Elizabeth Warren proposes boosting IRS funding by $31.5B to crack down on 'wealthy tax cheats'

Warren’s tax plan on the wealthy facing some resistance from Biden economic aides: Gasparino Charlie Gasparino on Warren’s wealth tax Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a proposal on Monday to nearly triple the budget of the Internal Revenue Service in order to crack down on wealthy Americans who are dodging their taxes.  The Massachusetts Democrat called for giving the IRS a […]

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TSA screening 7 times more passengers than this time in 2020: DHS

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened seven times more passengers this past weekend than this time in 2020, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a press conference on Tuesday. The increase represents 90% of the volume the TSA, which is overseen by DHS, would log during a typical day in 2019 before the pandemic, Mayorkas said at […]

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Biden must get tougher on Israel, hundreds of campaign staffers urge

Over 500 Biden campaign, DNC staffers sign letter questioning Israel arms sales Fox News’ Peter Doocy reports that some Democrats are joining GOP’s call for progressives to stop inflammatory rhetoric towards Israel on ‘Special Report’ More than 500 former members of President Biden’s 2020 election campaign and other Democratic staffers have signed onto an open letter calling on the president […]

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Biden To Meet Putin For Geneva Summit, White House Says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia in the first months of the Biden administration. The White House confirmed details of the summit on Tuesday. The two leaders’ scheduled meeting, set for June […]

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Belarus opposition says activist arrested after plane diversion is president's 'personal enemy'

Exiled activist Roman Protasevich played an "extremely important role" in mobilizing people to join street protests in the past year, said Franak Viacorka, who advises opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. "This is why he became the enemy, the personal enemy for (President) Lukashenko," he said. Viacorka also said the political crisis in Belarus has turned into a humanitarian one. Belarus President […]

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