Tag: Executive Branch

Florida AG Calls on Biden to Reinstate Drug Czar to Cabinet-Level Position

December 20, 2022
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Florida’s Attorney General has called on President Joe Biden to reinstate the position of Drug Czar to a cabinet-level post. According to a Dec. 19 press release, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody called upon President Joe Biden to reinstate the position of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to that of a…

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Top Senator Says FDA to Take Action on ‘Shortages’ of Children’s Drugs

December 20, 2022
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action on shortages of children’s medication reported across the United States. “Today, I am urging … the Federal Drug Administration to investigate the shortages and consider several actions to reduce those shortages,” Schumer said in a Manhattan news…

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Coast Guard Members Discharged Over Refusing Vaccine Allege They Have Been Wrongfully Denied Separation Pay

December 20, 2022
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Coast Guard personnel separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine say they have been denied the separation pay they have rightfully earned through years of honorable service. Petty Officer Second Class (E-5) Chris Collins originally asked for a medical exemption, but his request was “outright denied” in October 2021, he told The Epoch Times. Collins…

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White House Can’t Mandate COVID Jabs for Federal Contractors: Appeals Court

December 20, 2022
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A federal appeals court on Monday struck down a White House rule requiring anyone employed by a federal contractor to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of government contracts. A three-panel judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to affirm a lower court judgment that barred President Joe Biden’s September 2021…

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Two More US States Issue TikTok Bans for Security Reasons

December 20, 2022
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The states of Louisiana and West Virginia are the latest to ban the use of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on government devices. TikTok, which is owned by the China-based company ByteDance, boasts of at least 100 million users alone in the United States. Government agencies in both states banned the app on all…

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‘Fortnite’ Maker Epic Games Fined $520 Million Over Claims It Violated Children’s Privacy, Collected Personal Data

December 20, 2022
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Epic Games, developer of the popular online video game Fortnite, has agreed to pay $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle allegations surrounding alleged violations of children’s privacy and the use of design tricks to dupe millions of players into making unintentional purchases. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the fines, the largest…

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FBI’s Suppression of Speech on Twitter Calls for Congressional Investigation: Analysts

December 19, 2022
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The FBI’s efforts to limit the free expression of speech on Twitter calls for a “thorough investigation” from the new Congress in January, according to longtime bureau agent Marc Ruskin. The fact that the FBI is flagging accounts for Twitter to take action against, as shown in the sixth batch of Twitter disclosures, seems a…

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FBI’s Suppression of Speech on Twitter Calls for Congressional Investigation: FBI Veteran

December 19, 2022
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The FBI’s efforts to limit the free expression of speech on Twitter calls for a “thorough investigation” from the new Congress in January, according to longtime bureau agent Marc Ruskin. The fact that the FBI is flagging accounts for Twitter to take action against, as shown in the sixth batch of Twitter disclosures, seems a…

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Supreme Court Pauses Expiration of Title 42

December 19, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to pause the expiration of Title 42 after 19 states filed an emergency application for a stay. Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily stayed a lower court’s decision that would lift Title 42 on Wednesday. He called for an “administrative stay” that puts the order on hold while the…

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Biden Falsely Claims He Presented Late Uncle With Purple Heart During Vice Presidency

December 19, 2022
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While speaking in his home state of Delaware on Dec. 16, President Joe Biden raised some brows when he recounted an impossible story about his late uncle Frank. The president was addressing attendees of a Delaware Veterans Summit and PACT Act Town Hall in New Castle when he launched into an account of how, after…

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