Tag: Executive Branch

House Budget Committee’s Hearing to ‘Expose the Woke, Wasteful, and Bloated Bureaucracy’

U.S. House Budget Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on May 11 to “expose the woke, wasteful, and bloated bureaucracy.” Paige Agostin, policy director at the Center for Renewing America; Myron Ebell, director for the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute; Rachel Greszler, senior research fellow on budget and entitlements at…


LIVE NOW: House Budget Committee’s Hearing to ‘Expose the Woke, Wasteful, and Bloated Bureaucracy’

U.S. House Budget Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on May 11 to “expose the woke, wasteful, and bloated bureaucracy.” Paige Agostin, policy director at the Center for Renewing America; Myron Ebell, director for the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute; Rachel Greszler, senior research fellow on budget and entitlements at…


IN-DEPTH: Cartels Stand to Win Big When Title 42 Ends, Immigration Experts Say

Immigration experts say that the impending end of Title 42 immigration enforcement will serve to benefit cartel drug and child trafficking operations at the expense of Americans. Lora Ries, a veteran of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Epoch Times that the coming influx of illegal immigrants will strip critical tools from Border…


Manchin Says Biden ‘Hypocritical’ on Debt-Limit Demands

Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said his fellow Democrat, President Joe Biden, has staked out a “hypocritical” position in recent debates over how to raise the U.S. debt limit. Biden has repeatedly called for a so-called “clean bill” to raise the debt limit without any additional conditions on matters such as spending reforms. In an interview…


Yellen Says Congress Risks Creating a Self-Made Crisis With ‘Unthinkable’ Debt Default

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accused the Republican-controlled House of creating a self-made crisis over its stance on the debt ceiling. Yellen, who was attending a Group of Seven (G7) conference in Niigata, Japan, called on Congress to raise the $31.4 trillion federal debt limit to avert a U.S. government default that would trigger a global…


IN-DEPTH: Biden EPA Proposes Stringent Rules for Carbon Emissions from Coal, Oil, Natural Gas Power, Boosting Carbon Capture

After weeks of buildup, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally unveiled a new suite of carbon emissions proposals for power produced using natural gas, coal, and oil that could spur the use of carbon capture technologies. The standards released on May 11 would impact new and old power infrastructure, including new natural gas turbines and…


Biden EPA Announces Toughest-Ever Rules for Power Plant Emissions

After weeks of buildup, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its strictest-ever rules for power produced using natural gas, coal, and oil that could spur the use of carbon capture technologies. The standards released on May 11 would impact new and old power infrastructure, including new natural gas turbines and the country’s existing coal fleet….


IN-DEPTH: What Happens to Unaccompanied Minors Who Illegally Enter the US

With thousands of people entering the United States illegally, every town is a potential border town faced with absorbing large influxes of illegal immigrants who will need food, shelter, clothing, and money. Some are bused to large cities far from the border, some have been flown—often in the middle of the night—to a myriad of…


IN-DEPTH: Biden Administration Draws Bipartisan Fire for Not Anticipating Sudan Crisis

The only people surprised that rival generals were marshaling forces to battle for supremacy in Sudan were the U.S. State Department and its Africa desk, Republican and Democratic senators alleged during a May 10 hearing on “options for an effective policy response” to the unfolding catastrophe. As a result, senators said, when fighting exploded April…


Biden Administration Draws Bipartisan Fire for Not Anticipating Sudan Crisis

The only people surprised that rival generals were marshaling forces to battle for supremacy in Sudan were the U.S. State Department and its Africa desk, Republican and Democratic senators alleged during a May 10 hearing on “options for an effective policy response” to the unfolding catastrophe. As a result, senators said, when fighting exploded April…