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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Joe Biden's $2.25 trn infrastructure announcement was "not nearly enough" and is well below the $10 trillion needed to create jobs for union workers, while also solving health care, housing and carbon emissions.
The New York congresswoman appeared had "serious concerns" the president's "once-in-a-generation" plan was underspending on the future of America by $7.75 trillion.
The White House, meanwhile, is "alarmed" 3- and 5-year-old girls were thrown over a 14-foot Mexico border fence in video of "morally reprehensible" smugglers.
Elsewhere, the Trump Organisation’s long-serving chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, has had his personal banking records subpoenaed by New York prosecutors working with Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr as part of the latter’s investigation into former president Donald Trump’s business affairs.
In the continuing saga of Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican appears to be struggling for support within his own party, with one former staffer from Trump White House reportedly describing him as “the meanest person in politics”.
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