Latest news with #TheWashingtonFreeBeacon
American Military News
19-05-2025
- Business
- American Military News
Trump reverses major Biden regulations, bans on home appliances
President Donald Trump's Department of Energy announced 'slashes' to 47 government regulations on Monday, including major reversals on former President Joe Biden's ban on gas stoves and standards for other household appliances. In a Monday press release, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it had implemented the 'first step' as part of the 'largest deregulatory effort in history' by 'proposing the elimination or reduction of 47 regulations that are driving up costs and lowering quality of life for the American people.' The Department of Energy added that once the regulations are eliminated or reduced, the Trump administration's actions are expected to save American citizens roughly $11 billion while eliminating over 125,000 words from the Code of Federal Regulations. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Department of Energy tweeted, 'Today, the DOE launched the LARGEST one-day deregulatory action in U.S. history — smashing all records. We slashed the red tape, eliminating 47 regulations. NEVER have so many harmful regulations been removed in ONE SINGLE DAY.' Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright also released a statement on X, saying, 'The government's purpose is to serve the American people, not limit freedom and dictate choices.' Wright added that the 47 deregulatory actions will ultimately 'strengthen' the choice and freedom of the American people. The Trump administration's actions included cutting dozens of regulations that were imposed by the Biden-Harris administration on household appliances, such as gas stoves, dryers, clothes washers, dishwashers, microwaves, dehumidifiers, shower heads, and faucets. READ MORE: No 'mass loan forgiveness,' Trump admin says in major Biden reversal 'It should not be the government's place to decide what kind of appliances you or your restaurants or your businesses can buy,' Wright told The Washington Free Beacon. 'Everybody wants clean air and wants to lower their energy costs and run their factories good as they can. The big hand of government doesn't actually help that process at all.' Wright added, 'We will look for every way we can to protect freedom of the American worker and pursue President Trump's agenda, get rid of the nonsense, bring back common sense, make life more affordable, and opportunities greater.' The Washington Free Beacon reported that under former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's leadership, the Biden administration implemented dozens of regulations on home appliances as part of the administration's effort to shift Americans away from natural gas and increase the use of electric appliances. In Monday's press release, Wright said that while it would typically take the Department of Energy years to 'remove just a handful of regulations,' the president's administration has 'assembled a team working around the clock to reduce costs and deliver results for the American people in just over 110 days.'
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pulitzer accused of ‘desecrating the memory' of Oct 7 victims by freed hostage
The Pulitzer Prize has been accused of 'desecrating the memory' of Oct 7 victims after awarding a journalist who suggested Israelis could not be hostages. Mosab Abu Toha, a Palestinian poet, was recognised by the Pulitzer committee for his 'essays on the physical and emotional carnage in Gaza'. However, Honest Reporting, a watchdog that monitors for anti-Israel bias, found Mr Toha had posted a string of social media posts in which he disparaged Israeli hostages. In one he questioned how British-Israeli citizen Emily Damari, who was shot and abducted on Oct 7 2023 in the Kfar Aza kibbutz after Hamas gunmen stormed her home, could be considered a hostage. 'So this girl is called a 'hostage?' This soldier who was close to the border with a city that she and her country have been occupying is called a 'hostage?',' he wrote. Ms Damari, who was released in January after more than 500 days held captive, responded by accusing Pulitzer of having 'chosen to elevate a voice that denies truth, erases victims, and desecrates the memory of the murdered'. 'Mosab Abu Toha is not a courageous writer. He is the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier. And by honouring him, you have joined him in the shadows of denial,' the 29-year-old wrote on X. 'This is not a question of politics. This is a question of humanity. And today, you have failed it.' Mr Toha is one of several controversial journalists recognised by Pulitzer in this year's awards, which The Washington Free Beacon, a Right-wing website, said indicate the body's 'obsession with woke politics'. Other critics pointed out that none of the prize-winners tackled the alleged mental decline of Joe Biden, the former US president who ended his re-election campaign last year following a disastrous debate performance. The Hill's Robby Soave praised the 'good work' of newspapers including The New York Times and Washington Post but was 'struck by what's missing'. 'There is not a single winner that focuses on president Joe Biden's cognitive decline… was it not one of the biggest stories of 2024?' he continued. Mr Soave continued: 'The Pulitzer Prize board perhaps was overlooking good reporting on Biden's cognitive decline because of its own bias. 