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U.S. Officially Enters Recession Under Biden

U.S. Officially Enters Recession Under Biden

These figures represent a marked turnaround from the economic resurgence that Biden inherited when he first assumed office. America’s GDP grew by 33.8 percent and 4.5 percent in the third and fourth quarters of 2020, when President Donald Trump was still in office; that growth continued into the first year of the Biden presidency until dropping off in the first half of 2022.

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Sonya Heitshusen asks court to ban press from her preliminary hearing

Sonya Heitshusen asks court to ban press from her preliminary hearing

But it’s also not surprising. In addition to running for Iowa House, Heitshusen currently serves as Auditor Rob Sand’s Public Information Officer. In that role, she refused to answer this reporter’s questions because I don’t have a journalism degree. And under her watch, Sand’s office has refused to turn over emails with blogger Laura Belin, saying that Belin was somehow involved in an audit.

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