Tag: Executive Branch

AG Merrick Garland Says No Double Standard of Justice in Biden Classified Docs Case

January 24, 2023
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Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that his agency hasn’t used a double standard when investigating President Joe Biden’s classified case. Former President Donald Trump and some Republicans have said the Department of Justice has treated Biden more leniently than the former commander-in-chief, whose house was raided by FBI agents in August. Those agents found…

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Classified Documents Discovered at Home of Former Vice President Mike Pence

January 24, 2023
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Documents with classification markings were found at Mike Pence’s home, lawyers for the former vice president say. A “small number of documents bearing classified markings” were found on Jan. 16, Greg Jacob, one of the lawyers, informed the National Archives and Records Administration in a Jan. 18 letter obtained by The Epoch Times. The discovery…

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State Department Issues Travel Warning to Popular Tourist Destination

January 24, 2023
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The U.S. State Department on Monday issued a travel warning for American citizens visiting tourist areas in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo due to “recent incidents involving taxi and Uber drivers.” The “security alert” said that American citizens should be wary of “application-based transportation services in Mexico,” the State Department wrote. Quintana Roo encompasses Cancun…

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DOD Awards New $3 Million Grant to EcoHealth Alliance Group Tied to Wuhan Lab

January 24, 2023
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The Department of Defense (DOD) in December awarded a $3 million grant to EcoHealth Alliance Inc, the nonprofit organization that for years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic funneled money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The DOD awarded the approximately $2,987,827.07 grant to EcoHealth beginning Dec. 12 for the purpose of “reducing the threat of viral spillover from wildlife…

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Experts Warn That GOP and Democrats Need to Balance Raising Debt Ceiling With Reforms to Avert Disaster

January 24, 2023
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President Joe Biden and the Democrats are ensconced in a tough fight with the Republicans over the federal debt limit after the country exceeded the $31.381 trillion ceiling. The White House revealed that “there will be no negotiations,” while the GOP opposes a “clean” increase in the debt ceiling. As both sides hammer out a…

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Biden Will Veto GOP Bill Restricting Strategic Petroleum Reserve Releases: Energy Secretary

January 24, 2023
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President Biden will veto a House Republican bill that would restrict the release of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) emergency reserve, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Jan. 23. “If Congress were to pass H.R. 21, the president would veto it. He will not allow the American people to suffer because of the…

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IRS Boasts of Better Services Thanks to $80 Billion Funding in ‘Inflation Reduction Act’

January 23, 2023
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The Treasury Department has announced that it is rolling out new measures aimed at improving customer service for 2022’s tax season. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is starting to accept federal income tax returns for 2022, and is toting its new and improved services after receiving $80 billion in funding for the next decade from…

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DOJ Signals to Rep. Jim Jordan It Won’t Hand Over Documents Related to Pending Investigations

January 23, 2023
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has informed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that information about ongoing investigations will not be shared, in a letter on Jan. 20. The DOJ stated that “any oversight request must be weighed against the department’s interests in protecting the integrity of its work.” Assistant Attorney General for the Office…

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Top House Republican Presses Secret Service for Information on Visitors Who Went to Biden’s Home

January 23, 2023
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A congressman is pressing the U.S. Secret Service for information on who visited the Biden home in Delaware where classified documents were discovered in recent months. While a subset of the visitors to President Joe Biden’s Wilmington house was disclosed to the public prior to the documents being found, a number aren’t known. The Secret Service…

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Top House Republican Presses Secret Service for Information on Visitors to Biden’s Wilmington Home

January 23, 2023
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A congressman is pressing the U.S. Secret Service for information on who visited the Biden home in Delaware where classified documents were discovered in recent months. While a subset of the visitors to President Joe Biden’s Wilmington house was disclosed to the public prior to the documents being found, a number aren’t known. The Secret Service…

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