Ian Hanchett

Articles by Ian Hanchett

Jean-Pierre: FEMA ‘Doing Everything that They Can’ in Hawaii

On Thursday’s “CNN News Central,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that FEMA is “doing everything that they can” in the wake of the fires in Hawaii. Jean-Pierre stated, “The president is going to continue to marshal a whole-of-government

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CBO Director: Inflation of ‘Past Couple of Years’ ‘Resulted’ from Spending

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel said that “we’ve seen the downsides” of massive government spending “over the past couple of years…with the inflation that resulted.” Although he acknowledged supply constraints were another

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Afghanistan Gold Star Parent: Biden Admin., Most Media Have Ignored Us

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Darin Hoover — whose son, Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover Jr. was killed during the Kabul airport attack during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 — stated that the Biden administration

US President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks about the ongoing evacuation of Afghanistan, on August 24, 2021, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Hunter Biden Lawyer: Making Weiss Special Counsel Just Changes His Title, Garland Said Weiss Already Had Full Power

Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell stated that David Weiss has no more power as a special counsel than he did before and noted that both Attorney General Merrick Garland and Weiss himself “have said for weeks, months, that he had all the authority he needed to bring any charge that was merited, at any time that was appropriate, in any place that made sense.”

Hunter Biden walks to Marine One on the Ellipse outside the White House May 22, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

NBC’s Tur: ‘It’s Not Bad News’ that Inflation Keeps Rising

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” host Katy Tur stated that while it’s “not great news,” that inflation increased in July, “It’s not bad news,” when inflation keeps increasing. Tur said, “New economic data shows inflation picked up

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