Tag: looms

FISA fight heats up among Republicans as deadline looms

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, took a swipe at national security hawks over their insistence that the government’s top spying tool be reauthorized without a warrant requirement. “The same people who spied on President Trump’s campaign are now fighting against a warrant requirement in the new FISA bill,” Mr. Jordan said in […]

Biden Hits Brakes on EV Push as Election Looms, But Still Imposes New Regulations

Apparently, the existential threat of climate change diminishes during election years. According to Reuters, on Tuesday the Biden administration’s Department of Energy announced measures supposedly designed to ease the auto industry’s painful transition to electric-vehicle manufacturing. It was a scaled back version of the original proposed standards, as Reuters reported, and the news agency called […]

Teamsters reject new Anheuser-Busch offer as strike looms

Leadership with the Teamsters blasted brewer Anheuser-Busch’s latest contract offer Wednesday, just two days before thousands of union members could strike. According to a Wednesday statement, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said the beer giant’s proposal hasn’t addressed the union’s most important demands. “The new offer that Anheuser-Busch put on the table this morning continues to […]