Category: Executive Branch

LIVE July 18, 10 AM ET: House Oversight Hearing on ‘Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Home Appliances’

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will hold a hearing on “Cancelling Consumer Choice: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Home Appliances” at 10 a.m. ET on July 18. Dr. Geraldine Richmond, under secretary for Science and Innovation of Department of Energy, will testify at the hearing. …


US Calls for Freedom of ASEAN Countries to Choose Their Alliances

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized Friday the importance of ensuring the freedom of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to choose and forge alliances without facing coercion. Speaking to reporters following the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting in Indonesia, Blinken said the United States and the 10-member bloc have embarked on “a new…


Eligibility for Biden’s $39 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness—Find Out Who Qualifies

The Biden administration recently announced a $39 billion student loan forgiveness program aimed at individuals who have taken certain federal loans and are paying them back under the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan. The loan forgiveness is only applicable on loans that were made under the IDR plan provided the borrowers have made 240 or 300…


Vivek Ramaswamy Makes His Case in Q&A With Tucker Carlson at Crowded Iowa Forum

All of the top Republican presidential candidates, Donald Trump excepted, braved questions from journalist Tucker Carlson at a summit in Des Moines, Iowa. While some met with a lukewarm or, at times, unfriendly reception from the very Christian audience, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy was most definitely not among them. He even got a standing ovation….


‘Dangerous Rhetoric’: Hunter Biden Lawyers Tell Trump Cease and Desist Social Media Attacks

Hunter Biden’s lawyers have issued a cease and desist to Donald Trump’s legal team, demanding he not post about Mr. Biden anymore for fear of “physical and violent action” on the part of Mr. Trump’s followers against Mr. Biden or his family. “I am a little surprised to have to send this because it would…


Court Blocks Ruling That Barred Biden Admin From Demanding Social Media Censorship

A federal appeals court has handed the Biden administration a temporary victory by agreeing to put a temporary hold on an earlier district court’s ruling that prohibited a range of federal agencies and their staff from contacting social media companies with requests to censor constitutionally protected free speech. On Friday, a three-judge panel for the…


‘Delinquent Millionaires’: IRS Announces Targeting of High-Income Americans for Tax Evasion

The IRS announced it was planning on pursuing “high-income individuals evading taxes” and claims to have made millions in recoveries at a time when the agency is increasingly facing heat for targeting a higher percentage of lower-income Americans as part of its tax audits. “The IRS is working to ensure [that] high-income filers pay the…


House-Passed Defense Bill Unwinds Pentagon’s ‘Woke’ Agenda: Freedom Caucus

The House has adopted its version of the proposed $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget and dispatched it to the Senate, where many of the “culture war” amendments conservatives successfully attached to the must-pass annual appropriations package are likely to be rejected by the Democrat-led chamber. Do so at your own risk, House Freedom…


Joe Biden’s Public Approval Falls Near Lowest Level, Polls Show

President Joe Biden’s approval among Americans has slumped to one of its lowest levels while public disapproval has shot up based on recent numbers. Mr. Biden’s approval among Americans as of Thursday was 40 percent according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. This is one of his lowest approval rates since becoming president. Mr. Biden’s disapproval rate…


House Votes Down Amendment Stopping Cluster Bombs Going to Ukraine

The U.S. House of Representatives voted down an amendment that would have prohibited the transfer of controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine. On Thursday night, the House voted 147-276 on an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to stop the flow of U.S. cluster munitions to Ukrainian forces. The amendment, introduced by Rep….