Category: Executive Branch

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s First Budget Sheds Light on Priorities for Pennsylvania

March 8, 2023
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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget address Tuesday laid out his vision of policies to prioritize in his proposed $44.4 billion budget, and he made an attempt to unify those listening. “Let’s work together,” he urged House and Senate members who assembled to hear his plan. And, “believe in us,” Shapiro, a Democrat, asked of those…

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Senators Mull Past Failures, Possible Solutions on Big Tech

March 8, 2023
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Members of a Senate antitrust subcommittee on March 7 voiced frustration over the failed attempts by Democrats and Republicans alike to regulate tech giants like Google and Apple, as expert witnesses and lawmakers debated legislation that didn’t get a full vote last Congress. “Neither the judiciary nor the executive branch can solve these problems alone—Congress…

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DeSantis Presses Biden to Let Unvaccinated Tennis Star Djokovic Enter Florida

March 8, 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has penned a fiery letter to President Joe Biden, criticizing the administration’s “misguided and unscientific” COVID-19 vaccine mandate for foreign travelers and asking the president to grant an exemption that would let unvaccinated tennis player Novak Djokovic compete in a Miami tournament. DeSantis made the request in a March 7 letter…

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Ned Price to Step Down as State Department Spokesman

March 8, 2023
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State Department spokesman Ned Price will step down from his position later this month, department officials announced Tuesday. “For people in America and around the world, Ned Price has often been a face and voice of U.S. foreign policy,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. “He’s performed with extraordinary professionalism and integrity. On…

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Biden FCC Nominee Withdraws Following Manchin Opposition Announcement

March 8, 2023
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Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill the vacant seat on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), announced on Tuesday her decision to withdraw from consideration. Sohn said in a statement, first obtained by The Washington Post, that the “unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks on my character and my career as an advocate for the…

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Weaponization of Government Panel Says FTC Orchestrated ‘Aggressive Campaign to Harass Twitter’

March 7, 2023
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The House panel investigating the weaponization of the federal government said Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has orchestrated “an aggressive campaign to harass Twitter” as part of its “unusual response” to Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social network. The Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government…

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White House ‘Strongly Disagrees’ With Calling Jan. 6 Protesters Peaceful ‘Tourists’

March 7, 2023
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New security footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach that aired Monday on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” has left many, including Carlson himself, questioning the Biden administration’s depiction of the incident as an “insurrection.” But while Carlson felt most of the Capitol protesters would be more accurately described as reverent “tourists,” the White House…

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Defense Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq

March 7, 2023
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Twenty years after the launch of the U.S.-led coalition invasion of Iraq, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on March 7 to meet with the nation’s prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. Austin is on a multi-day tour of the Middle East during which he will meet with the leaders of…

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Reps. Jordan, Massie Ask ATF Director to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

March 7, 2023
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Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) of the House Judiciary Committee have requested that the director and employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) testify regarding the agency’s firearms policies. In a March 6 letter to ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, the congressmen invited Dettelbach to testify at a 10…

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Retirement Funds of Millions of Americans in ‘Jeopardy’ as ESG Rule Weakens Protections

March 7, 2023
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News Analysis The Biden administration and Congress are currently caught up in a tug-of-war over a new Labor Department rule regarding whether Americans’ retirement savings should be used to finance a climate and social-justice agenda. This conflict goes well beyond obscure investment rules and administrative procedures and will likely affect the financial security of many…

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