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WATCH: Biden visits Arizona semiconductor site, highlights job growth

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Joe Biden visited the site for a new computer chip plant in Arizona, using it as a chance to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.

WATCH: Biden speaks to Boston IBEW union members at phone bank for Sen. Warnock campaign in Georgia

By Zeke Miller, Bill Barrow, Colleen Long, Associated Press

Biden hit the phones with fellow Democrats Friday for Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock's runoff election. He fetched hot coffee for volunteers, too, and thanked them for their work. But this busy phone bank was nowhere near Georgia.

WATCH: Biden signs bill creating labor agreement for railway workers

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Joe Biden will sign a bill Friday to avert a freight rail strike that he said could have plunged the U.S. into recession.

Senate votes to avert freight rail strike amid economic concern

By Kevin Freking, Josh Funk, Associated Press

Legislation to avert a freight rail strike in the United States is headed to President Joe Biden's desk. A bill to avoid the strike won final approval Thursday, clearing the Senate in a bipartisan vote.

Supreme Court to keep Biden's student loan cancellation blocked for now

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court says the Biden administration program to cancel student loans will remain blocked for now, but the justices have agreed to take up the case in late winter.

Biden administration urges Senate to act amid looming rail worker strike

By Josh Funk, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Biden administration is saying the U.S. economy would face a severe economic shock if senators don't pass legislation this week to avert a freight rail worker strike.

WATCH: Biden, France's Macron vow unity against Russia, discuss trade issues

By Sylvie Corbet, Matthew Daly, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron are celebrating the long-standing U.S.-French relationship, but these are friends with differences.

House votes to avert looming rail worker strike, impose deal on unions

By Kevin Freking, Josh Funk, Associated Press

Congress is moving urgently to head off the looming U.S. rail strike. The bill would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement reached in September that failed to gain the support of all 12 unions involved.

WATCH: Biden makes new commitments during Tribal Nations Summit

By Fatima Hussein, Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

Biden announced new steps to establish uniform standards for federal agencies to consult with tribes, a plan to revitalize Native languages and new efforts to strengthen the tribal rights that are outlined in existing treaties with Washington.

Railroad unions decry Biden's call to block possible strike

By Josh Funk, Associated Press

President Joe Biden's call for Congress to intervene in the railroad contract dispute undercuts efforts to address workers' quality of life concerns and unions decried the move.