According to administration officials, the order Biden plans to sign Monday would create a new senior role at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to oversee the implementation of the order. It would create a central review of waivers for Buy American requirements with the aim of reducing the number of unnecessary waivers, which allow agencies to purchase goods overseas. It would also call for a website where waiver requests can be publicly viewed. … [Read more...] about Biden to sign executive order reforming ‘Buy American’ rules
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More than two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden’s coronavirus response: poll
The president’s approval includes 40 percent of Republicans, 97 percent of Democrats and 70 percent of independents. The highest percentage of support that Trump had earned came from 55 percent of Americans in mid-March last year, including 30 percent of Democrats. … [Read more...] about More than two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden’s coronavirus response: poll
American companies challenge Trump’s tariff narrative
HTMX’s complaint calls Trump’s Section 301 tariffs an “unprecedented, unbounded and unlimited trade war.” It says the third and fourth rounds of these tariffs are “untethered to the unfair intellectual property policies” that gave rise to them. Quoting Trump’s tweets, HTMX has a paper trail linking these tariffs to the U.S. “trade imbalance,” China’s “currency manipulation” and the flow of fentanyl from China. HTMX insists these motives were never part of the original Section 301 investigation, are unrelated to China’s theft of intellectual property and don’t offer a legal basis for Trump to have “wildly expanded the scope of tariffs.” The company thus feels it is owed a refund. … [Read more...] about American companies challenge Trump’s tariff narrative
Americans still awaiting coronavirus stimulus checks as Biden reportedly offers $4B to Central America
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Saturday that Biden told him the U.S. would send $4 billion to help development in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala — nations whose hardships have spawned tides of migration through Mexico toward the United States. … [Read more...] about Americans still awaiting coronavirus stimulus checks as Biden reportedly offers $4B to Central America
‘The View’ host Sunny Hostin says 74 million Americans have been ‘brainwashed’ by Trump
"Don’t you think that if he pardons himself… that admits that he’s guilty and then, when the impeachment in the Senate comes up, what are they supposed to do with that? They have to convict him. He, himself, is saying, ‘I’m guilty,’" co-host Joy Behar said. … [Read more...] about ‘The View’ host Sunny Hostin says 74 million Americans have been ‘brainwashed’ by Trump