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‘Not a Day for Politics’: Psaki Answers US Lawmakers’ Calls for Biden to Resign

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday responded to calls from U.S. lawmakers urging President Joe Biden to resign after 13 U.S. service members were killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan. Psaki told reporters during a press conference that today is “not a day for politics,” but to honor the memory of service members—as…


Sen. Blackburn: Ban on Media at Border Unjustified

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said on March 23 that she didn’t see anything during her time on March 21 in Arizona to justify barring journalists from covering the growing crisis at the U.S. border area with Mexico. “I didn’t see anything that would justify keeping media out. Media embed in war zones, they do that,…


Sen. Blackburn Wants NBA to ‘Come Clean’ on Its Deal With Chinese State Television

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is questioning the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) reported new deal with Chinese state television, the latest official to raise concerns over the league’s relationship with the Chinese regime. The NBA famously drew the wrath of the Chinese communist regime in late 2019 after then-Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted in…


Sen. Blackburn Says Biden EPA Appointee Broke Law

Environmental Protection Agency Principal Deputy General Counsel Melissa Hoffer may have violated federal law by asking the Department of Justice to put a hold on all litigation involving EPA, according to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). In a Jan. 25 letter made public Thursday, Blackburn asked EPA Inspector-General (IG) Sean O’Donnell and Comptroller General Gene Dodaro…