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electric vehicle chargers

White House rolls out $5 billion funding plan to states for electric vehicle chargers

White House rolls out $5 billion funding plan to states for electric vehicle chargers Via CNBC.com: The Biden administration this week rolled out a plan to allocate $5 billion to states to fund electric vehicle chargers over five years, as part of the bipartisan infrastructure package that includes $7.5 billion to build a sprawling network of EV charging stations across the country. The investment is part of the administration’s broader […]

today02/10/2022 14

Bidenomics

Bidenomics: Oil prices hit $90 a barrel, the highest since the Obama administration

Bidenomics: Oil prices hit $90 a barrel, the highest since the Obama administration Via Just The News: U.S. oil prices have spiked to a seven-year high of $90, reaching their highest rates since Barack Obama was in the White House. Crude prices jumped 2.2% in afternoon trading, peaking at just over $90 per barrel, a rate not seen since late 2014.  The latest jump continues a trend of spiking oil […]

today02/07/2022 26

Delta

Delta asks the Justice Department to put unruly travelers on a ‘no-fly’ list

Delta asks the Justice Department to put unruly travelers on a ‘no-fly’ list Via CNBC.com: Delta Air Lines’ CEO Ed Bastian asked the U.S. Department of Justice to put convicted unruly travelers on a national “no-fly” list, the airline’s latest effort to deter aggressive behavior on flights that have surged during the pandemic. Bastian said that while such incidents are rare, a “no-fly” list “will help prevent future incidents and […]

today02/07/2022 19

mobile devices

Postal Service hacking into hundreds of seized mobile devices, tracking users’ social media posts

Postal Service hacking into hundreds of seized mobile devices, tracking users' social media posts Via Just The News: Watchdog groups are sounding the alarm on the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service, which they say is violating the privacy and civil liberties of the American people by using sophisticated tools to break into hundreds of citizens' cellphones and collect their social media posts. Until now, it's gone largely […]

today02/03/2022 20

international flights

Airlines, travel groups ask Biden administration to drop Covid testing before international flights

Airlines, travel groups ask Biden administration to drop Covid testing before international flights Via CNBC.com: Airlines and other travel-industry groups asked the Biden administration on Wednesday to drop Covid test requirements for vaccinated passengers before U.S.-bound flights, a bid to invigorate the sluggish recovery in international travel. “Doing so is justified by the pervasiveness of COVID cases in all 50 states, increased immunity and higher vaccination rates as well as […]

today02/03/2022 14

speed cameras

DOT to tap infrastructure spending to promote speed cameras nationwide

DOT to tap infrastructure spending to promote speed cameras nationwide Via Just The News: The U.S. Department of Transportation's "National Roadway Safety Strategy" includes promoting the use of speed cameras in cities and towns as a "proven safety countermeasure." DOT received $6 billion to issue grants to "help cities and towns" with road safety, which was part of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that Congress passed.  "That law creates a […]

today01/31/2022 14

OSHA

Biden administration withdraws OSHA employee vaccine requirement following Supreme Court decision

Biden administration withdraws OSHA employee vaccine requirement following Supreme Court decision Via Just The News: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday withdrew its November 2021 order that mandated U.S. workers at companies with 100 or more employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination. "Job Creators Network and American small businesses have defeated the Biden administration's illegal vaccine mandate that threatened to burden job creators with new costs and exacerbate the historic labor […]

today01/26/2022 16

Peter Doocy

Biden calls Fox News reporter Peter Doocy ‘a stupid son of a bitch’

Biden calls Fox News reporter Peter Doocy ‘a stupid son of a bitch’ Via CNBC.com: President Joe Biden called Fox News White House reporter Peter Doocy “a stupid son of a bitch” Monday on a live microphone, after Doocy asked Biden whether inflation was a political liability to him. The verbal slip took place during a White House event on Biden administration efforts to combat inflation. After Biden complained that […]

today01/25/2022 15

blacks

Biden plans new restraints on law enforcement, even as blacks oppose cutting police spending: report

Biden plans new restraints on law enforcement, even as blacks oppose cutting police spending: report Via CNBC.com: President Joe Biden plans to roll out executive actions on police reform in honor of Black History Month this February, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News, despite the fact that most black Americans polled support a police presence in their communities. The executive legislation would come shortly after the fight […]

today01/18/2022 20

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