Campaigning in Florida to promote the successes of his administration’s Inflation Reduction Act and potential Republican threats to repeal popular programs like Social Security, the 79-year-old Democrat made numerous questionable claims and missteps that quickly picked up steam on the internet and drowned out his closing arguments in the often-contentious state. Among the errors: misstating his son’s cause and place of death, mistakenly referring to Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as “Senator,” and a claim that he had spoken with the people who invented insulin that was quickly contested by conservative commentators....

Biden entered the White House with a 57 percent approval rating, but the final Gallup poll of the year showed that approval had fallen to 43 percent. As of December 31, a FiveThirtyEight compilation of polling data showed Biden’s average approval rating to be 43.3 percent while 51.6 percent disapproved of the job he’s doing as commander-in-chief. The nosedive is not ideal for the Democratic Party, as historical precedent is on the Republican Party’s side....

The marijuana pardons are a part of the unraveling, bit-by-bit, law-by-law, of the “War on Drugs”—the 1980s political push that emphasized draconian punishments and broad criminalization of any interaction with drugs and contributed to America’s overincarceration crisis. In the late 1980s, inner cities experienced a complex wave of crime due in part to drug gangs, and fear gripped the public. The series of policies is now recognized as a failure, leading to decimated Black and poor communities, a system that treats addiction as a crime, and a zero-sum, impossible to win conflict that cost hundreds of billions of dollars and put politics before people....

Critics on the left argue that the proposed gas tax holiday would boost the fossil fuel industry, undercutting Biden’s message as a candidate and as president that the U.S. economy should transition to renewable energy. “This does not square up with his climate goals,” said John Paul Mejia, the chief spokesperson for Sunrise Movement, a progressive climate advocacy organization. Collin Rees, the U.S. program manager for Oil Change International, told Newsweek that calling for a gas tax, which requires approval from Congress, is especially risky, because there is little evidence it’ll significantly lower the price at the pump....

President Joe Biden announced in September that he had negotiated a deal between freight rail companies and unions after 20 hours of talks, averting a massive strike that could have far-reaching consequences for American consumers. The deal was seen as a big political win for Biden and Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. Tony Cardwell, president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED), announced on Monday that a majority of the union had voted against ratifying the deal, delivering a blow to the efforts to prevent a strike....

The latest data from the Commerce Department revealed that GDP—which measures the total output of goods and services in the U.S.—declined again this year, at a 0.9 percent annualized pace for April through June. The first quarter’s decline was 1.6 percent. Not every recession follows two full quarters of negative growth (1947 saw the U.S. economy shrink on that basis but without going into a recession). Still, the consecutive-quarter contraction is a typical telltale sign that a recession is coming, and it is often used to define one....

The statistics speak for themselves. President Joe Biden ended the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, and America experienced a 379 percent increase in illegal migrant encounters during his first year in office. The number of encounters has surged even higher this year. Reports of disputes and meltdowns in the White House over the crisis reveal a president who has lost his grip on his own party and staff....

On Wednesday, a reporter on White House lawn asked Biden, “Do you believe Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine?” Biden responded, “We are following it very closely. It’s early to say that.” Another reporter asked, “Do you believe Russia is intentionally targeting civilian areas? There are over 2,000 civilian deaths right now.” Biden answered, “It’s clear they are.” Russia is under investigation for possible war crimes in Ukraine by the International Criminal Court (ICC) following reports that Russian strikes used cluster munitions and vacuum bombs....

On Monday, the nation’s largest railroad union, Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers transportation division (SMART-TD), rejected the Biden-backed tentative agreement, raising the risk of a shutdown that could cause massive supply-chain disruptions before the holiday season. “It’s now back to the bargaining table for our operating craft members,” SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson said in a statement. “This can all be settled through negotiations and without a strike. A settlement would be in the best interests of the workers, the railroads, shippers and the American people....

While fielding questions from reporters near the White House, Biden was asked if he has seen any movement after he said he was open to discussing it with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Not with Putin,” Biden said in response to the question. Biden’s comments come shortly after he spoke about a possible meeting with Putin to discuss the release of Griner, a Olympic gold medalist who was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison on drug charges....

