Tag: Executive Branch

House Takes on Biden’s Waters of the United States Rule

Representatives at a Congressional hearing moved closer to challenging President Joe Biden’s new rule defining the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act, an issue pitting many farmers, ranchers, and other landowners against many environmentalists and federal bureaucrats. The meeting brought together members of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on…


A Mixed Verdict on Biden’s Truthfulness and Accuracy in State of the Union Address

Throughout his more than half-century as an elected federal official, Joe Biden has been called and challenged on his lack of accuracy and tendency to embellish and invent in his formal writing and speaking. Did President Biden build on that legacy in his State of the Union address last night? The verdict is mixed. Predictably, media…


American Taxpayers Will ‘Fund Lucrative Tax Credits’ Worth $136 Billion For Biden’s Electric Car Agenda

The Biden administration’s tax credits for electric vehicles (EV) could end up costing taxpayers four times more than earlier estimates, with multiple manufacturers set to collect billions in such credits over upcoming years. Among the many tax rebates in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed last year, one is specifically aimed at electric battery manufacturing….


Biden’s Setting the Stage for Reelection Bid: Gingrich on State of Union

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was largely dismissive of what he called the “fantasy” vision that President Joe Biden presented in Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, but one thing Gingrich gave credit for was the tone. “I thought it was designed to set the stage for him running for reelection,” Gingrich, an Epoch Times…


McCarthy Responds to Biden’s Medicare, Social Security Remarks in SOTU

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized President Joe Biden’s Feb. 7 State of the Union address in a Fox & Friends interview, accusing the president of having deliberately misrepresented critical aspects of the Republican Party’s legislative agenda while failing to take responsibility for a failed border policy and an escalating fentanyl crisis driven by China….


CDC Director Defends Mask Mandates After New Study Shows Masking Has Little Effect

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Feb. 8 defended her agency’s promotion of masking after a new study found masking had little effect on the spread of respiratory viruses like COVID-19. The Cochrane review analyzed randomized controlled studies, considered the gold standard by U.S. officials and others, but limitations…


Congress to Receive Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon on Thursday

Multiple Congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that Congress will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States last week. The meeting comes after days of debate between Republicans and Democrats about how the Biden administration addressed the craft and the threat…


Congress Members to Receive Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon on Thursday

Multiple Congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that Congress members will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States last week. The meeting comes after days of debate between Republicans and Democrats about how the Biden administration addressed the craft and the…


House Members to Receive Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon on Thursday

Multiple Congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that Congressional representatives will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States last week. The meeting comes after days of debate between Republicans and Democrats about how the Biden administration addressed the craft and the…


Four Supreme Court Justices Don’t Attend Biden’s State of the Union

Four Supreme Court justices were absent during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night in front of both houses of Congress. A review of footage of the area where Supreme Court justices sat during the speech show that Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Samuel Alito weren’t present. Sotomayor was appointed by…