Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has taken millions in donations from oil, gas and coal industry groups over the years, but he also brings in donations from green energy organizations and companies, according to his Federal Election Commission filings.
Well, this is a tangled web: Former Puerto Rican Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced has been brought up on bribery charges for allegedly agreeing to make a political appointment in exchange for financial support to her 2020 campaign.
The popular social media platform TikTok banned pro-life leader Lila Rose on Thursday and censored her organization Live Action from reaching new people with the truth about unborn babies.
China blocked imports of citrus, fish and other foods from Taiwan in retaliation for a visit by a top American lawmaker, Nancy Pelosi, but has avoided disrupting one of the world’s most important technology and manufacturing relationships.
President Joe Biden promised on Thursday that the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” wouldn’t raise taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year. But, in fact, the bill would increase taxes collected from the American people by more than half a trillion dollars, affecting both rich and poor alike.
Chinese entities have acquired immense swaths of American soil and are poised to continue doing so. "Millions of acres in U.S. farmland are expected to change hands in the next decade."
Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Maggie Hassan (N.H.) are set to lead the first congressional hearing on gain-of-function research as part of his ongoing efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
