AOC laments state of her party after Democrats vote for trans athlete ban bill: ‘We’re not in good shape’
The tough situation for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D.N.Y.) worsened Tuesday as members of her own party voted in favor of a bill she attacked at the cost of widespread derision. Ocasio-Cortez's viral rant against protections for women and girls in the sports law persuaded Democratic allies Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, both of Texas, to […]
Energy expert sounds alarm over Biden’s recent oil and drilling ban: It's a 'sad day'
American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers weighs in on Biden’s recent oil and gas drilling ban and the … source
EXCLUSIVE: Texas Republicans Attempt To Nix Biden’s Massive Last-Minute Offshore Drilling Ban
Republican Rep. Jody Arrington and Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) on Wednesday proposed a new bill that would override President Joe Biden's lame-duck decision to ban future offshore oil and gas leases in large swaths of the U.S. ocean. submitted. Arrington and Cruz each invoice They held arguments in their respective chambers to override Biden's Jan. […]
Gavin Newsom feuds with Ted Cruz over executive order meant to ban ‘unsolicited’ offers to purchase wildfire land
Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom has criticized Republican Sen. Ted Cruz ( (Texas) was contested. Newsom announced the order Wednesday after a week of historically devastating wildfires in Southern California. At least 25 people were killed and more than 13,000 homes and businesses were destroyed. “Mr. Newsom's order is clearly paternalistic and could even undermine […]
TikTok users download another Chinese app to mock spying concerns before ban: ‘We’re here to spite our government’
Enraged by TikTok's ban, young people rushed to download other Chinese apps. mock Congress tried to protect them from communist spies. Congress has passed a bill requiring popular social media apps to be divested from companies with close ties to the communist Chinese government or face bans in the United States over privacy concerns. . […]
The RFK effect? FDA announces ban on red food dye over cancer concerns
food and drug administration announced The use of red No. 3 is prohibited. Red No. 3 is a dye that has been approved for more than 100 years and is used in thousands of foods linked to cancer. The decision came days before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, when he nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as […]
American ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to Chinese-owned RedNote to protest ban
HONG KONG — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, American TikTok users are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, which is the most downloaded app in the United States. Some people who call themselves “TikTok refugees” are protesting the ban and claiming that Chinese apps are being chosen as an alternative to […]
TikTok will completely shut down app in US on Sunday as ban looms
TikTok is reportedly planning to shut down the Chinese-owned video-sharing app completely when a law requiring it to be banned or sold goes into effect on Sunday. The roughly 170 million U.S. users who try to access the app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website detailing the ban, according to the […]
Biden admin plows ahead with 11th hour plan to effectively ban cigarettes
The Biden administration's Food and Drug Administration took a major new step Wednesday, effectively banning currently available cigarettes and prioritizing cigarettes with lower nicotine concentrations. “Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, if finalized, would limit the nicotine levels in cigarettes and certain other combustible tobacco products, making them less addictive or non-addictive. “If finalized, […]
House GOP resolution would overturn Biden’s gas water heater ban
exclusive: New Congressional resolution introduced by Republicans could block presidential action Biden's latest ban Fox News Digital investigated natural gas water heaters. In the waning days of the Biden administration, the Department of Energy announced new rules banning non-condensing natural gas-fired water heaters by 2029 in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. But Congressional Republicans […]