Group of Seven (G-7) leaders are moving closer to imposing a “price cap” on Russian oil. What would that mean, and will it actually work? Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is committing $200 billion to a global infrastructure plan to counter China. In another high-profile ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a former football coach who […]
The White House and several senators announced Wednesday that they’ve reached a deal that would provide $550 billion in new federal investment into U.S. infrastructure, coming after weeks of talks. In a statement released by the Biden administration, the White House and “bipartisan group” of senators announced an “agreement on the details of a once-in-a-generation […]
BRUSSELS—European Union foreign ministers agreed on July 12 to launch a global infrastructure plan linking Europe to the world; a next step after deals with India and Japan and a similar pledge by the Group of Seven richest democracies. Suspicious of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative to link Europe to Asia via […]
After months of little to no progress on infrastructure negotiations, a bipartisan group of 10 senators has come together on an infrastructure package. It’s much smaller than President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion proposal—just under $1 trillion—and the senators agreed on how to pay for it.
National Guard troops are departing the nation’s capitol. Those deployed to protect the district began the process of leaving Washington on Sunday. Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré said the mission of securing the capitol has been accomplished—137 days after the events of Jan. 6. Infrastructure is still a hotly debated topic on Capitol Hill. President […]
The Biden administration offered up a new price tag on its infrastructure plan. Students, parents, and organizers rally at Rutgers University to call for an end to the university’s vaccine mandate. A group of Georgia voters is now able to review absentee ballots in Fulton County.
Senate Republicans officially propose an infrastructure plan that’s less than half the cost of President Joe Biden’s plan, 20 state attorneys general urge President Biden not to expand the Supreme Court, and Biden announces an ambitious goal at a two-day virtual climate summit.
President Joe Biden met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus Tuesday. He discussed how his infrastructure plan would help the black community. Republicans criticized the plan for including things that they say don’t count as infrastructure.
President Joe Biden says he and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with both Republicans and Democrats in the next few weeks to negotiate on the infrastructure package. But at the same time, he criticized Republicans for only wanting to stick to traditional infrastructure projects.
President Joe Biden and the Democrats say the infrastructure plan is needed to spur the economy and that the high cost is worth it. But conservatives aren’t convinced. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt is pushing for a smaller infrastructure plan. He told Fox News that if Biden cuts his new $2 trillion infrastructure plan by around […]
President Joe Biden unveiled his $2.5 trillion infrastructure plan this week, saying it will modernize America’s deteriorating transportation infrastructure. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), calls it a “Trojan horse for far-left demands.” Here to help explain what that means is Sarah Anderson, director of policy at FreedomWorks.
The crisis at the southern border is getting more intense by the day. In March, Border Patrol caught at least 150,000 people crossing illegally—50,000 more than in February. Facilities are overcrowded, and Border Patrol agents are overwhelmed. But there’s a lot more to this story, like how exactly so many people are making it to […]
The crisis at the southern border is getting more intense by the day. In March, Border Patrol caught at least 150,000 people crossing illegally—50,000 more than in February. Facilities are overcrowded, and Border Patrol agents are overwhelmed. But there’s a lot more to this story, like how exactly so many people are making it to […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden has unveiled his ambitious infrastructure package, which proposes substantial tax increases on U.S. corporations to pay for the $2 trillion price tag. However, experts say the economic harm from an increase in corporate taxes will offset the benefits created by the infrastructure investment, raising skepticism about the plan. Biden described his proposal […]
