Tag: Executive Branch

US ‘Has to Default’ on Something If Debt Ceiling Isn’t Raised Before Deadline: Yellen

The U.S. government will have to default on some payments if Congress fails to raise the national debt ceiling before June, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. “If Congress fails to do that, it really impairs our credit rating. We have to default on some obligation, whether it’s Treasuries or payments to Social Security recipients,” Yellen…


Biden Admin Seeks to Resume Fast-Track Release of Illegal Immigrants

The Biden administration on Friday asked a federal judge to resume the fast-track release of illegal immigrants in a court filing. In a ruling in Florida v. United States (Case number: 23-cv-9962), U.S. Judge T. Kent Wetherell II, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday night against the…


LIVE 10 AM ET: Biden Delivers Commencement Speech at Howard University

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the commencement speech at 10:00 a.m. ET May 13 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. …


LIVE NOW: Biden Delivers Commencement Speech at Howard University

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the commencement speech at 10:00 a.m. ET May 13 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. …


Biden Delivers Commencement Speech at Howard University

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the commencement speech at 10:00 a.m. ET May 13 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. …


Business Leaders Oppose Biden’s New Power Plant Rules, Which Set Lofty Climate Goals

The Biden administration released its toughest-ever rules for power plants, drawing backlash from the country’s largest business organization. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a statement on Thursday urging the administration to propose more reasonable carbon reduction goals for power plants to avoid disrupting the future power supply. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power plant…


Ex-CIA Chief Testified Hunter Biden Laptop Letter Was Purely Political: Jordan

Former CIA Director John Brennan privately testified before a House Judiciary Committee panel that the letter he and 50 other current and former intelligence officials signed suggesting that Hunter Biden’s laptop could be Russian disinformation had a political motive, according to committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). “He [Brennan] sat for a four-hour interview … and…


New Zealand PM Invited to Biden’s Pacific Summit in Papua New Guinea

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will visit Papua New Guinea later this month to attend President Joe Biden’s summit with Pacific leaders, his office said on Thursday. Hipkins will embark on his trip to Papua New Guinea on May 21, marking his first visit to the Pacific nation since becoming prime minister in January….


US Encourages ASEAN-China to Develop Rules for South China Sea

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is supportive of ASEAN’s efforts to increase peaceful cooperation with China’s communist regime in the South China Sea. ASEAN, a political and economic bloc of nations in southeast Asia, held a summit this week, during which it announced that the group was heartened by “ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation between ASEAN and…


Meeting Over Debt Ceiling Between Biden, Congressional Leaders Delayed Until Next Week

The debt ceiling meeting scheduled for May 12 between President Joe Biden and top congressional leaders has been pushed back until next week, according to The White House. The leaders were scheduled to meet to discuss lifting the debt ceiling in order to avoid a default on the country’s debt obligations before the June 1…