(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) By Mark Miller CHICAGO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden will be plenty busy battling the pandemic when he takes office next month, and Social Security will likely not be on top of his agenda. But […]
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Becerra Is the Right Lawyer for the Biden Health Agenda
Dec. 16, 2020 3:14 pm ET California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in June 2019. Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press Regarding your editorial “Biden’s Identity Health-Care Pick” (Dec. 8): The selection of Xavier Becerra to run the Department of Health and Human Services shows that Joe Biden’s team knows what it wants […]
Biden’s Health Agenda Starts With Reversing Everything Trump Did In The Last 4 Years
It was less than a year ago that the Democratic presidential candidates were locked in a furious debate over whether to fortify the Affordable Care Act or to replace all existing insurance arrangements with a government-run “Medicare for All” plan. Now, the prospects for either approach seem remote, at least […]
Biden’s economic agenda and its effects
In an effort to advance equality, environmental protection and other social goals, President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenMary Trump celebrates Biden-Harris victory: ‘To America. Thanks, guys’ Biden gives shoutout to Black Americans in victory speech: ‘You always have my back, and I’ll have yours’ Biden vows to heal divided nation MORE has […]
How Republicans Could Thwart Biden’s Democratic Agenda
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If Joe Biden beats Donald Trump decisively next week, this election may be remembered as a hinge point in American history: the moment when a clear majority of voters acknowledged that there’s no turning back from America’s transformation into a nation of kaleidoscopic diversity, a future that doesn’t rely on […]
An Agenda for the Annual Meetings: Climate Change and Debt Relief
Text size OSVALDO SILVA/AFP/Getty Images Finance ministers and officials from around the world will gather soon for a virtual annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Sometimes these gatherings lead to major international announcements. This time, two weeks before the highly consequential elections in the U.S., it […]
What’s on Trump’s Sacramento agenda + Flavor tobacco ban referendum + New Prop. 15 poll
Good morning and happy Monday! Let’s get right into the news. TRUMP TO SACRAMENTO Fresh off a weekend of campaigning in Nevada, President Donald Trump is scheduled to touch down in Sacramento today for a briefing on West Coast wildfires. He’s expected to meet with Gov. Gavin Newsom at McClellan […]
Green activists and former Extinction Rebellion members criticise group’s ‘culture war’ agenda
Activists set up an elaborate blockade to printing presses in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire – Reuters Former and current Extinction Rebellion members and other environmentalists have accused the group of setting back action on climate change by blocking the printing of several newspapers. On Friday night, activists blockaded the printing plants where The […]