President Biden and Vice President Harris will travel to Philadelphia on Friday to highlight the progress made toward improving water infrastructure and replacing lead pipes in states across the country. Their remarks will also touch on their work implementing their administration’s economic agenda. The bipartisan infrastructure law allocates more than $50 billion to the Environmental…
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How To Know Layoffs Are Coming And What To Do About It
Remember when, not so long ago, tech companies couldn’t hire fast enough? Talent wars were fought and won all over Silicon Valley, as firms battled it out for the best in the business, each offering free-flowing perks more lavish than the next. As profits continued to climb, it seemed as if the party would never…
Watch live: Fed Chair Powell holds press conference on policy actions
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will speak with the press following the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which is expected to result in a quarter-point rate increase, the smallest hike in almost a year. The expected increase is the eighth in a series begun in March 2022 aimed at curbing high inflation….
Watch live: House Judiciary holds hearing on Biden border policies
The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), is meeting Wednesday morning to review President Biden’s border security and immigration policies, as the Republican majority continues a broad review of the president’s performance and actions. Biden’s management of the U.S.-Mexico border has been the subject of strong criticism from the GOP, who characterize…
McConnell mocks Biden judicial nominee for flubbing basic legal questions
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday ridiculed President Biden’s nominee to serve as district judge for the Eastern District of Washington for flubbing basic questions about the Constitution last week, arguing Democrats have used a double standard for Biden’s and former President Trump’s nominees. The nominee, Spokane County Superior Court Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren,…
Watch live: House GOP holds press briefing
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) are holding a press briefing on Tuesday. Rep. Scalise said in a separate press release that expected subjects of discussion on the House floor today will include legislation introduced by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), H.R. 497, dubbed…
Biden says US won’t provide Ukraine with F-16s
President Biden responded “no” when asked on Monday if the United States will provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Biden last week announced a decision to send 31 Abrams battle tanks to the country. Shortly after that announcement, Yuriy Sak, an adviser to Ukraine’s Defense secretary, told The Hill that he was optimistic about receiving Western…
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation chief ‘sickened’ by Tyre Nichols video
The director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said he is “sickened” by the “appalling” footage of Tyre Nichols’s arrest in Memphis. Speaking at a press conference with Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, David Rausch said the violent beating that occurred during the arrest on Jan. 7 “shouldn’t have happened.” “I’ve been policing for more than…
Zelensky hails ‘tank coalition,’ says Ukraine will push for warplanes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday hailed the creation of a “tank coalition” after President Biden and Germany announced plans to send the heavy combat vehicles to Kyiv and said his nation will now push for warplanes as the war with Russia nears its one-year mark. “Today is a day of extremely good news…
Watch live: Schumer, Jeffries hold briefing responding to GOP tax proposal
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) are speaking Wednesday afternoon about changes to the federal tax system proposed by a group of House Republicans. The GOP proposal, dubbed the Fair Tax, would abolish the IRS and replace the federal tax code with a new national 30 percent sales…