by Jim Heath | Jan 27, 2021 | Climate, Headlines, Joe Biden
President Biden tied his climate initiatives to job growth today, touting the economic growth behind his measures to increase conservation as the oil and gas industry complained about lost employment. ‘Today is climate day at the White House, which means today...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Joe Biden
Dr. Anthony Fauci took center stage at a White House press briefing this afternoon, telling reporters he felt liberated from the constraints of former President Trump. ‘I take no pleasure at all of being in the position of contradicting the president,’...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Another 900,000 people filed new unemployment claims last week, President Trump’s last in office, a snapshot of the significant labor market challenges facing President Biden. An additional 423,000 people in 47 states filed new claims for Pandemic Unemployment...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden
President Biden closed out his inauguration with a spectacular firework display that he watched from the Truman Balcony with First Lady Jill and their extended family, having earlier urged Americans to ‘unify’ and ‘meet the moment’ in a rousing...
by Jim Heath | Jan 20, 2021 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden
Joe Biden’s first act as president today centered around signing a flurry of executive actions undoing much of what Donald Trump implemented through his own executive orders – like stopping border wall construction, implementing a mask mandate and ending the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 20, 2021 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden
Joe Biden addressed the country for the first time as president and declared to the nation that ‘democracy has prevailed’ – after a chaotic transition where his predecessor Donald Trump denied his election win and never congratulated him. ‘The will...
