Trump to Take Reins as Biden Rushes Infrastructure Projects

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By Eugene Mulero

December 17, 2024

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WASHINGTON — While Republicans capped 2024 with a victory in the presidential contest, the Biden administration has wound down the year in a hurry to advance as many infrastructure and microchip projects as it can before handing the reins back to President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump’s victory at the ballot box in November punctuated a historic campaign that pitted the former president against the country’s first female vice president, Kamala Harris.

Trump’s overwhelming victory in the Electoral College — marked by wins in the seven battleground states — put him in the company of Grover Cleveland as being the only presidents to secure nonconsecutive terms in the White House. En route to re-election, Trump pledged to revisit key infrastructure funding programs meant to improve operations of the nation’s roadways and airports.

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