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© Bloomberg. Lawrence Summers (Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers criticized President Joe Biden’s efforts to lower the price of gasoline, saying it should be allowed to rise because fossil fuel consumption warms the planet. Summers said in an interview Friday on Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street Week” that the Biden administration should instead adjust…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden discusses his ‘Build Back Better’ agenda for economic growth and job creation following early morning Senate passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the budget resolution, during a speech in the East Room at 2/2 By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden…

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the U.S. Capitol is seen as Senators work to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo 2/3 By Makini Brice and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after the U.S. Senate approved a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint chock-full of investments in…

President Joe Biden dismissed threats from Republicans who say they won’t strike a deal on raising the debt ceiling, a fresh sign that both parties are on the verge of a major clash that raises the threat of default.”Nope, they’re not going to let us default,” he told reporters. “$8 trillion of that is on…

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the U.S. Capitol is seen as Senators work to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo 2/3 By Makini Brice and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after the U.S. Senate approved a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint chock-full of investments in…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol dome before Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a massive infrastructure bill and immediately kicked off debate on a $3.5 trillion spending…

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden takes a question about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s resignation while discussing the U.S. Senate’s passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate…

The Senate voted 69-30 on Tuesday to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, handing a major victory to President Biden and a group of senators that spent months negotiating on the agreement.Why it matters: The monster bill would deliver hundreds of billions of dollars for roads, bridges, waterways and other “hard infrastructure” items. It…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the US Capitol is seen as Senators work to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger 2/2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A $3.5 trillion budget plan unveiled by U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday calls for tax credits and grants to encourage “clean…

Former First Lady Melania Trump ripped into a presidential historian who had criticized the renovations she did on the White House Rose Garden.Michael Beschloss, an NBC contributor and historian who specializes in the US presidency, took to Twitter Saturday to lambast Trump’s changes as an “evisceration” and affront to American history.”Evisceration of White House Rose…