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Biden’s climate agenda ‘created the perfect storm for Putin,’ Republicans say

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President Biden’s capitulation to the Left on inexperienced vitality “created the right storm” for Russia’s Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, Republicans say.

Inexperienced teams are celebrating the president’s feedback final week that clear vitality is the reply to ending the nation’s reliance on international oil after he banned imports of Russian oil and fuel in an effort to weaken Putin.

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Biden stated Russia’s battle in opposition to Ukraine and its results on world oil markets “ought to encourage us to speed up a transition to scrub vitality.”

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President Joe Biden speaks on the Home Democratic Caucus Points Convention
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However whereas progressive teams just like the Dawn Motion have seemed on the present disaster as a chance to maneuver in direction of ending America’s reliance on fossil fuels, Republicans say it’s these exact same insurance policies that created the disaster within the first place.

“The world can’t rely solely on renewable vitality like wind and photo voltaic at this level and time – that’s a reality the White Home can’t perceive,” Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who serves on the Home Power and Commerce Committee, instructed Fox Information Digital. “It is clear that the US might have simply supplied an alternative choice to Russian vitality to our allies and brought away the Kremlin’s ‘ace’ had this administration not bent to the whims of the progressive Left and abandoned an efficient all-of-the-above vitality technique.”

“There isn’t a denying that abandoning conventional gas sources and failing to export LNG to our allies, per the Left’s local weather agenda, created the right storm for Putin to reap the benefits of,” he added.

Shell gas pump showing high gas prices in Lafayette, California, November 25, 2021. 

Shell fuel pump exhibiting excessive fuel costs in Lafayette, California, November 25, 2021. 
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Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., stated the Democrats’ push for electrical autos throughout the vitality disaster is over-simplistic.

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“I’m not opposed to scrub vitality, however the true answer to America’s vitality independence is true beneath our toes, if we’re keen to look,” Thune instructed Fox Information Digital. “We’d like a federal authorities that understands the significance of accountable home oil and fuel growth as the inspiration of an all-of-the-above vitality technique – a technique that additionally contains biofuels, nuclear, and renewables.”

“America can as soon as once more obtain vitality independence, and we should,” he stated. “As we’re seeing right here and across the globe, vitality safety can also be a matter of nationwide safety.”

Republicans argue that Biden’s axing of the Keystone XL pipeline and pausing of recent federal oil drilling prevented America from remaining vitality unbiased. Lawmakers in Biden’s personal celebration additionally criticized him in Could after he lifted sanctions on the corporate behind Russia’s Nord Stream 2 fuel pipeline.

Critics say the nation’s continued reliance on international adversaries like Russia for oil and fuel imports gave Putin extra leverage in his calculus to invade Ukraine.

Home Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., who additionally sits on the Home Power and Commerce Committee, wrote in a chunk for Fox Information Digital on Monday that Biden “has performed into Putin’s arms by ending American vitality independence and renouncing U.S. oil and fuel sources.”

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U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) delivers remarks during a Republican-led forum on the origins of the COVID-19 virus at the U.S. Capitol on June 29, 2021, in Washington, DC.

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) delivers remarks throughout a Republican-led discussion board on the origins of the COVID-19 virus on the U.S. Capitol on June 29, 2021, in Washington, DC.
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“Europe didn’t develop into energy-dependent on Russia in a single day. Putin’s barbaric assaults on Ukraine might be traced to Europe’s scorn for fossil fuels and nuclear energy,” Scalise wrote. “By means of his efforts to make the US extra like Europe, President Biden has ensured that European international locations can’t flip to our plentiful sources to drive down pure fuel costs and reduce free from Russian vitality.”

“Whereas the U.S. might meet all of Europe’s vitality wants, Europe receives practically 40% of its pure fuel from Russia,” he continued. “With out different vitality suppliers, European households will endure from over-reliance on Russia due to European leaders’ shortsighted Inexperienced New Deal insurance policies.”

