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Biden administration announces $1.8B for infrastructure projects

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it had awarded $1.8 billion in grants to 148 infrastructure projects across the country. The grants will come from the Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, which was expanded with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. This announcement brings the Biden Administration’s total number of grants […]

Biden administration official, Rachel Levine, pressured medical experts to remove age limit guidelines for transgender surgery,

According to unreleased court documents, senior health officials in the Biden administration have successfully pressured a group of international medical experts to lift age limit guidelines for sex-reassignment surgery, including for sex-change procedures for minors. Adm. Rachel Levin, undersecretary of health for the Department of Health and Human Services, was concerned that the Global Association […]

Burgum defends using 'dictatorship' to describe Biden administration

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (Republican) repeated past comments he has made calling the Biden administration a “dictatorship.” CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins on “State of the Union” pressed Burgum on why he called the Biden White House a “dictatorship,” pointing out that just because someone opposes Biden’s policies or executive orders doesn’t make it a […]

Biden Administration Moves Ukraine to Top of List for US Weapons Sales

The Biden administration has decided to put Ukraine at the top of the list of countries receiving air defense weapons, effectively forcing the U.S. ally to wait at least 16 months to receive the same weapons. The administration said that Russia has stepped up missile and drone attacks on Ukraine in recent months in an […]

Biden administration bans Kaspersky software over Russian ties

The Biden administration has issued an order banning the use of all software from Kaspersky Lab, citing its ties to Russia. The company’s software has been a concern for the U.S. government since at least 2017 due to suspicions that the Russian government has influenced it, which has full access to all of Kaspersky’s systems […]

Democrats call on Biden administration to open pathways for Palestinian refugees

A group of Democrats led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is urging the Biden administration to consider extending refugee status for some Palestinians fleeing the violence in Gaza. The nearly 70 Democrats sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday, encouraging them to grant priority-2 designation […]

Biden administration proposes to limit cutting old-growth trees

The Biden administration has proposed new protections for old-growth forests but has stopped short of imposing an outright ban on cutting down carbon-storing plants. The Forest Service on Thursday was suggested Limit cutting of these mature trees IIt has destroyed national forests, angered some in the timber industry, but been welcomed by environmental groups. Research […]