The Department of Energy’s inspector general on Tuesday issued an unprecedented call to suspend the Biden administration’s $400 billion energy loan program, warning that officials aren’t complying with conflict-of-interest rules and that the program carries a “significant risk of fraud.” The news comes as the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has been rushing to
Vermont socialist was one of the online retailer’s biggest Senate customers during the 2024 election cycle Getty Images Vermont socialist Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) says Amazon’s “obsession with speed creates uniquely dangerous warehouses.” But his campaign appears to have an affinity for that speed, having spent nearly $2 million at Amazon since 2012, a Washington
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D., Va.) defeated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) in a closed-door caucus vote Tuesday to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Politico reported. Connolly, 74, who is twice as old as Ocasio-Cortez, 35, and has recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer, won the seat in a 131-84 vote. He
‘Just absolutely remarkable report,’ Jake Tapper said after Clarissa Ward helped free a prisoner who killed and tortured actual civilians CNN hosts spent days praising their colleague Clarissa Ward for helping free a Syrian man from a notorious prison before learning the “civilian” was really a Bashar al-Assad lieutenant who tortured and killed actual civilians.
Ben Wikler, a top candidate for DNC chairman, told the Jewish Insider a pro-Hamas activist should have been allowed to speak at the Democratic National Convention in August. Wikler said that “featuring a voice like” Palestinian Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman, who was championed by the anti-Israel “Uncommitted” movement and has a record of pro-Hamas
The Chinese government in recent weeks expanded its ban on exports of a handful of minerals found in critical military and energy technologies in America. The move puts a spotlight on America’s domestic mineral supplies, many of which are locked in years-long federal permitting and regulatory reviews. One such case is a project located at
‘Of course I was delighted to learn ABC News and George Stephanopoulos were making such a generous donation to Donald Trump,’ Free Beacon’s Andrew Stiles says George Stephanopoulos emerges from elevators at Trump Tower in November 2016 (Kevin Hagen/Getty Images) Nearly a decade ago, ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos faced criticism for his failure to