Elon Musk. Musk,the richest person in the world,has pushed back against proposals to tax the assets of billionaires.

Joe Biden’s new ‘billionaire tax’ to target the likes of Elon Musk

The White House proposal says the new tax would ensure that “the wealthiest Americans no longer pay a tax rate lower than teachers and firefighters”.

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Fed chairman Jerome Powell has been reappointed for a second term.

Why a ‘dangerous man’ was a safe Fed pick for Biden

With his popularity teetering,Joe Biden didn’t have to make his life even more complicated with his pick to lead the Federal Reserve.

  • Brian Chappatta
Joe Biden has won the presidency.

How tragedy shaped Joe Biden for this moment

"I know how mean,cruel,and unfair life can be sometimes," Joe Biden said. "But I found the best way through pain,and loss and grief is to find purpose.”

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US voting

Complex,quirky,confounding:How does voting for the US president work?

Designed to balance the passions of the masses against the better judgement of the elite,the Electoral College has infuriated,outraged – and endured. How does this process work? Why was it made this way?

  • Chris Zappone
Kamala Harris demonstrated why Biden picked the California senator to be his running mate.

On night three,Obama,policy takes centre stage in Democratic convention

Yes,there was Trump bashing. But the Democrats finally got around to explaining their vision for America and making an affirmative case for Joe Biden.

  • Matthew Knott
Senator Kamala Harris,a Democrat from California,at an event in 2019.

Joe Biden's VP pick:what you need to know about Kamala Harris

Who is Joe Biden's running mate? A woman of many firsts with a history of activism,who leans left but not too far left.

  • Farrah Tomazin
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Democratic presidential candidate and former US vice-president Joe Biden.

Biden's delay in announcing VP intensifies jockeying

Even some long-time Biden allies worry that the process has become "messier than it should be",pitting women,especially black women,against one another.

  • Annie Linskey
Democratic presidential candidate,former vice-president Joe Biden.

Biden pitches to progressives with $2.9 trillion climate plan

The plan signifies a more aggressive approach on climate policy than he adopted during the Democratic presidential primary.

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Joe Biden with a voter in the South Carolina Democratic primary.

Joe Biden announces new policy efforts aimed at black voters

Voters who favoured candidates including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders favoured more restraints on banking and the financial services industry.

  • Trevor Hunnicutt
Senator Elizabeth Warren.

US Senator Elizabeth Warren's brother dies after contracting coronavirus

Warren said that it was hard to know that "there was no family to hold his hand or to say 'I love you' one more time".

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