Category: Administration
Biden designates new national monuments in Nevada, Texas
President Biden on Tuesday designated two new national monuments in Nevada and Texas. Biden designated Nevada’s Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, and Texas’s Castner Range as monuments — protecting a total of nearly 514,000 acres of public lands from development. Biden announced the proclamations during a conservation summit held at the Interior Department. He did not sign the proclamations on stage, but…
White House brands Freedom Caucus deficit plan as ‘tax breaks for the super wealthy’
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Administration, Around The World, Ben LaBolt, Debt Ceiling, House Freedom Caucus, News, President Biden, Scott Perry, Spending Cuts 0 The White House branded the House Freedom Caucus’ deficit plan as “tax breaks for the super wealthy and wasteful spending for special interests,” as the two sides continued to trade jabs amid an escalating debt ceiling battle. “MAGA House Republicans are proposing, if spread evenly across affected discretionary programs, at least a 20 [percent] across the board cut,” White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt said…
Biden’s budget proposes tax hikes on wealthy to reduce deficit, shore up Medicare
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Administration, Around The World, Biden administration, Budget, Inflation Reduction Act, Joe Biden, Medicare, News 0 President Biden outlined a slew of tax hikes on wealthy Americans as an avenue for reducing the deficit and funding key programs like Medicare as he released on Thursday his proposed budget for fiscal year 2024. It gives a glimpse of the policy proposals and issues Biden hopes to emphasize ahead of a reelection bid. The budget will not be enacted into law, but it will serve…
Pence asks judge to block special counsel’s Jan. 6 subpoena
Former Vice President Mike Pence has filed a motion seeking to block a subpoena for his testimony about the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. CNN first reported on Monday that Pence filed a motion on Friday night asking a judge to block the subpoena for him to testify before a federal grand jury. A spokesperson for Pence declined to comment. The filing…
Buttigieg knocks ‘East Coast elite’ over criticism of East Palestine train derailment response
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Administration, Around The World, Donald Trump, Pete Buttigieg, Policy, Transportation 0 Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg fired back at Republican criticism over his response to the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, blasting his critics as “card-carrying members of the East Coast elite.” “It’s really rich to see some of these folks — the former president, these Fox hosts — who are literally lifelong card-carrying members of the East Coast elite, whose…
Transportation post has become political nightmare for Buttigieg
When Pete Buttigieg became Transportation secretary at the start of the Biden administration, some Democrats said it would be a perfect platform for his political prospects if not in 2024, then 2028. Buttigieg could crisscross the country, appearing before crowds in key states while elevating his name recognition, resume and overall brand. Instead, the job of Transportation secretary has been a set of compounding problems…
What Biden might try next if his student loan forgiveness plan is struck down
The Biden White House has been reluctant to talk about alternatives to its student loan relief plan for fear of undermining its case now before the Supreme Court, but should the justices strike down the proposal, they do have some options. Lawyers for the administration made their case to save President Biden’s student debt forgiveness before the justices on Tuesday, but with the plan at…
Watch live: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre gives press briefing
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will speak with reporters Friday afternoon, closing out a week that’s seen Biden unexpectedly side with a majority-Republican House measure regarding criminal justice in the District of Columbia. As The Hill reported Thursday, the resolution, passed in early February, would block a Washington, D.C., city council action, popular with city residents, to remove most mandatory sentencing, reduce penalties for…
State Department says Israeli finance minister’s call to wipe out Palestinian village ‘repugnant’
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Administration, Around The World, Bezalel Smotrich, Hawara, International, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, News, Policy, riot, State Department, West Bank 0 The State Department denounced the Israeli finance minister’s call for the elimination of a Palestinian village as “repugnant,” calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to repudiate the comments. Department spokesman Ned Price said at a press briefing on Wednesday that the remarks that Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made, saying that Israel should “wipe out” the Palestinian town of Hawara…
When can student loan borrowers expect the repayment pause to end?