“President Biden’s disastrous management has crippled the US’ energy and affect on the world stage,” he added. “Sadly, we’re seeing now how the Biden administration’s far-left vitality insurance policies have made Russia richer and emboldened Vladimir Putin.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to female flight attendants in comments broadcast on state television on Saturday, March 5, 2022. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to feminine flight attendants in feedback broadcast on state tv on Saturday, March 5, 2022. 
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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., made related statements in a latest piece for Fox Information Digital, arguing that “concurrently blocking the U.S. pipeline and green-lighting Russia’s pipeline despatched the message that American safety could be sacrificed to be able to appease European leaders and environmental extremists.”

“The ultimate sticking level is Nord Stream 2,” Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., rating member of the Power and Pure Assets Committee, instructed Fox Information in January. “Germany saying they’re delaying the approval of the pipeline for the following six months. I need to completely cease that pipeline. You understand that Vladimir Putin very successfully makes use of vitality as a weapon. He makes use of it in opposition to different international locations. He makes use of it to fund his army.”

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“And Joe Biden has performed proper into his arms by killing the Keystone XL pipeline on this nation and making it more durable for us to make use of the vitality we’ve in America proper now,” he stated.

Biden dragged his toes on asserting a ban on Russian oil and fuel imports on March 8 after dealing with strain from his personal celebration. Fuel costs have been already smashing data and bringing down his approval scores effectively earlier than Russian forces attacked Ukraine, however the battle accelerated the rise.

President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington.

President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union tackle to a joint session of Congress on the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington.
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The Biden administration had beforehand launched 50 million barrels of oil from the Nationwide Strategic Reserve on Nov. 23, 2021, in an try to alleviate rising ache on the pump. The administration launched one other 30 million barrels from the reserve this month, however the costs continued to rise. After he introduced a ban on Russian oil, Biden warned People that there was “not a lot” he might do in regards to the rising costs.

On Friday, Biden instructed Home Democrats that the report fuel costs and inflation, which hit a 40-year excessive final month, are usually not his fault.

“Make no mistake, inflation’s largely the fault of Putin,” he stated. “I really like, you recognize, the Republicans saying it’s Biden’s fuel pipeline, Biden’s stated he’s going to cease the Keystone Pipeline and I did and that’s the explanation costs went up. Of us let’s get one thing straight right here, the Keystone Pipeline was two years away and had been 2 % completed. Give me a break.”

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Cruz referred to as Biden’s feedback “insane” and a “flat-out lie.”

“Biden declared battle on U.S. vitality manufacturing,” Cruz told Fox News on Friday. “He shut down the Keystone pipeline, he shut down leases on federal lands, he shut down ANWR. And the result’s rig counts plummeted, and if you scale back provide, if you scale back U.S. manufacturing, worth goes up.”

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Hegseth to look into 'what went wrong' in Afghanistan and pledges accountability, slams diversity motto

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday addressed events in Afghanistan, saying they created the perception of “American weakness.”

While speaking to the Department of Defense and Pentagon workforce during a town hall on Friday, Hegseth said America “deserves to take accountability for” events in Afghanistan, the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and the war that was unleashed in Ukraine. 

“Chaos happens when the perception of American strength is not complete,” Hegseth said. “We aim to re-establish that deterrence.”

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14 in Washington, D.C.  ( (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))

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He discussed the three pillars he will focus on during his term – reviving the warrior ethos, restoring trust in the military and rebuilding it by matching threats to capabilities, and reestablishing deterrence by defending the homeland.

Hegseth also spoke about the broken windows theory in policing, explaining that disregarding the small things in the military can create large problems.

“I think the same thing exists inside our services – making sure at every level, there [are] standards and accountability, and that we live it at the highest levels,” he said.

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UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 3: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary, makes his way to a meeting with Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., in Russell building on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (Tom Williams)

That is why, Hegseth said, the U.S. will look back at what happened in Afghanistan.

He added the department will hold people accountable.

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“Not to be retrospective, not for retribution, but to understand what went wrong and why there was no accountability for it,” Hegseth said.

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Sec. Hegseth said he will focus on rebuilding the military. (U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood)

Going forward, the military will find strength in unity, not diversity, according to Hegseth.

“I think the single dumbest phrase in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength,’” he said. “Our strength is our shared purpose – regardless of our background, regardless of how we grew up, regardless of our gender, regardless of our race. 