'Or perhaps there wasn't enough good journalism on this subject to evaluate because everyone ignored it. Neither thought is particularly comforting to me.' Tim Graham, executive editor of the Right-wing blog NewsBusters, wrote in an opinion piece: 'The 2025 Pulitzer announcement underlined that there was not a single reporting prize over the last four years for exposing anything about President Biden or his administration's actions.' Four prizes were awarded for investigating Donald Trump during his first term in the White House, notably for allegations about Russian collusion with his 2016 presidential campaign, he added. ProPublica, an investigative news outlet, was also given a Pulitzer for its series on how abortion bans in several states, in the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v Wade, had led to preventable deaths. While judges praised its 'urgent reporting', the conservative National Review said the work suffered from 'misrepresentations stemming from the authors' evident bias for abortion rights''. Two women who died after taking mifepristone and were featured in the series were not killed by 'pro-life legislation', it argued, but because the abortion pill is 'incredibly dangerous' in the first seven weeks of a pregnancy. The choice to award Mark Warren, who earned Esquire magazine its first-ever Pulitzer Prize, also came in for criticism. Warren's piece, described by Esquire as 'a deeply moving account' told the story of Bubba Copeland, a 'beloved Baptist pastor and mayor in a small town in Alabama'. Copeland took his own life after being exposed by a Right-wing news website for posting pictures of children from his community online and encouraging them to transition. The pastor, of whom cross-dressing pictures were also posted, is also said to have shared images of local women to porn websites. Posting on X about the award, Genevieve Cluck, founder of the satirical website Reductress, wrote: 'Hey @PulitzerPrizes. You've just given an award to an article that lionises a sexual predator. 'A man who preyed on women in his own community, and made 'sissy captions' using photos of minors.' Ann Telnaes, the former Washington Post cartoonist who resigned after her sketch depicting Jeff Bezos – the newspaper's billionaire owner – grovelling before Mr Trump was not published, also received an award. Ms Telnaes, who had worked for the liberal newspaper for almost two decades, said it was the first time she 'had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at'. She was praised for her 'piercing commentary' and 'fearlessness' by the Pulitzer board. Meanwhile, Percival Everett won in the fiction category for James, a 'reconsideration' of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the slave's perspective, while Susie Ibarra won the Pulitzer Prize for music for Sky Islands, a 'musical call to action' about climate change and biodiversity. The Telegraph has contacted the Pulitzer Prize for comment. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pro-Israel students at Cornell rip university for hosting Israel-hating singer at upcoming concert
Pro-Israel Cornell University students are slamming their school for hosting an upcoming concert featuring a famous anti-Israel R&B artist. As reported by The Washington Free Beacon, outraged students signed a petition calling on Cornell to un-invite musician Kehlani from performing at the school's annual "Slope Day" concert on May 7. Kehlani has shared multiple anti-Israel messages in her music and on her social media pages in recent years, including a call for an "intifada." "The fact that the university would allow for students to bring in a performer with views that actively call for violence to an event where she is supposed to represent all students makes me feel like I am not a respected member of this community," the petition stated. Dhs: Deported Brown University Doctor Attended Hezbollah Chief's Funeral, Supported Terror Leader Cornell University announced earlier this month that the Grammy-nominated artist would be headlining the concert, an annual, end-of-the-year show put on by a student-run board and funded through a Student Activities Fee that all undergraduate students must pay. The fee for the 2024-2025 school year is $384 per student and is expected to rise to $424 for the next academic year, the Free Beacon reported. Read On The Fox News App However, pro-Israel and Jewish students pushed back against the board's decision to hire Kehlani, pointing to a variety of her social media posts shared after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel. In one, she wrote, "it's f--- Israel from the top of my lungs. Idc [I don't care] about the f----- threats. DISMANTLE ISRAEL. ERADICATE ZIONISM." Fox News 'Antisemitism Exposed' Newsletter: Full List Of Students Detained Over Campus Hate In another, she called out any "Zionists" following her social media accounts, stating, "the scum of the earth. You're the scum of the earth. Although I can't imagine a Zionist would still be following me at this point. Go to hell." She also shared posts expressing a wish for Palestinians to take over the entire state of Israel and even called for an intifada in the music video for her song, "Next 2 U." During the video, words flashed on screen stating, "LONG LIVE THE INTIFADA," a message seen by Jewish people as a call to violently overthrow Israel. Kehlani and her dancers could be seen in the video wearing outfits incorporating the black-and-white keffiyeh scarf design, often worn by Palestinians signaling their opposition to the Jewish state. In the petition calling on Cornell to hire a different singer, pro-Israel Cornell students argued that Kehlani's anti-Israel messages "go far beyond political critique" and go after the "vast majority of Jews" at the school who consider themselves Zionist. