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Published November 8, 2021 2:24am WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden's administration on Sunday issued a vocal defense of a controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large companies despite a court challenge that temporarily freezes the program. "The president and the administration wouldn't have put these requirements in place if they didn't…

1/5 U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Sunday said the mandate ordering businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccinations against COVID-19 is "good for people's health" and the economy. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Top members of the Biden administration on…

Author of the article: Bloomberg News Jennifer Jacobs and Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden celebrated House passage of the biggest U.S. infrastructure plan in decades, a crucial victory that he described as a direct response to voters who handed his party defeats in state elections last week. “We…

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A giddy President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed congressional passage of a long-delayed $1 trillion infrastructure bill as a "once in a generation" investment and predicted a broader social safety net plan will be approved despite tense negotiations. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared…

The U.S Capitol seen at night from Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, U.S., October 24, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives could vote Friday on President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure package but postpone action on a sweeping social-policy bill amid lingering questions…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats abruptly postponed an expected House vote Friday on a 10-year, $1.85 trillion social and environment measure, as leaders’ long struggle to balance demands from progressives and moderates once again dogged that pillar of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. In a bid to hand him a…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference with Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe at Government buildings in Dublin, Ireland, November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that investments and revenue provisions of President Joe…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s mandate for many private employers to require their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is facing a wall of opposition from state Republican officials who are passing laws and signing orders to exempt workers, threatening businesses that comply and preparing legal fights…

A DECISION TO trigger Article 16 would have “far reaching implications” for the UK government’s relationships with Ireland and the EU, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. An Taoiseach said the trade agreement between the UK and the EU was conditional on the Northern Ireland protocol of the Brexit deal being…

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that paid family and medical leave is back in the massive social safety net spending package, but its inclusion in the final draft hinges on support from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key centrist. “I have asked the Ways and Means Committee…