AXIOS: “.. Average household wealth for those under 40 in the U.S. is up 49% from its pre-pandemic level ..” 🇺🇸

Axios Emily Peck American Progress
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Today, we answered history’s call at this critical inflection point.

With the signing of our national security package, we tell the world that America stands resolutely for democracy and freedom, and against tyranny and oppression.

BREAKING: Biden speaks after signing $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

“This package is literally an investment not only in Ukraine’s security but in our own security.”

The Biden administration announced new rights for airline passengers, including companies required to provide automatic refunds if an airline cancels or significantly changes a flight. Tom Costello reports.

For anyone who has wasted mind-numbing hours on calls and chatbots haggling for your money back on an airline ticket that was cancelled or significantly delayed— this new rule from President Biden and Secretary Pete Buttigieg is for you.

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This is a huge deal from President Biden 'The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.' npr.org/2024/04/23/124…

Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them—without headaches or haggling. Our new rule sets a new standard to require airlines to promptly provide cash refunds to their passengers. politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

Big deal for travelers:

NBC: New federal rule to guarantee hassle-free airline cash refunds, administration says
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Our department just issued rules to protect people from hidden airline fees and to require airlines to give passengers automatic cash refunds when owed. No more having to fend for yourself and jump through hoops to get your money back—airlines will have to automatically do this.

One of the things I most admired about @potus from my time in the administration was his ability to focus on achieving the end goal and not get distracted by winning a news cycle or scoring cheap political points. It served him well on infrastructure, CHIPS, gun safety, and more.

.Arlett captures a long-underappreciated cornerstone of this WH: as messy as things get - and Ukraine aid was that and more - their Leg. operation’s willingness not to foreclose off-ramps/maintain a quiet patience has helped revive an awful lot of priorities that appeared…

Folks, my Administration has announced two new big steps to get American workers a better deal. Let me explain:

First, the FTC is cracking down on 'non-compete agreements,' contracts that employers use to prevent their workers from changing jobs even if that job will pay a few…

.President Biden on House passage of the national security package:

“At this critical inflection point, they came together to answer history’s call.”

.President Biden on UAW vote in TN
“Let me be clear to the Republican governors that tried to undermine this vote: there is nothing to fear from American workers using their voice and their legal right to form a union if they so choose.”

Fox Scranton: Scranton Kids React to Meeting President Biden fox56.com/news/local/kid…

New The Wall Street Journal op-ed from President Biden on the national security supplemental: Moment of Truth on Ukraine and Israel. Both countries urgently need U.S. aid to defend themselves against brazen adversaries that seek their annihilation. wsj.com/articles/momen…

CNN: Biden to call for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel as he makes economic pitch in Pittsburgh
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'The US is on track to grow at double the rate of any other G7 country this year, according to IMF forecasts, as the strength of the world’s biggest economy rocks global markets.'

cc: Financial Times

Strongest recovery in the world with rapid growth, rising wages and historically low unemployment thanks to President Biden' economic plan

Thousands of good paying jobs in the semiconductor industry coming to Taylor and Austin TX as a result of President Biden' investment today. Reclaiming an industry America invented: axios.com/2024/04/15/bid…