Student loan borrowers are left in limbo on the exact date for when they will have to begin repayments after a three-year pause from the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases contesting President Biden’s student loan relief program that could give up to $20,000 of relief to millions of Americans. The justices are now able to release a…
Buttigieg says he ‘welcomes’ review of his use of government jet
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Tuesday that he “welcomes” a recently announced review of his use of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) jets in order to “get past the politics.” The Transportation Department’s inspector general announced on Monday that it would be auditing Buttigieg’s use of the government aircraft and whether he “complied with Federal regulations, policies, and procedures,” in response to a request from Sen. Marco…
Kerry to serve in climate envoy role at least through COP28 summit in November
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Administration, Around The World, COP 28, Donald Trump, Energy & Environment, Joe Biden, John Kerry, News 0 John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, said in a new interview with The Boston Globe that he told President Biden that he will serve in his role through at least the United Nations climate summit in November. “There’s sufficient unfinished business that I felt it would be inappropriate to walk away from that at this point in time,” he told the newspaper….
Youngkin says Biden should go to Ohio instead of Virginia to talk healthcare
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said on Sunday that President Biden should visit the Ohio town reeling from the derailment of a train hauling toxic chemicals, rather than traveling to Virginia this week to speak about healthcare. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden plans to use his speech at an event in Virginia Beach on Tuesday to draw a contrast between his…
Biden official says there’s no evidence that Ukraine is misusing US assistance
A prime Biden administration official affirmed that no evidence exists that Ukraine is misusing the monetary assistance it is receiving from the United States. Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), said throughout a CNN city corridor on Thursday night that Ukraine has made progress for years in working to root out corruption, however officers are frequently checking to make…
Buttigieg pushes Norfolk Southern to support higher rail safety standards
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Administration, Alan Shaw, Around The World, Energy & Environment, News, Pete Buttigieg, Policy, Transportation 0 Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote to Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw on Sunday urging the corporate to support higher rail safety standards amid rising considerations concerning the environmental penalties of its prepare derailment in northeastern Ohio. “I am writing to emphasize the urgent need for Norfolk Southern to demonstrate unequivocal support for the people of East Palestine and the surrounding areas, and to be a…
Special counsel shows signs of ramping up Trump investigation
The Justice Department probes into Donald Trump’s conduct seem like ramping up, as special counsel Jack Smith approaches key allies of the previous president with knowledge of his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol assault and categorized paperwork found at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. In current weeks, Smith has subpoenaed each former Vice President Mike Pence and then-White House chief of workers Mark Meadows, two figures…
Mystery still swirls around three objects US shot out of the sky
Two weeks after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon and one week after President Biden directed the navy to shoot down three more unidentified objects, America is still gripped by questions over what the objects had been and why they had been flying at a top that posed a danger to air site visitors. President Biden on Thursday delivered his most in depth…
Biden’s physician says he is ‘fit for duty’ at 80 years old
President Biden is match to execute the calls for of his job, his physician said in a memo following a bodily examination on Thursday, writing he “remains a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male.” Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician, wrote that none of Biden’s pre-existing situations noted throughout his last bodily, together with a stiff gait and high ldl cholesterol, had worsened. “The President remains fit…
Progressives push Biden to choose worker-friendly Labor secretary
Progressives need “middle class Joe Biden” to discover a worker-friendly Labor Secretary to substitute Marty Walsh — however it could take some elbow grease to get there. Liberal lawmakers and advocates have appreciated Biden’s strategy to organized labor, seeing his embrace of unions as simply as gutsy and real as his willingness to condemn company profiteering on the expense of the country’s workforce. With Walsh’s anticipated exit…
FBI searched Biden documents at University of Delaware: report
