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• breitbart.com12 hour(s) ago
• Biden Nat’l Economic Council Head Deese Defends Waiting to Invoke DPA on Formula: Our Work Has Production Getting to 100%
• On Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour,” White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese responded to a question on why the Biden administration didn’t invoke the Defense Production Act to address the baby formula shortage earlier by stating that the administration has been working on the issue since February and “the reason why we are where we are today, where production is getting to 100%, is because of the work that’s been happening over the last several weeks.” “NewsHour” Chief Washington Correspondent Geoff Bennett asked, “You have said that the administration was aware...
• cbslocal.com13 hour(s) ago
• West Campus Vice Principal Dr. Elysse Versher, Who Was Target Of Racist Incident, Resigns
• SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento vice principal who was the target of racist graffiti snd violent threats by her own students has decided to resign, the school district confirmed Thursday afternoon. Brian Heap, the chief communications officer of the Sacramento City Unified School District said West Campus High School Vice Principal Dr. Elysse Versher submitted her resignation effective June 17, following the end of the school year. READ MORE: Angst Film Program Raising Awareness About Anxiety Launching At Schools Across CaliforniaLast November, Dr. Versher returned to her campus parking spot...
• mercurynews.com16 hour(s) ago
• World News | Live updates | Russian rock singer faces charges for remarks
• By The Associated Press A veteran Russian rock musician faces charges of discrediting the army for remarks made at a concert on Wednesday. Charges against Yuri Shevchuk, singer for the band DDT, were sent to an administrative court on Thursday. He could face a fine of up to 50,000 rubles ($800). After the war began, Russia passed a more severe law making the spread of “fake news” about the conflict punishable by up to 15 years in prison. During the concert in Ufa, Shevchuk questioned the aims of the war...
• alternet.org20 hour(s) ago
• One trick pony Donald Trump torched for defaulting to voter fraud myth in close Pennsylvania primary
• Former President Donald Trump is facing deep criticism for his latest remarks suggesting voter fraud might now be an issue in Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, May 18, Trump took to Truth Social with a brief statement amid the reporting of midterm elections results in Pennsylvania, a state he has been fiercely focused on while endorsing MAGA-inspired candidates that align with his political interests. It makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they just happened to find, Trump posted on Wednesday. He also said, In Pennsylvania,...
• abc7news.com2 day(s) ago
• President Biden invokes Defense Production Act for baby formula shortage
• WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the countrys largest formula manufacturing plant.The Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill those orders before other customers. Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly overseas formula supplies that meet federal standards to the U.S., in what the...
• wtop.com2 day(s) ago
• Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage
• WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the country’s largest formula manufacturing plant. The Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill those orders before other customers. Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly overseas formula supplies that meet federal standards to the U.S.,...
• dailyvoice.com2 day(s) ago
• Pennsylvania Bar Owner Slammed Over Racist Remarks In Lyft Driver's Viral Video
• A Pennsylvania bar owner who was caught on a dash camera making racist remarks inside a Lyft drivers car was being slammed online. Jackie Harford was surprised to see a white guy behind the wheel when she entered James Bode’s car late Friday, May 13 outside her bar, Fossil’s Last Stand on Race Street in Catasauqua, LehighValleyLive reports. Whats that? Bode asked, Excuse me? Youre like a normal guy, like you speak English, Harford laughs as she pats his shoulder and apologizes. Thats when Bode tells her to get out...
• wtop.com3 day(s) ago
• Powell: Fed to keep hiking rates until it controls inflation
• WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday underscored the Federal Reserve’s determination to keep raising interest rates until it has brought inflation under control — a high-stakes effort that carries the risk of causing an eventual recession. The Fed’s increases in its benchmark short-term rate typically lead, in turn, to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, including for mortgages, auto loans and credit cards. The economy usually slows as a result. “What we need to see is inflation coming down in a clear and convincing way,” Powell...
• washingtonexaminer.com3 day(s) ago
• GOP senator apologizes for saying there are only two sexes in graduation speech
• Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) apologized after she was booed by graduates at the University of Wyoming for saying that male and female were the only sexes while delivering the schools commencement address. Lummis had said that scientific truths such as the existence of two sexes, male and female, are subject to challenge these days during her address to the graduates. Besides eliciting boos, the senators comment drew a harsh response from several within the university, including from university President Ed Seidel, who released a statement noting that one...
• cbslocal.com3 day(s) ago
• Dr. Anthony Fauci To Deliver Keynote Remarks At University Of Maryland, Baltimores Commencement Ceremony
• BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s commencement ceremony this week, the university announced Tuesday. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who has become the face of federal efforts to combat COVID-19, is scheduled to give those remarks to the Class of 2022 when they formally graduate on Thursday. READ MORE: Maryland Weather: Bright And Breezy“His keynote speech will be an excellent send off to congratulate and...
