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Biden Suspends Oil Leases in Alaska as Russia Expands Arctic Drilling

(Headline USA) The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration and reviving a political fight over a remote region that is home to a rich reserve of oil. The moves follow moves by the...

Biden Whines About Disloyalty of Democrat Sens. Manchin & Sinema

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden called out two fellow Democrats on Tuesday in explaining why he hasn’t enacted some of the most ambitious elements of his agenda, noting that slim majorities in the House and evenly divided Senate have hamstrung legislative negotiations. Biden, speaking during an event marking the 100th anniversary...

Key Pa. Legislators to Visit Arizona, Observe Audit Operation on Wednesday

(Headline USA) Three Pennsylvania lawmakers will be in Arizona Wednesday to check out the state Senate GOP’s audit of the 2020 election. They’re the latest Republicans to make a pilgrimage to Phoenix, Ground Zero in the “stop the steal” movement's push to assure the presidential election was conducted accurately and fairly. The...

Texas GOP to Revive Vote Integrity Bill After Democrats Walked Out & Killed Quorum

(Headline USA) Texas Republicans pressed ahead with their push for election integrity Tuesday, vowing to ensure Democrats' weekend victory over their anti-vote-fraud measures would only be temporary. GOP Gov. Greg Abbott prepared to call lawmakers back for a special session to revive the voting measure that died when Democrats staged a...

OBAMA: Biden Admin Is ‘Finishing the Job’ He Began as Community-Organizer-in-Chief

Even though former president Barack Obama is believed to keep his current office and primary residence both less than two miles, as the crow flies, from the White House, he has been decidedly low-profile in the early days of the current Biden administration. But in a freewheeling New York Times interview...

America the Outlier: Voter Photo IDs Are the Rule in Europe & Elsewhere

(John R. Lott, Jr., RealClearInvestigations) Democrats and much of the media are pushing to make permanent the extraordinary, pandemic-driven measures to relax voting rules during the 2020 elections – warning anew of racist voter “suppression” otherwise. Yet democracies in Europe and elsewhere tell a different story – of the benefits of...

Iowa Democrats’ Hopes Fade After Losing Congressional Seat Squeaker

(Associated Press) Democrats lost last year's election for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District by the narrowest margin in a House race in almost 40 years. After the six-vote heartbreaker, some expected Democrat Rita Hart to immediately declare a rematch in the southeast district long held by her party. So far, no Democrat has...

UPDATE: Texas Dems Walk Out, Thwart Vote on Election Integrity Bill Before Deadline

UPDATE 5/31/21 6:00 AM VIA AP: Texas Democrats pulled off a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the state House of Representatives on Sunday night to block passage of one of the strongest election integrity bills in the U.S., leaving Republicans with no choice but to abandon a midnight deadline and declare...

Biden Instructs Democrats to Pass Partisan Infrastructure Bill if Compromise Falters

(Headline USA) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, indicating that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there is no consensus when Congress returns from its Memorial Day break. "By the time that they return, which...

Legislation Calls for End to BLM Flags Flying at US Embassies

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-NY, on Friday introduced the Star and Stripes Act of 2021, a bill that would reverse the State Department's guidance encouraging consulates and embassies to fly Black Lives Matter flags. In two pages, the legislation states that diplomatic posts may fly the following: the American flag, state...

Senate Republicans Block Politicized Jan. 6 Commission on Siege at Capitol

(Headline USA) Senate Republicans on Friday blocked creation of a panel to study the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol, turning aside a politicized spectacle wanted by Democrat leaders in the guise of an "independent investigation." The so-called Jan. 6 commission is designed by Democrat leaders to serve as a form...

DESANTIS: Even Democrats Relocating to Fla. ‘Overwhelmingly’ Support GOP

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that the people who have moved to his free state---including disaffected Democrats who abandoned locked-down blue states---are "overwhelmingly" registering as Republicans, according to the Epoch Times. "The media, at the beginning of this, said Florida’s bad, and I think it’s because they want to damage...
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