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EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr. Calls Biden’s Support of F-16s for Ukraine a ‘Dangerous Escalation’

May 23, 2023
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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The Epoch Times on Monday that the Biden administration’s recent shift in supporting F-16s for Ukraine is a “dangerous escalation.” President Joe Biden on Friday told G7 leaders at a summit in Japan that the United States will support a joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots…

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Biden Administration Threatens to Veto GOP Move Against Student Loan Forgiveness

May 22, 2023
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The White House announced that President Joe Biden would veto a Republican-led House measure that would halt the administration’s student loan forgiveness program. In a Statement of Administration Policy released on May 22, the White House expressed its disapproval of H.J. Res. 45, which would disapprove the student loan forgiveness plan that would have provided up to…

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Moscow Blames ‘Ukrainian Saboteurs’ for Attack in Western Belgorod Region

May 22, 2023
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Ukrainian saboteurs have attacked Russia’s Belgorod region, injuring three people and causing significant material damage, the region’s governor claimed on May 22. Kyiv, for its part, denies complicity in the attack, attributing it instead to “violent resistance movements” opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. One of Russia’s westernmost regions, Belgorod shares a roughly 540-mile-long border…

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More Than 150 House GOP Members Oppose Biden EPA’s EV Push, Citing Higher Costs and Chinese Dependence

May 22, 2023
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More than 150 House Republicans have asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel its proposed emission standards, asserting that they would impose higher costs on consumers, isolate Americans in rural areas, and increase economic dependence on China. The group, led by Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) sent a letter on…

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Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware Announces Retirement, Opening Up Key Senate Seat

May 22, 2023
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Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) announced on May 22 that he will not seek reelection for a fifth term in the Senate. Carper’s declaration opens the door to a wide-open fight for the seat he has held since 2001 in Delaware, a state with a largely Democrat population. “If I ran for a fifth term in…

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Debt Ceiling Negotiations Stall as House GOP Blames White House’s Lack of Concessions

May 19, 2023
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Top Republicans negotating a debt ceiling solution with the White House discontinued talks, signifying at least a temporary breakdown in the reconciliation process. After a meeting with White House officials in the Capitol, Republicans said they were leaving because the two sides were still too far apart to continue the in-person debate. Republican lawmakers asserted that…

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America Is in a National Identity Crisis: Vivek Ramaswamy

May 19, 2023
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Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, the first millennial ever to run for U.S. President, believes that the country is experiencing a national identity crisis and aims to lead the nation out of it, drawing inspiration from Ronald Reagan’s leadership in 1980. His solution: present an alternative vision of America that counters the “woke agenda.” A revival…

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High Interest Rates Are Not the Problem; Decades of Low Rates Were: Grant Williams

May 19, 2023
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In a viral exchange back in March, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) grilled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the unemployment caused by the Fed’s recent rate hiking cycle. “Do you call laying off two million people this year not a ‘sharp’ increase?” the senator asked. “Explain that to the two million families who are going…

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Regional Poll Highlights Moldova’s Shaky Position between EU and Russia

May 19, 2023
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Moldova’s semi-autonomous Gagauzia region this week confirmed the election of a pro-Russia leader who supports closer ties with Moscow. “We want further friendship with the Russian Federation and friendship with other countries,” Evghenia Gutul told reporters after being elected as the region’s “bashkan” (leader) on May 14. But unlike Gutul and her pro-Russian Sor Party,…

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House Republicans Challenge Biden Administration’s Remote Work Policies

May 19, 2023
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House Republicans sent letters to 25 Biden administration agencies on May 18, calling for accountability on their “unacceptable” telework programs. House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Government Operations and Federal Workforce subcommittee chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas), and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), requested information from the agencies about their current remote policies, and alerting them…

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