Tag: Executive Branch

Scott Continues Iowa Tour As 2024 Buzz Grows

February 22, 2023
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) continued his “Faith In America” tour on Feb. 22 in a back-and-forth exchange with a crowd of Polk County Republicans at their Lincoln Day Dinner in West Des Moines, Iowa. Yet even as he builds momentum, South Carolina’s junior senator has stayed mum on 2024. Scott spoke earlier on Feb. 21…

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Buttigieg Schedules Feb. 23 Visit to Ohio Derailment Site Amid Mounting Criticism

February 22, 2023
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 23—nearly three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there leaking toxic chemicals into the community. Earlier this week, Buttigieg demurred on announcing a specific date and time for a visit, telling reporters only that he was planning to do so “when the…

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Buttigieg Schedules Visit to Ohio Derailment Site Amid Mounting Criticism

February 22, 2023
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg can confirmed a visit to troubled East Palestine, Ohio—nearly three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there leaking toxic chemicals into the community. Earlier this week, Buttigieg demurred on announcing a specific date and time for a visit, telling reporters only that he was planning to do so “when the…

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Legal Foundation Demands Answers From IRS Over Risk of ‘Discriminatory’ Audits

February 22, 2023
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Records of communications among top-level Biden administration officials are being sought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that may shed light on how the federal government has altered or plans to alter tax audit policy in accordance with a Feb. 16 Executive Order. The America First Legal Foundation (AFL), a Washington-based nonprofit agency, filed…

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Tim Scott Challenges Left’s Racial Rhetoric: ‘You Can Even Call Me Uncle Tim’

February 22, 2023
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) spoke of race, faith, and America on Feb. 22 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, as rumors of his potential 2024 bid percolate through political Washington. “God has already blessed America,” he told the audience. Scott invoked his experience as a successful black American to reject some of the criticism…

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House GOP Turns Up the Heat on Push for Oil, Gas Permitting, Regulation Reform

February 22, 2023
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Republicans are mining what they hope is a rich vein of public sentiment favoring fossil fuels with a sled of legislation introduced since January that seeks to unbridle domestic oil and gas producers from regulatory restraints allegedly being exploited by the Biden administration in pushing “rush to green energy policies.” Those proposals include a 17-bill…

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Polish Diplomat: Biden’s Visit to Poland Symbolic, Productive, Practical as Ukraine War Stretches On

February 22, 2023
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Adrian Kubicki, consul general for the Polish Consulate in New York City, hailed President Joe Biden’s visit to Poland on Monday as an important show of unity for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) a year after Russia invaded Poland’s neighbor, Ukraine. Kubicki told NTD that Biden’s visit affirms the fact that NATO “remains united…

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Biden Declines to Veto Apple Watch Import Ban

February 22, 2023
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The Biden administration declined to veto a trade court’s decision that could block imports of Apple Watches. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced a ban on imports of Apple’s watch products for infringing on AliveCor patents related to heart monitoring, on Feb 21. The ITC case was filed under Certain Wearable Electronic Devices With ECG…

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China Has No Intent to Help US in Climate Change: Senior Expert

February 22, 2023
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As the United States is ramping up talks with China over climate issues, Kelly Sloan, senior fellow in energy and environment at Centennial Institute, has said that China has no intention of helping the West in this regard. During last year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told The Associated Press that…

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China Has No Intention of Helping US in Climate Change Initiatives: Expert

February 22, 2023
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As the United States is ramping up talks with China over climate issues, Kelly Sloan, senior fellow in energy and environment at Centennial Institute, has said that China has no intention of helping the West in this regard. During last year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told The Associated Press that…

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