Tag: Politics

Senate Democrat, GOP Leaders Mum About Red Lines in Annual Defense Bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) were unclear about what red lines their parties have in the $876.8 billion annual defense policy bill. The Democrat-controlled Senate began on July 19 to vote on what will be a total of 51 amendments—21 each from Democrats and Republicans and nine…


Opposition Grows to Biden Admin’s Climate Crackdown on Dishwashers

A coalition of over a dozen industry and consumer groups has issued a scathing criticism of the Biden administration’s proposed regulatory crackdown on dishwashers as part of a sweeping fight against the perceived dangers of climate change. After first aiming at gas stoves to cut greenhouse gases, the Biden administration has turned its attention to…


McCarthy Calls Out ‘Weaponization of Government’ Following Charges on Trump Electors

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told The Epoch Times on July 19 that his party planned to probe the “weaponization” of the government in response to news that Michigan electors in the 2020 presidential election for former President Donald Trump were being charged with felonies. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced in a July 18 press…


Biden Announces Plan to Help Renters Identify Hidden Fees

The Biden administration is exposing so-called junk fees in the housing rental industry in an effort to make the actual cost of housing more transparent to consumers. President Joe Biden announced the initiative on July 19 at a meeting of the White House Competition Council, an inter-agency task force formed in 2021 to combat unfair…


GOP Doctors Slam CDC Guidance on Transgenders ‘Chestfeeding’ Infants, Request Scientific Basis for Claim

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is being questioned by GOP doctors in the Senate about its controversial guidance saying that transgender people can breastfeed children and suggesting that such individuals take drugs for lactation. According to the CDC, transgender and non-binary individuals “may give birth and breastfeed or feed at the chest (chestfeed).”…


IRS Whistleblower Offers to Disclose Additional Hunter Biden WhatsApp Messages to Congress

During a July 19 hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler said that there were WhatsApp messages from Hunter Biden not included in their original disclosure to Congress, and offered to provide additional content. Last month, on June 22, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) revealed allegations…


New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu Says He Will Not Run for Reelection

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who is serving his fourth term in office, has confirmed that he will not run for a fifth term next year. In a letter to his supporters, the Republican governor said he came to his decision after discussion with his wife and children and “much consideration.” “This was no easy…


‘We Must Act’: Matt Gaetz to Introduce Bill Defunding Jack Smith Investigation Targeting Trump

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Tuesday that he would introduce a bill to the House of Representatives “to defund” Special Counsel Jack Smith’s grand jury investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. “I will be introducing legislation to DEFUND Jack Smith’s witch hunt against President Trump,” Gaetz wrote on…


Trump Vows to Fight ‘All Politically Charged Indictments’ as Potential Third Case Looms

An Iowa audience cheered enthusiastically for former President Donald Trump and his pledge to “fight any and all politically charged indictments,” as Fox News host Sean Hannity said during a July 18 town hall. “And, if elected, he is also planning to completely reform America’s two-tiered system of justice and weaponized justice system,” Mr. Hannity…


41 Percent of Illegal Immigrant Group Biden Admin Released Into US Never Showed Up for Court Dates

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has yet to issue court summons for about 82 percent of the illegal immigrants it allowed into the United States after a federal court ordered a halt on a Biden administration immigration parole program. In May, Judge T. Kent Wetherell II of Florida’s Northern federal court district…