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Biden slammed by indigenous groups for selection of Ambassador to Canada

Indigenous groups are slamming President Joe Biden for his selection of David Cohen as the United States Ambassador to Canada.  Cohen served as the CEO of Comcast and as the Chairman of the University of Pennsylvania‘s Board of Trustees —

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Pelosi ends Congress’s use of Air Marshals following criticism

A scandal-plagued “VIP” program that provided members of Congress with Federal Air Marshals (FAM) often yanked from high-risk fights has been canceled after Judicial Watch exposed it earlier this month. As a result, hundreds of FAM are sitting idly at airports around

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Protecting IP in the Endless Frontier Act

BY DEREK SCISSORS The Endless Frontier Act is getting hard to follow. The April version, championed by Majority Leader Schumer, was 160 pages long. The version passed this week by the Senate Commerce Committee more than doubles that. There are now many issues

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Ready or not: The state of America’s military

BY GARY J. SCHMITT The General Accounting Office (GAO) just released a report detailing “readiness” levels for the US military. Readiness is measured by each of the services with respect to a unit’s ability to fight and accomplish the missions assigned to

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American Rescue Plan includes massive commitments to universal child care

BY KATHARINE B. STEVENS Last Saturday, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed the massive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, now under consideration in the Senate. The so-called “COVID-19 relief package” includes multiple childcare provisions: $39 billion to address “an acute, immediate childcare

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Will Biden’s embrace of industrial policy pay off?

BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS Joe Biden wants more government intervention in the American economy. And not just cutting checks to people. Biden favors a national industrial policy, what his “build back better” campaign agenda describes as a “comprehensive manufacturing and innovation strategy” which “will marshall

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Biden’s support for House HEROES Act isn’t a ‘unity’ position

BY MATT WEIDINGER On Monday, Joe Biden expressed support for further stimulus legislation, calling specifically for the enactment of legislation “like the HEROES Act,” which the House passed in May and subsequently went nowhere in the Republican-led Senate: President-elect Joe Biden on Monday urged

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Jill Biden is being floated for Secretary of Education

Following pushback to rumors late last week that Michelle Rhee is at the top of President-elect Joe Biden‘s shortlist to lead the Department of Education, the transition team is now quietly floating the idea of nominating the First-Lady-in-Waiting, Dr. Jill