2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services about the FY22 Treasury budget request on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, U.S., June 23, 2021. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS/File 2/2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats will not include a provision to raise the federal government’s borrowing…
Some staffers in the Biden White House would rather miss their boss speak in public than endure another gaffe, according to a new report.Anxiety about what President Joe Biden might say if he takes questions from the media drives some in the White House to mute him or turn off his public appearances altogether, Politico…
Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) last week sent his fellow Democrats into a panic when he penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed saying he would not support his party’s $3.5 trillion spending bill “without greater clarity about why Congress chooses to ignore the serious effects inflation and debt have on existing government programs.” The package spells…
The computer repairman famous for fixing Hunter Biden’s laptop lost his lawsuit against Twitter on Monday.District Judge Beth Bloom dismissed the case against the social media company with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be brought to court again. Bloom also ordered the plaintiff, John Paul Mac Isaac, to pay Twitter’s attorney fees via Florida’s anti-SLAPP…
© Reuters. Business buildings are pictured in Tokyo, Japan, December 7 , 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Daniel Leussink and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan announced on Thursday a list of initiatives it will focus on to promote green technology and digitalisation, as part of efforts to boost the economy’s long-term growth. The outline, drawn…
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is squashing rumors that President Joe Biden will be impeached over his withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.At an event in Pikeville, Kentucky, Wednesday afternoon, McConnell said, “There isn’t going to be any impeachment” of Biden following the chaotic exit, according to a CBS affiliate livestream of the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Evacuees from Afghanistan board a Boeing 777 bound for the United States from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy August 28, 2021. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS By Josh Smith (Reuters) – A senior board member of Afghanistan’s central bank is urging the U.S. Treasury and…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: School children wave Japanese and Union Flags (also known as the Union Jack) as a cruise boat carrying Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, arrives at the Hama Rikyu gardens in Tokyo February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai By Daniel Leussink and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Member countries of the Comprehensive…
A Florida restaurant owner put a sign outside of her business telling supporters of President Joe Biden not to enter.Angie Ugarte, the owner of DeBary Diner, posted the sign that criticizes the way Biden handled evacuations in Afghanistan, where a blast last week killed 13 U.S. service members.’MILITARY MISSION’ AND EVACUATIONS OVER IN AFGHANISTAN“If you…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. groups representing transit systems and city leaders on Monday joined unions and environmental groups in calling on Congress to back at least $10 billion in additional public transit spending along with…