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CBO says Biden spending plan adds to deficit. Lawsuits challenging Biden's private sector vaccine mandate consolidated, sent to Sixth Circuit. Biden loses legal battle, COVID confidence as vaccine mandate stalls. FBI 'tagging' parents fuels debate over school boards, parental rights. Energy companies to Biden: Poor policy decisions are responsible for spike in energy costs

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Inflation hits highest level in years as wholesale prices rise 8.6% in 12 months. Bipartisan infrastructure bill passes, leaving larger Dem bill in limbo. Navy SEALs sue Biden administration over COVID mandate.

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White House releases new '$1.75 trillion' spending plan. New corporate minimum tax proposal gives hope to Democrats on reconciliation. Manchin likely kills proposed tax to fund reconciliation bill. Polls: Biden and Congress hit new lows among voters.

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Food prices hit a 10-year high worldwide, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s food price index. U.S. companies are feeling the pinch, resorting to increasing prices to offset their costs to purchase goods and deal with labor and transportation problems.

The FAO index measures the monthly change of international prices of five food commodity prices, including cereals, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly jobs report Friday showing the economy created far fewer jobs in the month of September than experts expected.

Total nonfarm employment increased 194,000 in September, well below the Dow Jones estimated 500,000 jobs for the month.

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President Biden made headlines for claiming the bill would cost “zero dollars,” despite media reports and members of both parties commonly naming the bill’s cost at $3.5 trillion for the last several months.

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President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandate sparked controversy among Americans, but one of the nation’s most elite fighting forces may be hit harder than other groups by the new requirement.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in August, with Biden’s approval, that all U.S. service members must receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The decision came after the Pfizer vaccine received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

That mandate, though, leaves many U.S. troops facing a tough personal decision. Just the News reported this week that hundreds of Navy SEALs have been told they will not be deployed if they don't receive the vaccine and will no longer be able to serve as a Navy SEAL.

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House Democrats have unveiled a litany of new tax proposals to fund President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion federal spending bill, but a new report suggests the spending plan would shrink the economy.

The University of Pennsylvania’s business school, Penn Wharton, released a new budget model based on the Democrats’ plan that projects a major decrease in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the coming years if the plan were to pass.

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