Category: Policy

Americans’ ‘Voices Were Heard:’ Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, championing it as supported by most Americans despite it receiving no Republican votes. “In the weeks that this bill has been discussed and debated, it’s clear that an overwhelming percentage of the American people—Democrats, independents, or Republican friends—have made it clear—the people out there—made…


New Jersey Lawmaker Introduces Legislation to Protect Election Integrity

A New Jersey lawmaker has introduced a bill that will require the State to provide the capability to vote in person to all voters in all elections. This bill is one in a set of bills introduced by Republican Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger to protect election integrity in New Jersey. In 2020 Scharfenberger also introduced a bill…


Border Official: Biden’s Immigration Policy ‘May Have Driven’ Migrant Surge, Encouraged Smugglers

The Biden administration’s southwestern border coordinator, Roberta Jacobson, told reporters during a White House briefing Wednesday that the administration’s “more humane” immigration policies may be driving the migrant surge at the southern border and encouraging smugglers. “Surges tend to respond to hope, and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four…


Texas Legislator Introduces Bill Allowing Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions

A lawmaker in Texas on Tuesday introduced a bill that would enable prosecutors to seek the death penalty for women who get abortions. HB 3326 would abolish abortion in Texas, state Rep. Bryan Slaton, a Republican, wrote in a social media statement. “The bill will end the discriminatory practice of terminating the life of innocent children,…


Texas Proposal Would Allow Death Penalty for Having or Performing Abortion

A lawmaker in Texas has introduced a proposal that would enable prosecutors in the state to seek the death penalty for women who have abortions. HB 3326 would abolish abortion in Texas, state Rep. Bryan Slaton, a Republican, wrote in a social media statement. “The bill will end the discriminatory practice of terminating the life of…


GOP Lawmakers Push Election Integrity Bills in Battleground States

Since the hotly contested 2020 election, Republican state legislators have been advancing bills to bolster election integrity. Across 50 states, there have been over 1,600 election-related bills introduced by either Republican or Democrat legislators. Only about 200 have made it out of a committee so far. A handful have been enacted, but none in the…


Biden DOE No Longer Finds Racially Segregated Groups in Schools Discriminatory

The U.S. Department of Education has reversed a Trump-era decision that declared race-based “affinity groups” at public schools to be discriminatory, according to the New York Post. After a whistleblower teacher’s complaint from the Evanston-Skokie School District in Illinois, the Trump Administration’s Education Department in 2019 launched an investigation into the district’s practice of dividing…


Epoch Reader Poll: Majority Want Biden Administration to Complete Border Wall

A new survey of 24,700 readers of The Epoch Times shows completing the U.S.-Mexico border wall is overwhelmingly seen as a top priority, while other Biden administration initiatives, like ending the “Remain in Mexico” program and the pausing of ICE deportations, are rated poorly. Readers were surveyed on what they wanted the administration to do on border…


Georgia House Votes to Repeal Citizen’s Arrest Law In Wake of Ahmaud Arbery’s Death

Georgia lawmakers voted unanimously on Monday to repeal a citizen’s arrest law that fueled public outcry after a prosecutor relied on it to conclude that last year’s fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery was justified. The Georgia House of Representatives voted 173-0 for House Bill 479, which, aside from some exceptions, would eliminate the right for civilians…


US Lets Venezuelans Stay Temporarily, Will Review Sanctions

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration said Monday it is offering temporary legal residency to several hundred thousand Venezuelans who fled their country’s economic collapse and will review U.S. sanctions intended to isolate the South American nation. Both measures mark a shift from U.S. policy toward Venezuela under former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden’s administration announced it…