Tag: Executive Branch

Biden Administration Stops Accepting Applications for Student Loan Forgiveness Program

President Joe Biden’s administration has stopped accepting applications for the student loan relief program. “Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program. As a result, at this time, we are not accepting applications,” the administration’s webpage for the program states. The Department of Education did not immediately respond to a request for comment….


McCarthy, Biden Disclose What They Discussed in First Call After Midterms

President Joe Biden and the top Republican in the House of Representatives offered slightly different accounts of their first phone call after the midterm elections. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who wants to become the next speaker if Republicans gain the majority, said that Biden congratulated him. “He congratulated me, so for anyone who…


Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Former Obama-Era Official to Head IRS

President Joe Biden on Nov. 10 announced his intent to nominate former acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner under the Obama administration, Danny Werfel, to be its new head. Biden announced Werfel’s appointment in a statement from the White House which said that Werfel is a “public and private sector leader who has served under both Democratic…


Texas Judge Strikes Down Biden’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan that would cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt for Americans was struck down by a federal judge in Texas on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee, said in a 26-page ruling (pdf) that the plan is “an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s legislative power…


Biden Administration Tells Supreme Court to Let House Democrats have Trump’s Taxes

President Joe Biden’s administration is urging the Supreme Court to let House Democrats get access to former President Donald Trump’s tax documents. In a 30-page brief filed Nov. 10, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said that earlier rulings finding House Democrats’ request had legitimate legislative intent were correct, and that the nation’s top court should not…


Biden and Xi to Meet, Will Discuss ‘Red Lines’ on Taiwan and Nukes

President Joe Biden announced that he will meet Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping this month, for the pair’s first in-person meet since Biden assumed office. Speaking at a White House press conference this week, Biden said that he and Xi would confer during the G20 summit in Bali on Nov. 15 and 16,…


Biden and Xi to Meet, Will Discuss ‘Red Lines’ on Taiwan, Nukes

U.S. President Joe Biden announced that he’ll meet with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping next week for their first in-person meeting since Biden took office. Biden said at a White House press conference that he and Xi would confer on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, and that the two leaders would…


Biden Brushes Off Threat of Hunter Biden Investigations From Republicans

President Joe Biden brushed off a question regarding potential investigations into himself and his son Hunter Biden’s overseas business ventures. In answering the question of what message he would send to the Republicans that floated an intent of launching a probe into his family, Biden replied, “Lots of luck in your senior year, as my…


Biden Keeps Open Possibility That He Won’t Run in 2024

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he’ll need to discuss among family members before making a judgment on whether he will seek reelection in 2024, noting that an official call can be expected “early next year.” “My judgment of running, when I announce—if I annou [sic]—now, my intention is that I run again. But…


Griner Sent to Russian Penal Colony to Serve Sentence; Biden Hopes Putin Will Negotiate Griner’s Release

American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. President Joe Biden said later on Wednesday that he hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be more willing to negotiate the release of Griner now that the U.S. midterm…