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How independent are Fed officials from the politicians who appoint them?

by Matt Levin
Mar 6, 2024
Biden has mostly shied away from publicly criticizing the Fed chair, while Trump tweeted about the Fed hundreds of times while in office.
It’s a mistake to think the Federal Reserve is completely immune from politics, says Sarah Binder at George Washington University. Above, Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing.
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Breaking Ground

How the infrastructure law will upgrade a neglected street in glitzy Las Vegas

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Feb 8, 2024
"Marketplace’s" Kai Ryssdal visits a low-income district of the tourist mecca, where a federal grant will improve transportation and safety.
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Breaking Ground

FDR's New Deal transformed the economy. Could Biden do the same?

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 24, 2024
We look back at a moment in U.S. history when the federal government remade its relationship with the economy.
President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office in November. Above the fireplace is a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Election 2024

The 2024 election cycle is going to be very, very expensive

by Kimberly Adams and Richard Cunningham
Dec 27, 2023
So far, outside spending far surpasses 2020’s pace, says Sheila Krumholz of OpenSecrets. But where’s the money coming from?
The campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden each raised more than $24 million in the third quarter.
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Why Tesla is opening its charging network to other EVs

by Matt Levin
Feb 15, 2023
Federal subsidies, part of the White House's electric vehicle push, aren't the only way Tesla stands to make money on the expansion.
The White House is providing subsidies to Tesla to charge other makers' vehicles, potentially generating multiple income streams for the carmaker.
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Infrastructure plan targets lead pipe hazards

by Nick Wilson
May 27, 2022
Experts say efforts to replace the potentially harmful piping grids are not moving fast enough.
Workers in Flint Michigan replace a lead water service line in March 2016. The federal infrastructure law provides $15 billion to remove lead service lines, but experts say that's still not enough.
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Why it's so hard to strike a deal on a global corporate tax

by Marielle Segarra
Apr 7, 2021
A major international group is trying to prevent companies from shifting profits to countries with low tax rates.
The Biden administration supports a corporate tax hike to 28%. That could lead to more attempts to game the system and shift profits overseas.
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Biden signs executive order pausing federal drilling leases

by Andy Uhler
Jan 27, 2021
What will Biden's order mean for the energy industry and the effort to halt climate change?
Biden reiterated that fracking won't be banned but said the government needs to spur job creation in cleaner energy.
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Biden acts on evictions, foreclosures, but long-term housing crisis looms

by Amy Scott
Jan 25, 2021
But how much can the federal government do about affordability?
Demonstrators at the Cancel Rent and Mortgages rally in Minneapolis in June. The U.S. faces a housing shortage and affordability crisis.
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COVID-19

How low interest rates may shape the start of a Biden presidency

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 24, 2020
The only thing really left is for Congress and a president to pass more stimulus.
President-elect Joe Biden announces key cabinet nominees at a press conference on Nov. 24 in Wilmington, Delaware.
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