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WHO Continuing Efforts to Gain Control of National Health Policies: Journalist

Despite the failure of the Biden administration to give the World Health Organization (WHO) powers to impose a health emergency on any nation without consent, efforts to empower the WHO through regulatory overreach are continuing, said Alex Newman, an award-winning international journalist. In January 2022, the Biden administration proposed 13 amendments to the International Health…


Freedom Caucus Demands Biden Stop Efforts to Strengthen ‘Mismanaged and Corrupt’ WHO

The House Freedom Caucus on May 23 demanded that President Joe Biden “halt … efforts to empower the World Health Organization (WHO)” and return to President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw from the controversial body. In July 2020, Trump signed an order initiating a withdrawal of the United States from the WHO, which has been…


EXCLUSIVE: House Freedom Caucus Members Got Earmarks Despite Caucus’s Past Opposition

Data from the Bipartisan Policy Center reveal that congressmen in the House Freedom Caucus requested earmarks in last month’s omnibus bill—a move at odds with the conservative caucus’s critical previous statements on earmarks, but possibly in line with private discussions among its members. “Earmarks are the currency of corruption. The @freedomcaucus opposes earmarks, whether in…


House Freedom Caucus Elects Rep. Scott Perry as Next Chairman

The conservative House Freedom Caucus has elected Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) as chairman of the group, replacing Rep. Andy Biffs (R-Ariz.), who was term-limited. “For the past six years, I have stood shoulder to shoulder with the men and women of the Freedom Caucus as we have tirelessly fought to hold the line to promote…


Republican Lawmakers Question Attacks on Ivermectin as COVID-19 Treatment

WASHINGTON–A group of Republican lawmakers threw their support behind doctors who advocate for the right to try ivermectin, an inexpensive antiparasitic drug, for treating COVID-19. Ivermectin is the latest drug caught in controversy after demand surged dramatically in August. Physician and pharmacist groups, including the American Medical Association “strongly oppose” the prescribing of ivermectin to treat COVID-19…