CIA Director Bill Burns testifies next to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during a House (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing on diversity in the intelligence community, on Capitol H...
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Biden Administration Reportedly Set To Propose Minimum Tax On Billionaires
Topline The White House will propose a direct tax on the 700 richest Americans as part of its 2023 budget proposal, the Washington Post reports, aiming to raise an estimated $360 billion over 10 years...
Do You Need A Second Covid Booster Shot? Experts Are Divided.
Topline Amid evidence of waning immunity and new Covid surges across Europe and Asia, a growing number of countries have started rolling out fourth doses of coronavirus vaccines—or are debating doing ...
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis raise over $34 million for Ukraine aid
Actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis attend the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics at Dodger Stadium on April 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Jayne Kamin-oncea | Getty...
Biden’s New Executive Order On Digital Assets Fuels U.S. Crypto Economy
This past Wednesday, President Biden issued an Executive Order to ensure the responsible development of digital assets in the U.S. The Order provides a foundation for numerous studies to help guide an...
Biden’s Clean Industry Policies Could Be Among Most Consequential U.S. Climate Actions
President Biden’s State of the Union speech highlighted actions he has taken to address climate change and strengthen the United States economy. This includes a range of ambitious policies to reduce U...
U.S. bans Russian aircraft from American airspace
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about a U.S. Special Forces operation in Northern Syria against ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington...
National Archives Says It Found ‘Classified National Security Information’ In Boxes At Mar-A-Lago
Topline The National Archives and Records Administration found “classified national security information” among the 15 boxes of White House records that had been stored at former President Donald Trum...
Dow Plunges Over 400 Points, Oil Prices Surge Amid Fears That Russia Will Soon Invade Ukraine
Topline Markets plunged Friday after the White House said Russia could invade Ukraine “any day now,” including during this month’s Winter Olympics, a prospect which led panicked investors to dump stoc...
Biden Says He Won’t Send Troops To Help Americans Evacuate Ukraine
Topline President Joe Biden confirmed in an NBC interview Thursday the United States will not send troops to Ukraine to help evacuate Americans if Russia invades, warning a U.S. presence could spark “...
Nets send James Harden to Sixers for Ben Simmons
James Harden #13 of the Brooklyn Nets drives against Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers during the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center on February 06, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tim Nw...
U.S. Households Have Ordered 240 Million Free Covid-19 Tests, White House Says
Topline Households in the U.S. placed about 60 million orders for a total of 240 million at-home Covid tests through the government website launched last week, the White House said on Friday, amountin...
If Washington Wants To Do Something Substantive About Shortages . . .
(Photo by Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Newsday via Getty Images The administration has pointed to supply chain problems as the cause of many of the nation’s economic ills. Most espec...
Market Now Braced For A Game-Changing White House Executive Order As Price Of Bitcoin And Ethereum Collapse
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have crashed over the past week with around $1.4 trillion wiped from the combined crypto market—and sparking warnings of a new “crypto winter.” Subscribe ...
Reporters Used To Crucify Trump For Insulting Journalists, But Biden Keeps Doing The Same Thing
US President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with members of his administration on efforts to lower … [+] prices for working families at the East room of the White House, in Washington, DC on Janua...
‘Build Back Better’ May Be ‘Dead,’ But These Key Portions Will Pass, Sen. Kaine Says
Topline Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday that President Biden’s $1.8 trillion “Build Back Better” social services bill is “dead,” but said that key portions of it, like education and workforce suppo...
White House To Order 500 Million Additional Covid-19 Tests And Plans To Make Higher-Quality Masks Available
Topline President Joe Biden said Thursday his administration will make higher-quality masks available to Americans for free next week, and announced a new order of 500 million Covid-19 tests to be dis...