Tag: Joe Biden

Supreme Court Keeps Biden’s Student Loan Program on Hold, Agrees to Hear Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed it will hear an emergency challenger to President Joe Biden’s student loan debt program and will keep the plan on hold. In a brief order, the high court wrote that it would hear oral arguments in February of next year. But in the interim, the Biden administration’s program…


Macron Says Key Biden-Backed Policy Could ‘Fragment the West’

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that some of President Joe Biden’s domestic policies could “fragment the West” after he arrived in Washington for the first state dinner of the Biden administration. “There is a risk today that we must discuss among friends,” Macron told reporters at the French Embassy in Washington. “The risk is…


Macron Says Some Biden-Backed Policies Could ‘Fragment the West’

French President Emmanuel Macron says that some of President Joe Biden’s domestic policies could “fragment the West,” after he arrived in Washington for the first state dinner of the Biden administration. “There is a risk today that we must discuss among friends,” Macron told reporters on Dec. 1 at the French Embassy in Washington. “The risk…


White House Won’t Say Whether Biden Will Go to Border Amid Illegal Immigration Surge

The White House on Nov. 30 declined to say whether President Joe Biden would visit the border amid the surge in illegal immigration. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) inviting Biden to go to the U.S.–Mexico border, but would not say whether Biden accepted the invitation….


Appeals Court Denies Biden’s Bid to Revive Student Debt Bailout

A federal appeals court has rejected the Biden administration’s bid to freeze a Texas judge’s ruling that President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debt was illegal. In a Nov. 30 ruling, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Biden administration’s request to put on hold a judge’s Nov. 10…


America’s EV Boom Continues With Hyundai and SK On Battery Deal

A South Korean battery maker will supply electric vehicle (EV) batteries to Hyundai Motor Group’s manufacturing plants in the United States, as government incentives and the auto industry’s move to electrify its car fleets continue to fuel EV-related investment. SK On, part of Seoul-based SK Group, and Hyundai announced the partnership on Nov. 30, saying…


Divided Loyalties? Who Was Former AG Bill Barr Really Serving?

William Barr was hired to restore public faith in federal law enforcement. The fact that more people distrust the DOJ and FBI now than they did before his tenure is evidence he failed. By not holding U.S. officials responsible for repeated election interference, he facilitated further abuses of our political system. Now, Barr’s latest attacks…


Biden’s Secret Service Rental Vehicles Burst Into Flames After He Left Thanksgiving Vacation

Vehicles the U.S. Secret Service had rented for President Joe Biden and his family during their Thanksgiving holiday burst into flames on Monday at the Nantucket Airport, officials said Tuesday. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told NBC News that the vehicles that caught on fire were rented from Hertz and returned after the Secret Service was finished…


Biden Knows Passing ‘Assault Weapons Ban’ Will Be ‘Uphill Battle,’ White House Says

President Joe Biden realizes getting a ban on “assault weapons” will be difficult, the White House said on Nov. 28. “We understand it’s an uphill battle. We understand that this is not easy. He gets that,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during a press briefing in Washington. “The president is an optimist,”…


Democrats Say ‘Assault Weapons Ban’ Likely Doesn’t Have Enough Votes to Pass Senate

A gun control bill that would ban “assault weapons” likely does not have enough votes to make it to President Joe Biden’s desk, Democrats said on Nov. 27. “I’m glad that President Biden is going to be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban. The House has already passed it. It’s…