Category: biden administration

How America Became La La Land

Commentary America these last 14 months resembles a dystopia. It is becoming partly the world of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and partly the poet Homer’s land of the Lotus-Eaters. Nothing seems to be working. And no one in control seems to care. The once secure border of 2020 vanished. Two-million people have crossed the southern…


Major US Airlines Drop Mask Mandate For Travelers After Judge’s Ruling

The Biden administration’s mask mandate will not be implemented while federal agencies review a Florida federal judge’s ruling that the directive was unlawful, an official said Monday as major U.S. airlines moved to drop the policy. “The agencies are reviewing the decision and assessing potential next steps. In the meantime, today’s court decision means CDC’s…


Major US Airlines, Amtrak Drop Mask Mandate For Travelers After Judge’s Ruling

The Biden administration’s mask mandate will not be implemented while federal agencies review a Florida federal judge’s ruling that the directive was unlawful, an official said Monday as major U.S. airlines and Amtrak moved to drop the policy. “The agencies are reviewing the decision and assessing potential next steps. In the meantime, today’s court decision…


Major US Airlines, Amtrak Drop Mask Mandate For Travelers After Judge Strikes Down CDC Order

The Biden administration’s mask mandate will not be enforced while federal agencies review a federal judge’s ruling that the mandate was unlawful, an official said Monday as major U.S. airlines and other transportation entities moved to drop the policy. “The agencies are reviewing the decision and assessing potential next steps. In the meantime, today’s court…


Capitol Report (April 15): CIA: China is Russia’s Silent Partner

The Labor Department released the latest unemployment data Friday. The Biden administration praised the low unemployment rate and job growth as a sign that the economy is doing well, but is there more to the picture? Tensions escalate after a Russian warship sinks. U.S. officials say the Russian-Ukraine war could last through the end of…


Home Depot Cofounder Says Biden Policies Have Worsened Inflation

Home Depot co-founder accused the Biden administration of failing to tame historic inflation, and even making it worse by scrapping an oil pipeline project that would have served the national interest. “We lost a whole year on addressing the issue. Only because, frankly, we have leadership today in America that isn’t willing to admit when…


US Could Be Headed for Recession: Economist

The U.S. economy could soon be in a state of “stagflation,” an expert warned, blaming the Biden administration’s “enormous” spending on the skyrocketing national inflation, amid growing fears of a recession. “There are increasing fears on Wall Street that we may be headed for a recession,” Peter St. Onge, a research fellow in economic policy…


Biden Administration to Suspend Summer E15 Gasoline Sales Ban

The Biden administration is planning to allow sales of higher-ethanol gasoline blends throughout the summer months as part of measures to address the increasing fuel costs driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The president is committed to doing everything he can to address the price increase Americans are facing at the pump,” a senior Biden…


Capitol Report (April 11): ‘Ghost Gun’ Regulation Enacted

President Joe Biden is touting cracking down on gun violence as he announces new “ghost gun” regulations. But how effective will this be and how does it relate to Second Amendment rights? To fund or defund the police? This is a question that is polarizing the Democratic Party. As Biden calls for more funding for…


States vs. Biden’s Prison-to-Streets Pipeline for Illegal Immigrant Convicts

The Biden administration has allowed a more than eleven-fold increase in the number of illegal immigrant offenders let out of Texas prisons and into the general U.S. population, despite federal immigration law requiring ICE to take convicts into custody after serving their time, usually in advance of deportation. The disclosure emerges from state-initiated litigation that…