House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Feb. 23 gaveled in the panel’s second hearing on what lawmakers have dubbed the “Biden border crisis” from Yuma, Arizona. Republicans have long rallied against President Joe Biden’s policy in regards to the U.S.–Mexico border, where the rate of illegal immigration has hit unprecedented levels. The border is…
Judiciary Republicans Gavel in Second Hearing on ‘Biden Border Crisis’ From Yuma, Arizona
Residents Applaud Trump, Chastise Biden Administration in Ohio Toxic Train Derailment Village
Downtown East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 22 looked much like it does on a high school football Friday during the fall. Instead of gathering for a football game, residents congregated near the East Palestine Fire Department on a Wednesday afternoon hoping to get a glimpse of former President Donald Trump. As President Joe Biden returned…
Ohio Residents Applaud Trump, Chastise Biden Administration in Toxic Train Derailment Village
Downtown East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 22 looked much like it does on a Friday during high school football season—mostly abandoned and quiet. Instead of gathering for a football game, however, residents congregated near the East Palestine Fire Department on a Wednesday afternoon hoping to get a glimpse of former President Donald Trump. While President…
US Could Default on Debt as Early as Summer, New Study Estimates
The United States will run out of existing funds to pay the nation’s bills within seven months unless Congress raises the debt ceiling, a bipartisan group confirmed on Feb. 22 The “X Date” when the government will have to begin delaying some payments can’t be predicted with certainty, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC),…
Biden Calls Ohio and Pennsylvania Officials to Address East Palestine Train Derailment
President Joe Biden called elected officials in Ohio and Pennslyvania on Tuesday to address the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In social media posts on Tuesday, Biden said he spoke by phone with Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio). Biden called those…
Senate Republicans Introduce Legislation Prohibiting IRS From Conducting Financial Surveillance on Private Citizens
Thirty-one of the Senate’s 49 Republicans are co-sponsoring a proposal to nullify a Biden administration proposal by banning the IRS from conducting surveillance on the financial affairs of virtually all individual Americans. The lead co-sponsors of the “Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act” include Sen. John Boozman and Sen. Tom Cotton, both from Arkansas, as well…
Oversight Committee Seeks to Interview Former Top UN Official on Hunter Biden’s Relationship With Chinese Energy Firm
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability investigators want to interview former United Nations General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic of Serbia as a key potential witness regarding the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and brother, James. “Vuk Jeremic is a key witness in our investigation of Joe Biden’s involvement in his family’s international…
Oversight Panel Seeks to Interview Former Top UN Official on Hunter Biden’s Relationship With Chinese Energy Firm
Investigators for the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability want to interview former United Nations General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic of Serbia as a key potential witness regarding the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and brother, James. “Vuk Jeremic is a key witness in our investigation of Joe Biden’s involvement in his…
McCarthy Took Social Security Cuts ‘Off the Table’ in Debt Ceiling Talks, but It’s Still ‘Third Rail’ in US Politics
Republicans erupted in loud and sustained protests when President Joe Biden claimed during his Feb. 7 State of the Union (SOTU) address that they planned to cut Medicare and Social Security benefits for the elderly. “Some of my Republican friends want to take the economy hostage unless I agree to their economic plans. All of…
Scrutiny Over Buttigieg’s Response to Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Continues
Under scrutiny for what Republicans and Democrats are calling a slow response to the fiery Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment on Feb. 3 in eastern Ohio, Secretary of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sent a letter on Feb. 19 to the railroad’s CEO demanding that the company “demonstrate unequivocal support for the people” of East Palestine as…
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