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This June 3, 2022, still image taken from video provided by the Bethel Park School District shows student Thomas Matthew Crooks in the 2022 Bethel Park High School Commencement in Bethel Park, Pa. (The Bethel Park School District via AP)

Investment titan BlackRock pulls 2022 spot featuring would-be Trump assassin

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The end of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The end of ESG? BlackRock admits adverse effects in SEC filing

By Jason Isaac

Visitors to the financial district walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

BlackRock’s Larry Fink ditches ESG for ‘energy pragmatism’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 15, 2006, photo, BlackRock headquarters is shown in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihand) **FILE**

BlackRock sued by Tennessee over claims it ‘misled consumers’ on ESG investments

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sheep graze near wind turbines at the Trust Power's Tararua Windfarm near Palmerston North, New Zdealand, May 18, 2004. New Zealand's government said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, it will partner with U.S. investment giant BlackRock in an aim to become one of the first nations in the world to have its electricity grid run entirely from renewable energy. (Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand is partnering with BlackRock in aim to reach 100% renewable electricity

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

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)

BlackRock’s Larry Fink says he’s ditching the term ESG amid political fight: ‘I’m ashamed’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Karl Mouse and Pride with Corporate Disney Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Pride before profits: How corporate America is working to destroy America

By Don Feder

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

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

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

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

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

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, photo, BlackRock headquarters is shown in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihand) **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