Category: Politics

LIVE 2 PM ET: Sen. Cassidy Holds Press Conference on Student Loan Bill

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) leads a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14 on a bill to help cut college costs and debt. …


Sen. Cassidy Holds Press Conference on Student Loan Bill

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) leads a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14 on a bill to help cut college costs and debt. …


Proposed $874 Billion Defense Budget Cleared for House Hearings Beginning Next Week

After nearly five months of hearings, the House Armed Forces Committee’s six subcommittees on June 13 quickly and unanimously adopted their components of the proposed $874.2 billion fiscal year 2024 (FY24) national defense budget. The next stop for the draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), filed as House Bill 2670, is its first hearing before…


LIVE NOW: White House Holds Daily Briefing (June 14)

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a daily briefing at 1:45 p.m. ET on June 14. …


White House Holds Daily Briefing (June 14)

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a daily briefing at 1:45 p.m. ET on June 14. …


LIVE 1:45 PM ET: White House Holds Daily Briefing (June 14)

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a daily briefing at 1:45 p.m. ET on June 14. …


Biden Administration Asks Court to Let City Enforce Nation’s First Natural Gas Ban

A city in California should be able to enforce the nation’s first ban on natural gas piping, President Joe Biden’s administration told a federal court this week. Berkeley’s ban on the pipes in new construction is allowed because the city was addressing a “health and safety concerns” and is therefore allowed under the Energy Policy and Conservation…


Biden Administration Asks Court to Let City Enforce Nation’s 1st Natural Gas Ban

A city in California should be able to enforce the nation’s first ban on natural gas piping, President Joe Biden’s administration told a federal court this week. Berkeley’s ban on the pipes in new construction is allowed because the city was addressing “health and safety concerns” and is therefore allowed under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act,…


Federal Regulator Sounds Alarm on Declining Electric Grid Reliability

The commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sounded the alarm on a deteriorating U.S. grid in a House hearing on June 13. At one point, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) asked the commissioners a yes-or-no question: “Has electric reliability worsened or improved over the past three years?” The first answer came from acting FERC…


IRS Banned From Buying Guns With Taxpayer Funds Under New Bill

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced a bill Tuesday that would bar the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from providing arms and ammunition to agents with taxpayer money. The measure would prohibit the federal tax agency from purchasing, receiving, or storing guns and ammunition, according to Ernst’s office. Under the bill, ammunition and firearms that are currently…