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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the August Jobs Report at the White House in Washington, September 3, 2021.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe Biden administration laid out Friday a $65 billion plan U.S. officials say will help the…

“I am very concerned that if we don’t commit the resources now, it will only get harder, and less likely, in the years ahead,” Mr. Daschle wrote in an email. “Now is the time to apply lessons learned.”Updated Aug. 24, 2021, 4:52 p.m. ETSome…

Another fund will compensate 130,485 individuals and families of those who suffered from addiction or died from an overdose, in amounts ranging from $3,500 to $48,000. Guardians of about 6,550 children with a history of neonatal abstinence…

The corporate headquarters of Axel Springer Verlag in Berlin, Germany.Sean Gallup | Getty ImagesThe German publisher Axel Springer announced on Thursday that it plans to acquire the digital media site Politico. The companies did not…

Politico, the Washington news site popular with Beltway power brokers, is aiming for a possible deal with the German publishing giant Axel Springer.Under the direction of its owner Robert Allbritton, Politico had spoken to Axel about a…

Amazon opened its $ 1.5 billion air hub in northern Kentucky on Wednesday, which will help accelerate its efforts for faster delivery and better control over its logistics network.It's a major milestone for Amazon Air, the company's…

Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on July 28, 2021.Jaber Abdulkhaleg | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization is calling for $ 7.7 billion, which officials say is badly needed…

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats want to tax Exxon, Chevron and a handful of other big oil and gas companies, saying the biggest climate polluters should pay for the floods, forest fires and other disasters scientists have linked to…

Robinhood, whose stock trading app has become increasingly popular with retail investors, sold stocks for $ 38 apiece when it went public and valued the company at approximately $ 32 billion.Prior to Thursday's Nasdaq debut, Robinhood…

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at a product launch event in San Francisco, California on September 26, 2019.Philip Pacheco | AFP via Getty ImagesUber's $ 9.4 billion one-time stake in Chinese ridesharing giant Didi has shrunk by half in…