Plus: Are School Libraries Banning Thousands of Books? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Left’s Narrative
May 17 2023
Good morning from Washington, where House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says lawmakers will look into alleged IRS retaliation in the agency’s probe of presidential son Hunter Biden. Fred Lucas reports. Reports of libraries’ book bans are greatly exaggerated, Jay Greene and Madison Marino write. On the podcast, hear why the head of an association of state financial officers accuses the Biden administration of weaponizing so-called ESG investing. Plus: progress toward a debt ceiling deal; spotlighting attacks on the pro-life movement; a loss for religious freedom at America’s biggest bank; and DeSantis and Trump clash over abortion. Fifty years ago today, a Senate select committee begins televised hearings looking into the growing Watergate scandal that will lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation a little over two years later.
“The repeated weaponization of the federal government to attack one political party and protect the other is un-American,” says House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co. reject a proposed inquiry into “debanking” by the financial giant that may be targeting account holders based on politics or religion.
“If most Americans knew how their pension fund dollars were being invested, they would probably be appalled and shocked,” says Derek Kreifels of the State Financial Officers Foundation.
“This policy is not just illegal, it shamefully politicizes the military, circumvents the authority of Congress, and exceeds the authority of the Department of Defense,” states the letter.
