pell Grant recipients
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — On Wednesday, President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000… Read More