WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s proposal for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package was based on an assessment of specific needs, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday, when asked about...
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Biden takes sweeping Day One action on energy, climate, immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday began signing 15 executive actions addressing the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and racial inequality, and undoing some policies put in place by his predecessor...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he wants free trade agreement with U.S. in letter to Biden
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday wrote to newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden that he hoped the two countries would pursue a broad free trade agreement during Biden’s...
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Kroger blocks customer donations to far-right militia group
(Reuters) – U.S. supermarket chain Kroger Co said on Wednesday it had blocked Indiana Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group, from receiving donations collected from customers after drawing flak from a number of social media users....
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Silicon Valley CEOs cannot lay down the law, EU chief says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief executive hailed on Wednesday as a new dawn Joe Biden’s term as U.S. president but warned that the bloc would strive to regulate American technology companies, calling for...
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Trump pardons former Google self-driving car engineer Levandowski
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had given a full pardon to a former Google engineer sentenced for stealing a trade secret on self-driving cars months before he briefly...
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