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Biden's remarks also come as chaos has enveloped Kabul.

The decision by the Biden Administration changes the landscape of how the program will run after the federal pandemic emergency is lifted.

Even though it's not in the bipartisan infrastructure deal, Brown continues to advocate for a $400 billion investment in "soft infrastructure" that includes childcare and other care services that Pres. Biden had proposed in his American Jobs Plan. Brown says it would increase wages for workers who provide home care or community care to the sick and elderly.

Lancaster Mayor David Scheffler joined others from the Ohio Mayors Alliance pushing congress to pass a federal infrastructure plan revealed last week.

After their more than 3-hour meeting in Geneva, the U.S. leader said he pushed his Russian counterpart on human rights and other administration priorities.

Both of Ohio’s U.S. Senators voted for the establishment of a commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

In Cleveland, President Joe Biden on Thursday argued for increased spending on infrastructure, research and education to lift the U.S. economy as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

Vice President Kamala Harris stuck largely to discussing public transportation during a roundtable Friday in Cincinnati. She met with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and several local transit and tourism officials at the University of Cincinnati's 1819 Innovation Hub before making a quick trip to BlaCk Coffee Lounge in Downtown.

The Biden Administration wants to foster job growth by buckling down on requirements that taxpayer-funded projects use goods made in America by American workers.

President Biden will deliver an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening. Watch it live here.