by Isabel Miller | Jan 20, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Democrat lawmakers said President Joe Biden is not doing enough to stop offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico during a House subcommittee meeting Thursday. The criticism came during a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources session, which...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise on Wednesday criticized President Joe Biden for an “entire year of crises” and mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in advance of Biden’s afternoon White House news...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates supply chain backlogs and global computer chip shortages, Democratic leaders in Congress as well as President Joe Biden want Congress to fast track a $250 billion bill to develop American independence from China and...
by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 19, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Data on global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions released this week shows the United States is not on a path toward meeting President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate change goals. The announcements come at the start of a year when the president’s...
by Julia Mueller | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case brought by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is challenging a federal campaign finance law that limits how much candidates can be repaid for loans they make to their political campaigns. Cruz...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The fate of a Pissarro painting estimated at $40 million rests in the hands of the Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the justices heard oral arguments in a long-running case concerning ownership of the painting, which was seized by the Nazis from a Jewish family...
