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Florida Enacts Voting Restrictions; Texas Moves to Follow Last Updated May 6, 2021, 11:56 p.m. ETMay 6, 2021, 11:56 p.m. ET Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida’s measure into law, allowing only Fox News access to the signing. The Texas House is debating one of the nation’s most sweeping voter bills. A senior State Department official said the U.S. could return to the Iran nuclear deal within weeks. Here’s what you need to know: Representative Briscoe Cain, Republican of Houston and a sponsor of the voting bill, speaking on Thursday at the Texas Capitol.Credit...Eric Gay/Associated Press Ho...

Biden visits Louisiana, going over the heads of Republican foes in Congress, to seek bipartisan voter support for his infrastructure and jobs plan. Republicans on Capitol Hill have argued that higher corporate taxes would lead to higher prices for everyday consumers. Biden says the taxes are necessary to make desperately needed improvements without adding to the deficit. “I don’t want to punish anybody,” the president said. “You’re entitled to be a millionaire or a billionaire. Just pay your fair share.” After all, Biden argued, the wealthy won’t be hurt by an increased tax r...

Biden wants to sell Louisiana a new bridge — and much more Chris Megerian President Biden pressed his case for taxing the rich to fund his multitrillion-dollar infrastructure proposal Thursday, pointing to an aging highway bridge and crumbling water facilities in Louisiana as proof that the federal government needs to step in with more money.   "The blinders have been taken off the American people,” Biden said while standing at the edge of Lake Charles in the state’s southwest corner. “They know how bad [of] shape things are in.”   Behind him, on the other side of ...

100 days: Facing uphill fights with Congress, Biden expected to turn to his pen Naomi Lim © Provided by Washington Examiner President Joe Biden will likely increasingly rely on the power of his pen to implement left-leaning priorities as bills begin to pile up in the evenly divided Senate, experts say. After 100 days in the White House, Biden has left a long trail of executive action paperwork behind him. As of mid-April, for instance, he had signed 40 executive orders, outpacing former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Biden's 100th day, an artificial presidential m...

The last time D.C. was part of Maryland, Florida was part of Spain.