Buried in Biden’s 2021 tax plan are new amendments to the U.S. Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) program, which, if passed, will impact early-stage startup employees, founders and investors.
White House concedes $3.5tn bill will shrink: ‘Fewer dollars will be spent’ – live
Vice-president: ‘We must not shy away from this painful past’Concerns growing over slow pace of Congress in passing billsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailVice president Kamala Harris said today that Europeans who colonized th…
Biden overrules Trump effort to keep White House files from 6 January panel
The National Archives told to give documents to House committee despite ex-president’s attempt assert executive privilege Joe Biden has blocked an attempt by former US president Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the 6 January …
Biden restores beloved national monuments, reversing Trump cuts
Restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante represents victory for advocates after protections were slashedJoe Biden restored environmental protections on Friday to three national monuments and their vast expanse of vital ecosystems and sac…
Trump’s Washington DC hotel lost $74m during presidency, documents reveal – live
Documents contradict Trump’s claims hotel made tens of millionsBiden: ‘We risk losing our edge as a nation’ if Congress doesn’t pass infrastructure billsUS adds 194,000 September jobs, a month of disappointing growthDebt ceiling measure heads to the Ho…
To sell this budget bill to the American people, Democrats need to stop playing the right’s game | Jan-Werner Müller
The Build Back Better agenda creates more options for working people. Conservatives calling such measures antithetical to freedom have things the wrong way aroundPolitics is not just talk, but no major political project can do without someone crafting …
Senate reaches short-term deal to raise debt ceiling
Schumer announces agreement that would extend borrowing authority into DecemberSenate leaders have announced an agreement to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented federal default that experts s…
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to hold virtual meeting this year – White House
Biden administration announces plan after meeting between US national security adviser and China’s top diplomat The US president, Joe Biden, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are planning to meet by video link before the end of the year, a senio…
Biden: Republicans playing ‘Russian roulette’ with US economy over debt ceiling – live
Senator Richard Blumenthal calls for more Facebook whistleblowersSenator Chris Coons says there may be 50 votes for filibuster reformSenate to vote on raising debt ceilingSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailIt’s been a lively mo…
Biden says $3.5tn infrastructure bill provides a ‘blue-collar blueprint’ – live
Bill will ‘get America back in the game and gives our workers a chance’Debt ceiling deadline looms as Washington stalemate grinds onWhistleblower: Facebook harms children and is damaging democracySign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by e…