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President Biden on Wednesday is set to “aggressive action” Wednesday to tackle climate change, and is expected to take a number of executive actions focused on jobs, “equitable” clean energy and “restoring” scientific integrity across the federal government.

Gates said the millions of online posts and “crazy conspiracy theories” about him and about top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci had likely taken hold in part because of the combination of a frightening viral pandemic and the rise of social media.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Jan. 14 it is too early for the central bank to discuss changing its monthly bond purchases

Yellen intends to work on combating the climate crisis, systemic racism and the economic crisis.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged President Joe Biden to join Europe in their clampdown on big tech, telling the Davos World Economic Forum Tuesday that the world must "address the darker sides of the digital world," which she partly blamed for the U.S. Capitol riot Jan. 6. 

Google is the latest tech company to halt political donations to members of Congress who voted against certifying the results of the presidential election.

'Larry’s vast experience in policy making coupled with his intuitive on-air presence will add depth and insight to our business analysis programming,' CEO Suzanne Scott said

It’s no secret that Democrats are divided between purple-state centrists and blue-state progressives.

The Biden Administration is set to extend a ban on new leases for oil and gas drilling and fracking on federal lands and waters for one year as it attempts to combat climate change, a source told FOX Business.

A group of Democratic lawmakers reintroduced legislation on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025 — and indicated they may use a powerful procedural tool to pass the bill using their slimmest-possible Senate majority.

The auto industry’s quickening shift to electric cars is spurring investment in another emerging industry in the U.S.: manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for those vehicles.

Former President Donald Trump's financial disclosure form filed shortly before he left office show that his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago was one of only a few of his businesses that saw revenue increase in 2020.

President Biden on Monday said he was open to negotiating terms for a pending round of economic impact payments, which may indicate that fewer individuals would end up qualifying.

Yellen is the first woman to have led the U.S. central bank.

The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen, the former chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, as Treasury secretary on Friday afternoon, putting into place a battle-tested economist who will help implement the Biden administration's plan to prop up the nation's pandemic-scarred economy. 

President Biden named Brian Deese as the director of the National Economic Council, making him the White House’s top economic adviser.

As agriculture secretary, Vilsack will have input on policies that will affect climate and food aid programs – two major planks of Biden’s platform.

Senate Democrats may rely on a powerful procedural tool to pass the $1.9 trillion measure using their slimmest-possible majority.  

President Joe Biden has nominated Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget, the agency that is responsible for, among other things, developing the president’s budget proposals.

“Varney & Co.” host Stuart Varney argues in his latest "My Take" that President Biden's proposed tax increases will impact middle America, not just those who are rich.