The IRS has already sweated $122 million out of 100 wealthy taxpayers, the agency announced Friday, celebrating early returns in the Biden administration's campaign to make the rich pay what they owe to Uncle Sam.
House Republicans have dumped Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their speaker nominee after he failed to win a floor vote for the third time on Friday morning. That means Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who was empowered to act as the House’s temporary speaker until at least January, is nominally in charge but without any legislative powers.
Major companies these days issue “climate risk” and “climate impact” statements as part of their “environmental and social governance” or ESG disclosures.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) should withdraw as the Republican nominee for speaker of the House. With every ballot on the House floor, he loses more votes, so it is evident he cannot secure a majority. He does the House and the country a disservice by continuing to press his hopeless case. He is simply not popular enough and is too divisive to lead.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS HEAD BACK TO SQUARE ONE. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) called an early morning — 8 a.m. — news conference Friday to say he was not going to give up his effort to become speaker of the House. "My favorite scripture verse is 2 Timothy 4:7," Jordan said. "Fight the good fight, finish the course, keep the faith. And I tell folks I love that verse because of the action in it." Jordan's point is that he will keep fighting and finish the course by winning the speakership.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule that will tighten the reporting requirements for facilities that use or release certain types of toxic “forever chemicals.” With the rule’s implementation, the EPA is now designating 189 of these PFAS compounds — of which there are thousands — as “chemicals of special concern.” Doing so, the agency explained, will...
An American woman and her daughter taken Hostage by Hamas from Israel were released on Friday, with the U.S.-designated terrorist group saying it had made the decision for humanitarian reasons. Israel confirmed that the hostages were in its custody. “The person in charge of the abductees and the missing, Brigadier General Gal Hirsch, together with...
There is chaos on the border. Record numbers of illegal aliens surrender to CBP agents daily, and record numbers are getting away. The Biden administration is letting in almost 10,000 illegal border crossers into the country every day. Additional chaos occurs through President Biden’s open border policy, with hundreds being killed daily by fentanyl and...