Tag: Joe Biden

Why Gun Control Doesn’t End School Shootings in US

As Americans debate gun control measures following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, some politicians are using the tragedy to advance their agenda against firearms. One day after the shooting, Democrats began using the tragedy as a vehicle to push for the types of policies they were already wanting. That effort was evident when Senate…


Summit of Americas in LA Overshadowed by Mexico’s Boycott

LOS ANGELES—The Summit of the Americas is kicking off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced June 6 he would boycott the event and not attend due to United States’ exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. “I am not going to the Summit because not all the…


Mexico Boycotts US-Hosted Americas Summit

LOS ANGELES—The Summit of the Americas is kicking off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced June 6 he would boycott the event and not attend due to United States’ exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. “I am not going to the Summit because not all the…


Mexico President Boycotts US-Hosted Americas Summit

LOS ANGELES—The Summit of the Americas is kicking off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced on June 6 that he would boycott the event and not attend due to the United States’ exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. “I am not going to the Summit because…


Mexico’s President Boycotts US-Hosted Americas Summit

LOS ANGELES—Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced on June 6 that he would boycott the Summit of the Americas, which is kicking off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and not attend due to the United States’ exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. “I am not going to the Summit because not all the…


Biden to Sit for 1st Network TV Interview in More Than 100 Days

President Joe Biden will give his first network TV interview in more than 100 days during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on June 8. Jimmy Kimmel made the announcement on Twitter on June 5 and said Biden will visit the show’s Hollywood taping on “Wednesday night. No malarkey.” Biden appeared on Kimmel’s show in…


Biden to Sit for First Network TV Interview in More Than 100 Days

President Joe Biden will conduct his first network TV interview in well over 100 days during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Wednesday. Jimmy Kimmel made the announcement on Twitter on Sunday and said that Biden will visit the show’s Hollywood taping on “Wednesday night. No malarkey.” Biden had appeared on Kimmel’s show in 2019…


Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Push Green Agenda

President Joe Biden will authorize the Defense Production Act (DPA) to advance his clean energy and climate change agenda, a senior administration official said during a call with reporters. According to the White House, the president will approve the use of the DPA to expand domestic output of clean energy technologies, including solar panels, heat…


Musk Says Tesla’s Salaried Staff to Be ‘Fairly Flat’ Despite Gloomy Economy

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the total headcount of his electric-car company will increase, a day after saying that 10 percent of its salaried staff would be cut. “Total headcount will increase, but salaried should be fairly flat,” Musk wrote on Twitter on June 4, in response to a tweet that predicted Tesla’s headcount would…


Sen. Chris Murphy: Biden Should Stay out of Bipartisan Gun Talks, ‘Senate Needs to Do This Ourselves’

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who is pushing for bipartisan talks in the Senate on potential gun control measures, said on Sunday that President Joe Biden should stay away and let Democrats negotiate with their Republican colleagues themselves. During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Murphy was asked if adding Biden to the conversation…