Tag: Executive Branch

Mortgage Insurance Costs Being Cut by $800 for 850,000 Americans

U.S. mortgage insurance costs are being cut by $800 for 850,000 Americans. Families buying their first home will be eligible to receive some relief from mortgage insurance payments, following an announcement by the White House on Feb. 23. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the new program during an event in Maryland on Feb. 23 along…


Buttigieg Vows to ‘Raise the Bar’ on Rail Safety in Visit to Ohio Derailment Site, Admits He Took Too Long to Respond

Nearly three weeks after a toxic train derailment upended life in the village of East Palestine, Ohio, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made his first visit to the community to meet with those affected on Thursday, Feb. 23, promising accountability and higher safety standards. Noting that the National Transportation Security Board released its preliminary findings on…


Biden Issues Executive Order Promoting Equity Using ‘Woke AI’

President Joe Biden has approved an executive order that directs federal agencies to use artificial intelligence to achieve “equity” objectives—a move observers are warning is equivalent to integrating a “woke AI” into the government. “When designing, developing, acquiring, and using artificial intelligence and automated systems in the Federal Government, agencies shall do so, consistent with…


Residents Applaud Trump, Chastise Biden Administration in Ohio Toxic Train Derailment Village

Downtown East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 22 looked much like it does on a high school football Friday during the fall. Instead of gathering for a football game, residents congregated near the East Palestine Fire Department on a Wednesday afternoon hoping to get a glimpse of former President Donald Trump. As President Joe Biden returned…


Ohio Residents Applaud Trump, Chastise Biden Administration in Toxic Train Derailment Village

Downtown East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 22 looked much like it does on a Friday during high school football season—mostly abandoned and quiet. Instead of gathering for a football game, however, residents congregated near the East Palestine Fire Department on a Wednesday afternoon hoping to get a glimpse of former President Donald Trump. While President…


Buttigieg Holds Press Conference at Ohio Train Derailment Site

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits the site of the derailment of the Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, and holds a media availability at 11: 45 a.m. ET on Feb. 23, one day after former President Donald Trump’s visit. The Epoch Times will livestream his visit. …


US Calls on Beijing to ‘End Its Abuse’ of Falun Gong Adherents After Death of Jailed Journalist

The U.S. State Department has condemned the Chinese Communist Party following the death of a jailed journalist for his belief in the spiritual discipline Falun Gong. The journalist, Pang Xun, 30, a radio host for state-owned Sichuan Radio and Television, died in December 2022 at a Chinese prison notorious for its brutality toward adherents of Falun Gong—the…


White House Blames Republicans, Former Trump Officials for Toxic Chemical Spill in Ohio

The White House criticized Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration on Wednesday, claiming they should be to blame for the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The criticism came on the same day as former President Donald Trump visited the derailment site, during which he called out the Biden administration for its slow response. “Congressional…


Biden Says US ‘Less Safe’ After Russia Suspends Nuclear Treaty but ‘No Evidence’ of Putin’s Plans to Use Weapons

President Joe Biden on Feb. 22 branded Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States a “big mistake” but stressed that there is so far no evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to use nuclear weapons. Biden made the comments in an interview with ABC…


Biden: No Evidence Putin Plans to Use Nuclear Weapons

President Joe Biden on Feb. 22 branded Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States a “big mistake” but stressed that there is so far no evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to use nuclear weapons. Biden made the comments in an interview with ABC…