President Biden on Republican calls to stick to “traditional” infrastructure:
“200 years ago, trains weren’t traditional infrastructure either … Infrastructure has always evolved to meet the aspirations of the American people and their needs.”
President Biden says “China and the rest of the world is racing ahead of us in the investments they have in the future.”
He says forcefully: “America’s no longer the leader of the world because we’re not investing.”
Biden outlines his plans to increase the global minimum tax to 21%, preventing corporations and the ultra-rich from avoiding taxes.
Biden says he is “willing to negotiate” his proposed 28% corporate tax rate.
But he adds: “We gotta pay for this.”
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Prince Philip announcement posted to Buckingham Palace fence, reading in part:
It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ... Further announcements will made in due course.
President Biden: “Gun violence in this country is an epidemic … and it’s an international embarrassment.”
President Biden unveils several new executive actions, his first steps on gun control.
First, he says he’ll reign in “ghost guns,” or kits to build firearms, and have them “treated as firearms under the Gun Control Act.”
Biden nominates gun control advocate David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Chipman currently serves as an adviser for the advocacy group formed by former Rep. Giffords (D-AZ), who survived a 2011 mass shooting while serving in Congress.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) trying desperately to reopen the cruising industry: "The federal government and the CDC has locked down this industry for over a year — this is not reasonable, this is not rational."
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL): "We're filing a lawsuit against the federal government and the CDC demanding that our cruise ships be reopened immediately."
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) says "We're leading the world in vaccinations," and so if you're saying the cruise ships shouldn't sail, "then you're basically an anti-vaxxer, I mean, you're saying the vaccines don't work, I guess."