The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said that a recent announcement from the Biden administration will not impact the agency’s ability to issue emergency use authorizations for certain COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. “Importantly, the ending of the public health emergency declared by HHS under the Public Health Service Act will not impact…
FDA Reveals ‘Impact’ After White House Announces End to COVID Emergency
These Benefits Will Disappear When US Ends COVID Public Health Emergency in 3 Months
A number of Americans will soon have to pay for COVID-19 testing and treatment after the Biden administration signaled the end of the pandemic public health emergency. The White House issued a statement Monday announcing it will oppose House GOP-backed bills to end the pandemic-related emergencies, but it stated that the emergency and public health emergency…
Biden: US Will Not Supply F-16 Fighter Jets to Ukraine
President Joe Biden has seemingly ruled out that the United States will be providing Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets. In a short exchange with reporters on Jan. 30, Biden was asked if the United States would be providing F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, to which he simply replied, “No.” Biden’s comments follow a similar announcement…
Biden Announces $1.2 Billion in Mega Grants as Republicans Target ‘Wasteful Spending’ in Debt Cap Standoff
President Joe Biden on Jan. 31 announced nearly $1.2 billion in mega grants for a series of infrastructure projects, including $292 million to build a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, which comes amid a government borrowing limit standoff with Republicans who are pushing for spending curbs. The…
House Panel Pulls Plug Fast-Tracking Debate to End Pandemic Orders
President Joe Biden says his administration will end the three-year COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11 but Republican leaders in the United States House of Representatives aim to declare it over as soon as Feb. 1. The newly constituted GOP-controlled House Rules Committee cleared four pandemic-related bills during four hours of hearings on Jan….
Watchdog Says Top Interior Official Held Oil Company Interests as Agency Regulated Competitors
The second highest-ranked official in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the Department of the Interior (DOI) has been accused of failing to divest from her stakes in a major oil company whose competitors were regulated by her agency. On Monday, a nonprofit organization called Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) filed a complaint against…
Biden Says No F-16s for Ukraine as Russia Claims Gains
KYIV, Ukraine/WASHINGTON—The United States will not provide the F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine has sought in its fight against Russia, President Joe Biden said on Monday, as Russian forces claimed a series of incremental gains in the country’s east. Ukraine planned to push for Western fourth-generation fighter jets such as the F-16 after securing supplies…
Biden Admin Plans to End COVID-19 Emergency Declarations on May 11
The Biden administration has informed Congress it plans to end national COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11. The move would shift the U.S. government’s response for managing COVID-19 back to the normal authorities given to federal agencies, with the virus to be considered as endemic. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency at the start of…
Jury Acquits Pro-Life Activist Whose Home Was Raided by FBI
Pro-life activist Mark Houck was found not guilty by a federal court in Philadelphia on Jan. 30 on charges that arose from an October 2021 altercation outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Houck was accused of twice violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended…
Witnesses on ‘Biden’s Border Crisis’ Set for Judiciary Committee
Witnesses are slated to testify about the Mexican border crisis to the powerful Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 1. “The hearing, ‘Biden’s Border Crisis—Part One,’ will examine border security, national security, and how fentanyl has impacted American lives,” the committee’s Republicans said in a Jan. 30 news release. The first three…
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