Amalgamated Bank, with just five branches across three cities, and a market value lower than the net worth of many an individual hedge fund honcho, would seem an unlikely mover and shaker in the world of Wall Street, let alone Washington, D.C. Yet last fall, it successfully pressured colossal credit card companies Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to use the financial system to track and report gun purchases. Amalgamated is “more than a bank,” says Michael Watson of the Capital Research Center. “It’s Read More
“You can smile,” President Biden assured Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.“It's okay,” Biden added, handing the Republican a leader a hard copy of his speech. An unamused McCarthy, instead, sat stone-faced for much of the night.With a laugh and his own smile, Biden was trying to call McCarthy’s bluff. The back-bench Republicans, who shouted at the president throughout Tuesday night’ Read More
A Chinese surveillance balloon floats over the United States for a week. No action is taken, until the outcry makes taking it down necessary. A second is over South America, a third was over Hawaii. President Biden says it happened under President Trump. After former Trump administration officials said that didn’t happen, Biden countered they were “discovered” after Trump left. What explains Read More
