EXECUTIVE

Several lawmakers from the bipartisan group working on an infrastructure package said on Wednesday that they nailed down a framework they intended to present President Biden later this week.

The White House on Tuesday said President Biden has been “encouraged” by bipartisan work in Congress aimed at addressing issues created by some of the country’s largest technology companies.

President Biden hosted West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema at the White House on Monday, after which he said he still had questions about their bipartisan infrastructure proposal.

More than 30 women on Thursday filed a lawsuit alleging Pornhub and its parent company, Mindgeek, profited from videos showing non-consensual sex.

A group of bipartisan, bicameral lawmakers are preparing to reveal a roughly $878 billion infrastructure proposal, to be paid for over five years.

Former CBO Director and American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin argued the U.S. economy is recovering on its own.

Sen. Mike Braun said he seriously doubts the Wednesday meeting between Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and President Biden will lead to a compromise on infrastructure, throwing cold water on negotiations both sides say are productive.

A criminal organization likely based in Russia is believed to be behind a ransomware attack on JBS, one of the largest meat producers in the world, White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday.

President Biden's budget blueprint predicts modest economic growth during his presidency and beyond, despite the rosy rhetoric Biden has projected on how a federal spending spree is needed to spur on job creation.

The White House on Friday unveiled a $6 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 which would push debt levels to the highest they’ve been since World War II, and Republicans on Capitol Hill are calling the proposal “dead on arrival” in Congress.

President Biden on Friday submitted his 2022 defense budget to Congress, which included additional investments in systems intended to help the U.S. out-compete China.

The White House has left the door open to accepting the GOP infrastructure counteroffer unveiled Thursday morning but said that figuring out how to pay for the plan "remains unclear."

President Biden is prepared to "change course" on passing his massive tax and spending packages if Democrats are unable to strike a bipartisan agreement on infrastructure with Senate Republicans.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday introduced police reform legislation allowing prosecutors to determine whether officers unlawfully abuse the use of force.

Press secretary Jen Psaki revealed Friday that the White House is offering to bring the pricetag of its infrastructure package down from $2.25 trillion to $1.7 trillion.

Top White House economic advisers on Tuesday suggested that some companies may raise pay in order to attract workers amid a labor shortage.

The Biden administration on Tuesday defended its economic plan following a weak April employment report and a fragile recovery.

Vice President Kamala Harris and the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff reported earning millions of dollars in 2020, but donated a small fraction to charity, according to tax documents released by the White House on Monday.

The Biden administration on Tuesday updated on its ongoing efforts to monitor and mitigate the effects of the Colonial Pipeline outage, including potentially issuing a targeted waiver of the Jones Act.