President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States is adding to the list of oligarchs it’s sanctioning in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The expanded list of “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s cronies” includes eight Russian elites and their family members. Those individuals will be cut off from the U.S. financial system and their…
Ukrainian Forces Are Attacking ‘Stalled’ Convoy: General
Ukrainian forces are attacking the 40-mile-long military convoy that is heading towards Kyiv, according to a general. “We are striking the enemy’s columns,” Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov told Military Times. “We burn many columns of the enemy.” He did not elaborate on how many vehicles were destroyed or how many Russian troops may have been…
White House Says Biden Will Veto Bill Ending COVID-19 National Emergency If Passed
The White House opposes a bill that would end the COVID-19 national emergency, it announced March 3, hours before a Senate vote was planned on the measure. Senate Joint Resolution 38 would terminate the emergency declared by former President Donald Trump on March 13, 2020, which was extended multiple times by President Joe Biden. Terminating…
White House Says It Will Veto Bill Ending COVID-19 National Emergency If Passed
The White House opposes a bill that would end the COVID-19 national emergency, it announced March 3, hours before a Senate vote was planned on the measure. Senate Joint Resolution 38 would terminate the emergency declared by former President Donald Trump on March 13, 2020, which was extended multiple times by President Joe Biden. Terminating…
White House Unveils New COVID-19 Strategy as Country Moves to ‘A More Normal Routine’
President Joe Biden’s administration on March 2 unveiled a rejiggered COVID-19 strategy he said would help the country get back to “a more normal routine.” The 90-page National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan seeks to reduce severe illness while keeping schools and businesses open. It includes a “test to treat” program that would provide antiviral pills at pharmacies…
White House Unveils New COVID-19 Strategy as US Moves to ‘A More Normal Routine’
The Biden administration on March 2 unveiled a new COVID-19 strategy that President Joe Biden said would help get the United States back to “a more normal routine.” The 90-page National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan seeks to reduce severe illness while keeping schools and businesses open. It includes a “test-to-treat” program that would provide antiviral pills at…
Biden Says US Is Open to Banning Russian Oil Imports
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is open to banning Russian oil imports to penalize Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “Are you considering banning Russian oil imports?” a reporter asked Biden on the White House lawn on Wednesday morning. “Nothing is off the table,” the president said. Following the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the…
White House Issues Muted Call for Oil Companies to Ramp Up Production
March 2, 2022
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A White House official said on Tuesday that U.S. oil and gas companies can and should boost domestic production while dismissing the idea that the Biden administration’s energy policies were preventing companies from doing so. Bharat Ramamurti, who serves as deputy director of the White House National Economic Council, told Bloomberg in an interview that…
Why This State of the Union I’m Reading ‘Babi Yar’
Commentary I was going to write about President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, but it was too tedious to inspire a response and devoid of even one semi-interesting idea. What could I write? Even the references to the Ukraine war were more confused than enlightening, such as the mind-boggling gaffe, “Putin may circle Kyiv…
Operator of Nord Stream 2 Fires All Employees After US Sanctions
March 2, 2022
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The operator of Nord Stream 2 has terminated all contracts with employees after it was hit with U.S. sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project represents an $11 billion investment from Russia and is designed to carry 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia to Germany every year….
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