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President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Conservation in Action Summit at the Department of the Interior on March 21, 2023, in Washington. Approval of Biden has dipped slightly since a month ago, nearing the lowest point of his presidency as his administration tries to project a sense of stability while confronting a pair of bank failures and inflation that remains stubbornly high. That’s according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which shows there have been modest fluctuations in support for Biden over the past several months. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Woke capitalism is the true threat to democracy

By Michael Faulkender

The BlackRock investment company is in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of New York City on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

BlackRock cools ESG tone amid blowback but defends climate investing strategy

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 15, 2006, file photo, BlackRock headquarters is shown in New York. (Associated Press)

Texas’ massive public pension drops BlackRock, other ‘anti-oil’ investment firms

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., announces in Indianapolis, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, that he will run for Indiana governor in 2024. Braun will face Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch for the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Republicans pushing to keep wokeness out of retirement plans

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Busting the ESG trust

By U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., pauses before leaving an intelligence briefing on the unknown aerial objects the U.S. military shot down this weekend at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The incidents come shortly after a Chinese surveillance balloon traversed the U.S. and was shot down off South Carolina a week ago. (Associated Press)

Joe Manchin: ESG hurts energy security if geopolitical risks get ignored

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this July 30, 2013, file photo, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gensler, now chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, gave a speech Wednesday, June 9, 2021, where he once again decried “gamified” investing. Many trading apps use features that encourage customers to make trades more often. That brings in more revenue for the apps but some research also suggests it leads to lower returns for the average investor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans target SEC climate disclosure rule in war against ESG investing

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., pauses before leaving an intelligence briefing on the unknown aerial objects the U.S. military shot down this weekend at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The incidents come shortly after a Chinese surveillance balloon traversed the U.S. and was shot down off South Carolina a week ago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manchin: ESG hurts energy security if geopolitical risks get ignored

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 15, 2006, file photo, BlackRock headquarters is shown in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Texas’ massive public pension drops BlackRock, other ‘anti-oil’ investment firms

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky fires warning shot at finance firms BlackRock, JPMorgan to drop ‘energy company boycotts’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Billionaires and Gazillionaires ruling the world illustration by The Washington Times

Hey, conservatives, gazillionaires are ruling you

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 22, 2018, file photo a chart on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the rise of the S&amp;P 500 index since 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

State Republicans flex their muscles for taking on ‘woke’ financial firms

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A rig and supply vessel are pictured in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana on April 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Louisiana becomes latest red state to give the boot to BlackRock over climate policies

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Wall Street funding China illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Wall Street continuing to fund China’s military ambitions

By Robby Stephany Saunders

A customer walks behind a sign at a Nordstrom store seeking employees, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Coral Gables, Fla. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and economy further reopens. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Conservatives launch new pressure campaign on ‘woke’ corporations

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Blackball BlackRock Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Should we divest from BlackRock?

By Tom Pyle

Johnny Wilson, of Cleveland, watches National league players warm-up during batting practice prior to the MLB All-Star baseball game, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/Matt York) (AP Photo/Gabriel Christus)

Disney, MLB lead watchdog’s ‘worst of the woke’ list for 2021

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Members and supporters of the of the United Mine Workers of America demonstrate outside BlackRock headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, in New York. BlackRock is the largest shareholder of the Warrior Met Coal Inc. where union members have been on strike for nearly eight months seeking a contract that provides fair wages, affordable healthcare and reasonable rest and time-off for its workers. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

10 states pressed about pension funds’ investments with China-cozy BlackRock

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, participates in a panel during the One Planet Summit in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Consumer group attacks BlackRock for hypocrisy by investing in Chinese companies

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Goodyear Tire, Discovery rise; Ebix, Petrobras fall

Associated Press