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff responded to the concerned pro-Israel students, stating last Thursday that school staff didn't find "out about the social media of this performer roughly three weeks ago," and adding that it is "too late to secure another performer that will be acceptable or appropriate for Slope Day." He tried to placate those complaining by stating that the school has "altered that contract to make it clear that if there are any political events at the performance, there is full forfeit of the whole compensation." Cornell's choice to host Kehlani comes as the Trump administration has frozen $1 billion in federal grants to the university while it is being investigated for civil rights violations concerning antisemitism and other issues on campus. President Donald Trump has also frozen grants to Harvard University and other Ivy League schools for the same reasons. Cornell did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital's request for article source: Pro-Israel students at Cornell rip university for hosting Israel-hating singer at upcoming concert
Fox News
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Pro-Israel students at Cornell rip university for hosting Israel-hating singer at upcoming concert
Pro-Israel Cornell University students are slamming their school for hosting an upcoming concert featuring a famous anti-Israel R&B artist. As reported by The Washington Free Beacon, outraged students signed a petition calling on Cornell to un-invite musician Kehlani from performing at the school's annual "Slope Day" concert on May 7. Kehlani has shared multiple anti-Israel messages in her music and on her social media pages in recent years, including a call for an "intifada." "The fact that the university would allow for students to bring in a performer with views that actively call for violence to an event where she is supposed to represent all students makes me feel like I am not a respected member of this community," the petition stated. Cornell University announced earlier this month that the Grammy-nominated artist would be headlining the concert, an annual, end-of-the-year show put on by a student-run board and funded through a Student Activities Fee that all undergraduate students must pay. The fee for the 2024-2025 school year is $384 per student and is expected to rise to $424 for the next academic year, the Free Beacon reported. However, pro-Israel and Jewish students pushed back against the board's decision to hire Kehlani, pointing to a variety of her social media posts shared after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel. In one, she wrote, "it's f--- Israel from the top of my lungs. Idc [I don't care] about the f----- threats. DISMANTLE ISRAEL. ERADICATE ZIONISM." In another, she called out any "Zionists" following her social media accounts, stating, "the scum of the earth. You're the scum of the earth. Although I can't imagine a Zionist would still be following me at this point. Go to hell." She also shared posts expressing a wish for Palestinians to take over the entire state of Israel and even called for an intifada in the music video for her song, "Next 2 U." During the video, words flashed on screen stating, "LONG LIVE THE INTIFADA," a message seen by Jewish people as a call to violently overthrow Israel. Kehlani and her dancers could be seen in the video wearing outfits incorporating the black-and-white keffiyeh scarf design, often worn by Palestinians signaling their opposition to the Jewish state. In the petition calling on Cornell to hire a different singer, pro-Israel Cornell students argued that Kehlani's anti-Israel messages "go far beyond political critique" and go after the "vast majority of Jews" at the school who consider themselves Zionist. Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff responded to the concerned pro-Israel students, stating last Thursday that school staff didn't find "out about the social media of this performer roughly three weeks ago," and adding that it is "too late to secure another performer that will be acceptable or appropriate for Slope Day." He tried to placate those complaining by stating that the school has "altered that contract to make it clear that if there are any political events at the performance, there is full forfeit of the whole compensation." Cornell's choice to host Kehlani comes as the Trump administration has frozen $1 billion in federal grants to the university while it is being investigated for civil rights violations concerning antisemitism and other issues on campus. President Donald Trump has also frozen grants to Harvard University and other Ivy League schools for the same reasons. Cornell did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
The Hill
09-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
US soldiers infected, had Covid symptoms at Wuhan military games before wet market! Robby Soave
Robby Soave delivers radar on a report by ""The Washington Free Beacon"" that explains how the Biden administration concealed a congressionally- mandated report on the earliest suspicion of Covid cases among U.S. soldiers. #LabLeak #China #Biden