Biden’s plan would bring an end to America’s longest war. The U.S. has spent $2.26 trillion on the conflict since 2001, more than 2,000 U.S. servicemembers have lost their lives in Afghanistan and as of October 2019, the war has killed an estimated 43,000 civilians. This withdrawal is long overdue. That the futile cycle of conflict and suffering in Afghanistan could finally end is wonderful news. But Biden’s move is by no means the only necessary scale-down of U....

President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pointed to lawsuits holding up student loan forgiveness as the impetus behind the decision. Instead of borrowers continuing payments on January 1, 2023, as intended, they will resume June 30, 2023. Payments will resume either 60 days after permitted, or if litigation is resolved at the Supreme Court. Under Biden’s one-time student loan debt forgiveness, borrowers earning less than $125,000 per year are eligible to receive $10,000 in relief, with borrowers who received Pell Grants eligible for up to $20,000....

The Public Policy Polling survey, which polled 734 registered voters in Georgia on June 25 and 26, found Biden leading Trump 49 to 45 percent. If the survey proves true, it would mark the first time since 1992 that Georgia has voted Democrat, and helped send former President Bill Clinton to the White House. The same poll also asked voters for favorability ratings of both candidates, with 41 percent of voters having a favorable view of Biden compared to 48 percent with an unfavorable view....

Ron Klain—who will formally step into the role when become Biden assumes office in January—discussed the outcomes of Georgia’s two runoff elections, and how they could affect the next administration’s political agenda, during an appearance on NBC News’ Meet the Press Sunday morning. Klain previously served as Biden’s chief of staff between 2009 and 2011, during his vice presidency under Barack Obama. “We’re going to work hard to win those Senate seats in Georgia,” Klain told Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd....

The president’s new $1.8 trillion “American Families Plan,” which he touted in Wednesday night’s address to a joint session of Congress, includes a proposal to make two years of community college “free” for all Americans. Of course, this really means that taxpayers will pay for your associate’s degree, to the tune of $109 billion. As Friedman noted, there’s no way to get anything without something in exchange, so we have to weigh any benefits from Biden’s proposal against the costs....

Omarova, born in Kazakhstan when it was part of the Soviet Union, immigrated to the United States in 1991 before becoming an attorney and law professor at Cornell University, along with serving as a special advisor to the Treasury in the George W. Bush administration. Criticism of Omarova centered around her birth in the Soviet Union, a paper she wrote while a student at Moscow State University on Karl Marx, and a paper published in 2020 suggesting a revamping of America’s banking system....

Unfortunately, many on the Left seem to think that the First Amendment’s establishment clause offers a blank check to impose secular values on any religious institution that interacts with the federal government in any way. Recently, the godless Left set its sights on Brigham Young University (BYU), a private university affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The school has come under federal investigation by the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for alleged discrimination over its ban on “homosexual behavior....

Just a year ago, Capaci was the sole winner of a $195 million Powerball jackpot. After taxes and a lump-sum-payout deduction, he took home $67 million–a lot of clams for a retired electrician in Streamwood, Ill. End of story, happily ever after? Flash forward to the present: some of Capaci’s closest pals no longer talk to him. He’s not welcome at his neighborhood pub, and his former bartender buddies are muttering “lawsuit....

They’ve got the RPI top-25 wins that Villanova doesn’t have. They’ve got the healthy rotation Kansas doesn’t have. They’ve got the winning road record Duke doesn’t have. Anyone else have victories over the regular-season champions of three of the five big-money football leagues? MORE: Field of 68 projection | DraftStreet: Play bracket game, win $ The Badgers want it. They’ll tell you it is not at the top of their list of priorities and it is among the items least under their control....

MORE: Week 4 photos | Hayes: Pre-snap read | AP Top 25 HOW THEY RANK 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. Northwestern 4. Wisconsin 5. Michigan State 6. Minnesota 7. Nebraska 8. Penn State 9. Iowa 10. Illinois 11. Indiana 12. Purdue MORE RANKINGS: ACC | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SECRISING: Northwestern. Props to the Wildcats for getting through their nonconference schedule without a loss. Northwestern isn’t that far off of the 1-2 punch of Ohio State and Michigan, and they have a bye week to get ready for the primetime showdown with the Buckeyes in Evanston on Oct....