text: [{"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "Biden attacks Republicans\u2019 \u2018MAGAnomics\u2019 as govt shutdown looms"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "President Joe Biden has introduced a plan to restructure the US economy by investing in infrastructure, green energy, and manufacturing. (AP pic)"}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "The federal government would enter its fourth shutdown in a decade next month unless the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Democratic-run Senate can pass a long- or short-term funding bill and Biden signs it into law."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "The House and Senate are due to be in session for about 12 days before funding for the US government expires on Sept 30."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "\u201cThey\u2019re back at it again, breaking their commitment, threatening more cuts and threatening to shut down government again,\u201d Biden said in a speech at Prince George\u2019s Community College in Maryland. He listed estimates of what the cuts would mean to education programmes and safety programmes."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "\u201cFor all the time they spend attacking me and my plan...they never talk about what they want to do,\u201d Biden said. \u201cTheir plan \u2013 MAGAnomics \u2013 is more extreme than anything Americans have seen before.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "The White House will spend \u201cmuch of this fall\u201d season criticising Republican fiscal plans, which it is calling \u201cMAGAnomics.\u201d The term was used by former President Donald Trump\u2019s budget director Mick Mulvaney to describe Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d strategy of corporate tax cuts and slashing regulations."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Biden, a Democrat, is running for re-election in 2024. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. An extended government shutdown or sharp spending cuts could slow US growth ahead of campaign season."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "Biden has introduced \u201cBidenomics,\u201d a plan to restructure the US economy by investing in infrastructure, green energy, and manufacturing, while pushing companies to share more profits with workers, consumers, and the government."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "The US economy grew at a 2.1% annualised rate last quarter, while the 3.8% unemployment rate is just above decades-low levels."}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "But that performance is not resonating with American people displeased with rising interest rates and prices at the grocery store and gas station. Consumer prices rose 3.7% over the last year, though the rate of inflation has slowed in recent months."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Biden\u2019s public approval rating stands at 42%, with voters saying the economy remains the most important issue."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Gov\u2019t could use MySejahtera app to hand out targeted subsidies, leakage is a problem \u2013 deputy FM"}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "Zunar to explain govt policies to teens through cartoons"}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "Gov\u2019t to improve approval process for EV charging infra, still targeting 10,000 charging stations by 2025"}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "US House infighting stalls spending bills as shutdown looms"}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "Gov\u2019t not ruling out the reintroduction of GST \u2013 Rafizi"}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Petronas ups govt dividend to RM40bil despite lower oil prices"}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "MACC hunting down 100 duty-free luxury cars brought out from Langkawi \u2013 gov\u2019t lost millions in tax revenue"}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "Plaintiff in HSR suit not aggrieved by project\u2019s cancellation, says govt"}, {"text_idx": "#000027", "text": "Vitamin D supplements \u2018may prevent heart attacks in older people\u2019"}, {"text_idx": "#000028", "text": "Sweden govt condemns \u2018Islamophobic\u2019 Quran burning"}, {"text_idx": "#000029", "text": "Biden proposes new measures for student loan relief"}]