The Supreme Court ruled last week that Congress, when it created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, had every right to delegate the power of the purse over to the Federal Reserve. That doesn’t mean it was a good idea. Republicans in Congress ought to introduce a bill to scrap the CFPB’s unorthodox and unaccountable funding […]
Presidential candidate Donald Trump was speaking to the National Rifle Association when he made the suggestion he could serve a third term in office. Trump rallied the Dallas, Texas, crowd by asking them what they thought of a third term. “You know, FDR 16 years, almost 16 years, he was four-term. I don’t know, are […]
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Katie Britt (R-AL) are unveiling legislation Monday that would ensure in vitro fertilization access is “legally protected nationwide” by making the practice a condition for states to receive federal Medicaid funding. If state legislatures or courts moved to ban IVF, those states would be ineligible to receive Medicaid funding under […]
President Joe Biden was in Georgia over the weekend thanking supporters for voting for him in 2020 because the state was “the reason I’m president right now.” Arthur M. Blank held a fundraiser for Biden at his Family Foundation Office on Saturday ahead of his speech at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday. Biden made several […]
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson suggested that former President Donald Trump could win the black vote by appealing to the same concerns other voters share. Carson appeared on State of the Union on Sunday to answer why he thinks Trump is polling well among black voters. The former secretary implied that they share the same […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s (R-GA) comments about her fake eyelashes during a committee hearing on Thursday were racially motivated. During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday evening that quickly devolved into name-calling when Greene told Crockett that “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up your reading” while […]
President Joe Biden spoke at the Morehouse College graduation ceremony on Sunday, discussing race and the war in Gaza, among other matters. Biden’s commencement address to the historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia, did not feature any interruptions, despite concerns after fiery anti-Israel protests on campuses across the country in the past month. The president […]
President Joe Biden acknowledged anti-Israel student protests while speaking at the Morehouse College commencement — but he also faced some protests of his own during the speech. The war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has been a hot-button issue on various college campuses, with protests reaching a fever pitch at the end of last […]
Former President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., going after his stances on guns and energy while also saying his skepticism of vaccines is “fake.” “You think he’s an anti-vaxxer, he’s not really an anti-vaxxer. That’s only his political moment. He said the other night he’s okay […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Joe Biden and Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te have more in common than just being former vice presidents. Biden, 81, could be heading toward the end of his fourth year in office, and Lai, 64, starts his first on Monday. Both men desire de-escalation in cross-strait tensions with China while defending Taiwan’s […]
President Joe Biden is delivering the commencement address at the Morehouse College graduation ceremony. The college’s 140th commencement ceremony is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. EDT in Atlanta, Georgia. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Several officials have expressed concerns about potential protests during the ceremony, with Morehouse College President David […]
President Joe Biden‘s assertion of executive privilege over special counsel Robert Hur’s audio recording of their classified documents interview sparked criticism from Republicans and legal experts after the president previously waived his privilege of the interview transcript. A few hours before the House Judiciary Committee‘s hearing to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over […]