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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced policymakers to revisit whether supply chains for essential health materials should be reshored to the United States. Joe Biden has called for a WWII-style War Production Board to produce COVID-19…

This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seventy miles off the coast of Louisiana, among a maze of drilling platforms and seafloor pipelines, thousands of…

Atlántida, Honduras; and Mexico City Gabriel tiptoed into his son’s cozy bedroom in New York City, quietly but expectantly. Even though it was the middle of the night, after 2 a.m., he was…

You might expect Mariah Robertson to applaud last week’s approval of a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease. The 38-year-old Johns Hopkins University physician has seen the toll it takes on her patients, as well as on her own mother, Nancy…

Questions surrounding the COVID 19-era college experience have plagued students, parents and university leaders for a year now. With hope building that the U.S. could soon be returning to some semblance of pre-pandemic life, universities…

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.NYSEInflation data is a highlight of the week ahead, as investors focus on economic news in the vacuum between earnings season and the next Fed meeting.The May Consumer Price Index is…

US Home Secretary Deb Haaland called on President Biden to restore both the size and protections given to three national monuments that have been reduced and open to oil and gas exploration and commercial use during the Trump regime.The…

By Noreen BurkeInvesting.com -- The week ahead is shaping up to be fairly quiet with the International Monetary Fund's spring meeting and minutes from the latest Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings filling the void before the…

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IN NUMBERSDow futures rose slightly Friday, one day after Average of 30 stocks gained nearly 1% and closed above 34,000 for the first time. the S&P500 rose 1.1% to close a new record high. the Nasdaq had the best day, jumping 1.3% and…

IN NUMBERSUS stock futures held steady Thursday after Wall Street rebounded from a two-game losing streak. the Dow Jones Industrial Average Wednesday gained 316 points, or 0.9%. the S&P500 also climbed 0.9% and the Nasdaq jumped 1.2%.…

IN NUMBERSIN THE NEWS TODAYPresident Joe Biden Wednesday will reflect on his efforts to expand distribution and access to the Covid vaccine during his first three months in the White House. The United States, under the Biden…

Rebounding from a recent string of losses, bitcoin prices soared on Monday, hovering above a key level as investors dismissed news of trouble for a Turkish exchange. BitcoinBTC USD, -1.17% was trading…

IN NUMBERSIN THE NEWS TODAYThe variant of the coronavirus discovered in South Africa is able to escape part of the protection of the two-shot vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech, according to a new Israeli study. The researchers found…

IN NUMBERSIN THE NEWS TODAYGameStop (GME) shares fell 12% in Wednesday's premarket after the company acknowledged in a filing that it was considering selling additional shares. After the closing bell on Tuesday, GameStop missed on the top…

President Joe Biden is set to deliver his first prime-time speech on Thursday night after signing legislation $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill.Biden is expected to announce he will order states to make all adults eligible for a Covid…

IN NUMBERSUS Stock Futures began the month of April on the rise after the S&P500 closed its best month since November with a 4.2% gain. The index hit an all-time intraday high on Wednesday, but failed to close at a record high.…

WASHINGTON (PA) - The Biden administration began on Wednesday to overturn a Trump-era ban on clinics that refer women to abortions, a policy directive that excluded Planned Parenthood from the federal family planning program and created…

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The Supreme Court said Monday it would challenge the Trump administration's controversial policies affecting family planning clinics and immigrants, even though the Biden administration said it was reviewing them.Judges have agreed to hear…

President Joe Biden wants to have 70% of the country vaccinated against COVID-19 by July 4, which means more Americans could soon be receiving some form of vaccination card - and wondering where they should keep it. You see, the…

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) at the State Department in Washington, the United States, June 23, 2015.Youri Gripas | ReutersBEIJING - As US-China tensions continue to…

President Joe Biden will end the Mexico City policy, which prohibits foreign nongovernmental groups from using federal funds for abortions, as part of his health care actions on…

Samuel Corum / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe IRS on Tuesday released guidance on new unemployment tax relief that makes more people eligible for the allowance.The American Rescue Plan waives federal tax on up to $ 10,200 in unemployment…

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington on April 28, 2021.Mélina Mara | ReutersTaxes could soon increase for the rich.President Joe biden aims to fund expanded education, child care, paid…

Cracks are forming in the cryptocurrency space.The global crypto market has lost over $ 200 billion in Friday's negotiating session after reports surfaced that the president Joe biden would seek to increase taxes on capital gains on…

As part of a massive new spending program, President Joe Biden calls on Congress to enact legislation allowing students to attend community college for free.The administration's U.S. Plan for Families provides $ 109 billion to make two…

The IRS issued more than 169 million payments in the third round of direct stimulus aid, and an additional 2.3 million people received checks for $ 1,400 last month. But some lawmakers are pushing for a fourth round of stimulus aid that…

Some state lawmakers are halting increases in federal unemployment benefits.Since the start of the pandemic, each state has accepted federal unemployment assistance which has enabled it to distribute benefits to unemployed people who would…

