Yahoo HomeBen Werschkul is a senior producer and writer for Yahoo Finance reporting on the intersection of financial issues and politics in the nation's capital. He has covered Washington for over 15 years. Before joining Yahoo Finance, he worked at The New York Times and CNN.
Yahoo FinanceBezos' fight with Biden: A timeline of their Twitter feud over inflation
Jeff Bezos' Twitter feud with the Biden White House stretched into its second week Monday after the White House pushed back against the Amazon founder's recent tweets regarding inflation.
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Biden administration details 'biggest internet investment in our nation's history'
This week, Biden officials offered new details on how they plan to spend $45 billion to upgrade America’s spotty broadband infrastructure.
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Disney's fight with Florida's governor reflects a 'new paradigm,' Republican lawmaker says
“I think the new paradigm today is that if businesses are engaged in social issues..there will be pushback from parties,” says Rep. Kevin Brady.
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Biden visits an Illinois farm to announce aid for food growers at 'critical time'
President Biden on Wednesday announced new efforts that he says will help American farmers mitigate some of the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine on the food supply.
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Democrats set to go after another set of 'greedy corporate actors' amid soaring inflation
Sen. Raphael Warnock wants to highlight overdraft fees that some banks continue to charge.
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Russia 'can't make more' tanks because of this key sanction, Biden official says
The West has hit Russia with a range of economic sanctions including a promise this weekend from the G-7 to reduce their dependence on the country's oil. But "export controls" have gotten less attention.
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Top Treasury official: ‘We're committed’ to helping Europe wean off Russian oil
On Sunday, the G-7 announced a commitment among its member nations to end their "dependency on Russian energy, including by phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil.”
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White House says 20 internet companies will provide effectively free internet to millions of Americans
The Biden administration announced Monday that 20 leading internet service providers have agreed to offer basic low cost plans that will be free for millions of Americans after a refund.
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Congress is 'moving too slowly' on semiconductor supply crunch, Commerce Secretary says
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo prodded lawmakers to action: “the country needs it, the military needs it, and I think it's time for them to step on the gas and do what's right for America.”
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‘I believe this is going to happen’: Warren says a minimum tax on corporations is still on table
Democrats are still holding out hope that a slimmed down social spending package is possible in the months ahead.
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GM CEO Mary Barra’s plan for overtaking Tesla
GM CEO Mary Barra has made it her mission to surpass Elon Musk in EV manufacturing.
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GM has 4 new plants coming to 'have control over battery cell manufacture': Mary Barra
In the years ahead, GM (GM) says, it's aiming to be a leading manufacturer of batteries as well as cars.
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Biden administration announces $3.1 billion for America’s battery shortage
On Monday, the White House announced $3.1 billion is on the way to help with the battery shortage in America.
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A bill to ban Congress from trading stocks could be just weeks away, senator says
After an initial flurry of momentum, advocates on Capitol Hill for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress have seen progress slow. They agree on the need to ban trades but aren’t on the same page quite yet on the fine print.
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Biden adviser emphasizes signs of economic 'strength' despite big GDP miss
Thursday’s unexpected miss on U.S. economic activity in the first three months of 2022 was a challenge to the White House, which just three months ago had been celebrating a much higher growth rate.
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US takes step closer to sending Russian oligarchs' billions straight to Ukraine
In recent weeks, DC policymakers have been pushing plans to make it legal to not just take possession of the yachts and apartments and estates of Putin’s allies, but sell them and give the money to Ukraine.
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These 4 Fortune 100 companies paid negative federal taxes in 2021
A new report finds just how adept many of America’s biggest companies remain at avoiding taxes.
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Toyota scrutinized after restarting donations to ‘sedition caucus’
Every month, companies get dinged for sending money to the 147 members of Congress who tried to overturn the 2020 election but none gets quite as much heat for it as Toyota.
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Biden's climate agenda still stuck in the Senate despite months of wooing key lawmaker
The Biden administration has tried nearly everything to coax Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to support their climate agenda but there is little to suggest a breakthrough was in the offing at Biden makes perhaps his final push.
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White House launches new initiative to get federal dollars to rural America
On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced a new initiative, the Rural Partners Network, that aims to reset the way Washington works with rural communities across the U.S.