Tag: Joe Biden

Biden and Pelosi Give Wrong ‘Facts’ About ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban

President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are trying to reinstate the federal assault weapon ban that was in effect for 10 years because—they claim—it reduced gun crime. The bill, which just passed the House, will soon get a vote in the Senate. In the effort to get it passed, Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…


Capitol Report (Aug. 5): 528,000 Jobs Added in July Jobs Report; Pentagon Denies DC’s Request for National Guards Migrant Help

There’s been a major breakthrough for the Democrats’ health care and climate bill. President Joe Biden and Republicans have commented on its inflationary impacts. To break down the Democrats’ latest bill aimed at reshaping the federal budget, we’ll hear from an economist about how it will address the budget deficit and more. The Biden administration…


Capitol Report (Aug. 5): Pentagon Denies DC’s Request for National Guards Migrant Help; 528,000 Jobs Added in July Jobs Report

There’s been a major breakthrough for the Democrats’ health care and climate bill. President Joe Biden and Republicans have commented on its inflationary impacts. To break down the Democrats’ latest bill aimed at reshaping the federal budget, we’ll hear from an economist about how it will address the budget deficit and more. The Biden administration…


Foster Family Delivers Supplies to Kentucky Floods Victims

Volunteers have fanned out across eastern Kentucky to help residents displaced this week by severe flooding that swept away homes and vehicles, and killed at least 37 people, the governor said on Wednesday. Although the number of confirmed deaths has held steady at 37, Governor Andy Beshear said he expected the toll to increase by…


Biden Still Has COVID ‘Cough’ 2 Weeks After Initial Diagnosis

President Joe Biden is still showing mild COVID-19 symptoms and again tested positive for the virus on Thursday morning, according to his doctor. The president is now in his fifth day of self-isolation following a second diagnosis of the virus, said White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor in a memo released Thursday by the White…


‘Shocked’: Biden Responds After Republican Congresswoman Jackie Walorski Dies in Crash

President Joe Biden issued a statement following the deaths of Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) and two staffers who were involved in a head-on crash in Indiana on Wednesday afternoon. Walorski was killed in an auto accident on state Route 19 near South Bend, Indiana. Her communications director, Emma Thomson, and her district office director, Zachary Potts, also…


Biden Signs Executive Order Targeting Abortion

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that he says will allow for more abortion access, coming weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “Today’s Executive Order builds on the first Executive Order that I signed last month to safeguard access to … abortion care,” he wrote on Twitter. “I…


Biden Signs Executive Order Promoting Abortion

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that he says will allow for more abortion access, coming weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “Today’s Executive Order builds on the first Executive Order that I signed last month to safeguard access to … abortion care,” he wrote on Twitter. “I…


Biden to Remain in ‘Strict Isolation’ After COVID-19 Test

The White House confirmed President Joe Biden is still positive for COVID-19, nearly two weeks after initially being diagnosed with the virus. A memo sent by White House physician Kevin O’Connor said he is still positive as of Wednesday morning and experiencing an “occasional cough.” He will remain in “strict isolation” in the meantime, the…


Biden Still Positive for COVID-19 Amid ‘Rebound’ Infection: White House

The White House confirmed President Joe Biden is still positive for COVID-19, nearly two weeks after initially being diagnosed with the virus. A memo sent by White House physician Kevin O’Connor said he is still positive as of Wednesday morning and experiencing an “occasional cough.” “The president continues to feel well. This morning’s exam was…