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Senate Republicans cautiously optimistic about infrastructure talks with Biden White House

A delegation of Republican senators returned Thursday from meeting with President Biden at the White House cautiously optimistic about the ongoing discussion over infrastructure.

May 13, 2021

Narrowing the ‘tax gap’ rises to forefront amid impasse over infrastructure pay-fors

The "tax gap," or the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid, is emerging as one of the few conceivable ways to finance a big chunk of President Biden's infrastructure priorities if both sides dig in on their "red lines" on taxes.

May 13, 2021

Gasoline prices spike to the highest point since 2014 in the wake of pipeline hack

Gasoline prices have skyrocketed in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack, hitting the highest point since 2014.

May 13, 2021

Anti-Trump Republicans who backed Joe Biden in 2020 threaten to bolt GOP

A cadre of Republicans who backed President Biden in the 2020 election are threatening to bolt the GOP if former President Donald Trump continues to play a leading role in the party.

May 12, 2021

Nearly 70% of gas stations go dry across North Carolina’s major metro areas due to pipeline hack

Nearly 70% of gasoline stations throughout North Carolina's largest metropolitan regions are out of fuel as gasoline shortages caused by the Colonial Pipeline hack continue to roil the East Coast.

May 12, 2021

Rift breaks open between Nancy Pelosi and far-left ‘Squad’ over Israel

A rift has opened up between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the far-left "Squad," including Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, over the issue of Israel.

May 12, 2021

Feds scramble to deliver gas in face of pipeline shutdown, rising prices

The Biden administration on Wednesday scrambled to deliver gasoline to stations running on empty due to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, authorizing bigger loads on federal interstates and moving to relax maritime laws so ships could deliver fuel to states gripped by panic-buying and long lines at the pump.

May 12, 2021

Granholm warns there is ‘no tolerance for price gouging’ as gasoline shortages roil East Coast

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned gasoline station operators across the country on Tuesday that price gouging would not be tolerated amid shortages caused by the cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline system.

May 11, 2021

Colonial Pipeline cyberattack fuels gasoline shortage, lines at the pump across Southeast

The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack is causing gasoline shortages across the eastern U.S., as evidenced Tuesday by growing lines at the pump.

May 11, 2021

Senate GOP open to higher infrastructure price tag ahead of meeting with Biden

Senate Republicans said they are willing to spend more on President Biden's infrastructure plan than they initially suggested, ahead of a bipartisan White House meeting on the proposal this week.

May 10, 2021

Adam Kinzinger claims House GOP leaders ignored threats of violence ahead of Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois claimed Monday that his own party's leadership in the House of Representatives had ignored his concerns about violence ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

May 10, 2021

Biden administration blames climate change for immigration crisis at U.S.-Mexico border

The Biden administration is reframing the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the influx results not from any White House actions, but rather from climate change in Central America's Northern Triangle of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

May 6, 2021

Earmarks: Vulnerable House Dems seek millions of dollars in pet projects ahead of 2022 midterm

House Democrats are taking full advantage of the revived earmark process to spend millions of dollars on pet projects in their districts to curry favor with voters ahead of expected bruising midterm elections next year.

May 5, 2021

Chuck Grassley demands information on John Kerry’s conflict of interests as White House climate czar

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is questioning how former Secretary of State John Kerry is avoiding conflicts of interests between his new role as the White House's special envoy for climate and his long history of investing in green-energy interests.

May 4, 2021

EPA to propose phasing out greenhouse gases used in refrigeration and air conditioning

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed wide-reaching regulations on Monday to curb the use of potent greenhouse gases in the refrigeration and air conditioning industries.

May 3, 2021

Joe Biden climate goal to require radical shifts in transportation, agriculture, manufacturing

President Biden's goal of cutting greenhouse gases more than 50% by 2030 is not feasible without a rapid transformation of the U.S. economy that would hit electricity generation, transportation, agriculture and manufacturing particularly hard, experts say.

May 2, 2021

David McKinley urges EPA to streamline carbon capture technology rules

Republican lawmakers on Thursday demanded that the Environmental Protection Agency loosen rules that make it difficult for power plants to deploy technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions before the greenhouse gas enters the earth's atmosphere.

April 29, 2021

Republicans urge EPA to streamline regulations on carbon capture technology

Republican lawmakers on Thursday demanded that the Environmental Protection Agency loosen rules that currently make it difficult for power plants to deploy technology that captures carbon emissions before they enter the earth's atmosphere.

April 29, 2021

Senate invokes Congressional Review Act to overturn Trump-era methane regulations

The Senate used the Congressional Review Act on Wednesday to permanently overturn Trump-era guidelines on regulating methane, opening the door for President Biden to pursue a more aggressive stance.

April 28, 2021

Democrats push ‘national climate bank’ to fund green-energy projects with U.S. tax dollars

Congressional Democrats are pushing for the creation of a national climate bank to bolster investment in green energy projects and hasten the country's transition away from fossil fuels.

April 27, 2021