Pelosi suggests tying infrastructure plan, $3.5 trln budget resolution
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told lawmakers Sunday that she had asked a House committee to advance both a $1 trillion infrastructure plan and a $3.5 trillion spending package together, an apparent effort to patch up divisions that had threatened to stall President Joe Biden’s legislative priorities. The U.S. Senate Continue Reading
Australia purchases Pfizer vaccines from Poland as COVID-19 infections spike
(Recasts with new vaccine announcement, infections in NSW) Australia has purchased about 1 million doses of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine from Poland to add to its inoculation efforts in Sydney and its home state, which on Saturday entered a snap lockdown amid record new infections. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday Continue Reading