U.S. President Joe Biden will announce plans to provide up to $102 million to expand the U.S. strategic partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a virtual summit with the 10-nation bloc on Tuesday, the White House said. The U.S. funding will go towards health, climate, economic and education programs, a White House factsheet said. Of the total

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Jessica Rosenworcel, a champion of broadband access for low-income American households, is President Joe Biden's choice for permanent chair of the Federal Communications Commission, the White House confirmed on Tuesday.

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Eugene Huelsman allegedly left death threat in phone message for Florida GOP congressman days after Jan. 6 assault on Capitol.

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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in October as concerns about high inflation were offset by improving labor market prospects, suggesting economic growth was picking up after a turbulent third quarter. The survey from the Conference Board on Tuesday showed consumers eager to buy a home and big-ticket items such as motor vehicles and major

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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Tuesday that a deal on President Biden’s spending bill must expand Medicare and include a plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

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Former President Trump and other White House officials were "distracted" by the 2020 election and prioritized campaigning over any COVID-19 mitigation strategies, the administration's former coronavirus advisor Debo...

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The senator from West Virginia, who has forced Democrats to pare back a social spending package, told reporters that he is “just trying to survive” in a divided Congress.

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A federal judge in Texas denied a petition by Southwest Airlines pilots' union that sought to block the company's enforcement of a federal vaccine mandate.

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Democrats should use arcane budget rules to raise the debt ceiling if they can't get a deal with Republicans.Manchin, speaking at an Economic Club of Washington, D.C., event, first f...

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday beseeched progressive and moderate Democrats to compromise and “embrace” the emerging deal on President Biden’s mammoth social-spending package, warning that time was running out for Democrats to notch a huge legislative victory.

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