A new analysis estimates that the former president’s proposals could grow deficits by as much as $15 trillion over a decade.
Category: United States Politics and Government
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Judge Halts Biden Student Debt Plan Right After It Was Allowed to Proceed
The ruling was the latest instance of legal whiplash for the over 27 million borrowers who could qualify, and yet another blow to the president’s pledge to provide mass student debt relief.
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Supreme Court Lets Biden Plans on Mercury and Methane Move Forward
Republican-led states and industry groups argued that the Environmental Protection Agency had moved too fast and imposed onerous regulations.
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Trump and Harris Want to Revive Manufacturing, but How Much Could They Actually Do?
The policy focus on the industry has changed from job quantity to job quality. And while federal incentives matter, local factors are more important.
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Biden Scrambles to Contain Economic and Political Fallout of Port Strike
The labor dispute has forced President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris into a complicated position just weeks before the election.
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Ohio Reaps Benefits From a Climate Law JD Vance Repeatedly Attacks
Former President Donald J. Trump has called for clawing back unspent funds included in the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden’s landmark climate bill. That could have adverse impacts in Ohio.
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Not Just Fun and Games: Politics Edges Deeper Into Livestreams
As more streamers discuss politics, including major events like Tuesday’s debate, they have become the focus of intense interest for both presidential campaigns.
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Dockworkers Strike at U.S. Ports Could Begin Tuesday
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association could walk off the job, halting most shipments at East and Gulf Coast ports and rattling the U.S. economy.
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Port Strike on the East and Gulf Coasts: What to Know
Thousands of dockworkers who load and unload cargo ships could walk off the job on Tuesday, halting nearly all activity at ports from Maine to Texas.
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Biden Officials Stave Off Sticker Shock on Medicare Drug Premiums
Federal regulators spent billions of dollars to avoid a spike in costs for older Americans that could have been politically damaging to the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Harris Now Has an Economic Plan. Can It Best Trump’s Promises?
A central question in the final stretch of the election is if Vice President Kamala Harris’s proposals will cohere into an economic argument that can top former President Donald J. Trump’s.
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Harris’s Economic Pitch: Capitalism for the Middle Class
In a major address in Pittsburgh, the vice president praised business and used technical language to court economy-minded voters skeptical of big government.