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https://ift.tt/3q5EJZC House Speaker Nancy Pelosi informed Democratic lawmakers Wednesday that a paid leave provision will be added back into President Biden’s social spending bill, a decision that could draw the ire of moderate holdouts, including Sen. Joe Manchin, W-Va.

Freight trains could help decongest the Port of Long Beach The Port of Long Beach, the Utah Inland Port Authority, and Union Pacific Railroad announced a new partnership aimed at rapidly evacuating cargo from terminals in Long Beach to Salt Lake City for further distribution throughout western states.

https://ift.tt/3BUj0Gl Ford is requiring its salaried workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to comply with the Biden administration's requirement for federal contractors.

Google to provide $20M in career support for military families, veterans Google is set to provide $20 million in grant funding and donations to support economic empowerment for veterans and the military community.

https://ift.tt/2ZOTG74 Google is set to provide $20 million in grant funding and donations to support economic empowerment for veterans and the military community.

Fed decision, Powell press conference: Recap Federal Reserve policymakers delivered a fresh assessment of the U.S. economy and the state of inflation.

Zillow stock craters on plans to exit house-flipping business Zillow Group Inc. shares plunged Wednesday after the company announced plans to exit its house-flipping business and eliminate 25% of its workforce.

Democrats may include tax cut that benefits wealthy Americans in Biden's huge spending plan A coalition of moderate Democrats is aiming to repeal a Trump-era limit on state and local tax deductions as part of President Biden's signature spending plan, teeing up a showdown with progressives who say doing so would amount to a huge tax cut for the rich.

https://ift.tt/3EFwkjt EXCLUSIVE: A group of Republican senators on Wednesday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., expressing their intention to block federal funding for a potential federal vaccine mandate.

Democrats' 'Plan A' amnesty plan would increase federal deficit by over $500 billion by 2041: CBO One of the sweeping plans by Democrats to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants would add more than half a trillion dollars to the deficit by 2041, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis published late Tuesday.

Biden still undecided on renominating Jerome Powell as Fed chief President Biden on Tuesday declined to say whether he planned to renominate Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve as surging inflation and a worsening labor shortage weigh on the economy's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

https://ift.tt/3EDYRG3 News of a collaboration between Bed Bath & Beyond and Kroger sent the former's stock surging in after-hours trading on Tuesday.

https://ift.tt/3whlNrJ Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin and Democratic opponent former Governor Terry McAuliffe laid out substantially different visions for the future of the state’s economy as the state’s competitive race enters its final hours on Tuesday.

https://ift.tt/3o9Cou7 President Joe Biden says "things are a hell of a lot better" this year than last year, despite widespread inflation.

Biden on OPEC, Russia oil help ask: We’ll hear back ‘sooner than later’ The Biden Administration is asking OPEC+ to pump more oil to lower skyrocketing U.S. energy costs.

https://ift.tt/2Y83V5U The Biden Administration is asking OPEC+ to pump more oil to lower skyrocketing U.S. energy costs.

https://ift.tt/3qfMJr5 President Biden on Tuesday declined to say whether he planned to renominate Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve as surging inflation and a worsening labor shortage weigh on the economy's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

https://ift.tt/3BQBnMl A massive bin stuffed with pumpkins appeared in a hallway of the U.S. Capitol shortly after President Biden began a conclave with House Democrats about his struggling domestic agenda last week

https://ift.tt/3pZ2Vww Former U.S. secretary of state and former White House national security adviser Henry Kissinger weighs in on U.S.-China relations.

Reporter’s Notebook: Biden’s social spending bill in limbo with clock ticking A massive bin stuffed with pumpkins appeared in a hallway of the U.S. Capitol shortly after President Biden began a conclave with House Democrats about his struggling domestic agenda last week