Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, Meant To Counter China, Prompted Explosion in Chinese Battery Imports

Imports of Chinese lithium batteries have increased more than 500 percent since Biden took office (White House, via Wikimedia Commons) In July 2022, weeks before President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, the Democrat said the bill would “give us the ability … to compete with China” and its dominant battery industry.

Biden Admin Cited ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ as Reason To Block Oil and Gas Leases

Watchdog files scientific integrity complaint after admin prioritizes ‘subjective beliefs’ over ‘evidence’ Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Getty Images) When the Biden administration stepped in last year to block seven oil and gas leases in Alaska, it said it was doing so in part to recognize the “Indigenous Knowledge” of the Native Americans who originally inhabited the land. The

Why There’s No Placating Putin

Leon Aron, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has written a welcome, concise book that follows Vladimir Putin from his youth in hardscrabble Leningrad to his unlikely rise to power, aided along the way by apartment bombings and mangled terror attacks, his tightening the screws on opposition figures, unprovoked invasions, to the present

When Obama’s Dreams Became Bibi’s Nightmares

The United States and Israel have a special relationship predicated on shared values and similar democratic principles. As Ari Harow documents in My Brother’s Keeper, that relationship was sorely tested during the Obama administration. Harow, a former chief of staff and adviser to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offers an insider’s account of a transformational

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 81)

Democrats keep insisting President Joe Biden is mentally “sharp.” Behind closed doors. When no one is watching. Alas, their claims are directly contradicted by Biden’s behavior in public, when cameras are rolling. This week the 81-year-old president bumbled and glitched his way through a series of public events, including a meet and greet (and awkward

California Parents Sue AG for Undermining Petition That Bans Sex Change Surgeries for Minors

Parents’ group says Rob Bonta rebranded initiative to mislead and confuse voters California Attorney General Rob Bonta (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) California parents sued the state’s attorney general this week for allegedly spinning the language of their ballot initiative in a way that undercuts their effort to let voters weigh in on the state’s transgender policies