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US only pays lip service to solving Africa's problems
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1 month ago

US only pays lip service to solving Africa's problems

China Daily  

US President Joe Biden delivers a speech during the annual National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the White House in Washington, Dec 5, 2024. On hearing US President Joe Biden admit that slavery is the United States' "original sin" which has "haunted America" and cast "a long shadow ever since" on the country in a speech he delivered at the …

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Biden administration plans to send $1bn in military aid to Israel: Reports
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration plans to send $1bn in military aid to Israel: Reports

Al Jazeera  

Request for tank ammunition, tactical vehicles for Israel despite Biden’s earlier pause on bombs over Rafah assault. The Biden administration has told Congress that it plans to send a $1bn package of military aid to Israel, according to media reports, despite the United States’s opposition to a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza and concerns about rising civilian deaths. …

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Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline
10 months ago

Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline

LA Times  

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer walks outside the chamber as he tries to assemble enough lawmakers for a partial government funding bill on Friday. President Biden on Saturday signed a $460-billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. In signing it into law, Biden thanked leaders and …

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Biden and Germany’s Scholz will meet in Washington as US and EU aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden and Germany’s Scholz will meet in Washington as US and EU aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Feb. 9 as the West struggles to provide new aid for Ukraine in the war against Russia. “The two leaders will reaffirm their resolute support for Ukraine’s defense of its land and its people against Russia’s war of aggression,” the White House said in …

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EXCLUSIVE-Punishing Putin: How Biden could cut Russia off from world tech
2 years, 10 months ago

EXCLUSIVE-Punishing Putin: How Biden could cut Russia off from world tech

The Hindu  

If Russia further invades Ukraine, the Biden administration could deprive it of a vast swath of low- and high-tech U.S. and foreign-made goods, from commercial electronics and computers to semiconductors and aircraft parts, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. President Joe Biden would achieve that by expanding the list of goods that require U.S. licenses before suppliers can ship …

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Biden ‘positive’ on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden ‘positive’ on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s scaled-back social services and climate change package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that even at “half” the original $3.5 trillion proposed, Biden’s signature domestic initiative would be larger than …

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Biden: Infrastructure vow was not intended to be veto threat
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden: Infrastructure vow was not intended to be veto threat

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Aiming to preserve a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure, President Joe Biden endorsed it “without hesitation” Saturday, walking back from a threat to veto it if Congress also didn’t pass an even larger package to expand the social safety net. Biden said he didn’t mean to suggest in earlier remarks that he would veto the nearly $1 trillion …

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Joe Biden Meets With Key GOP Senator As Time Runs Out On Infrastructure Talks
3 years, 7 months ago

Joe Biden Meets With Key GOP Senator As Time Runs Out On Infrastructure Talks

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito as time is running out for Democrats and Republicans to agree to a bipartisan deal on overhauling the nation’s infrastructure. Biden has proposed spending $1.7 trillion ― down from an initial $2.2 trillion ask ― to renew the nation’s roads, bridges and waterways, as well as make …

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Biden played ‘sheriff’ on ’09 aid, now salesman on COVID law
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden played ‘sheriff’ on ’09 aid, now salesman on COVID law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In 2009, then-Vice President Joe Biden was “Sheriff Joe,” the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were getting to the right places and quickly. This time, President Biden’s role is different: He’s lead salesman for the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package, eager to score political points as Americans begin to reap benefits from …

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Biden meets Republicans on virus aid, but no quick deal
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden meets Republicans on virus aid, but no quick deal

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told Republican senators during a two-hour meeting Monday night he’s unwilling to settle on an insufficient coronavirus aid package after they pitched their slimmed down $618 billion proposal that’s a fraction of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking. No compromise was reached in the lengthy session, Biden’s first with lawmakers at the White House, and …

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A new coronavirus stimulus package looks unlikely until Biden administration
4 years, 2 months ago

A new coronavirus stimulus package looks unlikely until Biden administration

LA Times  

Hopes that Congress would move swiftly after the election to provide more coronavirus relief for Americans are fading as Senate Republicans continue to resist large spending measures and pressure from President Trump to take action has waned. “We need to think about — if we’re going to come up with a bipartisan package here — about what size is appropriate,” …

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