Tag: White House

White House Targets 20 Percent Lower Aviation Emissions by 2030

The White House on Thursday said it is targeting 20  percent lower aviation emissions by 2030, as airlines facing pressure from environmental groups to lower their carbon footprint pledged to use more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The push to accelerate carbon cutting is part of President Joe Biden’s target of making the United States net…


Psaki Defends Administration’s Move to Oust Trump Appointees From Military Boards

White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the Biden administration’s move to oust several Trump-era appointees from military academy boards. “We’re confident in our legal abilities here,” Psaki told CNN on Thursday in the wake of several of the appointees’ threatening to file a lawsuit against the administration. The administration will now begin the process…


US–EU Officials to Kick Off New Trade, Tech Council on Sept. 29: White House

WASHINGTON—Top officials from the United States and European Union will meet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sept. 29 for the inaugural meeting of the newly established U.S.–EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC), a White House spokesperson said on Thursday. The council, announced at the U.S.–EU summit in June, aims to expand and deepen trade and investment…


CDC Tightened School Mask Guidance After Pressure From Teachers Union, Newly-Obtained Emails Show

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued tighter mask guidance after a prominent teachers union pressured the agency to include more rigorous mask recommendations in school buildings, according to newly-obtained emails by watchdog group Americans for Public Trust. The emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the watchdog and published by Fox News, show…


White House Signals New COVID-19 Measures Coming for People Who Are Unvaccinated

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday about new COVID-19 measures, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that there may be new measures that will be imposed on unvaccinated people. “There are six steps the president’s announcing, there will be new components,” Psaki told reporters on Wednesday. “Some of that will be related to…


Some 100 US Citizens Still Remain in Afghanistan, White House Official Estimates

Some 100 American citizens still remain in Afghanistan following the U.S. military withdrawal and “many of them want to stay,” White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said on Sunday. During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Klain said that the U.S. government is in touch with “all” of the Americans still left…


Biden Admin Releases $65 Billion Plan to Handle Future Pandemics

The White House on Friday announced a plan costing over $65 billion to handle future pandemics, with a report from the Biden administration saying that the United States was currently “not adequately prepared” for future biological threats. “We need better capabilities also because there is a reasonable likelihood that another serious pandemic that could be…


Sen. Joe Manchin Writes He Won’t Support Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday said Democrats need to take a “strategic pause” before considering a $3.5 trillion bill that is designed to further push President Joe Biden’s agenda. “Instead of rushing to spend trillions on new government programs and additional stimulus funding, Congress should hit a strategic pause on the budget-reconciliation legislation,” Manchin,…


Pentagon Acknowledges Americans ‘Stranded’ in Afghanistan After Pullout

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Tuesday acknowledged that Americans were stranded in Afghanistan despite earlier comments to the contrary made by White House officials. He said it’s not clear how many remain. “Right now I think the tools we have available to us and that we’re going to use as a U.S. government is going…


Unfree Speech

In this episode of Counterculture with Danielle D’Souza Gill, Danielle exposes the censorship overlords. She breaks down how the Biden White House is allying with big companies in order to carry out vaccine mandates, censor conservatives on social media, and more. She dives into free speech, forced speech, censoring individuals and the role of private…