Nearly 2,000 companies and other groups have already engaged with Washington officials about infrastructure this year, according to filings, and the intensity is expected to pick up.
Calling out Texas and Florida, the president criticized measures that penalize schools and businesses for requiring masks or vaccines. He also encouraged cities to require vaccinations to enter public places.
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Sydney McLaughlin finishes just ahead of Dalilah Muhammad to capture the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles. (AP)
Muhammad ran a race worthy of the gold medal and produced a time that broke the world record, but her U.S. teammate caught and passed her on the final sprint.
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Shontel Brown campaigns during a get-out-the-vote event in Cleveland on Saturday. (Getty Images)
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Taliban claims Kabul attack, warns of future assaults in response to ramped-up government airstrikes
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Thousands of residents fled the fires as emergency services dropped water from the sky.
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Flames engulf trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, Calif., on Tuesday. (AP)
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The council voted unanimously on a plan that boosts social programs, thanks in part to billions in federal funds and a new tax hike on the rich.
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This file photo shows the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. (AFP/Getty Images)
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The report by an outside law firm was commissioned by the NCAA this spring amid an outcry over disparities between its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
Washington’s veteran left-hander continued his inconsistent season, yielding a homer on the first pitch he threw and then two more in a three-run seventh.
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Nick Kyrgios fell to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round of the Citi Open. (Michael Blackshire/The Post)
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