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Biden’s biggest challenge: How do you even spend $1.6 trillion?

Congress gave Biden a historic sum to green the economy, revive manufacturing and fix crumbling infrastructure. But most of it is unspent.

By Jessie Blaeser, Benjamin Storrow, Kelsey Tamborrino, Zack Colman and David Ferris

‘I don’t know how this happened’: A $3B secret program undermining Biden’s tech policy

The Commerce Department was expecting to hand out new federal money to high-tech research. Congress sent it to a secretive natsec program instead.

By Christine Mui |

Poll: Biden touts his 4 major infrastructure and clean energy laws. Voters doubt they’re working.

Even when they do see positive benefits, many voters aren’t giving the credit to Biden, a new POLITICO poll shows.

By Steven Shepard |

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Democrats amp up pressure on Biden to loosen Ukrainian strike rules on Russia

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said he is pressing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s case with the White House.

By Joe Gould and Miles Herszenhorn |

Granholm: Climate law repeal would be ‘malpractice’

The Energy secretary also predicted a bright future for electric cars.

By Brian Dabbs |

Even in California, Latino Dems can’t agree on Biden’s border policy

The split shows how a piece of conventional Democratic wisdom about a key demographic is changing.

By Wes Venteicher and Melanie Mason |

There’s a new dark money group supporting Trump

The group is one of several Donald Trump is relying on to help overcome Joe Biden’s financial advantage.

By Alex Isenstadt |

Big Oil and the Chamber plan to defend Biden’s climate law from Trump

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute have said they’d go to bat for the Inflation Reduction Act. Or at least the provisions they like.

By Kelsey Brugger |

Trump’s EPA chief thinks Biden’s climate rules are doomed. But will Biden’s dollars survive?

Andrew Wheeler also doesn’t rule out returning for Trump 2.0: “Whenever a president or a governor asks you to do something for your country, you step up and you do it.”

By Josh Siegel |

DC slammed Trump’s tariffs. Biden’s decision to keep them draws a very different reaction.

The response offers yet another reminder of just how much the U.S. political consensus has shifted against free trade.

By Gavin Bade |

Biden celebrates ‘Infrastructure Week’ — and hopes voters are listening

The White House is sending senior officials across the country this week — Infrastructure Week — to ensure they’ve heard about billions of investments being pumped into every state.

By Chris Marquette |

‘It would just die on the vine’: Biden’s $200 billion energy loan juggernaut faces a Trump-sized threat

The Energy Department loan program that bankrolled Solyndra and Tesla has gotten a huge infusion under President Joe Biden. And it’s facing an uncertain future if Donald Trump wins.

By Kelsey Tamborrino and Brian Dabbs |

Biden deploys $6.6B to boost global chipmaker in key swing state

The preliminary CHIPS award is noteworthy for confirming that TSMC will not only build semiconductor fabrication facilities or “fabs” in the U.S., but also deploy its most advanced technology in development.

By Christine Mui |