Category: Biden executive order

Federal Agencies Lag in Implementing Biden Executive Order on Improving Voter Access

Federal agencies are lagging behind in implementing President Joe Biden’s executive order (EO) aimed at boosting voter access, a report has found, as worries remain about politicizing federal agencies. On March 7, 2021, President Joe Biden signed executive order 14019 that sought to “leverage the resources of the federal government to increase access to voter…


‘An All-Out Assault on the Second Amendment’: Gun Rights Groups Respond to Biden’s New Executive Order

Second Amendment advocates responded quickly to President Joe Biden’s newest executive order designed to advance his gun control agenda and his repeated call for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines. “Crimes are committed by criminals. Until President Biden and his allies decide to go after violent criminals, violence will continue to spiral…


Biden Signs Executive Order to Ramp Up Gun Control

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on March 14 to advance gun-control measures, including a step toward universal background checks, as much as current law will allow without requiring new legislation. Biden is set to announce the order in a speech at the site of a Jan. 21, 2023 mass shooting that killed 11…


EpochTV Review: Mandates Put National Security at Risk

Commentary In the episode, “Vaccine Mandates Will Endanger National Security If Biden Follows Through,” hosts Kash Patel and Jan Jekielek explore the issue of vaccine mandates in the military and law enforcement in this installment of Kash’s Corner. The episode begins with the announcement that President Biden made in September that vaccine mandates or weekly…


Another Court-Packing Attempt?

Commentary On April 9, 2021, U.S. President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order on the Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. The Commission will be composed of “not more than 36 members appointed by the President.” According to Section 3(a) of the Order, the Commission’s task is to produce…


Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek to Ban Transgender Athletes from Female Sports Competitions

A group of Pennsylvania’s house lawmakers introduced a bill to ban transgender athletes who are male at birth from competing with biologically female athletes. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office to allow transgender athletes to compete as the gender of their choice. Conservative lawmakers from more than 30…


New York Social Service Agency Sued for Gender Discrimination

Two individuals and an institution filed a lawsuit against the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) on March 29 for gender discrimination after it allegedly failed to provide an “X” gender option for applicants. Applicants in the state must declare their gender to receive Medicaid, food stamps, and other public assistance….


Rural Town Left out of Money, Hope After Keystone XL Shutdown

This is part four of a series exploring the effects of President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. PHILIP, S.D.—Entire towns and communities along the route of the Keystone XL pipeline—once lively and prosperous due to the economic opportunity it brought—have been left out of money and out of hope after the project…


South Dakota Hotel Owners Describe Impact of Keystone Cancellation

This is part three of a series exploring the effects of President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. MIDLAND, S.D.—“My husband just called me … he just got fired,” said Laurie Cox, her voice trembling ever so slightly as she put on a brave smile. But it was impossible to ignore her now-crestfallen demeanor. Cox is…


Biden’s Keystone Shutdown an ‘Attack on the Rule of Law,’ South Dakota’s Johnson Says

This is part two of a series exploring the effects of President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. MITCHELL, S.D.—Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) has listened to story after story from local business owners who have been hurt badly as a result of the shutdown of the Keystone XL pipeline. In addition to the more…