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Is the White House Backing Efforts to Topple Foreign Leaders?

Demonstrations in Israel are designed to bring down the government, and the Biden administration is behind the scenes, funding the protestors. Israel is a U.S. ally, but the White House wants a different man in charge. So the Biden team is deploying the same tools and tactics it used to target its domestic opposition.   …


LIVE 11 AM ET: Is the White House Backing Efforts to Topple Foreign Leaders, Too?

Demonstrations in Israel are designed to bring down the government, and the Biden administration is behind the scenes, funding the protestors. Israel is a U.S. ally, but the White House wants a different man in charge. So the Biden team is deploying the same tools and tactics it used to target its domestic opposition.   …


LIVE 11 AM ET: Is the White House Backing Efforts to Topple Foreign Leaders?

Demonstrations in Israel are designed to bring down the government, and the Biden administration is behind the scenes, funding the protestors. Israel is a U.S. ally, but the White House wants a different man in charge. So the Biden team is deploying the same tools and tactics it used to target its domestic opposition.   …


Senate Confirms Biden’s Pick for IRS Commissioner

The U.S. Senate on March 9 voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee for commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Daniel “Danny” Werfel, confirmed in a 54-42 vote, managed to garner the support of several Senate Republicans and nearly all the chamber’s Democrats, save Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). “Mr. Werfel told the Finance Committee…


TikTok ‘Screams’ of National Security Risks: FBI Director

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday about the dangers TikTok poses to the United States’ national security. “This is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government, and it, to me, it screams out with national security concerns,” Wray told senators at a March…


LIVE NOW: House Committee Holds Hearing on ‘Administration Wasteful Spending and Regulatory Overreach’

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations subcommittee holds a hearing at 2:00 p.m. ET on March 8 on “Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Wasteful Spending and Regulatory Overreach.” Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Inspector General / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Inspector General Mark Bialek, Department of Treasury Deputy Inspector General Richard…


House Committee Holds Hearing on ‘Administration Wasteful Spending and Regulatory Overreach’

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations subcommittee holds a hearing at 2:00 p.m. ET on March 8 on “Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Wasteful Spending and Regulatory Overreach.” Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Inspector General / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Inspector General Mark Bialek, Department of Treasury Deputy Inspector General Richard…


Biden FCC Nominee Withdraws Following Manchin Opposition Announcement

Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill the vacant seat on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), announced on Tuesday her decision to withdraw from consideration. Sohn said in a statement, first obtained by The Washington Post, that the “unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks on my character and my career as an advocate for the…


White House ‘Strongly Disagrees’ With Calling Jan. 6 Protesters Peaceful ‘Tourists’

New security footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach that aired Monday on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” has left many, including Carlson himself, questioning the Biden administration’s depiction of the incident as an “insurrection.” But while Carlson felt most of the Capitol protesters would be more accurately described as reverent “tourists,” the White House…


Senators Seek to Reverse Biden’s Tariff Waivers on Chinese Solar Panels

Two Democratic senators are calling on President Joe Biden to repeal tariff waivers that Chinese companies are using to circumvent anti-dumping and countervailing duties by moving solar cells and modules through four Southeast Asian countries. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) cited the findings in a March 2 letter, stating that “circumvention of U.S….