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Biden’s shift on F-16s for Ukraine came after months of internal debate

August 25, 2023 shift, Ukraine, Months, Biden's, F16s, internal, came, debate, after0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces on how to operate F-16 fighter jets — and eventually to provide the aircraft themselves — seemed like an abrupt change in position but was in fact one that came after months of internal debate and quiet talks with allies. Biden announced during last week’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, that the U.S. would join the F-16 coalition. His green light came after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spent months pressing the West to provide his…

Recap of the Republican Debate 2023: A Complete Dumpster Fire

August 25, 2023 debate, Republican, Fire, 'Complete', Recap, 2023, Dumpster0 comment

GOP Candidates Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy face off at the Republican National Committee Debate in Milwaukee, WI. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty In case you missed last night’s RNC debate for the sake of your mental health, we watched it so you don’t have to. Despite Trump’s absence, his eight rival Republican candidates battled it out in an attempt to prove their ability to replace him as front-runner. Whether or not any of them were successful in upending his lead remains to be seen, but it’s hard to…

Now that the debt ceiling debate has been settled, it’s back to business-as-usual for contractors…right?

June 6, 2023 debate, debt, back, It's, Ceiling, settled, been, businessasusual, contractors…right0 comment

The debt ceiling debate has absorbed many in Washington over the past few weeks, as well as those whose business prospects are directly tied to federal spending. Now that a deal is done, how are they feeling about it? To find out, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with federal contracting expert Larry Allen. Interview Transcript: Larry Allen I think the good news is now that we have a debt ceiling agreement, that the rest of the fiscal year for fiscal year 23 should be pretty strong. Congress has appropriated a…

What the Student-Loan Debate Overlooks

September 11, 2022 Overlooks, debate, StudentLoan0 comment

A core conservative critique of President Joe Biden’s executive action on student-debt forgiveness is that the plan requires blue-collar Americans to subsidize privileged children idly contemplating gender studies or critical race theory at fancy private colleges. That idea, articulated by Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, among others, aims to portray the GOP as the party of working Americans and Democrats as the champions of the smug, well-educated elite. But it fundamentally misrepresents who’s attending college now, where they are enrolled, and the reasons so many young people are graduating…

Al Qaeda leader’s death renews debate over hasty U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal

August 2, 2022 Afghanistan, death, Hasty, leaders, Qaeda, renews, Withdrawal, debate, U.S., Over0 comment

The successful U.S. intelligence drone strike that killed longtime al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri at his Kabul safe house has also reignited the debates over President Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan last year and whether the country’s new Taliban leaders are honoring a pledge to rein in terror groups operating on Afghan soil. The Washington Times stories: White House

The Voting-Rights Debate Democrats Don’t Want to Have

January 19, 2022 Democrats, debate, want, don't, VotingRights0 comment

Last week was a momentous one for voting rights in America, and not just because of President Joe Biden’s urgent (if unsuccessful) plea for Congress to pass legislation protecting access to the ballot. More than 800,000 people in New York City gained the right to vote with the enactment of a new law allowing legal noncitizens to participate in municipal elections. The law represents one of the biggest single expansions of voting rights in recent years, as well as an enormous victory for immigrants in the nation’s largest city. But…