Hunter Biden will change plea in tax case, lawyers tell judge

Hunter Biden will change plea in tax case, lawyers tell judge

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, arrives at court for his trail on tax evasion in Los Angeles, California, on September 5, 2024.  Ringo Chiu | AFP | Getty Images A lawyer for Hunter Biden told a federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday morning that there was no reason to proceed with … Read more

Michael Moore Says Biden Is Being ‘Played Like A Sucker’ By Netanyahu In Israel-Gaza Conflict

Michael Moore Says Biden Is Being ‘Played Like A Sucker’ By Netanyahu In Israel-Gaza Conflict

Michael Moore is not holding back regarding his opinions of President Joe Biden and the Israel-Gaza conflict. The Oscar-winning filmmaker excoriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for his ongoing bombing offensive in Gaza, which has led to massive loss of life and continuing starvation, and slammed the Biden administration for funding it. “There’s … Read more

Biden To Dish Out $7.3 Billion For Clean Rural Power

Biden To Dish Out .3 Billion For Clean Rural Power

President Joe Biden will travel to Wisconsin on Thursday to announce $7.3 billion in federal clean energy spending in rural communities across the country. The Biden administration is calling it the “largest investment in rural electrification” since President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s. The funds, which will be divvied out to 16 … Read more

Tim Walz Being A Car Guy Could Help In The Election

Tim Walz Being A Car Guy Could Help In The Election

Minnesota Governor and Vice Presidential-hopeful Tim Walz is a bona fide car guy. His teal 1979 International Harvester Scout II has sort of become an icon of the Harris-Walz campaign, and it reinforces his whole “small-town Midwest dad” vibe. As it turns out, that old truck, what it represents and Walz’s DIY attitude are paying … Read more

Joe Biden Condemns Shooting Incident In Georgia School

Joe Biden Condemns Shooting Incident In Georgia School

Joe Biden called the shooting incident another horrific reminder of gun violence which tears communities Washington: Expressing condolences for the victims of a shooting incident at a school in Georgia, President Joe Biden has called on Republicans to work with Democrats in the US Congress to pass gun safety legislation to help prevent future gun … Read more

Republican-led states sue to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

Republican-led states sue to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

The U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Seven Republican-led states have sued the U.S. Department of Education to block the Biden administration from carrying out its sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan. In the lawsuit, the states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Dakota … Read more

Harris capital gains tax plan softens Biden proposal

Harris capital gains tax plan softens Biden proposal

Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Sept. 4, 2024. Erin Schaff | The New York Times | Via Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday proposed a 28% tax on long-term capital gains for households with an annual income of $1 million or more, lower than the … Read more

U.S. Steel shares plunge as Biden prepares to block Nippon Steel takeover

U.S. Steel shares plunge as Biden prepares to block Nippon Steel takeover

United States Steel Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant and Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton Pennsylvania, Monday, September 11, 2023. Thomas O’Neil | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. Steel shares tumbled more than 17% on Wednesday as the White House is reportedly preparing to block the company’s planned sale to Japan’s Nippon Steel. People familiar … Read more

How fracking helped the U.S. break the all-time oil production record

How fracking helped the U.S. break the all-time oil production record

The U.S. produced more oil in 2023 than has ever been produced in any year by any country, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.  Big Oil has become more productive as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which is also known as fracking, have seen technological breakthroughs.  U.S. oil production hit a low of 5 … Read more

Joe Biden’s Job Approval Improves After Leaving Presidential Race

Joe Biden’s Job Approval Improves After Leaving Presidential Race

A funny thing happened on President Joe Biden’s way to lame-duck status: He started getting more popular, or at least less unpopular. Since Biden reluctantly stepped aside from the presidential race in late July, his approval rating has steadily ticked up to levels of popularity he had not seen in more than a year, an … Read more