The conference aims to get governments to commit to curbing carbon emissions fast enough to keep global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels.
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Big, messy, complicated: Biden’s plan churns in Congress
Fallout was brutal Friday after the president’s $1.75 trillion framework, chiseled back from an initial $3.5 trillion plan, failed to produce ironclad support from two key holdout senators.
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Biden tells Macron U.S. ‘clumsy’ in Australia submarine deal
The U.S.-led submarine contract supplanted a prior French agreement to supply Australia with its own diesel-powered submarines.
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Pope told Biden he should ‘keep receiving Communion,’ president says
Some U.S. bishops have suggested that the president be denied the Catholic sacrament because of his support for abortion rights and same-sex marriage.
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Some billionaires vent over Biden plan imposing income tax on richest
ProPublica reported in June that some of the richest Americans have paid no income tax, or nearly none, in some years — including Elon Musk, who paid zero income taxes in 2018.
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Biden announces ‘historic’ deal, but still needs Democrats’ votes
The president pushes a still-robust domestic package – $1.75 trillion for social services and climate change programs – that the White House believes can pass the 50-50 Senate.
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Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise
The president will go to Capitol Hill on Thursday morning to urge Democratic lawmakers to bring talks on the social services and climate change bill ‘over the finish line.’
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U.S.-China relations tense as Biden heads to twin summits
The president again won’t be meeting with Xi Jinping, but the tensions and aggravations between the world’s two largest economies will nonetheless be on ready display.
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Billionaire tax takes shape, faces critics, as Biden pushes for budget deal
Resolving the revenue side is key as the Democrats scale back what had been a $3.5 trillion plan, insisting all the new spending will be fully funded.
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White House: Biden to outline filibuster changes in ‘weeks’
But at a CNN town hall on Thursday, the president predicted that eliminating the 60-vote threshold to end debate on most legislation in the Senate would be ‘difficult’ beyond the debt limit.