March 29, 2024

Pressure Builds on Biden to Freeze $6 Billion in Iranian Cash as Democrat Senators Join Push

Pressure has been building against the Biden administration from Democrats with calls to freeze the $6 billion that will be released to Iran for a prisoner exchange. Moderate Democrats Sens. Jon Tester (MT) and Joe Manchin (WV) both said on Tuesday that the funds need to be frozen in the wake of the horrific terrorist

Marsha Blackburn, Republicans Call for Freeze on $6 Billion for Iran

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and other Republicans are calling for President Joe Biden to cancel the “ransom” agreement of $6 billion to Iran in the wake of the attacks against Israel. “The Biden administration is refusing to acknowledge Iran’s role in the unprovoked terrorist attacks on Israel. But Hamas and

My husband would rather eat overpriced eggs than pay to freeze mine

A husband has decided he no longer wants to finance freezing his wife’s eggs. DEAR ABBY: My husband is tired of paying to keep my eggs frozen. He has seven children of his own. I know utility costs are through the roof these days, but I can’t disagree with him more.  He meets up with […]

McConnell quickly convenes with allies after second public freeze

Mitch McConnell’s latest health scare guarantees Republican senators will return from recess next week just as they left — publicly and privately discussing the future of their 81-year-old leader. The Senate GOP leader paused for roughly 3src seconds during a press availability in Kentucky, a little more than a month after a similar episode in

Brain Freeze: Joe Biden Refers to Ongoing War in Iraq Because ‘That’s Where My Son Died’

President Joe Biden misspoke during a speech in Florida on Tuesday, speaking about the ongoing “war in Iraq” and also claimed it was where his son died. “Inflation is a worldwide problem right now because of a war in Iraq and the impact on oil and what Russia’s doing, excuse me, the war in Ukraine,”…

Brain Freeze: Biden Struggles to Name His Secretary of Defense During Speech

President Joe Biden struggled to name of his Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, during an event marking International Women’s Day at the White House on Monday. Biden spoke at a White House event highlighting his nomination of two women General Officers for positions as four-star Combatant Commanders — Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost and Army…

Oil Prices Hit New Highs Amid Texas Freeze

The deep freeze that has covered parts of Texas in ice and dropped temperatures into the single digits helped push the price of West Texas Intermediate crude above $60 a barrel for the first time in over a year. WTI crude futures gained 1.09 percent to hit $60.12 a barrel Monday morning, the first time…

House votes to freeze federal funding for Planned Parenthood

The House on Friday voted along party lines to freeze federal funding for Planned Parenthood after weeks of escalating tension surrounding its use of fetal tissue. In a 241-187 vote, nearly all Republicans and two Democrats approved legislation that would block Planned Parenthood’s federal funding for one year, giving time for Congress to fully investigate […]

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