Tag: U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Biden to return diverted border wall money, spend down rest

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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s signature border wall project would lose much of its funding as well as the fast-track status that enabled...

Senate confirms geneticist Lander as Biden science adviser

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WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed geneticist Eric Lander to be President Joe Biden's chief science adviser, one of the last unfilled Cabinet posts...

Senate panel advances Biden pick as WH science adviser

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WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday approved President Joe Biden's nomination of Eric Lander to be chief science adviser, one of the...

Biden directs US to mitigate financial risk from climate

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify and manage financial risks to government and the...

After Cabinet withdrawal, Neera Tanden lands White House job

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's lone Cabinet choice who was rebuffed by Congress has landed a job as a White House senior adviser. ...

A look at how US corporations manage the tax system

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WASHINGTON — As American corporations have generated an ever-smaller share of federal tax revenue, the burden has fallen more heavily on individuals, through the...

Senators press for more on SolarWinds hack after AP report

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Key lawmakers said Tuesday they're concerned they've been kept in the dark about what suspected Russian hackers stole from the federal government and they...

Lawmakers fear turning 144 cities into “micropolitan” areas

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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and congressmen is urging the federal government not to approve recommendations to remove 144 cities from the designation...

Manchin, key Senate swing vote, boosts West Virginia’s hopes

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has long proclaimed itself “Almost Heaven,” a nod to a song and soaring mountaintop vistas. Now some joke the...

Yellen’s encore: Lending economic heft to Biden’s virus plan

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WASHINGTON — On a cold, gray February afternoon, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stepped out of the West Wing wrapped in a puffy black parka...