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TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China's govt

Senators at the hearing also voiced concerns that TikTok and rivals YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc , and Snapchat have algorithms that can be harmful to young people

Billionaire tax hits critics as US president pushes for budget deal

The Democrats' idea for a new billionaires' taxplan quickly ran into criticism

Will have something that will meet Biden's climate goal: Nancy Pelosi

She said she also hoped to have votes on President Joe Biden's infrastructure and Build Back Better deals in the coming week.

Joe Biden to meet Pope Francis amid some rifts with US bishops

There's an intriguing subplot to President Joe Biden's upcoming meeting with Pope Francis

Deal on Biden's $2-trillion plan edges closer; Harris is 'confident'

Negotiations were expected to continue into the weekend, all sides indicating just a few issues remained unsettled in the sweeping package of social services and climate change strategies

US President Joe Biden says would defend Taiwan from attack by China

Biden answered "yes" when asked during a CNN town hall Thursday whether he could pledge to protect Taiwan.

Biden backs down on corporate tax hikes, open to altering filibuster

When asked about voting rights, Biden expressed support for changing the Senate filibuster tradition, which requires 60 of 100 US senators to agree on most legislation

China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Joe Biden comments

China on Friday said there is no room for compromise or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by Joe Biden that the US is committed to defending the island if it is attacked

United States concerned over China's hypersonic missiles: Joe Biden

The US is concerned about the Chinese hypersonic missiles, President Joe Biden has said

Biden's ambassador pick emphasises US strengths in countering China

US President Joe Biden's pick for ambassador to Beijing has told lawmakers considering his nomination that Americans should "have confidence in our strength when dealing with the rise of China

Career diplomat Donald Blome named United States envoy to Pakistan

Joe Biden intends to nominate the career diplomat as his next envoy to Pakistan

House sends short-term debt limit hike to Joe Biden, staving off default

Members of the House pushed through a short-term increase to the nation's debt limit, ensuring the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December and temporarily averting default

McConnell seizes on debt standoff to undermine Biden agenda

McConnell is no longer the majority leader, but he is exerting his minority status in convoluted and uncharted ways

Post Modi-Biden meet, focus now on moving ahead on many issues: White House

The White House has said that the focus of the Indo-US bilateral relations is now on continuing to move forward on a range of issues

White House backs release of Trump records to January 6 committee

The White House said on Friday that it will not assert executive privilege to hold former President Donald Trump-era documents from a House committee probing the January 6 Capitol riot

Biden wants to address delays in Green Card processing system: White House

US President Joe Biden wants to address the delays in the Green Card processing system, the White House has said. The inordinate delay in the procession of hundreds and thousands of talented Indian technology professionals, at times running into several decades, is one of the major issues of concern among the Indian-Americans and their dependent children living here. "The president absolutely wants to address the delays in the green card processing system as well," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Friday. She was responding to a question on the waste of some 80,000 unused employment-based Green Card numbers, which is officially called Legal Permanent Residency on October 1, as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services are unable to allocate them to several millions waiting in line for green card. Indian technology professionals, for thousands of whom the wait is running into decades, had urged the Biden Administration and the US

Pandora papers: A rich man's game, and its most willing participants

As an international consortium of journalists unearths the 'Pandora' list of stashes in tax havens, accountability becomes the call of the day. But what we get instead is hypocrisy, rues T N Ninan

President Biden and Xi set to hold virtual summit this year: White House

The US and China have agreed in principle that President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit before the end of the year, a senior White House official said

Joe Biden's team debates IMF chief's fate as board probes ethics scandal

Some staff at the fund, which employs about 2,700 people, have lost confidence in Georgieva, says a Bloomberg report.

White House warns of a global financial crisis on debt default: Report

The potential for global recession could be worse than the 2008 GFC : Report