Sinema doubles down on filibuster support, dealing likely fatal blow to Dems’ election bills

Sinema is a longtime supporter of the filibuster. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said Thursday that she will not vote to weaken the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold, bucking her party leaders yet again and dealing a major blow to Democrats’ election reform … Read More

US Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses – a policy the conservative justices deemed an improper imposition on the lives and health of many Americans – while endorsing a separate federal … Read More

Inflation surges 7% in December, highest rate in 40 years

Economists expected inflation to rise by 7% in December. Inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly four decades in December, as rapid price gains fueled consumer fears about the economy and sent President Biden’s approval rating tumbling. The consumer … Read More

Biden says those who oppose Democrat voting rights bill are on the side of Jefferson Davis

The president argued that the legislation was needed to ‘defend our democracy.’ President Biden Tuesday said lawmakers who oppose the Democratic-led effort to overhaul how the country conducts elections are choosing to be on the side of historical villains such … Read More

All is not well in the transatlantic relationship

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Bruce Stokes is a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. January 20 marks the end of the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, an administration that promised to respect and rebuild the transatlantic alliance after … Read More

McConnell slams Senate Democrats for invoking Jan 6 to push filibuster changes: ‘Surreal’

Schumer pushes Senate filibuster reform to secure election legislation Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed Democrats in a floor speech Wednesday for using the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to justify proposed filibuster reform to pass election legislation. “It is surreal … Read More

Joe Biden says US will ‘respond decisively’ if Russia further invades Ukraine

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US President Joe Biden has told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy the United States will “respond decisively” if Russia further invades Ukraine. President Joe Biden said that the US and its allies would “respond decisively” if Russia further invaded Ukraine, in … Read More

COVID-19 vaccine mandate: Military begins disciplinary actions against refusers

At least 30,000 service members are not yet vaccinated against COVID-19. U.S. military services have begun to take disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19. As many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces of the … Read More

Marines say they’re being ‘crushed’ over vaccine refusal: ‘A political purge’

Zero religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine have been granted to date, Marine Corps spokesman says. EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Marines are being “crushed” by President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate as thousands face dismissal for their continued refusal to get the shot, … Read More

Rep. Jordan blasts Biden admin for doing ‘everything wrong’

The GOP representative argues Biden has ‘given’ Americans ‘record crime,’ inflation Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, slammed the Biden administration on Sunday for doing “everything wrong.” During an exclusive interview with “Sunday Morning Futures” the congressman argued that President Biden has … Read More

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