President Joe Biden signed an executive order for federal grants that would prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs.

President Joe Biden signed what the White House called a landmark pro-union executive order giving workers more opportunities to join unions Friday while visiting the election battleground state of Michigan.

Biden, in the final months of his presidency, is traveling to the Ann Arbor area Friday to sign what the White House is calling a landmark "Good Jobs" executive order.

The executive order calls on all federal agencies to adopt the following labor practices: voluntary union recognition and neutrality regarding union organizing, equal pay, and pay transparency, amongst many others.

Japan’s top government spokesman still hopes that Nippon Steel’s $14.1 billion takeover bid for US Steel Corp will be resolved in a mutually beneficial way for both companies in comments following news that US President Joe Biden intends to block the deal.

President Biden is preparing to announce that he will formally block Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S., sources tell NBC News.

By Jeff Mason, David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is close to announcing President Joe Biden will block Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel citing national security concerns,

Russia previously wanted Joe Biden to win the U.S. presidential election but now it supports Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Putin had said earlier this year,

Russia wants Kamala Harris to win the U.S. presidential election, President Putin said on Thursday in a teasing comment that cited her "infectious" laugh as a reason to prefer her over Donald Trump.

To laughter from some in his audience, a smiling President Vladimir Putin said he has made his choice in the US presidential election.