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Manchin skirts whether he’ll run for reelection, as GOP challengers line up

Sen. Joe Manchin III continued Thursday to dodge questions on whether the moderate Democrat will seek reelection in 2024, as Republican challengers eye the race.

January 19, 2023

Global elite push climate doomsday warnings about ‘humanity’s future’ at annual meeting

Climate change was a pillar of this week's annual World Economic Forum, a recurring theme that featured gloom-and-doom warnings from global business and political elites who gathered in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss pressing issues facing society.

January 18, 2023

Gore praises Thunberg for getting detained at anti-coal protest in Germany

Former Vice President Al Gore applauded Greta Thunberg Wednesday for the 20-year-old climate activist protesting a coal mine expansion in Germany that led to her being detained by police.

January 18, 2023

Sen. Schumer says GOP reckless for using debt limit as ‘political bargaining chip’

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer laid into House Republicans Tuesday for demanding spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt limit to avoid the U.S. defaulting on its debt.

January 17, 2023

Combating ESG: Republican states paint bull’s-eye on climate-friendly investment advisers

Republican attorneys general warned mega proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis on Tuesday that their climate-friendly practices could be running afoul of their fiduciary obligations to clients.

January 17, 2023

Climate activist Thunberg detained for second time in Germany protesting coal mine

Greta Thunberg was detained Tuesday by German police during a climate demonstration, marking the second time in recent days that the 20-year-old Swedish environmental activist was held while protesting a coal mining project.

January 17, 2023

Climate change activists want more solutions from Kerry than ‘money’

White House climate czar John Kerry was all about the Benjamins when making his green energy pitch Tuesday to the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

January 17, 2023

House GOP vows to investigate Biden classified documents, provide oversight of Justice Dept. probe

A third set of classified material was discovered to be in President Biden's private possession Saturday by his attorneys, prompting outcries from GOP lawmakers over the weekend.

January 15, 2023

Biden’s claim he was unaware of possessing classified docs is ‘nonsense,’ Republican lawmaker says

Rep. Chris Stewart said Sunday that the defense offered by President Biden that he unknowingly was in possession of classified materials from his time as vice president is "nonsense."

January 15, 2023

Adam Schiff says GOP is ‘hypocritical’ in Biden vs. Trump classified docs

Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat, expressed concern Sunday about potential ramifications to national security by President Biden's apparent mishandling of classified documents found in his private possession.

January 15, 2023

Democratic senator says Biden classified docs ‘certainly embarrassing’

Sen. Debbie Stabenow said Sunday it is "embarrassing" that President Biden was in possession of several classified documents after having criticized former President Donald Trump for keeping similar materials at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

January 15, 2023

Kevin McCarthy says debt limit should be treated ‘like our own household’

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that the political fight to raise the country's debt limit this summer is going to cost Democrats.

January 15, 2023

Rep. James Comer asks why discovery of Biden classified docs wasn’t publicized in November

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee asked Sunday why the discovery of classified documents held in President Biden's position from the Obama administration was revealed months after the midterm elections.

January 15, 2023

House passes bill to bar oil sales to China from emergency stockpile

The Republican-controlled House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday to prohibit the federal government from selling U.S. crude oil from the nation's emergency stockpile to China, laying the groundwork for the GOP's energy policy priorities in the chamber.

January 12, 2023

Oil and gas lobby, Republicans set sights on energy wins in divided Congress

Divided government is fueling hopes among the energy industry and House Republicans that climate hawks in the Democratic-led Senate will be more willing to come to the negotiating table to accomplish policies that boost domestic production.

January 11, 2023

Federal regulators reverse course on banning new gas stoves

The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday walked back a claim made by one of its members that the Biden administration was weighing a ban on new natural gas stoves over health concerns.

January 11, 2023

Biden administration touts $100 million in environmental justice as GOP emphasizes energy costs

The Biden administration announced Tuesday that $100 million will soon be available for underserved communities to address environmental inequality as part of President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.

January 10, 2023

Federal agency weighs banning new gas stoves over health risks

A federal agency charged with ensuring the safety of consumer products is weighing whether to ban natural gas stoves because of health risks.

January 10, 2023

Peters tapped again as Democrats’ 2024 campaign chief after slimly expanding Senate majority

Senate Democrats saw a net gain of one after the elections.

January 9, 2023

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace: Matt Gaetz is a ‘fraud’ for fundraising off McCarthy opposition

Rep. Nancy Mace blasted fellow Republican colleague Matt Gaetz over the weekend as a "fraud" for pitching to donors his opposition to Rep. Kevin McCarthy for House speaker.

January 9, 2023