U.S. President Joe Biden addressed leaders of the NATO military alliance in Poland on Feb. 22, where he pledged continued support for their security after Russia suspended a major nuclear arms control treaty. Biden addressed leaders from NATO’s eastern flank, colloquially called the “Bucharest Nine,” which joined NATO after decades of the Soviet Union’s communist…
‘Democracies Are Being Tested’: Biden Vows NATO Support After Russia Nuclear Threat
Biden Vows to Defend ‘Every Inch of NATO’ After Russia Nuclear Treaty Suspension
U.S. President Joe Biden addressed leaders of the NATO military alliance in Poland on Feb. 22, where he pledged continued support for their security after Russia suspended a major nuclear arms control treaty. Biden addressed leaders from NATO’s eastern flank, colloquially called the “Bucharest Nine,” which joined NATO after decades of the Soviet Union’s communist…
Nuclear Power: A Now-Embraceable 3rd Rail of Bipartisan Accord in Energy Debate
Behind long-dredged but deepening trenches, Democrats lobby for renewables—wind, solar, biomass—and Republicans rally for fossil fuels—oil, gas, coal—with both sides claiming their polar policies plot the best ways forward to a national future secured by reliable, affordable domestic energy. Between both lines, but not drawing partisan fire, shimmers nuclear energy, the one power neither party…
28 Groups Ask Biden Admin to Reinforce Women’s Rights in Sports
More than 20 legal and advocacy groups, and former education officials have sent a letter (pdf) to the Biden administration’s Department of Education (DOE) requesting that the Department quash its plan to allow males to compete in women’s sports and use women’s locker rooms. The DOE proposed regulations in 2022 to amend Title IX of the…
EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Clean Up Chemicals After Ohio Train Derailment
Norfolk Southern Railway has been ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct “all cleanup actions” associated with the Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. “Norfolk Southern will pay for cleaning up the mess that they created and the trauma that they inflicted on this community and…
Buttigieg Confirms He’ll Visit East Palestine, Wants More Regulations After Train Derailment
Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Tuesday that he is “planning to go” to East Palestine, Ohio, amid criticism that top Biden officials have not visited the village after a toxic train derailment earlier this month. “I am planning to go and our folks were on the ground from the first hours,” Buttigieg told…
DeSantis Reacts to Biden’s Ukraine Visit, Warns ‘Proxy War’ with China in Ukraine
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in on President Joe Biden’s unannounced visit to Ukraine on Feb. 20, criticizing the President’s “blank check” promise to the European nation and noting that the communist regime in China is greater threat to the values that the United States and its global allies uphold at this time. DeSantis was…
EPA Administrator to Return to Ohio’s Toxic Train Crash Site on Feb. 21
Less than a week after visiting East Palestine, where he told reporters that “we’re trusting the science” and that he would let his children drink the water there if testing showed it was safe, EPA administrator Michael S. Regan is returning to the eastern Ohio village that continues to recover from the aftermath of a…
Scrutiny Over Buttigieg’s Response to Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Continues
Under scrutiny for what Republicans and Democrats are calling a slow response to the fiery Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment on Feb. 3 in eastern Ohio, Secretary of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sent a letter on Feb. 19 to the railroad’s CEO demanding that the company “demonstrate unequivocal support for the people” of East Palestine as…
Sneaking a President Into a Warzone: Details Behind Secret Plans for Biden’s Ukraine Visit
President Joe Biden’s surprise six-hour visit to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 20 was planned by the White House for months but wasn’t “a go” until Feb. 17, administration officials told journalists during a phone conference after Biden left the embattled nation without disclosing when and how he did so….
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