Author: Jarrett Renshaw
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Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling meeting postponed, spending cuts on table
WASHINGTON • A debt limit meeting between President Joe Biden and top lawmakers that had been scheduled for Friday has been postponed, and the leaders agreed to meet early next week, a White House spokesperson said Thursday. Aides from both sides have started to discuss ways to limit federal spending, as talks on raising the…
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Report: Biden team eyes Delaware for 2024 campaign HQ
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden’s team is leaning toward basing his 2024 reelection campaign in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., and is considering at least three people to serve as his campaign manager, Democratic sources familiar with the matters said. Biden, who has said he intends to run for reelection but has yet to make…
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New Biden EV charger rules stress Made In America, force Tesla changes
By Jarrett Renshaw and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Wednesday issued long-awaited final rules on its national electric vehicle charger network that require the chargers to be built in the United States immediately, and with 55% of their cost coming from U.S.-made components by 2024. The White House hopes the new rules, issued…
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Exclusive-U.S. EPA expected to propose electric cars be eligible for renewable fuel credits -sources
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose that electric vehicles be eligible for renewable fuel credits in an upcoming proposal on biofuel blending mandates, three sources familiar with the matter said. The inclusion of electric vehicles into the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) would…
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Trump endorsement of Dr. Oz in Senate race in Pa.
PHILADELPHIA • Donald Trump’s decision to endorse celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race has divided local Republican Party officials and stunned close advisers who thought he had decided to stay out of the contest to pick a Republican candidate, two sources familiar with internal deliberations told Reuters. Oz and David McCormick, a…
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Stung by redistricting rulings, Republicans target state court elections
WASHINGTON • Republicans are vowing to spend record amounts in key state supreme court races this fall, seeking to take advantage of a favorable national political environment to elect conservative judges at the state level amid deep political divisions. A string of decisions throwing out Republican-drawn congressional maps in Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania has…
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Biden promotes $1B Great Lakes cleanup push
LORAIN, Ohio • President Joe Biden used a visit to Ohio on Thursday to tout $1 billion in funding for cleaning up and restoring environmentally damaged areas in the Great Lakes region, vowing to continue his push to rebuild America and help U.S. workers. The trip, which came amid rising risks of a Russian invasion…
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Biden touts ‘American manufacturing comeback,’ announces Tennessee charger plant
By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that an Australian company that makes chargers for electric vehicles will build a manufacturing facility in Tennessee, while reiterating his commitment to turn the U.S. government’s fleet of cars electric. The new plant will produce up to 30,000 electric vehicle…
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Citing high gas prices, Biden asks FTC to redouble probe of possible ‘illegal conduct’
By Andrea Shalal and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said there was mounting evidence of anti-consumer behavior by oil and gas companies that is keeping fuel prices elevated, asking the Federal Trade Commission to dig deeper into possible “illegal conduct” in the market. The White House is pressing on…
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Civil rights groups want White House clemency for more inmates released in pandemic
WASHINGTON • U.S. civil rights groups are asking the White House to broaden a plan to grant clemency to inmates released to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying its current policy wrongfully excludes people convicted of non-drug-related crimes or those still facing lengthy sentences. The clemency initiative is an attempt to prevent the return…