Biden's Billions

Could Harris’ silence on manufacturing cost her the ‘Blue Wall’?

Biden’s reelection pitch in the Rust Belt focused on rebuilding American factories. Will Harris’ shift beyond that cost her support in those critical states?

The White House launched a politically potent high-tech program this year. There’s a reason you haven’t heard of it.

The national, bipartisan Tech Hubs program could have been a campaign winner. Instead, it’s underfunded and barely present on the political stage — and anxious awardees are “holding their breath” for November.

‘People need to see it’: How politics hung up a $42B Biden internet buildout

The 2021 infrastructure law contained tens of billions of dollars intended to help rural parts of the country like southwest Virginia — but mounting political snags will mean the administration will have virtually nothing to show for it by Election Day.

Biden’s plan to rip down inner city highways risks ‘epic fail’

Spending issues and a potential Trump presidency threaten an effort to reconnect neighborhoods that were shattered by highway projects of the 1950s and ’60s.

Wealthier homeowners nab billions in tax credits for energy efficiency

IRS data shows a huge disparity between rich and poor in a major Biden climate effort.

Republican fight over green subsidies heads toward a boiling point

The party’s leaders may soon have to decide whether to preserve at least parts of the Democrats’ climate law.

Biden-Harris climate law set off a green bonanza in Walz’s Minnesota

President Joe Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act triggered a “race across states” for its hundreds of billions of dollars. And Walz swung into action.

The steel plant that saved Vance’s family from poverty is getting $500M from Biden. One worker says that ‘doesn’t really change anything’

The Biden administration grant aims to transform the mill from one of the dirtiest in the country to one of the cleanest.

Climate cash pours into election swing region. Will it help Harris?

An area near Pittsburgh is being recast into a clean energy hub by IRA cash. It’s a test of whether climate policies can help Democrats beat Trump.

Trump vs. Biden’s historic climate agenda

President Joe Biden may no longer be on the 2024 ballot — but his legacy is. And former President Donald Trump would have multiple tools to thwart his ambitions on energy, infrastructure and climate change.

Democrats amp up pressure on Biden to loosen Ukrainian strike rules on Russia

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said he is pressing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s case with the White House.

Granholm: Climate law repeal would be ‘malpractice’

The Energy secretary also predicted a bright future for electric cars.

Even in California, Latino Dems can’t agree on Biden’s border policy

The split shows how a piece of conventional Democratic wisdom about a key demographic is changing.

There’s a new dark money group supporting Trump

The group is one of several Donald Trump is relying on to help overcome Joe Biden’s financial advantage.

Big Oil and the Chamber plan to defend Biden’s climate law from Trump

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute have said they’d go to bat for the Inflation Reduction Act. Or at least the provisions they like.

Trump’s EPA chief thinks Biden’s climate rules are doomed. But will Biden’s dollars survive?

Andrew Wheeler also doesn’t rule out returning for Trump 2.0: “Whenever a president or a governor asks you to do something for your country, you step up and you do it.”

DC slammed Trump’s tariffs. Biden’s decision to keep them draws a very different reaction.

The response offers yet another reminder of just how much the U.S. political consensus has shifted against free trade.

Biden celebrates ‘Infrastructure Week’ — and hopes voters are listening

The White House is sending senior officials across the country this week — Infrastructure Week — to ensure they’ve heard about billions of investments being pumped into every state.

Poll: Biden touts his 4 major infrastructure and clean energy laws. Voters doubt they’re working.

Even when they do see positive benefits, many voters aren’t giving the credit to Biden, a new POLITICO poll shows.

‘It would just die on the vine’: Biden’s $200 billion energy loan juggernaut faces a Trump-sized threat

The Energy Department loan program that bankrolled Solyndra and Tesla has gotten a huge infusion under President Joe Biden. And it’s facing an uncertain future if Donald Trump wins.

Biden deploys $6.6B to boost global chipmaker in key swing state

The preliminary CHIPS award is noteworthy for confirming that TSMC will not only build semiconductor fabrication facilities or “fabs” in the U.S., but also deploy its most advanced technology in development.

Biden needs a win from Intel. Can the company deliver?

The administration just sank a historic $8.5 billion into the veteran chipmaker. Now a lot is riding on one company’s corporate promises.

How Congress defanged Biden’s big science push

Congress has fully funded the CHIPS and Science Act’s subsidies for chipmakers. But lawmakers are poised to slash the budgets of federal agencies driving future scientific and technological advances.

Musk’s Tesla enters the mainstream as it embraces Biden’s EV charger money

An analysis of public records shows Tesla has won the highest percentage of electric vehicle charging awards of any company from the president’s infrastructure law.

Biden has a high-tech problem in Michigan

Biden sold a tax break by pumping up a Michigan microchip supplier — then left the company out in the cold.

Congress provided $7.5B for electric vehicle chargers. Built so far: Zero.

The sluggish rollout could undermine President Joe Biden’s reelection messaging promoting electric vehicles.

Democrats’ climate law set off a wave of energy projects in GOP districts. A backlash followed.

The IRA is drawing billions of dollars in new private investments to take advantage of the federal stimulus that took effect a year ago this week.