by Shawn Meehan | Aug 30, 2021 | News
Oil prices climbed to a six-year high Tuesday as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia continue to tamp down on global output, The Wall Street Journal reported. An OPEC meeting was called off Monday, the WSJ reported. It was the...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 25, 2021 | News
Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema doubled down on her opposition to the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget hours before the House is set to vote on advancing it as soon as Monday. Her opposition to a package of that size is significant given the Senate’s 50-50 split...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 24, 2021 | News
The Biden administration signaled to Capitol Hill lawmakers Thursday that it will not support an extension of pandemic-related unemployment benefits. President Joe Biden won’t advocate for an extension of the $300 unemployment bonus given to millions of out-of-work...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 22, 2021 | News
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee plan to offer legislation that would require the Biden administration to reveal how much U.S. equipment was taken by the Taliban. The Republicans told the Daily Caller News Foundation that they would introduce the bill...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 22, 2021 | News
House lawmakers are set to consider a controversial and last-minute cryptocurrency tax provision that has been criticized as vague, expansive, and potentially unworkable, with many fearing it could stifle the industry and force companies to collect personal...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 19, 2021 | News
Several major groups representing landlords and property owners criticized Present Joe Biden’s decision to extend the eviction moratorium and said all legal options are on the table. “Around half of all housing providers are mom-and-pop operations, and they also...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 18, 2021 | News
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell said President Joe Biden’s order to the intelligence community to conduct a 90-day review into COVID’s origins is an insult to career officials. Grenell said career intelligence officials frequently provide...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 17, 2021 | News
A Democratic senator compared the scene in Kabul as the U.S. rushed to evacuate embassy personnel and Afghan allies to the fall of Saigon in 1975 on Monday. “Sad. My father was our next-to-last ambassador in Saigon, and our ambassador when ‘peace deal’ was negotiated...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 17, 2021 | News
An ex-advisor for the Obama administration called on President Joe Biden to fire his national security advisor in an opinion piece for USA Today on Monday. “The disaster that unfolded in Afghanistan is illustrative of other major issues at the White House,” Brett...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 17, 2021 | News
The Department of Defense evaded a question about whether it is acting to prevent the Taliban from obtaining U.S. weapons in Afghanistan. A top U.S. military official said he doesn’t “have information” about an effort to seize military equipment the U.S. gave to the...
