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Speaker Johnson faces backlash from blue-state Republicans over tax deal

House Republicans in swing districts are flexing their political muscle to force changes to an $80 billion bipartisan tax deal, raising questions about whether GOP leadership can advance a bill that has widespread support.

January 30, 2024

Energy Department backs down on gas stove ban, targets electric models with new efficiency standards

The Department of Energy on Monday finalized long-awaited efficiency standards for stoves, backing off a previous proposal that would have rendered roughly half of natural gas models out of compliance.

January 29, 2024

State agriculture officials fear banks’ ESG policies endanger food security

The top agriculture officials from a dozen Republican-led states sounded an alarm Monday that the climate policies of America's largest banks are jeopardizing U.S. food supply.

January 29, 2024

Pelosi calls those wanting Gaza cease-fire Putin sympathizers, calls for FBI to probe them

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized the left wing of the Democratic Party on Sunday, suggesting that those who want a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas are parroting a message supported by a major U.S. adversary: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

January 28, 2024

Gavin Newsom warns that Democrats ‘have to be worried’ about third-party spoiler candidates

California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged his party to be wary of third-party presidential candidates acting as spoilers for President Biden.

January 28, 2024

AOC defends critics’ use of ‘Genocide Joe’ over Biden’s support for Israel

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday downplayed the "Genocide Joe" moniker that protesters and some of her fellow House Democrats have labeled President Biden for his Israel support.

January 28, 2024

Nikki Haley: RNC ‘clearly not’ honest broker in primary amid pressure to drop out

Nikki Haley fired back at the Republican National Committee for pressuring her to concede the nomination race to front-runner Donald Trump.

January 28, 2024

Sen. James Lankford, lead Republican negotiator on border deal, censured by home state GOP

The Oklahoma Republican leading Senate negotiations for a southern border security deal with Democrats has been censured by his home state GOP for his bipartisan work.

January 28, 2024

Biden’s election-year freeze on new LNG exports cheers climate voters, rattles America’s allies

President Biden's moratorium on new LNG exports has threatened more than a dozen energy projects in the U.S. and raised doubts about America's reliability as a global fuel supplier, prompting accusations that he is weakening national security in an election-year ploy to appease young climate-conscious voters.

January 27, 2024

Biden halts new liquefied natural gas exports pending climate change analysis

President Biden directed the Energy Department on Friday to stop granting applications for new liquefied natural gas exports pending a review of how it can better factor climate change into its approvals.

January 26, 2024

Trump AG Bill Barr boosts No Labels’ claims that criminal conspiracy keeps it off 2024 ballot

No Labels, the centrist political group that alleges there's a criminal conspiracy to keep its third-party presidential "unity ticket" off state ballots, has been endorsed by Trump-era Attorney General Bill Barr.

January 25, 2024

Border deal with Ukraine aid on the verge of collapse in Senate

Top Senate Republicans said bipartisan talks to address the crisis at the southern border are on life support with former President Donald Trump turning GOP lawmakers against it.

January 25, 2024

Lobbying blitz blankets Washington to push tax deal in Congress

Hundreds of business lobbies have sprung into action to prod members of Congress to pass a bipartisan bill that would revive Trump-era tax breaks for companies and expand the Child Tax Credit.

January 25, 2024

Congress looks to combat China with Taiwan provision in tax deal

Architects of a bipartisan agreement working through Congress that centers on expanding child tax credits and reviving Trump-era business tax cuts say a provision involving Taiwan is crucial to combating China.

January 24, 2024

Senate Democrats prod left flank to fall in line on border deal

A bloc of Senate progressives say they are willing to buck the party, even if it means snubbing an election-year win for President Biden on the border crisis that has become a top issue for voters.

January 24, 2024

Big Oil, automakers pump brakes on Trump pitch to gut Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

Plans by former President Donald Trump to gut President Biden's climate-and-spending law if he returns to the White House have made strange bedfellows of big corporations and Democrats.

January 22, 2024

16 Republican governors tell Biden to drop ‘unrealistic’ EV mandate

Republican governors called Monday on President Biden to reverse course on a proposed climate-change mandate requiring two-thirds of new auto sales to be electric vehicles by 2032.

January 22, 2024

Freedom Caucus chairman switches endorsement after DeSantis drops out

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good gave his "total endorsement" Sunday to former President Donald Trump after the Virginia Republican's preferred candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, ended his campaign.

January 21, 2024

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu whacks Trump’s claim that presidents have ‘total immunity’

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu called for caution Sunday over Donald Trump's claim that presidents have "total immunity" from prosecution for actions taken during their terms.

January 21, 2024

Biden campaign official brushes aside voters’ concern about age, mental fitness

The Biden campaign's principal campaign manager on Sunday downplayed concerns among more than two-thirds of Americans that President Biden lacks mental acuity.

January 21, 2024