Category: Executive Branch

Biden Says Republicans, Tucker Carlson Should Feel Ashamed Over Jan. 6 Tapes

President Joe Biden has taken aim at Republican lawmakers who he said should feel “ashamed” of themselves for allegedly supporting efforts to “undermine” law enforcement’s response during the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol. “More than 140 officers were injured on Jan 6,” Biden wrote on Twitter. “I’ve said before: How dare anyone diminish…


TikTok ‘Screams’ of National Security Risks: FBI Director

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday about the dangers TikTok poses to the United States’ national security. “This is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government, and it, to me, it screams out with national security concerns,” Wray told senators at a March…


Congress Grapples with AI Revolution, ChatGPT

Senators and representatives held separate hearings March 8 on the perils and promise of artificial intelligence (AI), signaling lawmakers’ growing regulatory appetite in the wake of actions on the technology from the Biden administration. “AI is no longer a matter of science fiction nor is it a technology confined to research labs. AI is a…


White House Reverses Course, Gives Congress Green Light to Pass Bill Banning TikTok

WASHINGTON—The White House has reversed direction this week, saying it would support a Senate bill that would outlaw TikTok in the United States. The Biden administration had been at a standstill for two years over how to deal with the threat to national security posed by the Chinese-owned mobile app. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake…


White House Committing to Raising Taxes in Biden’s Forthcoming Budget: Press Secretary

The Biden administration is committed to raising taxes for wealthy Americans as President Joe Biden is slated to propose his budget on March 9, according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. Speaking to reporters March 8, Jean-Pierre said that Biden’s budget is aimed at cutting the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next…


Biden Administration’s ‘Catch and Release’ Border Policy Struck Down by US Judge

The federal government’s practice of releasing many illegal immigrants rather than holding them until their cases are resolved violates federal law, a U.S. judge ruled on March 8. “The evidence establishes that Defendants have effectively turned the Southwest Border into a meaningless line in the sand and little more than a speedbump for aliens flooding into…


Experts Warn That the US Is Close to Disaster on Debt Ceiling

Economists and experts warned a Senate committee hearing this week that the U.S. government is close to disaster on the federal debt ceiling. The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy conducted a hearing on Mar. 7 titled: “The Federal Debt Limit and its Economic and Financial Consequences,” with five expert…


White House Rules out Designating Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

The Biden administration on Wednesday ruled out designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations following the kidnapping of four Americans that led to two deaths near the U.S.-Mexico border. “Designating these cartels as [foreign terrorist organizations] would not grant us any additional authorities that we don’t really have at this time,” White House press…


Feds Used Lax Security on 1 Million Americans’ Accounts Because of ‘Equity’: IG

A technology arm of the federal government had lax security on about 1 million online accounts because it rejected using facial recognition technology over “equity” concerns, according to an inspector general’s (IG) report released on Tuesday. The General Services Administration’s (GSA) failed to provide other federal agencies accurate information about the level of security and…


Elon Musk Responds After Federal Agency Allegedly Makes 350 Demands for Internal Twitter Information

The Federal Trade Commission (FRC) allegedly demanded that Twitter owner Elon Musk hand the agency internal communications and information about layoffs as part of an investigation into the social media company, according to a House Judiciary Committee report. On Tuesday, the committee’s report detailed alleged FTC attempts to pressure Twitter and made more than 300…