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Biden wants an 18% increase in IRS funding to close the ‘tax gap’

President Biden is urging lawmakers to boost the IRS budget by 18% as part of his plan to crack down on wealthy tax scofflaws.

March 28, 2022

Biden’s $5.8T budget proposal calls for raising the corporate tax rate to 28%

President Biden's $5.8 trillion budget proposal urges lawmakers to raise the corporate tax rate to 28% -- higher than that of many foreign competitors, including China.

March 28, 2022

Biden’s $5.8T budget would raise taxes on wealthy, spend big on police, climate change and military

President Biden on Monday unveiled his 2023 budget with more spending to fight crime, boost the military and combat climate change and pays for it by raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations.

March 28, 2022

Trump’s push for NATO members to pony up on defense prepared Europe to aid Ukraine

NATO's ability to deliver weapons and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine has received widespread praise in recent weeks, but the credit may belong to a man once recognized as the alliance's biggest critic: former President Donald Trump.

March 25, 2022

Senate GOP urges Biden to cut prohibitions on development aid for fossil fuel projects overseas

Senate Republicans are urging the White House to curtail regulations preventing international loans from going to U.S. companies working on fossil fuel projects overseas.

March 24, 2022

Biden loses out to U.K.’s Boris Johnson as Kremlin’s No. 1 enemy

President Biden is seen as less of a threat to Russia than British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to the Kremlin.

March 24, 2022

House Democrats warn of blue-state revolt in November

House Democrats like Connecticut's Jayana Hayes are beginning to sound the alarm to their party's donors and operatives that even long-held seats in blue states might not be safe this year amid a looming GOP wave.

March 23, 2022

Democrats push Biden to ramp up infrastructure spending ahead of tumultuous midterms

Republicans are decrying calls from Democrats to speed up the spending from President Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure package as a cynical ploy to bolster vulnerable incumbents ahead of what is likely to be a rough midterm election for the Democratic Party.

March 23, 2022

Schumer joins bipartisan push to cut federal prison time for nearly 7,800 crack cocaine traffickers

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is backing legislation to reduce jail time for drug traffickers by nearly a third, including thousands of felons already serving time in federal prison.

March 22, 2022

States still cutting checks for students who miss school lunch because of COVID-19

COVID-19 is receding and most schools have returned to in-person instruction, but parents across the country are continuing to receive checks to cover the cost of lunch if their children are absent.

March 18, 2022

Pelosi throws support behind making Daylight Saving Time permanent

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is backing the bipartisan effort to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, although it remains unclear when the legislation to do away with the twice-yearly time shift might move forward.

March 17, 2022

Biden under fire for U.S. funding scientific testing on cats in Russia, despite sanctions

President Biden is under fire for allowing U.S. tax dollars to fund government research in Russia, including "stomach-churning" scientific tests on cats, despite championing economic sanctions against the country for its invasion of Ukraine.

March 15, 2022

Senate passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

The measure, written by Democratic Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, passed the chamber unanimously. If passed and signed by President Biden, the bill would end the twice-a-year ritual of changing clocks that most Americans undertake in spring and fall.

March 15, 2022

Durbin doubts talk of reviving Biden’s $1.75T social welfare bill will succeed

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin threw cold water Tuesday on talks of reviving President Biden's $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate change bill.

March 15, 2022

House GOP demands feds investigate possible Russian financing of environmentalist groups

A cadre of House Republicans is demanding the Biden administration launch an investigation into Russia's funding of environmentalist groups that are opposing increased U.S. domestic energy production.

March 15, 2022

Iranian foreign minister plans Moscow trip to try to save nuclear deal

Iran's foreign minister will travel to Moscow on Tuesday to try to address a last-minute hitch that threatens to upend delicate talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

March 14, 2022

49 Senate Republicans pledge to reject any new Iran deal negotiated by Biden

All but one Senate Republican is pledging to oppose any new nuclear deal President Biden might forge with Iran.

March 14, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin opposes Sarah Bloom Raskin for Fed board, endangering nomination

Sen. Joe Manchin III signaled his opposition on Monday to President Biden's nominee for vice chair of the Federal Reserve System, making confirmation all but impossible in the evenly split Senate.

March 14, 2022

Biden’s budget bill funnels millions in pork to vulnerable Democrats

President Biden's $1.5 trillion government funding bill funnels millions of dollars in pork to vulnerable Democrats in November's midterm elections while benefiting Republicans who helped secure its passage.

March 13, 2022

Pfizer CEO: Yearly booster shots likely needed to keep COVID-19 at bay

The CEO of Pfizer said on Sunday that Americans may be required to get yearly booster shots to keep the coronavirus pandemic from resurging.

March 13, 2022