Dave Boyer

Biden not firing science advisor after ‘inappropriate’ behavior

President Biden, despite a pledge to fire any appointee who treats colleagues with disrespect, isn't firing his top science adviser after an internal White House investigation found that he bullied and demeaned subordinates.

February 7, 2022

Biden vows to spike German pipeline if Russia strikes Ukraine

With the new German chancellor at his side, President Biden forcefully vowed Monday that a controversial new Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline would never start operations if the Kremlin invades neighboring Ukraine.

February 7, 2022

Trump fires back at Pence over election remarks

Former President Donald Trump won't budge on his claim that former Vice President Mike Pence could have overturned the 2020 presidential election, despite Mr. Pence calling the assertion "wrong" and "un-American."

February 5, 2022

Pence says Trump was wrong to claim he could overturn 2020 election results

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that former President Donald Trump is "wrong" to claim that Mr. Pence could have overturned the 2020 presidential election during the certification of the Electoral College results in Congress.

February 4, 2022

Biden hails strong jobs report as proof the U.S. is back to work

President Biden took a victory lap Friday on a strong jobs report for January, saying his administration made history by creating 6.6 million jobs in his first year.

February 4, 2022

Biden blasts GOP, gun industry for NYC crime wave; calls for new gun control measures

President Biden blamed lax gun ownership laws Thursday for the crime wave hitting New York City and other communities, insisting that Second Amendment rights were never meant to be absolute but saying nothing about the progressive crime policies of new District Attorney Alvin Bragg that many here blame for the surge of violence in the city.

February 3, 2022

Capitol complex office building evacuated after alarm

The Cannon House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol was evacuated shortly after noon on Thursday when an alarm sounded.

February 3, 2022

Biden says ISIS leader blew himself up as U.S. special forces closed in

The leader of ISIS killed himself and his family members "in a final act of desperate cowardice" by detonating explosives as U.S. special forces raided his hideout in Syria, President Biden said Thursday.

February 3, 2022

Islamic State top leader kills himself as U.S. special forces converge in Syria

The shadowy leader of the Islamic State terror group killed himself and his family members "in a final act of desperate cowardice" by detonating explosives as U.S. special forces approached his hideout in Syria, President Biden and U.S. officials said Thursday.

February 3, 2022

Pa. Democrats had vote-counting snag in attempt to endorse Senate candidate

A glitch in the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's voting system resulted in some votes not being counted when the party met last weekend to consider an endorsement in the Senate primary, officials have acknowledged.

February 1, 2022

Lockdowns had little or no impact on COVID-19 deaths, new study shows

Lockdowns in the U.S. and Europe had little or no impact in reducing deaths from COVID-19, according to a new analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

January 31, 2022

Georgia district attorney asks FBI for extra security after Trump’s talk of pardons

A Georgia district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump for possible meddling in the 2020 election has asked the FBI to provide extra security for her office in the wake of Mr. Trump criticizing prosecutors and suggesting he would pardon people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

January 31, 2022

U.S. economy, juiced on trillions in COVID aid, grew last year at fastest pace since 1984

The U.S. economy grew last year at its fastest pace since 1984, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, giving President Biden a piece of good economic news amid high inflation and chronic supply-chain woes.

January 27, 2022

Harris to visit Honduras for migration talks with the new president

Vice President Kamala Harris will lead a U.S. delegation to Honduras on Thursday to attend the inauguration and hold migration talks with newly elected President Xiomara Castro, a socialist who has become weakened politically even before she takes office.

January 26, 2022

Fed says it’s likely to raise key interest rate soon to fight high inflation

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will likely begin to raise interest rates, probably in March, as the central bank tries to rein in record-high inflation.

January 26, 2022

IMF downgrades growth forecast for U.S., global economy amid high inflation, virus spread

The short-term outlook for the U.S. economy worsened on several fronts Tuesday.

January 25, 2022

Biden snaps profanely at reporter over inflation as stocks swing wildly ahead of Fed meeting

President Biden's frustration about inflation boiled over at the White House on Monday, on a day when the impact of record-high prices helped fuel jitters on Wall Street.

January 24, 2022

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID-19, delaying start of defamation trial against New York Times

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tested positive for COVID-19 just before the start of a trial in her defamation suit against The New York Times on Monday.

January 24, 2022

Biden retreats from Congress with deal-maker reputation in tatters

President Biden campaigned as a wily Senate deal-maker who would bring both parties together, but he is abandoning that model after one year of failed deal-making in the White House.

January 20, 2022

Biden says Harris will be his running mate again in 2024

President Biden said Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris, who is deeply unpopular in polls, will be his running mate again in 2024.

January 19, 2022