White House Calls Uvalde Police Response Time ‘Deeply Disturbing’

During Tuesday’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that it’s “deeply disturbing” that Texas officials revealed that there were enough officers on scene to stop the school shooter in Uvalde within three minutes – instead of the hour and 14 minutes it did take. Two teachers and 19 students were killed in the shooting. “What is President Biden’s reaction to Texas authorities saying the police response in Uvalde was an ‘abject failure’ and that the gunman, in theory, could have been stopped within three minutes?” a reporter asked. “The actions that we have seen and the reports

Chevron CEO Gives Biden Advice On How To Lower Gas Prices

Joe Biden

On Tuesday, Chevron’s CEO Michael Wirth sent a letter to President Biden with advice on how his administration can help combat record high gas prices and criticizing Biden’s attempts to “vilify” the oil industry. “In 2021, Chevron produced the highest volume of oil and gas in our 143-year history. In the first quarter of 2022, our U.S. production was 1.2 million barrels per day, up 109,000 barrels per day from the same quarter a year earlier,” Wirth noted, adding that Chevron is “also investing $10 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Wirth then pointed out that “American oil and gas

Biden Snaps At Reporter Who Asks About Economists Warning Of Recession: ‘Don’t Make Things Up’

Joe Biden

On Monday, President Biden attempted to deny the likelihood of an upcoming recession, telling a reporter who asked about it that she sounded “like a Republican politician.” The encounter occurred as Biden was walking on the beach during a trip to his vacation home in Delaware when a reporter asked about economists who have warned that the United States is entering a recession. “The majority of them aren’t saying that. Come on, don’t make things up, okay? Now you sound like a Republican politician. I’m joking. That was a joke, but all kidding aside, I don’t think it is,” Biden

World Swimming Association Effectively Bans Transgender Athletes

FINA, the world’s top international swimming association, announced a new policy on Sunday that places new restrictions on biological males who believe they are females competing in swimming competitions. “We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions,” FINA President Husain Al-Musallam said in a statement. Under the new policy, which will come into effect on June 20, 2022, biological males can only compete against women if they have had “male puberty suppressed beginning at Tanner Stage 2 or before

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