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DeSantis, Haley vow to ditch Biden’s green energy subsidies

Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis pledged Wednesday night during a primary debate to put President Biden's clean energy funding on the chopping block if elected to the White House.

January 10, 2024

Nikki Haley rips male opponents: ‘These fellas don’t know how to talk about abortion’

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley sought to one-up her GOP opponents Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump when it comes to being pro-life during Wednesday night's prsidential-primary debate.

January 10, 2024

Haley promotes Ukraine aid as ‘preventing war’; DeSantis wants attention diverted to China

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley defended her support for more U.S. aid to Ukraine during Wednesday night's Republican presidential-primary debate in Iowa, saying that providing military aid is about preventing broader conflict with Russia.

January 10, 2024

DeSantis, Haley whack Trump as GOP frontrunner skips latest debate

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley took a brief break from criticizing one another at Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate to pan their party's frontrunner, Donald Trump.

January 10, 2024

Biden eyes rollback of LNG exports that critics say risk abandoning European allies

The Biden administration is reportedly mulling stricter climate change assessments for liquefied natural gas exports amid blowback from Democrats and environmentalists over the fossil fuel's booming industry.

January 10, 2024

Oil industry warns that Democrats’ fossil fuel ‘hostility’ will hobble U.S. in energy race

The nation's leading lobbying group for oil and natural gas offered a warning Wednesday that Democrats' climate change agenda is undermining America's energy dominance.

January 10, 2024

GOP’s lack of trust in Biden, Mayorkas emerges as hurdle to border security deal

The border security negotiations on Capitol Hill keep running into a key problem: Republicans don't trust the Biden administration to follow through with any tough measures.

January 9, 2024

Senate Republicans float stopgap government funding until March to avert shutdown

The second-ranking Senate Republican on Tuesday said another temporary government funding measure into March may be needed to avoid a shutdown this month, despite a deal on top-line spending figures between both parties.

January 9, 2024

Democrats urge appeals court to overrule Biden’s approval of Alaskan oil project

Congressional Democrats are urging an appeals court to side with conservation groups in their lawsuit to overturn the Biden administration's approval of the massive Willow oil project in Alaska.

January 8, 2024

Conservatives fume over Speaker Johnson’s spending deal with Democrats

House Speaker Mike Johnson's $1.6 trillion federal budget agreement with President Biden and Democrats is fueling backlash from hardline conservatives, who say the recently installed leader is making the same missteps as his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy.

January 8, 2024

Congressional leaders reach deal on spending ahead of looming government shutdown deadline

Congressional leaders announced Sunday an agreement on topline annual spending levels of $1.59 trillion, a critical step to avoid a government shutdown that keeps in line with a previous bipartisan budget agreement struck last year to raise the nation's debt limit.

January 7, 2024

Increasing number of Americans call situation at southern border a ‘crisis,’ poll shows

Americans who consider the wave of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border a "crisis" has increased in recent months as the problem has escalated, a new poll shows.

January 7, 2024

House Dem: Defense secretary has ‘duty to keep the public informed’ after undisclosed medical leave

A top House Democrat on Sunday criticized Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who waited several days before disclosing to the White House and to the public that he underwent an incapacitating elective medical procedure.

January 7, 2024

Elise Stefanik vows not to certify 2024 election unless it’s legal and valid

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik declined to commit on Sunday to certifying the 2024 presidential election.

January 7, 2024

Key GOP senator sees border security deal this week, vows no one will be ‘jammed’

The lead Republican negotiating with Democrats and the White House on bolstering security at the southern border said Sunday that bill text could come as early as this week.

January 7, 2024

House speaker gives lukewarm hope for secret Senate border security talks

House Speaker Mike Johnson did not commit to holding a vote on an expected agreement, saying it's a "hypothetical question" while adding that Republicans "of course want a deal."

January 7, 2024

White House responds to weak EV sales with misleading statistic

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged questions Thursday about whether the Biden administration is rethinking its proposed electric-vehicle mandate in the face of weak consumer demand.

January 4, 2024

Trump’s Colorado ballot appeal gets legal boost from Senate Republicans

Senate Republicans' campaign arm has filed legal arguments to the Supreme Court in support of former President Donald Trump's appeal to remain on Colorado's 2024 ballot.

January 4, 2024

Senate inching ‘closer’ to southern border deal as Sen. Schumer dings Speaker Johnson’s border trip

Senate Democrats and Republicans were "closer" to a deal Wednesday on strengthening southern border security, and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said he is optimistic the parties will reach an agreement.

January 3, 2024

Most voters want Virginia ban on gas-powered cars to be repealed, poll shows

The majority of Virginia voters say they want state lawmakers to repeal an electric vehicle mandate that would ban the sales of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, according to a new poll.

January 3, 2024