Joe Biden
House passes sweeping gun bill to raise assault rifle purchase age to 21; plan faces long odds in the Senate
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a rally with gun violence prevention organizations, gun violence survivors and hundreds of gun safety supporters demanding gun legislation, ouside the United States Capitol in Washington, June 8, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The House on Wednesday passed a sweeping gun bill that would raise the […]
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Watch live: Actor Matthew McConaughey joins White House press briefing on guns
[The stream is slated to start at 1:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Actor and gun-policy advocate Matthew McConaughey will join White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday for the Biden administration’s daily press briefing. His White-House appearance comes a day after […]
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To boost solar, Biden looks the other way on potential Chinese trade violations
U.S. President Joe Biden’s move to prohibit new tariffs on the solar panels also took the teeth out of an investigation by the Commerce Department that was required by law. Logan Cyrus | The Washington Post | Getty Images Facing paralysis of the U.S. solar industry, President Joe Biden has ordered that potential trade violations by Chinese solar panel […]
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches Twitter bots probe after Musk’s public complaints
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Texas […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stocks set to bounce after Wall Street’s losing week Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, June 3, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Wall Street was set to […]
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Biden evacuated after plane entered airspace near beach home
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, is a city on the Atlantic Ocean. DenisTangneyJr | iStock | Getty Images A small private airplane mistakenly entered restricted airspace near President Joe Biden’s Delaware vacation home Saturday, prompting the brief evacuation of the president and first lady, the White House and the Secret Service said. The White House said there […]
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‘I almost died’: PA Senate nominee John Fetterman says he is still recovering from stroke
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman on Friday said he “almost died” after he suffered a stroke days before he won the state’s Democratic Senate primary race, and is not yet ready to return to the campaign trail. “I should have taken my health more seriously,” Fetterman said in a statement released by his campaign Friday […]
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Here’s the email Elon Musk sent all Tesla employees about 10% head count reduction
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China August 29, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an email to all employees at the electric vehicle maker on Friday that the company will cut 10% of salaried workers and will instead rely on more […]
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‘Lots of luck on his trip to the moon’: Biden shrugs off Elon Musk’s economic fears, touts Ford investments
President Joe Biden on Friday brushed off Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s reported “super bad feeling” about the U.S. economy, while praising some of Musk’s competitors for expanding their investments in electric vehicles. Biden then took a dismissive-sounding swipe at Musk, a frequent critic of his administration. “Lots of luck on his trip to the moon,” Biden […]
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After the crypto crash, here’s what industry experts are waiting for next
A visual representation of Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Edward Smith | Getty Images Cryptocurrency companies dominated the main street at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, a notable difference between this edition and the last one in 2020. The high-profile presence from the industry came even as the cryptocurrency market crashed. It was sparked by […]
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