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Yellen denies urging smaller Biden relief plan in early 2021

WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen denied advocating for a smaller American Rescue Plan than the $1.9 trillion package proposed by the Biden administration and passed by Congress in early 2021, after an advance copy of a book about the Treasury secretary showed she initially urged scaling it back by a third.

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Yellen wanted Biden relief plan scaled back, biographer says

WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen, worried by the specter of inflation, initially urged Biden administration officials to scale back the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan by a third, according to an advance copy of a biography on the Treasury secretary.

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Behind the Joe Biden v, Jeff Bezos beef

The Bezos-Biden spat comes as the price of food and fuel soars and Amazon workers organize to form a labor union

Salon

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Damascus, Rojava Race over Jazeera's Wheat Crops

Damascus and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) have entered the race to buy wheat grown in Syria’s part of the Jazeera.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Administration Drops Offshore Drilling Auctions: WSJ

The Biden administration has canceled plans to auction drilling rights in two regions in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the coast of Alaska,

Benzinga

States band together to block immigration policy

On the morning of April 28, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his 11th immigration-related lawsuit against the Biden administration, submitting his paperwork before a U.S. District Court judge in the panhandle city of Amarillo and then issuing a news release about it.

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Mayor takes casino path of least resistance, but is it a winning hand?

Just because Ald. Walter Burnett is willing to put up with the inconvenience of a casino doesn’t mean Mayor Lori Lightfoot will easily round up the other 25 City Council votes she needs to ratify Bally’s River West site.

Chicago Sun-Times

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President Biden To Launch Over $3 Billion For US EV Battery Production

The Biden Administration announced that the funding will come in the form of grants to develop and construct battery production facilities on our shores.

InsideEVs

The U.S. Isn't Going to Slacken Scrutiny After Ending the ‘China Initiative’

While the controversial China Initiative targeted mainly academics and researchers of Chinese descent for alleged espionage, the nascent Nation-State Threat Strategy significantly expands its enforcement scope to broader economic and ideological interests

Caixin Global

Biden administration moves to ease student loan debt burden

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking further steps to ease the burden of student loans, but new actions announced Tuesday were well short of what many Democrats want to see.

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Biden administration moves to ease student loan debt burden - Roll Call

Changes are estimated to forgive student loans for 40,000 borrowers immediately, but some Democrats want Biden to go much farther.

Roll Call

Administration extends public health emergency for 90 days - Roll Call

The administration on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 public health emergency for another 90 days, until around mid July.

Roll Call

U.S. says potential F-16 sale to Turkey would serve U.S. interests, NATO - letter

The Biden administration believes a potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would be in line with U.S. national security interests and would also serve NATO's long-term unity, the State Department said in a letter to Congress that fell short of explicitly supporting the deal.

Reuters

Biden's looming prescription drug pricing dilemma

Pressure is increasing on the administration to go after drug patents.

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Administration, health experts nervously eye new virus variants - Roll Call

The administration and health experts think the country is ready for the omicron subvariant BA.2, but worry about the next virus.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Congress Warns Biden of Making ‘Concessions’ to Iran

Republican and Democratic lawmakers warned the US administration against removing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from terrorism lists in exchange for Tehran's possible return to the nuclear agreement. Lawmakers were furious after a two-hour closed briefing with the US Special Envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, on the updates of…

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Administration faces risks in decision on public health emergency - Roll Call

The administration is under pressure to end the public health emergency but doing so could take away insurance for millions of Americans.

The Hindu

Prohibitory orders in Lakshadweep

Prohibitory orders will be clamped in Lakshadweep from 10 p.m. on March 20, Sunday, in view of intelligence reports of a ‘protest march’ by the NCP on March 21 in nine islands, the Lakshadweep Administration has informed.

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After CDC order, Democrats ramp up push to end border expulsions

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers criticized the Biden administration’s decision to exempt only unaccompanied migrant children from a pandemic policy that closed the border to asylum claims, calling on the administration to shield families from the order as well.

The Independent UK

Biden ends Trump-era Covid policy used to expel child migrants from border

Biden administration fought to keep elements of Trump plan in place

Roll Call

US protected status to encompass more than 75,000 Ukrainians - Roll Call

The administration said that more than 75,000 Ukrainians in the U.S. would get protected status after the Russian invasion of their country.

InsideEVs

Tesla May Seek Federal Funds To Open Supercharger Network To Public

The Biden Administration has earmarked $7.5B for "new" charging infrastructure. Tesla has offered to open up its Supercharger network. Should it get funds?

Reason

Federal Court Bars Federal Agencies from Considering the Costs of Climate Change in Agency Rulemakings

A federal district court has taken the unusual step of enjoining an Executive Order setting forth an Administration's regulatory priorities.

The Guardian - US

Texas sues Biden administration to stop mask mandates on planes – as it happened

State attorney general challenges CDC mask rules on transport – follow all the day’s politics news

The Independent UK

Report: Archives asks Justice to probe Trump record handling

The National Archives and Records Administration is asking the Justice Department to investigate whether former President Donald Trump violated federal law in the handling of documents

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