Category: administration

LIVE at 11AM ET: Biden Justice Department Rounds Up More Jan. 6 Protestors

Nearly two years after Trump voters took to Washington, D.C., to exercise their First Amendment rights, the Biden administration is making more arrests. Is it to enforce the law—or tear up the Constitution? In this shocking new episode of Over the Target Live, Lee Smith speaks with free speech activist Cynthia Hughes about the future…


Australian Construction Giant Probuild Falls Into Voluntary Administration

Australian construction giant Probuild has collapsed and been placed in administration, leaving around $5 billion (US$3.6 billion) in building projects in limbo. Probuild confirmed on Thursday that its South African parent company, Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) Ltd, had abruptly ended all cash and securitisation support in Australia. “We are caught up in a set of…


You Say ‘Crack Pipes,’ We Say ‘Harm Reduction’

When headlines seemed to indicate that the Biden administration and its Health and Human Services agency would be handing out free crack pipes and needles for drug users, many people were shocked. But the Biden camp has tried to call that fake news, so we investigate what’s really going on and whether it’s an effective…


Did Democrats’ Secret Deals with Ukraine Put America on Road to Conflict with Russia?

The Biden administration says that the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border are a threat to NATO and European security. But what if those massed Russian forces represent Moscow’s defensive posture? For nearly a decade Joe Biden and the party he leads saw Ukraine as an instrument to destabilize the Russian government…


Yellen Says Fed, Biden Administration Will Take Steps to Control Inflation

WASHINGTON—U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday she was confident the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration would take steps needed to bring down inflation over the course of 2022, provided the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control. “Inflation rose by more than most economists, including me, expected and of course it’s our responsibility…


Live Q&A: Judge Refuses FDA Request, Gives 8 Months for Pfizer Data; Trump Social Network Nears

The Food and Drug Administration’s request for 75 years before it fully releases information on how it approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been shot down by a federal judge. The FDA now has just over 8 months to provide these documents for public review. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ordered the FDA to produce…


Billion-Dollar Network Is Playing Politics and Keeping America’s Energy Sector Unstable: Ken Braun

The Biden administration previously declared it was all-in to begin moving the United States to a zero-carbon energy system using nuclear power, but a network of organizations is spending close to a billion dollars every year to ensure that this doesn’t happen. The result is the development of wind and solar power systems that are…


Live Q&A: Biden Moves to Deploy Military on Omicron, as CDC Says Vaccines ‘May Not Be Enough’

The Biden administration is looking to deploy the military to help with medical work on the virus, although the number isn’t especially large. The White House announced it will send 1,000 military personnel to hospitals in January and February, including doctors, nurses, and others. This is in addition to six emergency teams being deployed to…


US to Award $2.89 Billion to Airports Under Infrastructure Law

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it will award $2.89 billion to 3,075 airports under a new $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed into law last month. Airports can use funds for runways, taxiways, safety, terminal, airport-transit connections, and roadway projects. The infrastructure law provides $15 billion over five years and the FAA estimates there…


US Presses Canada to Make Good on Promised 200 Soldier Peacekeeping Force

OTTAWA—The United States is pressing Canada to commit medical units and drones to United Nations missions at a peacekeeping summit in South Korea next week, and to come up with a 200-strong force first promised four years ago. The request came in a letter to Global Affairs Canada from the U.S. on the eve of…