Biden denies corporate tax hike will drive companies out of US
The White House hit out at Florida governor Ron DeSantis over the vaccination rollout in the state.
Mr DeSantis has faced questions about his vaccination deal with the Publix grocery store chain, which donated $100,00 to his PAC.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the Biden administration had found that while 17 per cent of the state is African-American, less than 7 per cent have been vaccinated.
“We are not going to hurt the people of Florida, just because of the steps or actions of leadership, and we will continue to take actions to ensure that the vaccine is equitably distributed,” she said.
Earlier Mr Biden told reporters that his proposed rise in the corporate tax rate in his $2 trillion infrastructure plan would not drive companies out of the US.
The US Supreme Court has dismissed a dispute over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block critics from following his now-suspended Twitter account as moot.
On Monday, the court decided to throw out a lower court’s decision finding Mr Trump had violated constitutional free speech rights by blocking critics on Twitter.
It comes as a new poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos found that six in 10 GOP members would like to see the former US leader run again.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has opened up about his experience with drug addiction during media interviews to promote his new book, Beautiful Things.
The younger Mr Biden joked during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith that he has “probably smoked more parmesan cheese than anyone that you know”.
Mr Biden said he “spent more time on my hands and knees picking through rugs smoking anything that even remotely resembled crack cocaine”.
His comments come as his father faces an uphill battle from Republicans in his bid to push his administration’s ambitious $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan forward.
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