Joe Biden News Updates

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US Blocks Tax Credit for Foreign Biofuel Supplies

The move, a win for American farmers, comes after a flood of supplies from China reached U.S. shores at cheaper prices than soybean oil produced locally.

January 10, 2025
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Biden Expands Russia Sanctions in Final Days in Office

The outgoing Democratic administration billed the new sanctions as the most significant to date against Moscow’s oil and liquefied natural gas sectors, the driver of Russia’s economy.

January 10, 2025
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Biden’s Policy Blitz Spurs Trump’s Day-One Reversal Pledge

Donald Trump has pledged that he’ll move immediately to reverse several actions undertaken by Joe Biden through executive action and legal challenge.

January 9, 2025
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Biden Unveils Clean Energy Tax Credits Amid Uncertain Future

The Biden administration made new tax credits available for companies that generate clean electricity and argued it would be a mistake for President-elect Donald Trump to try to undo them.

January 7, 2025
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Biden Bans Offshore Drilling as Trump Vows to Undo It

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block action by the incoming administration to expand offshore drilling.

January 6, 2025
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Nippon Steel, US Steel File Lawsuits After Biden Blocks Deal

Nippon Steel Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. jointly filed lawsuits in a last-ditch effort to preserve the planned merger of the companies, which was blocked last week by President Joe Biden.

January 6, 2025
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Biden Eases Rules for Hydrogen Tax Credits

The tax credit created by President Joe Biden’s signature climate law now includes a carve-out that will benefit some existing nuclear power plants.

January 3, 2025
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Biden Blocks $14.1 Billion US Steel Sale to Nippon Steel

Biden announced his formal decision on Jan. 3 after the case was referred to him by a U.S. security review panel, ahead of a deadline early next week.

January 3, 2025
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China Tightens Export Curbs on Battery Tech and Metals

China plans to tighten export restrictions on certain technology used to make battery components and the processing of two crucial metals amid rising trade tensions globally.

January 2, 2025
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Biden Expected to Permanently Ban Some Offshore Drilling

Biden is set within days to issue the executive order barring the sale of new drilling rights in portions of the country’s outer continental shelf, according to people familiar.

January 2, 2025