Ariana Figueroa, West Virginia Watch A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Biden administration’s rule that restricts migrants from seeking asylum if they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in another country or applying for an asylum appointment online. Judge Jon S. Tigar, who was appointed by …
Read More »Biden Calls Out Republicans Who Tout Major Legislation They Opposed
Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden traveled Thursday to South Carolina — home of the first-in-the-nation 2024 Democratic presidential primary as well as two GOP presidential candidates — to rebuke Republicans for voting against bills in Congress that are now providing billions in federal dollars. “All those members of …
Read More »Biden Pushes Voting Rights Reform While In Selma To Commemorate ‘Bloody Sunday’
Marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.“ President Joe Biden arrived in Alabama on Sunday morning. He addressed the crowd soon before the crossing, speaking to the nation about the protection and expansion of voting rights, and specifically calling …
Read More »First Biden Veto Expected After Senate Votes to Block ESG Investing
President Joe Biden is expected to issue his first veto after two Democrats—Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana—partnered with the GOP on Wednesday to pass legislation that would block his administration’s rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider climate and other factors in investment decisions. …
Read More »DOJ Appeals As Trump Judge Blocks Student Debt Relief
The Justice Department filed an appeal Thursday after a Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas blocked the Biden administration’s student debt cancellation program nationwide, declaring it “unlawful” on grounds that legal experts criticized as laughable. The 26-page ruling by Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of …
Read More »Biden Signs Gun Bill into Law, Says ‘Lives Will Be Saved’
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school. “Lives will be saved,” Biden said at the White House. Citing …
Read More »Voters ‘have the final word’ In Protecting Abortion Rights, Biden Says
by Jacob Fischler, Pennsylvania Capital-Star President Joe Biden on Friday called for Congress to pass laws protecting abortion rights and for voters to elect pro-rights candidates on “a sad day for the country” after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion. Biden pledged to fight for policies that protect …
Read More »President Biden Backs Gas Tax Holiday
President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress and state legislatures to provide a temporary reprieve from gas taxes — but members of his own party and Republicans appeared opposed, making it look unlikely on the federal level. In addition, many state legislatures are out of session for the year …
Read More »Recap Of President Biden’s Marathon Press Conference
President Joe Biden held a nearly 2-hour press conference at the White House on Wednesday, one day before the anniversary of his first year in office, to tout his administration’s job numbers, pandemic relief policies and massive infrastructure legislation. “It’s been a year of challenges,” Biden said, acknowledging that he …
Read More »California man with hit list targeting Biden, Fauci arrested in Iowa
After discovering a hit list with President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci’s names, police arrested a heavily armed California man in Iowa during a traffic stop. Kuachua Brillion Xiong, 25, who was recently fired from a grocery store in Merced, was stopped for driving aggressively on Interstate 80 in …
Read More »Pentagon admits killing 10 civilians in Kabul drone strike
The Pentagon on Friday admitted it killed 10 Afghan civilians, including several children, in a drone strike in Kabul meant to target Islamic State-Khorasan Province militants last month. Gen. Frank McKenzie of the U.S. Central Command said the military, in a “tragic mistake,” believed a civilian vehicle was associated with …
Read More »Biden Stands ‘Squarely Behind’ Afghanistan Withdrawal Decision
President Biden addressed the nation Monday, saying he stands “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan after having a presence for 20 years. Talking from the White House Monday, the president said his administration has been “closely monitoring the situation on the ground in Afghanistan” and is …
Read More »President Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal; Sets Aug 31 Exit
“We are ending America’s longest war,” President Biden said on Thursday as he announced the US military mission in Afghanistan would end on August 31. “The U.S. did what we went to do in Afghanistan,” Biden said in a press conference in the White House’s East Room. He cited killing …
Read More »Government Plans To Make Airlines Refund Fees on Delayed Luggage
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is said to be proposing a new policy that would require airlines to refund checked-baggage fees if they fail to deliver passengers their luggage quickly enough. According to the AP, a department official disclosed that the agency would officially issue the proposal in the …
Read More »West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin Opposes Voting Rights Bill
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin broke with the party on Sunday, announcing that he will not vote for the For the People Act. Manchin, who represents West Virginia, clearly stated his opposition to the sweeping voting rights bill and also said that he would not support Democratic efforts to alter filibuster …
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