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WASHINGTON — Can President Joe Biden keep the loyalty of the wealthy, suburban Americans who helped put him in the White House — many of them former Republicans — even when he pushes for tax increases to fund priorities such as infrastructure? That’s the challenge ahead for the Biden administration, a week after the president detailed a new $2 trillion infrastructure plan he proposed to pay for primarily by raising the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21%. With former President Donald Trump out of office, some Democrats concede that tax and spend policies could make them beg...

“We’ve had challenges with doses on shelves or appointments not being filled and those sorts of things,” Cage said, casting problems reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal as growing pains in a huge vaccination effort. Cage said the statewide coronavirus playbook is being shaped with local health districts, elected leaders and emergency managers according to the varied economies and workforces in the north, south and rural areas. “Everyone’s goal is the same,” Cage said. “To get as many Nevadans vaccinated as possible.” Public vaccine sites at ashman Center conference hall n...

OnPolitics: The GOP's Trump problem Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY © SAUL LOEB, AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Leader Mitch McConnell It's Thursday and a winter storm is wreaking havoc in the U.S. More than 400,000 customers in Texas were still without power. Across the nation, more than 1 million people had no electricity. Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Oregon experienced widespread outages. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is finding out the hard way that optics matter.  The GOP is in the midst of a dilemma over whether...

USA TODAY It's Thursday and a winter storm is wreaking havoc in the U.S. More than 400,000 customers in Texas were still without power. Across the nation, more than 1 million people had no electricity. Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Oregon experienced widespread outages. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is finding out the hard way that optics matter.  The GOP is in the midst of a dilemma over whether to embrace former President Donald Trump or try to sideline him after he lost the 2020 election and Republicans lost the Senate.  It's Mabinty, with the day's top news.  Want this news...

President-elect Joe Biden says he knows his $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan “does not come cheaply” but he says America can’t afford to fail to pass the plan