I m willing to negotiate that, he told reporters. But we ve got to pay for this. Biden faces stiff opposition from Republicans, major corporations and even some in his own Democratic Party to key elements of the proposal he laid out a week ago, which must be approved by Congress to become a reality. The president said he would not accept making no changes at all on taxes and infrastructure spending, arguing the United States position as a pre-eminent global power was under threat from China if it could not make the investments he outlined. Do you think China is waiting around to invest in its digital infrastructure, on research and development? Biden asked. I promise you. They are not waiting. But they re counting on American democracy to be too slow, too limited and too divided to keep pace.
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Reuters – U.S. President Joe Biden will sharpen arguments for his $2 trillion-plus new spending proposal in a speech on Wednesday challenging opponents of the plan and the taxes that would be raised to pay for it.
Biden faces stiff opposition from Republicans, companies and even some in his own Democratic Party to key elements of the proposal he laid out a week ago, which must be approved by Congress to become a reality.
The president will attempt to put those opponents on the defensive in a speech where he will “challenge critics to explain why it’s acceptable that 91 of the biggest corporations paid zero in federal taxes in 2019, or lay out which parts of this package they don’t think is worthy,” according to a White House official previewing Biden’s remarks, who declined to be named.
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US President Joe Biden speaks about his US$2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Centre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 31, 2021. Reuters pic
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WASHINGTON, April 7 US President Joe Biden will sharpen arguments for his US$2.2 trillion new spending proposal in a speech today challenging opponents of the plan and the taxes that would be raised to pay for it.
Biden faces stiff opposition from Republicans, companies and even some in his own Democratic Party to key elements of the proposal he laid out a week ago, which must be approved by Congress to become a reality.
Top Biden cyber official: SolarWinds breach could turn from spying to destruction in a moment Jenna McLaughlin
WASHINGTON President Biden’s top cybersecurity adviser says the “likely Russian” hackers who breached the popular IT monitoring software SolarWinds could use their access to “degrade” or “destroy” networks rather than simply spy on them “in a moment.”
Speaking Wednesday evening during a digital panel discussion hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, Anne Neuberger, the deputy national security adviser on cyber and emerging technology on the National Security Council, said, “Even if it’s routine espionage,” the action is “still counter to our interests” and requires the U.S. government to find ways to force the perpetrators to reconsider their actions in the future. “How do we change our attackers’ calculus to make them think about those hacks they may be doing?”
April 8, 2021 7:01 AM By Brandon Lee and Giuseppe Macri
President Joe Biden today will announce that heâs taking executive actions to tighten gun restrictions, including stopping the proliferation of so-called ghost guns, according to administration officials.
Currently people can buy kits that contain the components and directions to put together firearms in as little as 30 minutes, one of the officials said, and use them to commit crimes. The weapons, known as ghost guns, canât be traced by law enforcement because they donât have serial numbers.
Biden has been under pressure to address gun violence since shootings last month at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, and at spas in Georgia. Biden has urged lawmakers to pass gun-control measures that are widely opposed by Republicans.