As an extension of his $ 2.3 trillion infrastructure program, President Joe Biden rolled out a $ 1.8 trillion plan to meet other priorities including education and child care.To fund the plan, the White House proposed to raise taxes on…

Pastors are trying to fight conspiracy theories and disinformation that have taken hold of churches. Insider spoke with two pastors who left their…

Senator Joe Manchin (DW.Va.) interviews President-elect Joe Biden's candidate for Defense Secretary, retired Army General Lloyd Austin during his confirmation to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday January 19, 2021.Greg Nash |…

As the presidential campaign heads into the home stretch, the partisan divisions that have rocked the country are now heartbreakingly evident within the Roman Catholic Church. Conventions of the two parties highlighted the divisions.The…

DETROIT – We separate fact from fiction in one of Michigan's most controversial and expensive races.Outgoing Senator Gary Peters and his challenger, John James, sat down to extended conversations with Devin Scillian on Flashpoint Sunday…

DETROIT - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office denies recent reports that Michigan left hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses unordered by the federal government as members of the state's congressional delegation advocated for more…

They share Roman Catholicism as their religion and California as their home base. Yet there is a deep rift between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego in the high-stakes debate over…

Beginning in 2018, the Qatar envoy traveled with millions of dollars neatly packed in Louis Vuitton suitcases from Doha to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and was escorted to the Gaza Strip by the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence…

TIJUANA (Border Report) - In an effort to protect migrant families, officials in Tijuana have announced plans to move a makeshift border camp to another part of town. José Luis Pérez Canchola, the city's director of migrant…

The American flag and a smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020.Dado Ruvic | ReutersThe global chip shortage is a very complex and multi-faceted issue, but…

AT&T advances on strong quarterly resultsUS weekly jobless claims continue to fallIndices down: Dow 0.94%, S&P 500 0.92%, Nasdaq 0.94%April 22 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks plunged on Thursday on reports that President Joe Biden was…

BERLIN (Reuters) - German industry association BDI said on Tuesday it expected Europe's biggest economy to grow 3.5% this year after plunging around 5 % in 2020, but that it could not return to its pre-pandemic level until next year at the…

US stocks fell on Tuesday, led by technology stocks as the market gave up some of the strong gains from the previous session.The S&P 500 slid 0.8% to 3,870.29 after the broad equity benchmark rose more than 2% on Monday for its best day…

American businesses face pressure to take a stand against bills introduced in many state legislatures that civil rights activists say will make it harder for many people to vote.Last month, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law…

Fund managers don't always care about exciting, long-term stories, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers on Wednesday. When the economy begins to recover, all fund managers care about companies that may offer big surprises on the!-->…

Since US President Joe Biden launched his infrastructure plan, the industrial sector has helped the Direxion Daily Industrials Bull 3X Shares (DUSL) climb to a year-to-date gain of almost 43%.With a focus on improving roads, bridges, and…

The ongoing global chip shortage has rattled the automotive and consumer technology industries for months. But the ripple effects of the crisis, which could last well into 2022, extend far beyond the idle factories of automakers and…

The cyclical/value resurgence is energizing the industrial sector. The Biden administration's infrastructure efforts could bring even more benefits to exchange-traded funds like the Invesco DWA Industrials Momentum ETF (PRN).PRN tracks the…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - When General Motors boldly announced its goal last month to manufacture only battery-powered vehicles by 2035, it not only marked a break with more than a century of manufacturing internal combustion engines. It has…

Wall Street passed its latest milestone when the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above 30,000 for the first time this week. The Dow Jones rose 454.97 points, or 1.5%, to close at 30,046.24 on Tuesday. Investors were encouraged by the…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite Index all posted record closes as Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States.Major U.S. stock indexes closed at new all-time highs on Wednesday as Joe…

BERLIN - Germany will not let go of its Afghan staff as the international military mission in the country draws to a close after nearly two decades of war, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer promised Sunday."I think it is Germany's…

A closer look Pentagon audit last year shows Sally Donnelly was senior advisor to former Defense Secretary James Mattis when she received more than $ 1 million in payments for her part from a consulting firm Amazon from UK financier André…

The existing Myanmar industrial port in Yangon…

Detroit - The city is diverting its workforce to help process hundreds of thousands of postal ballots on November 3, and it relies on volunteers from banks, healthcare companies and mortgage companies to to participate.Detroit Mayor Mike…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday launched changes to the U.S. coronavirus assistance program for small businesses in an attempt to reach smaller and minority businesses, sole proprietors and those with criminal records…

President Joe Biden (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images) Getty Images President Joe Biden says he won't support $ 50,000 student cancellation, but he also said this. Here's what you need to know. Student…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Photo by Lev Radin / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images) Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted that President…

President-elect Joe Biden (right) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (left) (Photo by Samuel ... Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images) Getty Images Joe Biden wants to cancel student loans, but it…

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Will you have to start paying off your student loans again?When the pandemic hit the United States with full force in March, one of the first steps Congress took the CARES law was to help struggling families across the…