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House GOP eyes gas stove protections as sprawling energy bill nears passage

The House is set to include a last-minute safeguard for natural gas stoves against proposed efficiency standards from the Biden administration as part of a sprawling energy package.

March 28, 2023

Most Americans give thumbs up to GOP energy package as Biden threatens veto

The majority of voters say they approve of an energy package House Republicans plan to pass this week in an effort to increase production and lower costs, according to internal polling first shared with The Washington Times.

March 27, 2023

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace on 2024 primary: ‘I don’t want to be talking about paying off porn stars’

Rep. Nancy Mace bashed Donald Trump on Sunday for what the South Carolina Republican described as the former president's legal battles that continue to be a distraction ahead of next year's election.

March 26, 2023

Key Senate Democrat slams DOJ for lack of transparency on Biden’s handling of classified documents

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner criticized the Biden administration's Department of Justice on Sunday for continuing to withhold information about the president's mishandling of classified documents.

March 26, 2023

Trump attorney: Online remarks against Manhattan DA posted by Trump’s ‘social media people’

Trump attorney Joe Tacopina said the former president's online posts against the Manhattan district attorney investigating him for potential campaign financial crimes were "ill-advised" but suggested they were not posted by Donald Trump himself.

March 26, 2023

Biden FAA nominee withdraws amid pushback from GOP senators, Sinema

President Biden suffered a setback over the weekend after his nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration withdrew from consideration amid pushback from Senate Republicans and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.

March 26, 2023

Comer goes on offense against Trump hush-money case with Manhattan district attorney

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer pushed back Sunday against criticism from Senate Republicans that his efforts to glean more information from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg about his probe into possible criminal charges against former President Donald Trump are inappropriate.

March 26, 2023

House fails to override Biden veto of bill targeting ESG investing in pensions

The House failed Thursday to override President Biden's first veto, delivering a blow to critics of so-called ESG investing who tried to scuttle a Labor Department rule that allows retirement plan managers to consider factors like climate change and social justice politics in their investment decisions.

March 23, 2023

Why House Republicans say Senate Democrats need the GOP’s energy package

Republicans on Wednesday auditioned their sales pitch for bipartisan negotiations on a sprawling package of new energy policies that Senate Democrats label "dead on arrival."

March 22, 2023

GOP senators grill Biden EPA chief over ‘eye-watering’ budget request

The Biden administration's top environmental regulator was in the hot seat Wednesday as Republican senators, in a preview of spending battles to come, questioned his request for more money for the Environmental Protection Agency in the president's budget.

March 22, 2023

Biden faces green revolt by climate protesters angry over his action on Willow oil-drilling project

Environmental activists are furious with President Biden for allowing the giant Willow oil-drilling project on federal lands in Alaska, even as his administration also battles green allies in the courts.

March 21, 2023

VA yields to pressure, changes Lincoln-inspired motto to include women

The Department of Veterans Affairs is altering an Abraham Lincoln quote in its decades-old motto to make a more gender-inclusive mission statement, after years of pressure from Democrats and veterans advocates.

March 20, 2023

Biden delivers first presidential veto against GOP-led measure to stop ESG investing for 401(k) plan

President Biden issued his first veto Monday, nixing Congress' move to roll back new Labor Department rules allowing retirement fiduciaries to engage in ESG investing that takes climate change and social justice politics into consideration.

March 20, 2023

U.N. doomsday report warns of ‘climate time-bomb’ unless globe ditches fossil fuels

The world is approaching a point of no return to combat climate change and prevent irreversible damage caused by global warming, a report released Monday by the United Nations concludes.

March 20, 2023

Republicans wince at Trump’s call for protests ahead of potential indictment

Republicans are weary of Donald Trump's calls for protests amid the belief by the former president that he'll be arrested this week in connection with a years-old hush-money payment to a porn star.

March 19, 2023

Manhattan DA says he won’t ‘tolerate attempts to intimidate’ amid potential Trump indictment

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is pushing back against criticism from Donald Trump over a potential grand jury indictment of the former president.

March 19, 2023

Sen. Mike Rounds chalks up DeSantis’ Ukraine comments to ‘primary politics’

Sen. Mike Rounds said Sunday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent characterization of Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine as a "territorial dispute" is all about politics.

March 19, 2023

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Fed chair wants to ‘put millions of people out of work’ to fight inflation

Sen. Elizabeth Warren tore into Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell on Sunday, accusing the presidential appointee of wanting to put millions of people out of work to combat inflation by continuing to raise interest rates.

March 19, 2023

Pence calls possible Trump indictment ‘politically charged prosecution’

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that any potential indictment against former President Donald Trump over campaign finances connected to a hush-money payment to a porn star would be a "politically charged prosecution."

March 19, 2023

BlackRock cools ESG tone amid blowback but defends climate investing strategy

BlackRock is walking a fine line in what has become a hot-button culture war issue that conservatives calls woke capitalism.

March 17, 2023