The U.S. government is in negotiations with Moderna to potentially secure additional Covid-19 vaccine doses to supply to the world, according to a person familiar. The discussions may lead to a similar number of doses purchased as a deal revealed Wednesday with Pfizer, said the person, who declined to be named because the negotiations aren’t public. President Joe […] Read more
President Joe Biden said Monday that he will speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as fighting between Israel and Hamas enters its second week with no clear end in sight. Biden said that he would have more to say about the unfolding violence after speaking with Netanyahu. On Sunday, a group of 28 Democratic senators called […] Read more
President Joe Biden will make his first overseas trip as president in June as he heads to the United Kingdom and Belgium for crucial meetings with allied nations, the White House said Friday. This news comes amid Biden’s virtual climate summit with global leaders as he pushes for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. On Thursday […] Read more
With the latest coronavirus relief package behind him, President Joe Biden may turn to another legislative priority this year: taxes. Resetting how much Americans contribute to Uncle Sam could be high on the Democratic president’s list of priorities for this year. Biden promised throughout his campaign that he would limit any tax hikes to people with incomes above $400,000. […] Read more
President Joe Biden said that the U.S. and its international partners must hold China to account for its economic practices. “We have to push back against the Chinese government’s abuses and coercion that undercut the foundations of the international economic system,” Biden said in a speech to the Munich Security Conference, delivered virtually from the […] Read more
President Joe Biden has painted a bleak picture of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak in his first few days in office, warning that it will take months to turn around the pandemic’s trajectory and that fatalities are expected to dramatically rise over the next few weeks. “A lot of America is hurting. The virus is surging. We’re 400,000 […] Read more
In his first hours in the Oval Office, President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign more than a dozen executive orders to address challenges like the Covid pandemic and the student debt crisis. Biden’s orders will also work to reverse many of those issued by President Donald Trump, including the so-called Muslim travel ban and the construction of […] Read more
U.S.-China trade tensions are set for more predictability after Joe Biden’s presidential win — which likely means calmer rhetoric in a continued tough stance on Beijing. Following years of brewing U.S. complaints about unfair business practices by China’s state-dominated system, President Donald Trump stepped up pressure on Beijing with policy measures that were often abruptly first floated through […] Read more
Republican pollster Frank Luntz told CNBC that President Donald Trump must win Arizona and Pennsylvania in order to defeat Democrat Joe Biden. That’s because Luntz said he believes Biden will hold on in Nevada, while Trump will eventually win Georgia and North Carolina. “Arizona is the place where the battle is going to happen, because […] Read more
