Category: Executive Branch

Biden Doubts Future of His Student Loan Cancellation Plan

March 2, 2023
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he’s not sure whether the Supreme Court would block his plan to “forgive” hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. “I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law. I’m not confident about the outcome of the decision yet,” the president told reporters when asked…

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Republican Deficit Reduction Bill Would Force Biden to Cut Spending

March 2, 2023
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President Joe Biden will have cut spending over 10 years by an amount equal to any requested increase in the debt ceiling if a Republican proposal becomes law. Announcement of the bill came on the same day Senate Democrats chided Republicans for their unwillingness to provide details of the spending cuts they insist must be…

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US to ‘Use All Instruments of National Power’ Against Malign Cyber Actors

March 2, 2023
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The Biden administration will use all instruments of national power—up to and including military action—to neutralize cyber threats to the United States. Ensuring that the United States used a whole-of-government approach to combat cyber threats was necessary to deter adversarial actors, be they nation states or individuals, said acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden. “We…

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FDA Officials Push Back After Adviser Says Young, Healthy People Don’t Need New COVID-19 Boosters

March 2, 2023
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Top U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials are countering an adviser’s position that young, healthy people do not need the updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Drs. Robert Califf and Peter Marks pointed to a study that analyzed the immune response from 12 people after receiving one of the updated boosters, compared with 23 people who…

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Push for Green Energy Increases US Reliance on China, Benefiting Regime: Cybersecurity Expert

March 2, 2023
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The push for green energy is increasing U.S. reliance on China and, thus, is benefiting the communist regime immensely, according to Rex Lee, a cybersecurity adviser at My Smart Privacy. As the Biden administration “races to deploy green energy,” the demand for materials to produce electric vehicle batteries—such as lithium and cobalt—continues to surge. Meanwhile,…

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Lawmakers Decry ‘Politicization’ of Justice Department Under Garland

March 2, 2023
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Concern about potential political bias at the Department of Justice (DOJ) was bipartisan on Capitol Hill on March 1 as Attorney General Merrick Garland was set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Merrick Garland, sadly, has been the most political attorney general we’ve ever had,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told NTD News, sister outlet…

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Biden ‘Stronger’ Against CCP with United Congress: McCarthy

March 2, 2023
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The top Republican in Congress hopes that a bipartisan consensus on the threat posed by communist China can help strengthen President Joe Biden’s position against the regime. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Texas) said that a strong bipartisan foundation for China policy would improve the president’s ability to meet the threat posed by Beijing head-on. “If…

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Russia Unlikely to Make Significant Gains in Ukraine in Near Future: Defense Official

March 2, 2023
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Russia is unlikely to make any substantial territorial gains in its second year of conflict with Ukraine, according to the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl. Speaking at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Feb. 28, Kahl noted: “You may see small portions of territory change hands in the coming weeks…

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DOJ Calls on Congress to Renew Spying Law FBI Used to Justifying Searching Americans’ Data

March 2, 2023
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The Biden administration on Tuesday called on Congress to renew a surveillance law set to expire at the end of the year, calling it a powerful tool in fending off foreign threats despite criticisms that it has become the FBI’s go-to justification for spying on Americans. The law in question, known as Section 702 of…

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New Biden Cyber Strategy Takes Aim at China as ‘Most Persistent Threat’

March 2, 2023
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The Biden administration’s new cybersecurity strategy takes aim at China’s communist regime and other authoritarian powers for subverting the international order through malign cyber activity. The 2023 National Cyber Strategy, released on March 2, says that communist China and other regimes are attempting to export their own forms of authoritarianism through the use of technology….

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