President Joe Biden once again gave a speech warning of the future of democracy, keying in on some GOP candidates’ refusal to commit to accepting the election results.
16.10.2022 - 22:39 / foxnews.com
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise blasted Democrats on Sunday after he said Senior White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein was "bragging" about gas prices being lower today while the cost of fuel remains higher than when President Biden first took office last year.
Scalise, R-La., appeared on "Fox News Sunday" to discuss how he believes Republicans will flip seats from the Democrats in November’s midterm elections. "[Voters] are furious with Biden and Pelosi’s far-left socialist agenda that’s led to increased spending, increased inflation, just the cost of everything when you go to the grocery store," the House Minority Whip said, adding "if you can even afford to put gas in your car when you get there." "The White House and Jared Bernstein just before me, they’re talking, bragging as if gas prices are lower," Scalise continued. "Gas prices are about 60% higher today than when Joe Biden took office." Council of Economic Advisers member Jared Bernstein also appeared on "Fox News Sunday" and praised Biden for bringing down gas from the $5 high in June to $3.888 nationally. (Win McNamee/Getty Images, File) When Biden first took office in January 2021, the national average for regular gas was $2.39 per gallon, according to the U.S.
Energy Information Administration. On Sunday, AAA reported that the national average price for regular gas was $3.888 per gallon.That was a slight decrease from Saturday’s national average of $3.892 per gallon. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said that gas prices are still up 60% from when Biden first took office last year.
President Joe Biden once again gave a speech warning of the future of democracy, keying in on some GOP candidates’ refusal to commit to accepting the election results.
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facing the new administration on COVID-19 and national security. The administration’s economic record, which has featured the highest inflation in 40 years, the end of US energy independence and controversial giveaways like college-loan forgiveness, is completely ignored. The only outside critic who escapes the cutting-room floor is Ohio GOP Rep.
An adviser to Vladimir Putin has insisted Brittney Griner's release is not a priority for Russia. The 31-year-old basketball star - who normally lives in Houston, Texas with wife Cherelle Griner - was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling in Russia just days before the country launched the ongoing invasion on Ukraine in February and in August, she was sentenced to nine years behind bars. Although US President Joe Biden has vowed to ensure the sportswoman's freedom, Yury Ushakov - one of the Russian leader's top advisors and the country's ambassador to America from 1998 to 2008 - suggested this was nothing more than a bid to bolster support ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the U.S. ambassador on Saturday to express their "disappointment and concern" after President Joe Biden called Pakistan "one of the most dangerous nations in the world." The president made the remark at a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Los Angeles while discussing Chinese President Xi Jinping. "This is a guy who understands what he wants but has an enormous, enormous array of problems.
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss' push to cut taxes for her country's highest earners was a "mistake," President Biden stated Saturday. Truss was forced to scrap large portions of her tax plan last week amid market turmoil and disintegrating public confidence.
Joe Biden has taken aim at Liz Truss's mini-budget that led to chaos on the markets and to her sacking Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor.
A day after President Joe Biden drew criticism from conservatives on social media for giving unsolicited dating advice to a young teen girl in California, the president is again in hot water for claiming the "economy is strong as hell." The comment came during a conversation with a reporter at a Baskin Robbins in Portland, Oregon, who asked the president if he had any worry about the strength of the U.S. dollar amid rising inflation. With a chocolate chip ice cream cone in his hand, Biden answered: "I’m not concerned about the strength of the dollar.
economic woes, soaring crime and an immigration crisis, Joe Biden has finally found a little Joy. The problem-plagued president appeared on “The View” Wednesday to celebrate Joy Behar’s 80th birthday. Biden — who will turn 80 next month — fawned over the veteran comedian in a prerecorded message, which he taped with wife Jill.“From the whole Biden family, happy birthday, Joy!” the commander in chief cooed.
President Biden said Hunter Biden is "on the straight and narrow" and that he is "proud of" him despite recent criminal allegations against his son, including tax fraud and lying to purchase a gun. During an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper on Tuesday, the president defended his son as the 52-year-old potentially faces tax and false statements charges from David Weiss, the U.S. Attorney for Delaware.
Former Central Intelligence Agency officer David Priess defended being a signatory on a letter with more than two dozen other current and former intel agents and experts who claimed the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop bombshell looked like a "Russian information operation." In October 2020, the Post broke the story about how then-Wilmington computer shopkeeper John-Paul Mac Isaac came into possession of the laptop first son Hunter Biden left at his store near Trolley Square. A copy of the hard drive was provided to the FBI and another to former New York City Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. "It is for all these reasons that we write to say that the arrival on the US political scene of emails purportedly belonging to Vice President Biden’s son Hunter, much of it related to his time serving on the Board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," Priess and fellow signatories wrote in-part.
President Biden acknowledged the possibility of what he described as a "slight recession" could occur in the near future. It was determined back in July that the U.S. suffered back-to-back consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, which has long been the indicator of a recession. However, both the Biden administration and many members of the media have dismissed that long-standing definition. During an interview on Tuesday, CNN's Jake Tapper asked the president, "Should the American people prepare for a recession?" "No," Biden initially responded.
Joe Biden, in an interview with Jake Tapper, said that he doesn’t think that Russian President Vladimir Putin would use a tactical nuclear weapon but that it was “irresponsible” for him to talk about it.
The White House said Tuesday that President Biden believes Saudi Arabia has effectively sided with Russia’s war aims in Ukraine following the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance’s announcement last week that it would cut oil production. "We believe by the decision that OPEC+ made last week, (Saudi Arabia is) certainly aligning themselves with Russia," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a Tuesday briefing.
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First lady Jill Biden is scheduled to travel to Fort Benning this week to visit with members of the military and their families, according to the White House. During her visit on Thursday and Friday to the army post near Columbus, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama, she's also set to stop by the U.S.
over the weekend, joking that his recent gaffes might be attributed to smoking marijuana with some of the people whose pot sentences he just pardoned.“This week, President Biden pardoned thousands of convicted marijuana users, and it feels like maybe he celebrated with them a little,” Colin Jost said on “Weekend Update.”The show then aired a clip of Biden speaking at a car factory Friday.“Let me start with two words: Made in America,” the president said.Jost continued to mock the president, calling his mental capacity in question. “Biden was then heard criticizing reporters at the White House for shouting questions at him,” the funnyman said.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday categorized President Biden’s quickly notorious Armageddon comment regarding the nuclear risk posed by Russia as "reckless" and demonstrating "maybe one of the greatest foreign policy failures of the last decades." "Oh my goodness. First of all those comments were reckless.
If President Joe Biden was looking for a gift for former President Jimmy Carter’s 98th birthday, his mishandling of the OPEC situation sure fits the bill. For all the current administration’s shortcomings and failures, they have been remarkably effective at waging war on America’s energy producers.