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U.S. President Joe Biden heads to his birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to promote bills on infrastructure and social spending, while measures to combat climate change remained a stumbling block among his fellow Democrats.

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to his birthplace Wednesday for the...

With his economic agenda hanging in the balance, President Joe Biden on Wednesday visited the Pennsylvania city of his birth to push infrastructure and spending plans he said are needed to transform places like the former coal-mining town.

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — In an abrupt change, the White House on Wednesday floated new...

President Biden struck an optimistic tone Wednesday about the fate of his two massive spending bills on social-welfare programs and infrastructure as he visited his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to emphasize his blue-collar credentials.

President Biden struck an optimistic tone Wednesday about the fate of his two massive spending bills on social-welfare programs and infrastructure as he visited his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to emphasize his blue-collar credentials.

SCRANTON — In his latest return to his native city, President Joe Biden predicted Wednesday his agenda will create two million more jobs a year, allow more children to attend

Anyone who has ever heard president biden speak, knows it is his hometown. it was the center point of his campaign as he set up the contrast between main street, those people who grew up with in scranton, and wall street. this is a place when you talk to aides, not just holds more for him, but it affects how he thinks about policy. oftentimes, people will be in the oval office debating something. hes known for heeding washington acronyms and jargon. wait a minute, how can i explain this to someo...

My nickname was blackbird. wasnt meant at a compliment. i wasnt very big, you could beat me, but id hurt you. you think im kidding. im not. its one of those things that i was fortunate because the people i was surrounded by, our neighbors in scranton as well, that people, people stuck up for you. stuck up for one another. my mother used to say, look at my, joey. youre a -- man. like im a -- swear to god. youre a biden. nobody is better than you. and everybodys equal to you. nobody. the point im ...

Delaware to scranton when he was a junior in high school. he was then called st. thomas, not the prep. its since called st. thomas in those days. i remember him walking up and in the bedroom saying honey, dads going to have to move. but its going to probably take about a year. ill come home every single weekend. its only 155 miles. i thought that was like 600 miles away. ill come home every weekend. when i get enough money, im going to bring you and mom and everyone down to wilmington. youre goi...