Category: Policies & Impacts

White House Announces New Pandemic Response Office

The Biden administration is setting up a new pandemic preparedness office that will aid the country in countering such large-scale health threats. “As part of the President’s commitment to ensure that our country is more prepared for a pandemic than we were when he took office, the Administration is standing up the Office of Pandemic…


TSMC Delays Arizona Factory Opening Due to Insufficient Skilled Local Talent

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s largest chipmaker, will delay production at its new Arizona chip plant to 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor. The year-long delay comes as trade relations between Washington and Beijing, have deteriorated over the past several years. TSMC Chairman Mark Liu broke the news to investors on a…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] [EXCLUSIVE] Matt Taibbi: How Hidden Actors Distort Reality, Manipulate the Public, and Enforce Consensus

“This is the new technology of speech in America: You can dial people all the way up to ‘everybody sees it,’ and you can dial someone else down to ‘it’s almost impossible to see them.’ And that is extremely dangerous, and it’s especially dangerous if it’s done in secret and nobody knows exactly how it…


Lawmakers Seek Review of Ford’s Agreement With Chinese Battery Maker

U.S. lawmakers are seeking to review the license agreement between Ford Motor and a Chinese battery maker. They are concerned that the deal will facilitate China’s global dominance in electric vehicle battery technology with American taxpayers’ money and increase America’s reliance on Chinese critical raw materials. According to the lawmakers, the Chinese battery maker’s supply…


Chris Christie Says He Would Give Mexican President Ultimatum on Stopping Drug Cartels

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told South Carolina voters, that if elected president, he would give the president of Mexico 90 days to help stop the drug cartels in his country. “If I’m elected president on my first day, I will sign an executive order that sends the National Guard to the border,” Mr….


Expert Proposes Solution to Student Debt: Tax the Universities

Less than a month has passed since the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s 2022 student loan forgiveness plan as unconstitutional. Yet, Inez Stepman of the Independent Women’s Forum points out, the commander-in-chief still got what he wanted that year. Young Americans seeking relief from their debt burden turned out to vote for a…


Cruz and Manchin Join Forces to Stop Sale of Oil From Strategic Stockpile

The U.S. Senate passed an amendment to the annual defense bill on Thursday that would ban oil exports to China from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which sits half empty after President Joe Biden ordered a drawdown to reduce soaring inflation. The amendment, spearheaded by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) passed the…


Emergency Road Repairs Stalled for Months as National Park Service Reviews Project

Brian McCartney lives and works in Pennsylvania, but his drive between the two takes him through New Jersey. The trip from Mr. McCartney’s home to his automotive repair shop used to be a simple jaunt up Route 611, from one town to another, along the Pennsylvania side of the scenic Delaware River in the Pocono…


Group Wants to Unstiffen Laws That Define Who Is Considered Legally Dead

Three major Catholic organizations and one of the largest physician organizations in the United States are warning the American public about a national proposal to redefine what constitutes being legally dead and its implications for card-carrying organ donors and the transplant industry. The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), an influential national organization that recommends legislation to…


Infrastructure Tops List of Mayoral Concerns, Report Says

The top concern of American mayors is infrastructure, according to a recent report. This indicates that local officials realize that neglecting infrastructure to address other needs will end up hurting everything, says one of the report’s authors. “Infrastructure has always been the sacrificial lamb,” said Farhad Omeyr of the National League of Cities (NLC) Center…