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In the department, Hegseth said everyone will be treated equally.

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“We will treat everyone with fairness,” he said. “We will treat everyone with respect.”

Service members and department civilian employees will be judged by their merit, commitment to the team, and the mission, according to Hegseth.

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Trump to make himself chair of the Kennedy Center, says he'll dismiss board members

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President Donald Trump left the arts world reeling with his announcement on Truth Social that he intends to appoint himself chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and immediately terminate multiple members of the board of trustees, “who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.”

Shortly after the news broke Friday, the Kennedy Center’s website became difficult to reach due to “high traffic,” according to a note on its landing page.

“The Kennedy Center is aware of the post made recently by [the President] on social media,” the arts institution said in a statement over email. “We have received no official communications from the White House regarding changes to our board of trustees. We are aware that some members of our board have received termination notices from the administration.”

In its statement, the Kennedy Center noted that since it’s inception, the institution has “had a collaborative relationship with every presidential administration” and “a bi-partisan board of trustees that has supported the arts in a non-partisan fashion.”

“[T]he chair of the board of trustees is appointed by the Center’s board members,” the statement said. “There is nothing in the Center’s statute that would prevent a new administration from replacing board members; however, this would be the first time such action has been taken with the Kennedy Center’s board.”

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Trump has long had a contentious relationship with the storied arts institution, considered the nation’s most prestigious avatar of culture. In 2017, he and First Lady Melania Trump skipped that year’s Kennedy Center Honors after being criticized by honorees, marking only the fourth time in the organization’s history that a president was not in attendance.

The Kennedy Center is a federal facility authorized by an act of Congress in 1958 and maintains a public-private partnership with the federal government, which funds the building’s maintenance and operations. Its arts programs, performances and educational initiatives are paid for through ticket sales and gifts from donors.

The current chairman for more than a decade is businessman and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein. Rubenstein had planned to retire last month, but after Trump’s election, it was announced that he would stay in his role for an additional year. Board members are appointed by the president. At present , there are 36 board members, some of whom were appointed by Trump during his first term, including Attorney General Pam Bondi and his former transportation secretary, Elaine Chao.

President Biden filled a number of board vacancies during his last weeks in office, naming, among others, former White House press secretary Mike Donilon. Honorary chairs of the Kennedy Center include first ladies Melania Trump, Jill Biden, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama and Laura Bush.

“Just last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth — THIS WILL STOP.” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation.”

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This is not the first time in the early days of his second administration that the president has taken a muscular stance against existing cultural organizations. One of his first acts as president was to dissolve the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, which was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 to advise on issues of cultural and artistic import.

Trump did not say which board members he planned to oust in his Truth Social post.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to House Republicans releasing their tax and spending cut plan

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House Republican leaders spent nearly five hours at the White House on Thursday – some of it with President Donald Trump – as they tried to finalize the outline of their tax and spending cut package. 

The plan is to release a framework with some numbers in the coming days. 

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Fox is told to expect north of $1 trillion in spending cuts. The bill would make permanent the 2017 Trump tax cuts. It is also likely the bill includes a provision to bar taxes on tips. 

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Congress is racing to be ready to execute the recommendations of President Donald Trump’s new DOGE commission. (Getty Images)

House Republicans hoped to have a bill ready to go before the Budget Committee this week after their retreat at Mar-a-Lago. 

But no dice. 

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Republicans hope to prep this bill before the House Budget Committee next week. 

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, right, discusses President Donald Trump’s agenda during an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images | Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images/ Fox News Channel)

When asked if a plan would be unveiled Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News, “nothing today” on paper or details of a budget package.

He said the committee markup may come Tuesday, but that there are a couple of details to “work out.”

Republicans need a budget framework adopted on the floor so they can use the budget reconciliation tool to bypass a Senate filibuster. No budget? No reconciliation option. 

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House GOPers are feeling pressure from Senate Republicans who are pressing ahead with their own plan. Senate Republicans dine at Mar-a-Lago tonight with President Trump. 

House Republicans are worried if they stumble at moving first, they could get jammed by the Senate. 

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