• alternet.org3 day(s) ago
• Far-right Arizona lawmaker under investigation after controversial remarks on Buffalo shooting
• On Monday, the Phoenix New Times reported that the Arizona State Senate has opened an investigation into extremist Rep. Wendy Rogers after a comment she posted on social media appearing to claim that the racial massacre in Buffalo was a false flag staged by the FBI. Just hours after a shooter killed 10 people Saturday in a racist attack at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers took to social media to write: Fed boy summer has started in Buffalo, implying the...
• breitbart.com4 day(s) ago
• White House Claims Baby Formula Shortage a Top Priority Since February After Joe Biden Claimed Ignorance of Problem
• The White House claimed President Joe Biden’s administration made the baby formula shortage crisis a top priority as early as February, even though the president claimed ignorance of the problem on Thursday. “This is something he is focusing on very acutely and again I said 24/7 we’ve been working on this since we have learned about this back in February,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during the daily briefing about Biden, calling the issue “one of the presidents top priorities.” Biden bristled when asked by reporters on Friday...
• wtop.com4 day(s) ago
• Wyoming senator booed for sex identity remarks at graduation
• CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis apologized Monday after getting booed and heckled for remarks she made on sexual identity during a University of Wyoming graduation speech. A first-term Republican from deep-red Wyoming, Lummis said in Saturday’s speech in Laramie that human rights are derived from God but that government seeks to redefine many of them. “Even fundamental, scientific truths such as the existence of two sexes, male and female, are subject to challenge these days,” Lummis said. She paused and smiled while many in the crowd...
• alternet.org4 day(s) ago
• All eyes are on Pennsylvania as parties nominate gubernatorial, Senate candidates
• This Tuesday, May 17 will be a major day in the swing state of Pennsylvania, which will be holding Democratic and Republican primaries for a variety of positions — including primaries for lieutenant governor, seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, and seats in the Pennsylvania State Legislature. The two most closely watched primaries, however, will be the ones for governor and the U.S. Senate seat presently held by arch-conservative Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. And Pennsylvania, just before the primaries, is being rocked by developments that range from Lt. Gov....
• mercurynews.com4 day(s) ago
• Magic issue statement after Jonathan Isaacs remarks on vaccine, kneeling
• Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac once again drew attention for comments he made off the court. Isaac, who hasn’t played since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the “NBA bubble” in August 2020, spoke at the ReAwaken America Tour hosted by Clay Clark on Saturday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He touched on why he chose to stand for the national anthem in the “bubble,” his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter organization and why he chose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine — a topic he...
• breitbart.com5 day(s) ago
• On Nakba, Palestinian President Abbas Vows to Continue Paying Convicted Terrorists in Pay-for-Slay
• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday vowed his government will continue to pay monthly stipends to convicted terrorists and their families, in what is known in Israel as pay-for-slay. His remarks were made in a speech marking the 74th anniversary of the “Nakba,” commemorating what is known by Palestinians as the “catastrophe” of the establishment of the State of Israel. Palestinians sounded sirens for 74 seconds in protests all over the West Bank, marking the number of years since Israel’s founding. Abbas also reiterated his commitment to the “right of...
• tennesseestar.com5 day(s) ago
• Texas Court Reinstates Transgender Child Abuse Policy
• by Laurel Duggan   Texas government officials can continue to investigate parents who transition their children to the opposite sex for possible child abuse, the state’s supreme court ruled Friday. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) determined that child sex change surgeries constituted child abuse in August 2021 upon prompting by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and the DFPS began investigations of families for potential child abuse over treatments their transgender children were receiving in February. An appeals court had previously blocked these inquiries throughout the state, but the Texas...
• theblaze.com6 day(s) ago
• The Biden administration knew a baby formula shortage was coming as early as last February
• He said, “As a parent, and with friends and colleagues, we were aware that people were starting to have trouble in stores, but we were aware of this from when the FDA had to take its action back in February, with Abbott and with the steps in the Michigan facility. And we have had a team on this from the FDA and in the interagency process since then.” Collins responded by asking whether the FDA moved fast enough on the issue, she inquired, “So I’m wondering if the sense inside...
• breitbart.com6 day(s) ago
• Exclusive: Rep. Stefanik Blasts Biden Administration for Formula Shortage, Says FDA has Known About Threat Since February
• The Biden Administration has been aware of the threat of a national baby formula shortage for “months,” House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told Breitbart News – on the same day President Biden claimed only “mind readers” could have anticipated the crisis. Asked Friday about whether his administration could have taken steps sooner to avoid the current supply crunch of baby formula, Biden replied, “If we’d been better mind-readers I guess we could have.” “We moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us,” he continued, adding, “we...