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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Heather Boushey, appointed to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, speaks as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announces nominees and appointees to serve on his economic policy team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delawa By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top White House economist on Tuesday said Federal…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to attend Catholic Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday urged House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy to take the potential for an unprecedented U.S.…

MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan said President Joe Biden’s cracks about Fox News went over well at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.But there was one table at the event that didn’t quite see the humor, he said during Sunday evening’s show: Fox News.“It was stony-faced silence throughout,” said Hasan, who was seated one table away…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met with prominent business leaders in London as a part of a four-stop international tour but leaders told Politico that his speech was less than exciting.Multiple figures at the Friday event described the DeSantis as “low-wattage” and “horrendous.”One business person, who remained unnamed, told Politico that DeSantis’s message wasn’t “presidential” and…

President Joe Biden didn’t hold back his swipes at Fox News and its recently-“finished” host Tucker Carlson during a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner speech on Saturday.The president made several sharp quips into his remarks about a number of Republicans – including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and House Speaker Kevin…

During a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing Wednesday on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., repeatedly said the president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, is “not a mother” after the head of the union said she is a “mother by marriage.” Two Democrats on the committee, Reps. Robert…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, March 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s in-house watchdog agency is pushing back against proposed legislation in the U.S. Senate that would overhaul how the government department is led. Mark Bialek, who heads the…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday the United States is not looking to decouple its economy from the Chinese economy, saying,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris applauds. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If U.S. President Joe Biden were to be presented with Republican House…

President Joe Biden signed an executive order with 50 directives aimed at reeling in rising child care and care giving costs.