Tag: Executive Branch

Retirements 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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Republican Senators Request All Records Behind Intelligence Chief’s COVID Origins Report

March 6, 2023
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A group of Republican senators is calling on Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to turn over the materials that informed her office’s latest assessment on the origins of COVID-19. In a March 6 letter (pdf), the senators—led by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Md.)—asked that Haines provide the “memoranda; emails; interim and final assessments provided by…

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US Blacklists 37 Companies, Including China’s BGI, Inspur

March 6, 2023
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The Biden administration on Thursday added 37 companies to a trade, including units of Chinese genetics company BGI and Chinese cloud computing firm Inspur, in a move that promises to further ratchet up tensions with Beijing. The Commerce Department, which oversees export controls, added BGI Research and BGI Tech Solutions (Hongkong), over allegations that the…

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‘They Are Lying’: Tucker Carlson Reveals New Details From Exclusive Jan. 6 Video Footage

March 6, 2023
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Fox  News host Tucker Carlson revealed that his show will air Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach footage this week to show how federal and congressional officials “are lying” to Americans. “The defenders of democracy are defending democracy again,” the Fox News host said last week. “They’re telling you it’s really, really dangerous. And anyone would get…

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Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic ‘Withdraws’ From Indian Wells Open

March 6, 2023
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Tennis pro Novak Djokovic will not compete at the Indian Wells Open in California for a third consecutive year. “World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the 2023 BNP Paribas Open. With his withdrawal, Nikoloz Basilashvili moves into the field,” organizers confirmed late on March 5. The statement did not provide further details as to why the…

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Probability of Debt Default Has Risen 300 Percent Since Start of Year: Report

March 4, 2023
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The probability of a catastrophic U.S. debt default has risen by 300 percent since the start of the year. A recent report from MSCI, an American financial service provider, warned about the tripling of a debt default and said that Congress must pass a spending bill to avoid a disaster in the next few months. “Implied default probabilities have…

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Biden Walks Away From Question About Holding China Accountable for COVID Origin

March 3, 2023
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Days after FBI Director Christopher Wray said the origin of the COVID pandemic is “most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” President Joe Biden abruptly walked away from the White House press corps when asked about whether he intends to hold China accountable. On March 3, the president approached the waiting press corps on…

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Biden and Germany’s Scholz Vow to Support Ukraine ‘As Long as It Takes’

March 3, 2023
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U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss the war in Ukraine and the challenges posed by China’s communist regime. Scholz met Biden in the Oval Office for an extended one-on-one discussion about Russia’s attempted conquest in Ukraine, during which both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to supplying military and humanitarian…

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Biden Finds No Olive Branches on Alaska’s North Slope in Pending Willow Decision

March 3, 2023
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President Joe Biden is stuck between Alaska’s North Slope and a hard place in pondering his pending decision to deny or endorse Conoco-Phillips’ $8 billion Willow Project, the largest new oil field development proposed in the United States in decades. Among Biden’s 2020 campaign pledges was “no, no, no more” new oil drilling on federal…

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Disgruntled Democrats Bemoan Biden’s Vow to Block Washington Crime Law

March 3, 2023
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Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are expressing frustration with President Joe Biden after he signaled his support for a Republican-led effort to reverse a local District of Columbia law that softens penalties on violent crimes. The Revised Criminal Code Act, initially vetoed by Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser, was passed by the district’s city council in…

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