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Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) pinned fears of a looming government shutdown on the Senate on Friday, saying the House has done its part in passing key appropriations bills. “With the bills we’ve already passed and we’re sending over to the Senate. We’re talking about funding 70 percent of the government,” Rosendale said in an interview …
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The Interior Department still needs to finalize the plan in order to move ahead with offshore drilling. The proposed plan limits offshore oil and gas leases issued between 2024 and 2029 to the Gulf of Mexico. The proposal announced Friday can be finalized after 60 days. The context: Thanks to the Inflation …
Interior plans fewest-ever offshore drilling leases Read More »
A Tennessee judge announced she will end the 2004 conservatorship agreement between former NFL player Michael Oher and the Memphis couple who acted as his adoptive parents, according to the Associated Press. The agreement has come into question following accusations that the parents took advantage of Oher and withheld money from him, including royalties from …
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More than two decades after his death, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Tupac Shakur. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) arrested Duane “Keffe D” Davis on Friday as part of its long-running investigation into Shakur’s unsolved 1996 slaying, officials announced. The Associated Press was first to report news of …
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Announcement from: Bob Cusack, Editor-in-Chief, The Hill: The Hill is excited to announce that Will Federman is the new Vice President of Audience and Content Strategy. Since 2021, Will has been Senior Director of AP News and has also worked at TEGNA, Advance Local and Fortune. At AP, Will helped build and design the AP’s first-party data …
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The streets of New York City were a hive of activity last week, with global leaders ending a summer of record-breaking heat, floods and wildfires with a trip to New York for Climate Week and the United Nations General Assembly. But as many important discussions as there were about energy and fossil fuels, one topic …
To avert climate catastrophe, the US needs to do more than Meatless Mondays Read More »
A bipartisan group of senators is calling for the immediate release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained by Russian authorities this spring and is being held in a notorious Moscow prison. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), its ranking member, introduced …
Senators unveil resolution calling for release of Evan Gershkovich from Russia Read More »
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) on Friday morning is slated to hold a press briefing. House Republicans earlier on Friday rolled out their new plan for a short-term spending bill that would hold off a government shutdown for now. The plan, dubbed the Spending Reduction and Border Security Act, would extend funding through the end of October, but …
Americans’ views of the economy worsened in September, according to recent data from Gallup. The survey giant found that only 20 percent of U.S. adults say economic conditions are “excellent” or “good.” Thirty-two percent said they are “only fair” and 48 percent say they are “poor.” Last month, 23 percent of respondents called economic conditions …
Former President Trump said late Thursday the Republican National Committee (RNC) should stop hosting debates and focus on combating “Election Interference & the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Scam.” “I’m up 56 Points, so the Debates would seem to be a complete waste of time,” Trump, who skipped the first two GOP debates and reportedly plans to …
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A government shutdown increasingly looks inevitable as GOP opponents of a stopgap in the Senate seek to drag out the process ahead of a midnight Sunday deadline. Opponents of the Senate stopgap, which is backed by leaders in both parties, are delaying a vote to give the House a chance to pass its own …
Lawmakers say government shutdown appears inevitable Read More »
House Republicans failed to pass legislation to fund Agriculture, Rural Development and the Food and Drug Administration late Thursday night after more than two dozen moderate Republicans came out against a provision that would limit access to an abortion pill. The chamber voted down the measure in a 191-237 vote, with 27 Republicans joining all …
Republican moderates stymie McCarthy on agriculture, FDA bill Read More »
House Republicans late Thursday night approved legislation to fund the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024, a success for GOP leaders after they decided to strip Ukraine funding from the legislation following two failed procedural votes. The chamber cleared the measure in a 218-210 vote. Approving the measure will not help Congress avert a …
House GOP passes Pentagon funding bill after failed tries Read More »
Yelp and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) are suing each other over how the company described pregnancy centers in the months after the Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Several months after the Supreme Court decision, Yelp began notifying users that crisis pregnancy centers “typically provide limited medical services and may …
Paxton, Yelp sue each other over crisis pregnancy center descriptions Read More »
(NEXSTAR) – Days after the latest lineup of Apple products hit stores worldwide, some of the first owners of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are complaining that the phones are overheating. The iPhone 15 Pro Max, rolled out earlier this month, is the priciest phone in the latest generation at $1,200, nearly 10% …
iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max have an overheating problem, some users say Read More »
During his visit to a Detroit suburb, Trump criticized Biden on a range of issues from China to NAFTA to electric vehicles (EVs). “A vote for Crooked Joe means the future of the auto industry will be ‘Made in China,’” Trump asserted. He also broadly said that he would “unleash a thing called American …
Some members of Congress have taken the position that keeping our government functioning doesn’t really matter, and that pulling the plug on funding for the new fiscal year starting on Oct. 1 is a good way to make a political statement and drive our country in a different direction. The truth is that a government …
What’s really at stake with a government shutdown Read More »
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing down a dual threat as Congress careens toward a government shutdown, with potential consequences for an air travel industry already struggling with waves of delays. On top of losing funding, the law establishing the agency’s authority is set to lapse without renewal. Both face a Saturday deadline. After …
Why aviation faces a double whammy as shutdown looms Read More »
The Biden administration will release on Friday its long-awaited plan that maps out the next five years of offshore drilling, a top official said. “We’ll be publishing the five year program tomorrow,” Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau in response to questions from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during a Senate hearing on Thursday. “The program is …
Biden administration to release long-awaited offshore oil plan Friday Read More »