A group of Republican senators on Wednesday opened a probe into the Biden administration’s decision to unlock upwards of $10 billion in frozen funds for the Iranian government, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. The 13 lawmakers, led by Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.), are pressing the State and Treasury Departments to detail exactly how
When public hospitals purchase medical equipment or rely on outside doctors, they typically consider the price and quality of each vendor. In Tarrant County, Texas, they consider something else, too: the race and gender of the vendor’s owners. Tarrant County’s public hospital system, JPS Health, evaluates bids for contracts on a 100-point scale that gives
Among the questions to be asked will be, ‘Why is DOT footing the Key bridge rebuild costs despite the federal-state/local share law? When two congressional panels convene a joint hearing in the Port of Miami on April 5, it will mark the first official assembly of federal lawmakers since a container ship knocked down Baltimore’s
Biden, Netanyahu to speak following strike on World Central Kitchen workers – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak Friday for the first time since seven World Central Kitchen workers were killed by an Israeli airstrike. Nancy Cordes has more on the growing rift between the two
The White House has drained 43 percent of America’s emergency crude stockpiles since 2021. The Biden administration abruptly halted refilling the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as the Department of Energy tries to keep “the taxpayer’s interest at the forefront.” The latest decision comes as crude oil prices have rocketed amid geopolitical tensions and global
A federal assessment has speculated the mining ban will likely prevent 12 or 13 oil and gas wells from springing up in the area. The federal government has announced it will bar new drilling and mining operations from the Thompson Divide along Colorado’s Western Slope, an area known for its environmental features like mountaintops, foothills, grazing
‘Finally, we beat Big Pharma,’ President Biden said. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden held a White House meeting on Wednesday to highlight his administration’s continued fight against Big Pharma and efforts to lower prescription drug costs. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), his one-time 2020 Democratic primary opponent, joined President Biden to highlight his efforts to cut healthcare costs—particularly