Jeff Bezos has stated that President Joe Biden should be subject to his own newly devised Disinformation Board after he shared a tweet that seemed to conflate inflation and corporate taxation. Biden tweeted that if people wanted to reduce inflation, they should support taxing large organisations. “You want to bring down inflation? Let’s[Read More…]

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz over a federal law that limits the ability of campaigns to repay loans made by candidates. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 6-3 majority, said a federal law restricting how the loans are paid back “burdens core political speech without proper[Read More…]

People who protest in front of private residences in Florida can face jail time and fines under a bill signed Monday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. He said it would prevent protests in Florida like those waged by abortion advocates in front of U.S. Supreme Court justices’ homes in Virginia.[Read More…]

Oil prices rose about 4% on Friday as U.S. gasoline prices jumped to a record high. Oil prices have been volatile, caused by fears over an EU ban on Russian oil which could tighten supplies but pressured by fears that a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic or other factors could cut global[Read More…]

The White House announced this week that it will be canceling the lease sale of an oil and gas opportunity in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska, citing a lack of interest in drilling off the Alaska coast and “conflicting court rulings” that have complicated drilling[Read More…]

The endorsement of former president Donald Trump appears to be delivering mixed results in primary elections around the country, with his pick for Nebraska governor, Charles Herbster, losing his race this week, but Trump-endorsed candidate for congress in West Virginia, Alex Mooney, winning his. Herbster faced an uphill battle after[Read More…]

Outgoing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, whose last day behind the famous lectern was Friday, told reporters before she departed that the hardest part of the job was the personal threats she received that targeted her children and family. At a breakfast engagement the morning of her departure, Psaki[Read More…]

After a meeting with a group of baby formula industry leaders late on Thursday, the White House announced new measures on Friday to address the national shortage. The measures include possibly invoking the Defense Production Act, which would expedite and expand the supply of formula, and pressing the private sector[Read More…]

The White House hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week, culminating in the Biden administration pledging $150 million to the region in an effort to weaken Chinese influence.  The group of leaders representing Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines, gathered for the[Read More…]

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz called a 2015 tweet from Kathy Barnette “reprehensible” in an interview with AP on Saturday, just days before Tuesday’s primary election. Oz, who would be the country’s first Muslim senator, said Barnette’s tweet, in which she said “[p]edophilia is a Cornerstone of Islam,” is “disqualifying.”[Read More…]