While GOP lawmakers want less regulation to lower energy prices, the administration says those policies would benefit oil companies and the Chinese.
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Biden announces $80 million in solar power initiatives
The Department of Energy is set to spend $52 million on 19 solar projects across a dozen states, including $10 million from the infrastructure law, as well as $30 million on technologies that will help integrate solar electricity into the grid.
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Biden review of chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal blames Trump
The National Security Council report does fault overly optimistic intelligence community assessments about the Afghan army’s willingness to fight and says Biden followed military commanders’ recommendations.
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Biden lays out his budget plan, challenges Republicans to follow suit
If Biden and Congress fail to increase the statutory debt cap of $31.4 trillion by this summer, the government could default on payments and shove the U.S. economy into a recession.
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Republican lawmakers assail Biden for not sending F-16s to Ukraine
Ukraine won support from Baltic nations and Poland to obtain Western fighter jets, but there have been no signs U.S. and Britain will change their stance of refusing to provide warplanes.
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Biden shores up Western allies as Putin digs in on Ukraine
The flexing of alliances was a fresh indication that both sides are digging in for prolonged conflict in Ukraine with the fighting expected to intensify with the arrival of spring.
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Biden in Poland says U.S., allies ‘will never waver’ in Ukraine
Biden met with Polish President Andrzej Duda as he began a series of consultations with allies to prepare for an even more complicated stage of Russia’s invasion.
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Biden wants ‘sharper rules’ on unknown aerial objects
The U.S. now believes three of the objects shot down were most likely ‘benign’ objects launched by private companies or research institutions.
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U.S. says China balloon could collect intelligence signals
Before the U.S. offered new information, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson repeated the nation’s insistence the large unmanned balloon was a civilian meteorological airship that had blown off course.
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Social Security, Medicare brawl awaits Washington, even if not this year
Biden has repeatedly slammed congressional Republicans for advancing plans that would cut both programs.