Topline Though public opinion on the Biden Administration’s response to the war in Ukraine remains divided along party lines, Republican disapproval has fallen by 12 percentage points in the past two ...
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China’s Covid Policy Will “Exact A Very High Cost On The Economy”
A health worker in personal protective equipment administers a booster shot to an international … [+] resident at a hospital during a lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, China on Saturday, May...
White House May Limit Student Loan Relief To Incomes Under $125,000, Psaki Says
Topline The Biden Administration could offer student loan relief to Americans who earn less than $125,000 per year, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Tuesday—as President Joe Biden mulls...
Anti-Covid Pill Coming To All U.S. Pharmacies Under Reported Biden Plan
Topline The Biden Administration is working on a plan to make Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid available across the U.S. following shortages of the lifesaving drug, Bloomberg reported Friday,...
Delta Calls Covid-19 An ‘Ordinary Seasonal Virus’ As Airlines Drop Face Mask Use In Mid-Flight
Packed flights, like this Delta Airlines one, will no longer require everyone wearing face masks … [+] even though Covid-19 cases have been on the upswing in the U.S. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angel...
White House May Appeal Ruling Against Mask Mandate On Planes, Psaki Says
Topline The Biden administration will not rule out appealing Monday’s court ruling that overturned the federal mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation—which could result in the order going...
Biden Administration Will Broaden Student Loan Forgiveness Programs For Millions Of Borrowers
Topline The Department of Education announced a plan Tuesday to immediately forgive student loan debt for at least 40,000 Americans—and move another 3.6 million borrowers closer to loan forgiveness—us...
Extending Mask Mandate For Airplanes, Public Transportation ‘On The Table’, White House Says
Topline The Biden administration may continue to require Americans to wear masks on public transportation, airplanes and in airports after the mandate runs out next week, as the White House’s Covid-19...
Biden Administration’s 2023 Tax Policy Includes Many Key Changes For Crypto Traders And Investors
President Joe Biden speaks about the March jobs report in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, April 1, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ASSOCIATED PRESS What Happened On ...
Our Days As An Oil Exporter Are Limited, And So Are Dreams Of Energy Independence
Loren Steffy, UH Energy Scholar PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS – MAY 27: In this aerial drone view from a drone, a petroleum tanker ship passes … [+] through the Aransas Channel from the Gulf of Mexi...
With The Ukraine War, The Green Chickens Have Come Home To Roost
TOPSHOT – Ukrainian servicemen ride on tanks towards the front line with Russian forces in the … [+] Lugansk region of Ukraine on February 25, 2022. – Ukrainian forces fought off Rus...
Spike In Cyber-Terrorism Opens The Door For CrowdStrike Holdings
logo from the cyber security company CrowdStrike Holdings seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo … [+] Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/Light...
Will Biden Again Pause—Or Cancel—Your Student Loans? Here’s What We Know.
Topline Millions of Americans with federal student loan debt are set to resume payments on May 1, after President Joe Biden has paused payments throughout the pandemic—but recent signals from the U.S....
Texas Provides Model For Much-Needed Supply Chain Overhaul
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar US President Joe Biden holds a microchip as he speaks before signing an executive order on securing … [+] critical supply chains, in the State Dining Room of th...
U.S. Says Russia Moved 7,000 New Troops Near Ukraine—Despite Claims Of De-Escalation
Topline Russia’s recent claim that its military forces have started pulling back from the Ukrainian border appears to be false, a senior Biden Administration official alleged Wednesday, as Russia has ...
Alcohol Industry Needs Serious Reform To Boost Competition, Lower Prices: Treasury Report
Topline With the Biden administration looking to fight consolidation in industries from meatpacking to shipping, a new report from the Treasury Department on Wednesday zeroed in on the $250 billion (a...
The Race To Clean Hydrogen Is On. Can Houston Lead The Way?
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar A Canadian hydrogen plant at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Bettmann Archive The hydrogen economy is coming, and the Biden administration is working hard to move it ...
Biden Administration Threatens To Revoke Arizona Stimulus Funds Used For Anti-Mask Mandate Programs At Schools
Topline The Treasury Department is threatening to revoke more than $170 million in federal stimulus money and withhold future funds from Arizona, it informed the state Friday, after Arizona Gov. Doug ...
Biden Requires Insurance Companies To Cover Free At-Home Covid Tests Starting This Weekend
Topline Private insurance companies will be required to reimburse customers for up to eight at-home Covid-19 tests per month starting Saturday, according to a policy announced Monday, as the Biden Adm...
The Warren-Biden Bank Heist – WSJ
Elizabeth Warren finally got her woman—that is, the Senator and her many acolytes in the Biden Administration have succeeded in ousting Jelena McWilliams as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp...