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Bill Gates and US Trade rep talk vaccines

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai held a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss increasing COVID-19 vaccine production, global health issues and the proposed waiver to certain provisions of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) related to the pandemic.

What's in Biden's newest $1.8T tax and spending plan?

President Biden is poised to release $1.8 trillion spending plan that seeks to dramatically boost federal investment in education, child care and paid family leave, a sweeping measure funded largely by raising taxes on the top sliver of U.S. households.

Biden's speech to highlight spending plans: here's who pays

President Biden will make his first speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, where he is expected to lay out the next steps in his plans to rebuild the economy – which his administration insists can be paid for by taxing the wealthiest Americans.

Biden moves to extend key parts of COVID-19 relief bills with American Families Plan

President Biden is expected to announce the American Families Plan during his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday that has been framed as a complement to earlier massive investments during the COVID-19 era, but critics will likely seize on the plan as an attempt to extend major parts of the earlier relief packages.

Meet Biden's 'Made in America' director

President Joe Biden named Celeste Drake to a new position at the White House Office of Management and Budget to monitor his “Buy American” initiative and focus on ensuring the government buys more domestically made goods.