Joe Biden
Senate passes bill to boost U.S. chip production and China competition, sending to House
President Joe Biden listens as Communications Workers of America President Christopher Shelton speaks during a virtual meeting on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on July 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The Senate on Wednesday passed […]
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Watch live: Biden speaks about his negative Covid test and the broader pandemic effort
(Biden’s remarks are scheduled to begin at 11:30AM ET. Please refresh the page if the video above isn’t playing by then.) President Joe Biden will deliver remarks in the White House Rose Garden after testing negative for Covid-19 and ending the strict isolation measures he had been following since contracting the coronavirus last week. Biden’s […]
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President Biden tests negative for Covid and will end strict quarantine
President Joe Biden, who tested positive today for Covid-19 this morning, posts on Twitter “Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwright, and Mayor Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to send my regrets for missing our event today.” Courtesy: White House President Joe Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 […]
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As more people report Covid rebounds after Paxlovid, experts insist cases are rare
When Dr. Anthony Fauci got Covid in June, he took Paxlovid, an antiviral drug for people with mild to moderate symptoms whose ages or immune statuses put them at high risk for severe disease. The treatment consists of three pills taken twice daily for five days. Fauci finished the treatment and tested negative for Covid. […]
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Justice Department investigating Trump’s actions as part of Jan. 6 probe
Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the America First Policy Institute America First Agenda Summit in Washington, July 26, 2022. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters The Department of Justice is investigating former President Donald Trump’s actions leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as part of its criminal probe of […]
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Bill to boost U.S. chip production and competition with China clears key Senate hurdle
US President Joe Biden during a virtual meeting on the Chips Act in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., US, on Monday, July 25, 2022. Jemal Countess | Bloomberg | Getty Images A bipartisan bill to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing and boost U.S. competitiveness with China has cleared a key Senate vote, setting […]
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Senate postpones key vote on bill to fund U.S.-made computer chips due to thunderstorms
A technologist inspects a computer chip. Sefa Ozel | Getty Images Severe weather will delay the Senate’s push to quickly pass funding to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing and boost U.S. competitiveness with China, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday. The bill was expected to clear a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on […]
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Senate moderates Manchin and Murkowski both test positive for Covid
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) listens to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) as they walk together in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — A resurgence in Covid cases across the nation could impede progress on key bills in the U.S. Senate this week […]
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Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis disqualified from investigating Trump ‘fake elector’ in criminal probe
Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis photographed in her office on Jan. 4, 2022. Ben Gray | AP A judge Monday effectively barred a Georgia prosecutor from investigating one of 16 Republican “fake electors” for former President Donald Trump, ruling that a recent campaign fundraiser she hosted for that man’s political opponent disqualified her. […]
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Biden’s Covid symptoms ‘almost completely resolved,’ doctor says
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks virtually during his meeting with his economic team to discuss lowering gas prices in the South Court Auditorium of the Executive Office Building on July 22, 2022. Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s Covid symptoms have “almost completely resolved” and he […]
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