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Biden Calls for $7.3 Trillion US Budget for Fiscal 2025

By Ken Bredemeier/Anita Powell | VOA on Mar 12, 2024 Featured, National, Politics

THE WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Joe Biden laid out his 2025 government spending priorities on Monday in a $7.3 trillion plan that has little chance of being enacted by the politically divided Congress. Biden touted the proposal as he traveled to New Hampshire to sell Americans on his plan to increase taxes on the wealthy […]

Washington Announces Sanctions After Putin Recognizes Breakaway Ukraine Regions

By Ken Bredemeier/Anita Powell | VOA on Feb 22, 2022 Featured, National/World, Politics, World

The White House said Monday it will slap sanctions on the Russian-occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized them as independent states. “We have anticipated a move like this from Russia and are ready to respond immediately,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday. […]