President Biden on Friday announced that his administration will distribute $ 27 billion to repair or replace 15,000 bridges across the country. The funds will be doled out as part of the bipartisan infrastructure spending Mr. Biden signed into law in November. He said the funds were the largest investment in … The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...This week, we revealed that an obscure federal agency plans to keep lists of the “personal religious information” employees who had religious objections to the federal employee vaccine mandate. As it turns out, the little-known Pre-trial Services Agency for the District of Columbia isn’t the only federal agency involved. As we feared, a whole-of-government effort looks to be underway. A little digging at the Federal Register revealed that there are at least 19 total federal agencies—including five cabinet level agencies—that have created or proposed to create these tracking lists for…
Read More...<p>Rep. John Katko (R-NY) announced his retirement Friday, making him the third House Republican who voted to impeach ex-President Donald Trump to leave the chamber. </p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...Republican Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa says the Biden administration is refusing to answer his questions about the FBI’s 2016 targeting of the conservative group Concerned Women for America, which has sparked concerns of political bias in the bureau’s ranks. “The FBI’s failure to fully answer Congress’ questions about … The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...We celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January. This year, that’s Jan. 17. On Aug. 28, 1963, King delivered one of the great speeches in American history, popularly known as the “I Have a Dream” speech. It is a speech that must be dusted off and studied anew today, because it contains the very message that our nation sorely needs to hear and digest now. It’s a message that has been tragically lost and buried and replaced with great and destructive distortions. Two things…
Read More...<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who’s been waging war on COVID-19 safety measures in a clear bid to be the next MAGA king ahead of 2024, sees ex-president Donald Trump’s <a rel=”noreferrer noopener” href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-attack-gutless-republican-politicians-booster-shot” target=”_blank”>oblique swipe</a> and raises him a challenge of who can be more pro-spread than the other.</p> Talking Points Memo
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