Tag: Politics

Republicans Aim at EPA’s Possible Approval of California Ban on Gas-Powered Car Sales by 2035

June 22, 2023
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A bill from House Republicans is targeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to issue Clean Air Act waivers for California that could lead to major restrictions or even bans on gas-powered vehicles. Those waivers are a live issue. Last month, the California Air Resources Board asked the Biden administration for one so it can ban…

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India’s Modi Sells World’s Largest Democracy as Powerful Ally to US

June 22, 2023
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his second address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, emphasized the strength of India’s democracy, cultural diversity, and economic growth, as well as the potential of U.S.–India ties. “The U.S. is the oldest and India [is] the largest democracy. Our partnership augurs well for the future of…

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Florida Sues Biden Administration Over College Accreditations

June 22, 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a lawsuit against Biden’s Department of Education to stop accrediting agencies from having power over the state’s colleges and universities in his ongoing war against “woke” ideology. Attorney General Ashley Moody joined DeSantis during a news conference on June 22, announcing a lawsuit challenging a federal requirement that public postsecondary schools must…

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Officials Laud Congressional Oversight, but Can’t Promise Delivery of Requested Documents

June 22, 2023
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Republican staffers on the House Judiciary Committee’s Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight Subcommittee were suddenly sent scurrying during the panel’s June 22 hearing when Democrats, without warning, offered a privileged motion to adjourn. The staffers were rushing to get subcommittee chairman Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.) and Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), who had both stepped out…

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Rep. Biggs Decries Biden DOJ for Re-Prosecuting Man Whose Sentence Was Commuted by Trump

June 22, 2023
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The Biden administration’s effort to retry former healthcare executive Philip Esformes is “a travesty of justice,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said at a congressional oversight hearing on June 22. Convicted in a healthcare fraud scheme, Esformes was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2019. In December 2020, then-President Donald Trump commuted to time served…

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Senate Democrats Shoot Down Measure to Block Biden Pistol Brace Rule

June 22, 2023
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The Senate on Thursday shot down a Republican-backed joint resolution that disapproves the Biden administration’s new rule on pistol braces. The resolution, originally sponsored by 182 Republican members of Congress, passed the House last week by a largely party-line vote of 219-210. It failed by one vote, 49-50, in the Senate. The measure would have…

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Congressional Bill Aims To Protect Journalists From Government Surveillance

June 22, 2023
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American journalists may soon have protection from Congress against attempts by the federal government to seize their private data. A bipartisan coalition in the House and Senate reintroduced the PRESS Act (Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying) on June 21 to limit the government’s ability to compel reporters to disclose data that might reveal the identities…

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[PREMIERING 6/23, 8PM ET] Kash’s Corner: Durham’s Single Biggest Miss; Hunter Biden’s Pretrial Diversion Explained

June 22, 2023
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In this Season 7 finale of Kash’s Corner, we take a look at John Durham’s recent testimony in Congress and Hunter Biden reaching a deal to plead guilty to tax charges—exactly as Kash Patel predicted on the show in early May. What have we learned from this six-year investigation into the Russiagate saga? What key…

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‘I Am Sitting Here With My Father,’ Hunter Biden Says in WhatsApp Message to Chinese Businessman: Whistleblower

June 22, 2023
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Hunter Biden sent a Whatsapp message to a Chinese businessman during a dispute saying he was “sitting here with my father,” and used his father’s name and connections to threaten him to follow Hunter’s “direction,” according to allegations made by an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower. The message was made to Henry Zhao, a Chinese…

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