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Delivering his first address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), U.S. President Joe Biden said America was not seeking a “new Cold War” in a reference to the tensions between the U.S. and China. Mr Biden said that America was closing a chapter  on “relentless war” , after its exit from Afghanistan and that it was opening a chapter on diplomacy, development and renewing democracy. “…We are not seeking a new Cold War, or a world divided into rigid blocks,” Mr Biden said. “ The United States is ready to work with any nation that steps up and pursues peaceful resolution to shared challenges, even if we have intense disagreement in other areas….” he said. The President did not name China. He said that America would compete vigorously and will stand up for its allies and oppose attempts by stronger countries to dominate weaker ones via changes to territory by force,  economic coercion, technological exploitation or using information. Over the weekend, speaking to the …

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Facebook’s global policy manager for content regulation, Anna Makanju, advised Joe Biden on Ukraine policy during his time as Vice President. She also defended Biden from charges of wrongdoing with regards to Ukraine in a comment to the Washington Post last year. Her position as a senior employee at Facebook handling content regulation may have given her an opportunity to influence the social network’s decision to suppress a New York Post story revealing that Joe Biden’s son Hunter, then on a lucrative contract with the Ukrainian energy giant Burisma, introduced the then-Vice President to an executive at the company. This occurred less than a year before the then-VP pressured the Ukrainian government into firing a prosecutor who was investigating the company. Makanju is also a fellow at the Atlantic Council, which partnered with Facebook in 2018 to promote “election integrity” around the world. Her profile at the Atlantic Council covers Mananju’s ties to Biden: …

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President Joe Biden will reportedly propose a $200 billion initiative to provide free preschool for five million three- and four-year-old children in a speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday. According to the Associated Press (AP), the plan will save an average family $13,000 by giving away taxpayer funds “to help the states offer preschool, with teachers and other preschool employees earning $15 an hour.” “These investments will give American children a head start and pave the way for the best-educated generation in U.S. history,” the administration reportedly said. The details of the $200 billion initiative are incomplete, but the plan is believed to be a part of the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, which focuses on “human infrastructure.” Reports indicate human infrastructure includes child care, health care, and education. The plan is not a part of Biden’s $2.25 “Trojan horse” infrastructure proposal that goes beyond traditional items that radical …

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The serial abandonment of Afghanistan by the Trump and Biden administrations, weary of “endless wars,” was tragically compounded by Biden’s atrocious implementation of the withdrawal, despite his claim of “ an extraordinary success .” His recklessly obstinate performance has severely eroded America’s credibility with both friends and adversaries and left much geopolitical damage to repair. Biden remains defiant over what he has done. “The world is changing. We’re engaged in a serious competition with China. We’re dealing with the challenges on multiple fronts with Russia … [T]here’s nothing China or Russia would rather have, would want more in this competition than the United States to be bogged down another decade in Afghanistan.” But that worst-case scenario was not the only policy alternative available to the president. Nonetheless, Secretary of State Antony Blinken Antony Blinken Five things to watch as Biden heads to the UN Poll: Biden, Trump statistically tied …

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The full House and Senate are about to take up President Biden Joe Biden House clears bill to provide veterans with cost-of-living adjustment On The Money — Dems dare GOP to vote for shutdown, default To reduce poverty, stop burdening the poor: What Joe Manchin gets wrong about the child tax credit MORE ’s $3.5 trillion infrastructure reconciliation bill . If passed, it will represent the biggest investment in the economic security of America’s middle class in a half-century. Just as important but less examined is Biden’s $3.5 trillion tax plan , which would help reverse America’s income imbalance and ensure the spending initiative does not add to the deficit. But some Congressional Democrats have expressed concerns about the size of the tax plan — due largely to fears about the electoral consequences of voting for them. But significantly reducing the size of the tax plan, which some Democrats support, would lead to one of two bad outcomes: either some of …

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During his first speech before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, President Biden Joe Biden House clears bill to provide veterans with cost-of-living adjustment On The Money — Dems dare GOP to vote for shutdown, default To reduce poverty, stop burdening the poor: What Joe Manchin gets wrong about the child tax credit MORE called for an additional boost for climate financing for developing countries. The administration said in April that it would double its climate financing for developing countries, which reportedly brought its annual commitment to $5.7 billion. On Tuesday, Biden said he'll seek to double that again, reaching about $11.4 billion per year. “We also have to support the countries and people that will be hit the hardest and that have the fewest resources to help them adapt,” the president said. ADVERTISEMENT “In April, I announced the United States will double our public international financing to help developing nations …

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US President Joe Biden will host the leaders of the Quad alliance, which agreed earlier this year to counter China’s military build-up in the Asia-Pacific, at the White House next week as he seeks to deepen the group’s cooperation. The first in-person meeting of the Quad’s leaders – Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga – will take place on September 24, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced on Monday. “The Biden-Harris administration has made elevating the Quad a priority, as seen through the first-ever Quad leaders-level engagement in March , which was virtual, and now this summit, which will be in-person,” Psaki said. Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge , our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. “The Quad …

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Later this week, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to travel to the U.S., where he will hold a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden Joe Biden House clears bill to provide veterans with cost-of-living adjustment On The Money — Dems dare GOP to vote for shutdown, default To reduce poverty, stop burdening the poor: What Joe Manchin gets wrong about the child tax credit MORE before attending the first-ever in person Quad Leader’s summit , a strategic dialogue which will also be attended by the leaders of Australia and Japan. The U.S.-India relationship is increasingly defined by defense and strategic cooperation, even if contentious issues sometimes arise. During the Trump administration, India and the U.S. were embroiled in a trade war . India lost access to the generalized system of preferences program affecting about $6 billion in Indian exports to the U.S. Efforts to conclude a trade deal were unsuccessful , and since then the number of …

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President Biden Joe Biden House clears bill to provide veterans with cost-of-living adjustment On The Money — Dems dare GOP to vote for shutdown, default To reduce poverty, stop burdening the poor: What Joe Manchin gets wrong about the child tax credit MORE called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Alibaba - Democrats return to disappointment on immigration The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by National Industries for the Blind - Tight security for Capitol rally; Biden agenda slows Obama backs Trudeau in Canadian election MORE on Tuesday to congratulate him on winning a third term in Monday's elections. Biden applauded Trudeau’s victory, and the two leaders emphasized the strong and deep friendship between the U.S. and Canada, the White House said in a statement. They also “discussed their shared commitment to strengthening the resilience and competitiveness of …

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President Biden Joe Biden House clears bill to provide veterans with cost-of-living adjustment On The Money — Dems dare GOP to vote for shutdown, default To reduce poverty, stop burdening the poor: What Joe Manchin gets wrong about the child tax credit MORE ’s debut speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday could have been boiled down to a single sentence: Remember, I'm not Trump. Whether that sentiment will be enough to reassure restive allies in Europe and beyond remains to be seen. The specifics of Biden’s speech dealt primarily with the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights. ADVERTISEMENT “We stand, in my view, at an inflection point in history,” he said. The broader thrust of the address was to promise a return to normalcy after the tumult of former President Trump Donald Trump Trump takes shot at new GOP candidate in Ohio over Cleveland nickname GOP political operatives indicted over illegal campaign …

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