Fallout was brutal Friday after the president’s $1.75 trillion framework, chiseled back from an initial $3.5 trillion plan, failed to produce ironclad support from two key holdout senators.
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Biden tells Macron U.S. ‘clumsy’ in Australia submarine deal
The U.S.-led submarine contract supplanted a prior French agreement to supply Australia with its own diesel-powered submarines.
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Wall Street closes at new highs after day of choppy trading
The latest milestones punctuated the best month for the broader market in nearly a year.
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Japan keeps tourism freeze despite plunge in virus cases
That’s a hardship for the many businesses that had come to rely on foreign tourists, who numbered 32 million in 2019, before the pandemic.
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Britain seeks to calm tensions in fishing spat with France
Since the U.K. left the economic orbit of the EU in January, relations between London and Paris have become increasingly frayed.
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Queen Elizabeth II, 95, is advised to rest for 2 weeks
The British monarch has long enjoyed robust health, but she has reluctantly accepted advice to cut back on her blistering schedule in recent weeks.
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U.S. cites ‘crisis’ as it reports road deaths rose 18% in first half of 2021
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says behavioral research shows that speeding and traveling without a seat belt remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic.
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Oklahoma resumes executions, kills inmate for 1998 slaying
John Marion Grant, 60, who fatally stabbed a prison cafeteria worker, was put to death Thursday in the state’s first lethal injection in six years.
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COVID-19 rule-breakers in Beijing targeted as virus spreads
More than 200 people have been diagnosed since the latest flare-up began 10 days ago.
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How it happened: Inside movie set where Alec Baldwin’s gun fired
Accounts and images from court documents, interviews and social media postings reveal much of what occurred when the actor shot and killed the cinematographer at a film site in New Mexico.