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Administration, Around The World, Biden, classified documents, Documents, FBI search, News 0 The FBI searched the University of Delaware twice in current weeks as half of its investigation into President Biden’s categorized doc dealing with, based on a new CNN report. The searches have been reportedly carried out on two totally different days and with the Biden’s staff’s cooperation — and the supplies retrieved didn’t seem to have categorized markings, CNN reported, citing an anonymous source. Documents…
Super Bowl snub is latest dust-up between White House, Fox News
The White House’s choice to not have President Biden sit down with a Fox News journalist for an interview through the community’s pregame protection of this year’s Super Bowl alerts a probably frosty highway forward for Biden and the nation’s high cable information firm. The two sides have given conflicting variations of what went on behind the scenes in the days before the interview, to…
Trump touts Pence as ‘honorable man’ in light of special counsel subpoena
Former President Trump touted former Vice President Mike Pence as an “honorable man” on Friday, following stories that Pence had acquired a subpoena from the Department of Justice’s special counsel investigating Trump on a number of fronts. “Mike Pence is an honorable man,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Digital on Friday. Trump’s remarks come one day after stories emerged that Special Counsel Jack Smith…
DOJ recovers additional classified document from Pence’s home
Federal investigators discovered one additional document with classified markings throughout a search of former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home on Friday. The Justice Department performed a search of Pence’s home roughly three weeks after his legal professional notified the National Archives that that they had found a few dozen paperwork with classified markings there. The search was performed in cooperation with Pence’s workforce, and…
Hunter Biden attorney rejects House Oversight request for records
In a sharply worded opening volley against the House GOP’s probe into Hunter Biden and the enterprise dealings of President Biden’s family, an attorney for the president’s son denied a request for paperwork and information from the Oversight Committee, saying it has “no legislative purpose.” “Peddling your own inaccurate and baseless conclusions under the guise of a real investigation, turns the Committee into ‘Wonderland’ and…
Biden says Putin ‘already lost Ukraine’
President Biden on Wednesday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has already lost Ukraine, including that support to Ukraine through the Russian invasion is open-ended. “There’s no way that Putin is going to be able to—he’s already lost Ukraine,” he said. “He thought that if he invaded Ukraine, first of all, he’d get a welcome by every Russian speaker, they’d say, ‘come on in.’ Secondly,…
The five biggest moments from Biden’s State of the Union address
President Biden delivered his second State of the Union address Tuesday night time to a divided House chamber that featured bipartisan moments intertwined with partisan heckling. The speech — which spanned simply over 70 minutes — included an impromptu, and casual, coverage negotiation with Republicans and a solemn second that captivated the complete chamber. There had been also outbursts of enthusiasm from Democrats, and a testy interplay…
Five things Biden didn’t talk about in the State of the Union
President Biden averted speaking about some main subjects throughout his first State of the Union tackle before a divided Congress on Tuesday. Here are 5 things Biden didn’t embrace in his speech. Student mortgage forgiveness Biden didn’t explicitly point out his pupil mortgage forgiveness plan, which is held up in the courts as a result of of a number of authorized challenges. The president gave…
Live protection: Biden set to deliver State of the Union
President Biden delivers the State of the Union tonight, his third time addressing a joint session of Congress however his first before a divided government. Biden is predicted to tout his administration’s and Democrats’ accomplishments over the past year, utilizing the speech as a launching pad for a 2024 presidential run. He will also lay out his priorities for the coming year, probably pertaining to…
Jill Biden honors Iranian protest anthem with Grammy for social change
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Administration, Around The World, Grammys, In The Know, Iran protests, Jill Biden, Shervin Hajipour 0 First Lady Jill Biden honored an “anthem” of the protests in Iran Sunday night time as she offered a brand new Grammy Award recognizing songs that tackle social change. “A song can unite, inspire, and ultimately change the world,” Biden said to a standing ovation as she took the stage on the 65th annual Grammys in Los Angeles. “Beginning this year, the Recording Academy is presenting…
Obama defense secretary questions Biden’s response to Chinese balloon
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Administration, Around The World, Chinese surveillance balloon, Joe Biden, Leon Panetta, News, Policy 0 Leon Panetta, a former defense secretary in the Obama administration, questioned the Biden administration’s response to the suspected Chinese spy balloon that drifted throughout the U.S. earlier than being shot down off the Carolina coast on Saturday. During an look on CNN “Newsroom,” Panetta told host Jim Acosta that U.S. officers ought to’ve taken steps sooner and been more clear with the American public concerning…