>>Biden: Tax Code Needs Reform   (Washington, DC)  --  President Biden wants to reform the tax code.  During his State of the Union address, Biden slammed Donald Trump's tax plan, claiming it only helped the very rich.  He said he wants the biggest companies in the U.S. to pay their "fair share." He also pushed the child tax credit.  Biden believes the billionaires in the U.S. need to pay more and the middle and lower class need to pay less.       

>>House Committee Advances Bill That Could Ban TikTok

(Washington, DC)  --  A bill that could ban TikTok is advancing out of committee.  The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously voted to advance the bipartisan bill.  It would require the popular social media app's China-based parent company ByteDance to divest the app.  The "Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act was introduced by Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher and Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi earlier this week.  If the bill gets passed into law, ByteDance would then have about five months to sell TikTok before the ban goes into effect.

>>United Pausing Pilot Hiring This Spring 

(Undated)  --  United Airlines will slow pilot hiring this spring.  New hire classes will halt in May and June but are expected to resume in July.  The airline decided to pause hiring because of "new aircraft certification and manufacturing delays at Boeing," according to a memo that was sent out to employees on Thursday.