by Shawn Meehan | Jul 11, 2021 | News
Frank Macchiarola, the senior vice president of Policy, Economics, and Regulatory Affairs at the American Petroleum Institute, spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation’s Samantha Renck about President Joe Biden’s recent energy executive order, the impact it could...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 10, 2021 | News
“You know,” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy is telling RealClearPolitics after balking at the administration’s latest COVID vaccine push and after all but telling President Joe Biden to pound sand, “my dad had polio.” It is a surprising start to the interview given that, about an...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 10, 2021 | News
Graduates of master’s programs at elite universities are saddled with hundreds of thousands in debt, with many unable to earn enough to pay off their federal student loans, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. Recent graduates of Columbia...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 10, 2021 | News
Toyota announced Thursday that it will stop donating to Republicans who objected to certifying President Joe Biden’s victory in January. The company said in a statement, first reported by The Detroit News, that its previous donations to Republican election objectors...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 10, 2021 | News
Investment firm Blackstone Group acquired 17,000 single-family rental homes on Tuesday in a deal worth $6 billion. Blackstone, an asset management firm that focuses on alternative investments, acquired Home Partners of America (HPA) along with its 17,000 home...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 9, 2021 | News
Critics say the BRIDGE Act, a $40 billion legislative bill intended to boost broadband access across the U.S., could actually exacerbate the digital divide due to some questionable provisions regarding unserved and underserved communities. The bill, formally titled...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 9, 2021 | News
Tennessee Rep. Mark Green sent a letter to the Air Force on Thursday demanding the removal of an academy professor who advocated teaching critical race theory to military cadets. The letter, addressed to Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth, called for the...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 8, 2021 | News
The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee sent scathing letters to four Federal Reserve banks Wednesday morning, ripping them for ignoring congressional oversight. Sen. Pat Toomey accused the Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco, Minneapolis, Boston and...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 8, 2021 | News
House Republicans unveiled an agenda Wednesday aimed at curbing the influence of Big Tech companies. Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee led by Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan announced their agenda Wednesday to strengthen antitrust regulation of Big Tech,...
by Shawn Meehan | Jul 8, 2021 | News
Amtrak will spend $7 billion to manufacture a new fleet of 83 trains in a project expected to support 2,100 jobs, the company announced Wednesday. Amtrak partnered with railway company Siemens Mobility to produce the new fleet, the company said in a press release. The...