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Biden unveils $2 trn package to overhaul American physical infrastructure

US President Joe Biden unveiled a $2 trillion package to upgrade and overhaul American physical infrastructure on Wednesday

Hong Kong doesn't warrant special status as China dismantling freedom: US

The Biden administration reaffirmed a determination that Hong Kong does not warrant preferential treatment under US law owing to the erosion of its autonomy at the hands of Beijing

Biden says $2 trillion jobs plan rivals the space race in its ambition

Biden called for a sweeping use of government power to reshape the world's largest economy and counter China's rise in a $2 trillion-plus proposal that was met with swift Republican resistance

Reversing Trump, Pentagon to release new transgender policy

The Pentagon on Wednesday will sweep away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military

Explained: What's in Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan?

The infrastructure plan US President Joe Biden will roll out in Pittsburgh on Wednesday includes $2.3 trillion in investments

Biden proposes $2 trillion 'once-in-a-generation' investment in US economy

"It's a once-in-a-generation investment in America, unlike anything we've seen or done," Biden said in Pittsburgh

Biden kicks off effort to reshape US economy with infrastructure package

He also aims to put corporate America on the hook for the tab, which is expected to grow to a combined $4 trillion once he rolls out the second part of his economic plan in April

Biden's $2-trn proposal: $174 bn for EVs, new funds for clean power

What Biden lays out Wednesday is just the first part of his long-term economic program, with a second round of initiatives to be announced in mid-April

Biden to let Trump's H1-B visa ban expire, marking win for US tech firms

US President last month withdrew a related Trump executive order that stopped the issuance of new green cards.

S&P 500 hits record high ahead of Joe Biden's spending plan outline

The size and scale of the proposal, as well as the question of how it would be paid for is likely to set the stage for the next partisan clash in Congress.

Wall Street opens higher on optimism over Joe Biden spending plan

Tech stocks lifted all three major indexes on Wednesday as investors awaited details on US President Joe Biden's massive infrastructure plan, while Wall Street eyed its fourth straight quarterly gain

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Biden to unveil $2 trn investment plan to transform US' infrastructure

The American Jobs Plan, to be announced by Biden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will create millions of good-paying jobs and rebuild the US infrastructure

US: More than 4,000 migrants, children, crowded into Texas facility

The Biden administration for the first time allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility, revealing a overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 migrants were crammed into pods

Biden administration declares Chinese actions in Xinjiang as 'genocide'

Amid escalating tensions with Beijing, the Biden administration declared Chinese actions against the Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang as 'genocide'

90% US adults to be eligible for vaccine by April 19, says Joe Biden

President Joe Biden has announced that 90 per cent of the adults in the US would be eligible for Covid-19 vaccination by April 19 and the final 10 percent no later than May 1

Biden boosts offshore wind energy, wants to power 10 million homes

The Biden administration said it's taking steps toward approving a huge wind farm off the New Jersey coast as part of an effort to generate electricity for over 10 million homes nationwide by 2030

Biden targets big offshore wind energy expansion to fight climate change

(Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that it has set a goal to vastly expand the nation's offshore wind energy capacity in the coming decade by opening new areas to development, speeding environmental permitting, and boosting public financing for projects.

Biden administration extends federal moratorium on evictions

The Biden administration is extending a federal moratorium on evictions of tenants who have fallen behind on rent during the coronavirus pandemic

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