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Biden to announce how $40 billion for high-speed internet will be used, as he pitches 'Bidenomics'

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President Joe Biden plans to on Monday announce how $42.5 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law will expand high-speed internet access, the White House said. President Joe Biden Monday plans to announce how $42.5 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law he championed will be distributed to expand high-speed internet access across the country, the White House said. The funding will go to all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories, and is aimed at bolstering internet access particularly for the 7% of people who live in underserved areas, according to the White House. With White House remarks announcing the funding, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris plan to kick off a three-week pitch aimed at touting their administration's investments across the country -- from the 2021 infrastructure law and a host of other legislation they argue is starting to make concrete improvements in Americans' lives. Orange County Public Library warehouse manager Sal C...

White House sees 2024 opportunity in 'Bidenomics' pitch, despite economic pessimism

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Biden’s reelection pitch is shaping up around one word -- Bidenomics -- as he bets he'll benefit with voters by hitching his political image to the state of the economy President Joe Biden's reelection pitch is taking shape around one word: Bidenomics. The four-syllable label has become the White House's way of broadly gesturing to his economic platform, which -- as they are quick to tout -- includes targeted investments in U.S. industry, support for unions and more. This summer, Biden and his surrogates have fanned out across the United States to advertise that record, particularly in swing states like Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Campaign advisers say it will continue to be a core part of Biden's messaging strategy. "Since I took office, I've seen more than $3 billion in private investment in clean energy manufacturing, all across Wisconsin," he said in Milwaukee earlier this month. "That's ...

Trump's unprecedented campaign pitch: Elect me to get revenge on the government

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Donald Trump declared to his supporters earlier this year that "I am your retribution" and his base's appetite for that promised vengeance hasn't waned Donald Trump has told supporters not to just see him as a candidate but as "your retribution." In his comeback bid for the White House, the former president -- twice impeached but twice acquitted and now twice indicted -- has vowed that if reelected, he will wield his power to personally remake parts of the federal government to a degree that historian Mark Updegrove said was unprecedented. Trump has promised to hamstring perceived enemies, including in the Department of Justice, which is currently investigating him, and target Republican bogeymen like President Joe Biden. He swore in June to appoint a special prosecutor to "go after" the Bidens and that he would "totally obliterate the deep state," referring to a conspiratorial view of how the government operates. "This is the fina...