Category: Executive Branch

IRS to Prioritize Enforcement Including Criminal Investigation for Certain Assets

April 8, 2023
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said it would increase enforcement in the area of digital asset transactions and listed transactions. The federal agency identified certain transactions to have high-risk issues in noncompliance and vowed to ramp up enforcement in those transactions. “The IRS tracks many known, high-risk issues in noncompliance, such as digital asset transactions, listed…

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Justice Department Investigating Leak of ‘Top Secret’ Ukraine War Plans

April 8, 2023
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The Justice Department has launched an investigation into a possible leak of secret Pentagon documents that seem to detail U.S. and NATO aid to Ukraine, as well as front-line troop and armament positions, that were shared widely on social media. The documents, dated between Feb. 23 and March 1 and shared on platforms like Twitter…

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Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Restore Bump Stock Ban

April 8, 2023
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The Biden administration on Friday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that halted a federal ban on “bump stocks,” with the Justice Department requesting the high court reimpose a ban on the devices until it hears the case. Bump stocks, which are accessories that let semi-automatic firearms…

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Biden Invites Expelled Tennessee Democrats to Visit White House

April 7, 2023
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President Joe Biden on Friday invited the three Tennessee Democrats who faced expulsion for protesting on the state House floor to visit the White House. After several hours of debate on Thursday, two of three state Democrats were expelled from the Tennessee General Assembly by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The lawmakers were accused of participating…

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Biden EPA Tightens Screws on Coal Plants

April 7, 2023
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A new proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would boost emissions standards for coal-fired power plants, heartening public health advocates and raising questions from the energy industry about cost and feasibility. It comes after a February 2022 EPA ruling that reversed a Trump administration action in 2020 on the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards…

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Northern Ireland Police Fear Terror Attack Ahead of Biden Visit

April 7, 2023
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Northern Ireland police say they are “preparing for the worst” after receiving strong intelligence of a terror attack ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) confirmed it had received credible information that dissident republicans were planning significant violence on Easter Monday, a day before Biden’s highly-anticipated visit to…

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Biden Weighs In on Expulsion of Tennessee Lawmakers, Pushes for Gun Control

April 7, 2023
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President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the ousting of two lawmakers in Tennessee. “Last week, three more students and three school officials were gunned down in yet another tragic mass shooting in Nashville. On Monday, 7,000 Tennesseans, many of them students, marched to their state capitol to call on their lawmakers to take action and…

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Western US Receives $585 Million to Bolster Water Infrastructure

April 6, 2023
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Nearly $585 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be allocated toward water infrastructure repairs in the western United States, the Department of the Interior announced on April 6. The funds will go toward 83 projects across 11 states to “improve water conveyance and storage, increase safety, improve hydro power generation, and provide…

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Biden Admin Review Blames Trump for Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal

April 6, 2023
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Trump administration officials’ failure to coordinate with the incoming Biden administration in sharing insights on the February 2020 Doha Agreement peace pact led to the United States’ chaotic departure from Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, which left 13 service members dead, billions of dollars’ worth of equipment behind, and a government sustained by U.S. blood…

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Biden Vetoes Joint Resolution Against His Water Rule

April 6, 2023
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President Joe Biden has vetoed a joint resolution from the House and Senate that would have repealed his Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, delivering what could be a fatal blow to that specific challenge to his environmental agenda. The expected veto was issued on the afternoon of April 6. “I just vetoed a…

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