Alan Fram

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2024's Big Challenge: Fixing Your Problems Before You Run Out of Time
December 1, 2023
The Ultium Cell factory in Warren, Ohio, is shown, Friday, July 7, 2023.
GM Believes It Will Start Making Money on EVs in 2025 as Higher Margin Models Arrive
December 1, 2023
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Safeguarding Against Power Outages While Leveraging the Experience
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A hiring sign is displayed at a school in Palatine, Ill., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week.
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December 1, 2023
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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives to watch a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy live-streamed into the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, March 16, 2022. Lawmakers seemed on the brink of clinching a bipartisan compromise Thursday, March 31, to provide a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19. Romney said bargainers had reach an agreement in principle on a package but said it was still being drafted. Other senators were less definitive but none contested that a deal was near.
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Bipartisan Deal Near on Trimmed $10B COVID Bill
The price tag is down from an earlier $15.6 billion.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 12, 2021, following his meeting with President Joe Biden.
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Sanders, Biden Meet as Infrastructure Bill Swells Past $3.5T
Sanders said he and the president did not discuss a topline figure.
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President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Listening are from left, Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty of Calif.
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Trump Signs $2.2T Stimulus
It will support businesses, rush resources to health care providers and help struggling families.
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In this image from video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020.
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The House rushed President Donald Trump the rescue package Friday.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020.
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The bill's relief can hardly come soon enough.
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From left, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Fla., and Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., speak as they attend a Democratic event ahead of a House floor vote on the Health Care and Prescription Drug Package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.
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House Dems Push Drug Price Bill
The measure gained House approval but has little chance of surviving in the Senate.
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In this March 11, 2019 photo, construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The Pentagon has sent a 20-page list of military construction projects to lawmakers who want to know which might be cut to pay for President Donald Trump’s wall along the border with Mexico. Democrats say the list shows that Trump is willing to cut needed defense spending and make the U.S. less secure, just to finance his wall. Trump has vetoed legislation aimed at blocking the cuts, and a veto override vote is set for next week.
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Lists of Cuts to Pay for Wall
The document listed hundreds of projects envisioned around the U.S. and world worth around $12.9 billion.
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Terminal Patients Can Try Unapproved Drugs
New drugs normally undergo years of expensive testing before manufacturers seek and gain FDA approval to market them.
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