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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on Dec. 1. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images President Joe Biden signed legislation Friday to block a national U.S. railroad strike that could have devastated the American economy. The U.S. Senate voted 80 to 15 on Thursday to impose a tentative contract deal reached in September on a dozen unions representing 115,000 workers, who could have gone on strike on Dec. 9. But the Senate failed to approve a measure that would have provided paid sick days to railroad workers. “It was tough for me but it was the right thing to do at the moment – save jobs, to protect millions of working families from harm and disruption and to keep supply chains stable around the holidays,” Biden said, adding the deal avoided “an economic catastrophe.” Eight of 12 unions had ratified the deal. But some labour leaders have criticized Biden, a self-described friend of labour, for asking Congress to impose a contract that workers...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on Dec. 15. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she had yet to decide whether the U.S. House of Representatives will join the Senate in backing legislation to bar federal government employees from using Chinese-owned TikTok on government-owned devices. “We’re checking with the administration – just in terms of language – not in terms of being opposed to the idea,” Pelosi told reporters a day after the Senate vote. “I don’t know that that will be on the agenda next week, but it’s very, very important.” The House would need to pass the Senate bill before next week’s expected end of the congressional session. It would then go to President Joe Biden, who could sign it into law. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said Thursday the state is joining North Dakota, Idaho and Iowa this week and a growing number of U.S. states in banning ByteDance Ltd-owned TikTok from state-owned devices amid con...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on Dec. 15. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she had yet to decide whether the U.S. House of Representatives will join the Senate in backing legislation to bar federal government employees from using Chinese-owned TikTok on government-owned devices. “We’re checking with the administration – just in terms of language – not in terms of being opposed to the idea,” Pelosi told reporters a day after the Senate vote. “I don’t know that that will be on the agenda next week, but it’s very, very important.” The House would need to pass the Senate bill before next week’s expected end of the congressional session. It would then go to President Joe Biden, who could sign it into law. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said Thursday the state is joining North Dakota, Idaho and Iowa this week and a growing number of U.S. states in banning ByteDance Ltd-owned TikTok from state-owned devices amid con...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on Dec. 15. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she had yet to decide whether the U.S. House of Representatives will join the Senate in backing legislation to bar federal government employees from using Chinese-owned TikTok on government-owned devices. “We’re checking with the administration – just in terms of language – not in terms of being opposed to the idea,” Pelosi told reporters a day after the Senate vote. “I don’t know that that will be on the agenda next week, but it’s very, very important.” The House would need to pass the Senate bill before next week’s expected end of the congressional session. It would then go to President Joe Biden, who could sign it into law. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said Thursday the state is joining North Dakota, Idaho and Iowa this week and a growing number of U.S. states in banning ByteDance Ltd-owned TikTok from state-owned devices amid con...