US and Taiwan to Hold Second Round of Economic Dialogue Next Week
By Reuters WASHINGTON—The United States and Taiwan next week will hold a second session of an economic dialogue launched last year in the face of increasing pressure on the island…
Navy Shipbuilding Contractor Suspends Vaccine Mandate After Workers Threaten to Leave
By Christopher Burroughs A Navy shipbuilding company has ended its vaccine mandate after workers threatened to quit and the Navy confirmed it did not require the mandate. Huntington Ingalls Industries…
Camouflaged men evading border agents near Blue Origin Texas launch site
Anna Giaritelli VAN HORN, Texas — In a part of the United States that is so remote it’s where rockets like the one that carried Jeff Bezos to space are…
Court Blasts Biden’s Anti-Work Vaccine Mandate
By Betsy McCaughey Commentary Working Americans got good news on Friday. They may not have to worry about getting laid off because of qualms about the COVID-19 vaccine. A federal…
Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Plan Would Increase Deficit by $367 Billion Over 10 Years: CBO
By Katabella Roberts President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation, if passed through Congress, would increase the U.S. deficit by $367 billion over 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)…
House passes Biden spending bill after months of delays
By Thomas Barrabi House lawmakers voted to pass President Biden’s expansive spending bill Friday despite opposition from Republicans and lingering questions about the White House’s claim that the cost of…
US to buy 10 million antiviral COVID-19 pills from Pfizer
by Christopher Hutton, The U.S. government will purchase 10 million Pfizer pills that will help mitigate the symptoms of COVID-19 and potentially prevent hospitalization. Pfizer announced Thursday it had signed…
Democrats are poised to play debt-ceiling chicken with Republicans again — and endanger the world financial system in the process
By bwinck@businessinsider.com (Ben Winck) Say something if you’ve heard this one before. The deadline to raise or suspend the debt ceiling is weeks away. Democrats say the responsibility to avoid…
Biden’s approval dips to 36 percent in new Quinnipiac poll
By Max Greenwood President Biden’s job approval rating is down to just 36 percent in a new Quinnipiac University poll, signaling trouble for Democrats as they head into 2022. The…
FDA Asks Court for 55 Years to Fully Release Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Data
By Ivan Pentchoukov The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked a federal judge on Nov. 15 to give it until the year 2076 to fully release the documents in its…
OSHA suspends enforcement of large employer ‘vaccine mandate’
by: Joshua Kuhn WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSPA) – Following a November 12 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it…
‘We’re not looking for war’ with China, but will ‘protect’ Taiwan, lawmaker says after Indo-Pacific trip
by Mike Brest Republican lawmakers just back from a fact-finding mission to the Indo-Pacific region vowed to help protect Taiwan from increasing Chinese aggression. Sens. Mike Crapo, John Cornyn, Mike…