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MLB, Ticketmaster targeted with negative ads for bowing to ‘woke’ pressure ahead of All-Star Game

Major League Baseball and Ticketmaster are facing a barrage of negative ads ahead of next week's All-Star Game for bowing to "woke" political pressure.

July 8, 2021

Coal aversion by Biden, environmentalists threatens transition to electric vehicles

Coal -- the longtime nemesis of the green movement -- stands to play a significant role in America's transition from gas-powered to electric vehicles by supplying rare-earth elements for high-tech batteries.

July 8, 2021

GM, Apple, Google and other corporate giants demand 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035

About 80 of corporate America's biggest names, including Apple and General Motors, are pushing lawmakers to mandate that all electricity produced and consumed in the U.S. is carbon-free by 2035.

July 7, 2021

Progressives raise pressure on moderate Democrats to back party-line climate measure

Two of the country's leading progressive groups announced a $10 million ad campaign on Tuesday to raise the pressure on moderate Democrats to back a party-line climate change package.

July 6, 2021

Lawmakers find bipartisanship in confronting China, but does Trump get the credit?

Combating China's aggressive economic and military moves has become one of the few issues capable of forging bipartisan consensus in Washington.

July 5, 2021

Fauci urges vaccinated Americans to wear masks in areas with low vaccination rates

Dr. Anthony Fauci urged Americans on Sunday to take added precautions when traveling to areas with low vaccination rates and mask up.

July 4, 2021

Democrat Clyburn open to calling Trump before Pelosi’s Jan. 6 panel

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn signaled on Sunday that former President Donald Trump may be required to testify before the new select committee investigating the Jan. 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol.

July 4, 2021

Arkansas governor refuses to rule out 2024 GOP presidential bid

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Sunday refused to rule out a run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

July 4, 2021

McCaul: Democrats ‘playing with fire’ over probe of COVID-19 origin

The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee accused Democrats on Sunday of "playing with fire" in refusing to back a thorough probe into China's role in the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 4, 2021

McCaul: Afghan civil war likely if Biden pulls out U.S. forces

Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas warned Sunday that Afghanistan would likely plunge into a civil war if President Biden pulls out U.S. forces as promised this year.

July 4, 2021

Efforts to establish special envoy to probe China’s genocide of Uyghurs gain steam

The long-running efforts to establish a special envoy to probe China's genocide of its predominantly Muslim Uyghur population gained steam on Thursday.

July 1, 2021

GOP slams Democrats’ $715B transportation bill for bolstering China’s dominance of electric vehicle

House Democrats passed a massive surface transportation bill on Thursday meant to hasten America's transition away from gas-powered cars over objections from Republicans, who argued the legislation only benefits China.

July 1, 2021

White House demands Dems add carbon-free electricity rule to ‘human infrastructure’ bill

The White House demanded on Wednesday that Democrats include a dictate that all U.S. electricity be carbon-free after 2035 in the big-spending social welfare package that is being linked to bipartisan infrastructure.

June 30, 2021

Toomey pushes scrutiny of Fed as banks embrace ‘woke’ agenda

GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania floated on Wednesday subjecting the Federal Reserve System to new disclosure laws after several of the Fed's regional banks refused to provide information on why they were conducting "highly politicized social" research.

June 30, 2021

GOP accuses Dems of undermining U.S. electrical grid in overzealous push to combat climate change

GOP lawmakers accused Democrats on Tuesday of undermining America's electricity grid in their push to combat climate change.

June 29, 2021

‘Biden, you coward, fight for us’: Progressives slam lack of climate action

Progressive Democrats and environmental activists protested in front of the White House on Monday, demanding that President Biden jettison a bipartisan infrastructure bill in favor of a "bold" party-line package that devotes tens of billions of dollars to fighting climate change.

June 28, 2021

McConnell urges Biden to rebuke Dems for holding infrastructure ‘hostage’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted congressional Democratic leaders on Monday for holding a bipartisan infrastructure plan "hostage" until a big-spending social bill passes along party lines, as President Biden prepared to promote his rickety deal in the Midwest.

June 28, 2021

Manchin pitches repeal of Trump tax cuts, $1.5T in social spending to secure infrastructure deal

Sen. Joe Manchin III said Sunday he was open to repealing Trump-era tax cuts to pay for a social spending bill that progressives want in exchange for their support on infrastructure.

June 27, 2021

Barrasso: Republicans more hesitant on infrastructure deal despite Biden’s walkback of veto threat

President Biden walked back his veto threat of a $1 trillion infrastructure deal, amid backlash from Republicans who felt double-crossed by the White House's insistence that the package pass in "tandem" with a big social spending bill.

June 26, 2021

GOP lawmakers irate over Biden’s double-cross on infrastructure

Republican lawmakers are fuming over what they see as double-cross by President Biden and Democrats on the infrastructure deal reached on Thursday.

June 25, 2021