President Biden is looking to woo energy communities long dependent on the fossil fuel industry -- particularly those with coal workers who are out of jobs -- with economic incentives to go green from Democrats' tax and climate spending law.
The assassination of a prominent Russian propagandist in St. Petersburg exposes the growing confusion in Moscow’s information war. Vladlen Tatarsky was not a conventional journalist or military blogger but rather a proponent of destroying Ukraine. He was linked with the Wagner mercenaries, the spearhead of Russia’s forces in eastern Ukraine. He may have become a casualty of escalating power struggles within Russia’s power elites who are offering conflicting messages about the war in Ukraine.
The New York Times famously decried Sweden’s hands-off approach to the pandemic as “the world’s cautionary tale.” But more data just vindicated the Scandinavian nation’s approach, which kept schools open and largely rejected government lockdowns of the economy.
At last, the former occupant of our highest public office has been subjected to the indignity of enduring a mug shot and being charged with dishonoring the American presidency.
New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump on trumped-up charges last Thursday had been anticipated yet still sent shock waves throughout the country. He was already the front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, and speculation ahead of the indictment drove Trump's poll numbers into the stratosphere. A Fox News poll released last week showed him up 30 points over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), his nearest competitor.
President Emmanuel Macron of France arrives in Beijing on Wednesday. He'll also travel with Xi Jinping to Guangzhou, where Xi's father was a senior official. The French government is spinning the line that his top priority will be to persuade Xi to limit China's support for Vladimir Putin. The reality, as underlined by the legion of business leaders Macron is taking with him, is that this trip is simply another French play for more Chinese trade and investment.
Attorney Joe Tacopina on Monday touted former President Trump’s fundraising numbers following the former president's indictment on criminal charges and ahead of his slated Tuesday appearance in a Manhattan court for an arraignment. “It’s gonna be a new campaign strategy. Get yourself indicted and you raise a lot of money,” Tacopina said in an appearance...