Tag: Executive Branch

CDC Pushed for COVID-19 Boosters Without Clinical Trials: Emails

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pressured U.S. regulators to clear COVID-19 boosters without clinical trial data, according to newly released emails. CDC officials relayed to counterparts at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early August 2021 that they wanted authorization for Moderna and Pfizer boosters as data began showing that…


Biden Calls on Americans as Young as 5 to Get ‘COVID Vaccine Once a Year’

President Joe Biden called on Americans five years and up to get a dose of an “updated” COVID-19 booster, recommending the vaccine “once a year” as he received a dose of the newly authorized shot on Tuesday. “For Americans over five years of age who are fully vaccinated, our nation’s health experts recommend that they get…


White House Says ‘Not True’ There Is National Security Review of Elon Musk

WASHINGTON—Reports that the United States was discussing launching a national security review of some of Elon Musk’s ventures were “not true,” said the White House on Monday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the Biden administration’s relationship with Musk or his business dealings with other countries. Asked about a Bloomberg News…


Republicans Demand FBI, DOJ Remove Records of People Pressured Into Waiving Gun Rights

Republicans are demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) remove the records of people who signed away their gun rights under FBI pressure. In September, FBI officials were found to have had a number of Americans fill out a form that said they want the FBI to make it…


Biden Gets New COVID-19 Booster, Urges Americans to Follow

President Joe Biden on Oct. 25 received a dose of a new COVID-19 booster and encouraged other Americans to get one of the unproven shots. Biden got a dose of a bivalent booster, which targets the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. No clinical data is available from trials for the boosters, which are made by…


Biden Tells Voters to Choose Democrats Because Republicans Will ‘Crash the Economy’ on Purpose

President Joe Biden on Oct. 24 delivered what he dubbed his “closing arguments” to voters ahead of the November midterms, claiming that Republicans would “crash the economy” in an effort to get him to cut Social Security and Medicare. “The Republicans have made it clear that if they win control of the Congress, they will…


Israeli President Lands in Washington to Visit Biden Administration

Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog landed in Washington on Oct. 25 for an official visit to the United States where he will meet with President Joe Biden and other senior officials. The meetings will “discuss important developments in our region, from the Abraham Accords to the gas deal with Lebanon, and of course to our desire and…


DOJ Blocking Requests for Information on Enforcement of ‘Federal Election Scheme’

A watchdog group is alleging that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is refusing to divulge key details on how the agency is enforcing President Joe Biden’s executive order signed last year that directed federal agencies to increase voter turnout. The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) filed a lawsuit against the DOJ earlier this year about…


Biden Administration to Launch Renewed Effort to Convince Americans to Get New, Unproven Boosters

President Joe Biden and his administration are launching a renewed campaign to convince Americans to get the new, unproven COVID-19 vaccine boosters, with Biden scheduled to get one on Oct. 25. The campaign involves a fresh slate of advertisements, pop-up events, and a flurry of emails, the White House said. The U.S. Department of Health and…


Biden Says Its ‘Immoral,’ ‘Outrageous’ for States to Ban Transgender Treatment

President Joe Biden has denounced states that have, or are seeking, to outlaw sex change procedures on children, calling bills that recently passed, or are being considered, in multiple Republican-led legislatures “immoral.” “I don’t think any state or anybody should have the right to do that as a moral question. As a legal question, I just…