Live Updates: Biden to Toughen Tax Enforcement to Help Pay for His Economic Agenda
President Biden is seeking $80 billion to strengthen I.R.S. enforcement, which administration officials believe will raise at least $700 billion over a decade. Mr. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will travel the country this week to promote the administration’s agenda.
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President Biden will deliver remarks on the coronavirus response. He is expected to speak about outdoor mask mandates.CreditCredit.Al Drago for The New York Times
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President Biden is looking for ways to pay for his $1.5 trillion American Families Plan and his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal.Credit.Al Drago for The New York Times
President Biden is looking for ways to pay for his $1.5 trillion American Families Plan and his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal.Credit.Al Drago for The New York Times
President Biden is expected to propose giving the Internal Revenue Service an extra $80 billion and more authority over the next 10 years as he looks for ways to raise money to pay for his economic agenda, according to two people familiar with the plan.
Mr. Biden is expected to propose beefing up the I.R.S. to crack down on individuals and corporations that evade paying federal taxes. He will use the recouped tax funds to help pay for the cost of his American Families Plan, which he will detail before addressing a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
Covid-19: U.S. Is Under Pressure to Export More Vaccine Supplies Amid Indiaâs Deadly Surge
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Indiaâs crisis could halt the vaccination campaign in Africa, which has 17 percent of the worldâs people and relies on vaccines produced in India.
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The body of a Covid-19 victim being carried at a crematorium in New Delhi on Friday.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
Biden administration officials are coming under increasing pressure to lift restrictions on exports of supplies that vaccine makers in India say they need to expand production amid a devastating surge in Covid-19 deaths there and falling demand in the United States.
Covid-19 Live Updates: In Reversal, U.S. Will Send Vaccine Materials to Stricken India
U.S. vaccinations are slowing, though new virus cases remain high. Covid wards in Michigan are filled with younger patients.
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Vaccinations at a government hospital in Mumbai this month.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
Under pressure from vaccine makers in India who say they need supplies to combat a surge in coronavirus cases, the Biden administration said on Sunday that it had partially lifted a ban against the export of raw materials needed to make vaccines.
Covid-19 Live Updates: Indiaâs Crisis Could Bring Africaâs Vaccination Campaigns to a Halt
A continent with 17 percent of the worldâs population relies on vaccines produced in India, but that country has restricted vaccine exports as it deals with crushing infection levels. In the U.S., cases are ebbing in the Upper Midwest.
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People waited to register for a Covid-19 vaccine in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday.Credit.Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
NAIROBI, Kenya â The rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in India is not only forcing hospitals to ration oxygen and sending families scrambling to find open beds for infected loved ones. It is also wreaking havoc on the global vaccination effort.