Tag: Joe Biden

Biden Awards Three Medals of Honor for Valor in Iraq and Afghanistan

President Joe Biden presented the Medal of Honor Thursday to three servicemen who fought in overseas wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two of the soldiers were recognized posthumously. “Today we honor three outstanding soldiers whose actions embodied the highest ideals of selfless service,” Biden said in an address. “We also remember the high price military…


Biden Admin Plan to Address Trucker Shortages Lowers Age Requirement and Creates Apprenticeship Programs

The Biden administration has announced a new plan to increase the number of truckers on American roadways amid a national shortage of drivers. The plan includes $30 million in funding to try to expedite the process for the Commercial Drivers License (CDL). The Department of Labor (DOL) is also funding $8 million for trucking apprenticeship…


Biden Admin Plan to Address Trucker Shortages Lowers Age Requirement, Creates Apprenticeship Programs

The Biden administration has announced a new plan to increase the number of truckers on American roadways amid a nationwide shortage of drivers. The plan includes $30 million in funding to expedite the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) process, while the Department of Labor (DOL) will steer $8 million to trucking apprenticeship programs. The plan also…


Biden Falsely Says Vaccinated People Can’t Spread Virus That Causes COVID-19

President Joe Biden falsely said this week that people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine cannot spread the virus that causes COVID-19. “This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Not the vaccinated, the unvaccinated. That’s the problem. Everybody talks about freedom about not to have a shot or have a test,” Biden said. “Well guess…


Biden Nominates Caroline Kennedy to Be Next US Ambassador to Australia

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, to be the country’s next ambassador to Australia, pending Senate confirmation. Caroline Kennedy, 64, served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan between 2013 and 2017 under former president Barack Obama. She was five when her father was assassinated…


Biden Ups Federal Funds for Kentucky Disaster Relief

President Joe Biden took an aerial tour over parts of Kentucky Wednesday morning to assess storm damage from deadly weekend tornadoes, and later in the day approved the federal government covering the entire cost for cleanup. Over the weekend, Biden approved Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s request for a major disaster declaration, making federal funding available for the…


Court Lets Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers Take Effect in Some States

A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a nationwide ban on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for some 17 million health care workers. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the rule will remain blocked in 14 states that brought a lawsuit against it in federal court in Louisiana, but that it will be…


White House Says Student Loan Payments to Resume in February

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed to reporters the Biden administration will not extend the pause on student loan payments. Borrower balances were frozen by the Trump administration nearly two years ago with the passage of the CARES Act in March 2020. Since then, interest has stopped adding up and collections on defaulted debt…


Biden to Sign Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: White House

President Joe Biden will sign a bill that would ban all goods from the Xinjiang region in China, where millions of Uyghurs are being forced to work in concentration camps, the White House said Tuesday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki made the announcement during a briefing in Washington. “We have been clear that share…


Omicron Unleashes New Wave of Hysteria, With Rule by Decree in Force

Commentary Just over a year ago, president-elect Joe Biden promised a “very dark winter” ahead in the face of COVID-19, and told the nation he would “spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we’re sworn in on Jan. 20. It’s time to put aside the partisanship and the rhetoric designed to demonize one…