The Trump administration is proposing to relax rules to make it easier for companies to drill for oil and gas on public lands. The Interior Department, which oversees federal lands, said that it would propose to loosen two Biden-era regulations that sought to rein in planet-warming methane and ensure that energy companies are on the...
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, is circulating a plan among Senate Republicans to avoid another government shutdown later this year so that they can discuss it when President Trump meets with GOP senators Wednesday. Scott, who invited Trump to lunch in the Capitol, says Democrats are unlikely to help...
The Senate on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill aimed at lowering housing costs, sending the legislation to the House. The rare show of near-unanimous support comes as lawmakers hustle to score wins on affordability that they can trumpet back home during a midterm campaign cycle that has focused heavily on rising costs. The bill,...
Comedian Bill Maher during his latest show mocked the Obama Presidential Center, which opened in Chicago last week. “It looks like something aliens built in Dubai,” Maher remarked on the Friday episode of HBO’s “Real Time" while talking with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Politico journalist Jonathan Martin. “It cost $850 million,” he added later....
Democratic strategist James Carville on Sunday encouraged Trump administration staffers to start leaking details about closed door dealings within the White House in an effort to save their careers. Carville has shared numerous predictions that President Trump and Republicans will lose power after the midterm elections, leading to intense backlash for individuals closely associated with...
Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Lawmakers raise alarms about NIH grant changes A group of House Democrats is calling on the Trump administration to rescind a sweeping new proposal to overhaul the federal grantmaking process that critics say would exert unprecedented political influence on scientific...
Vice President Vance said on Monday that Iran will allow nuclear inspectors back into its country as negotiations between Washington and Iran continue to end the conflict in the Middle East. Iran has not confirmed the arrangement. "Letting in the inspectors is a big deal," Vance told reporters, referring to the United Nations' International Atomic...
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed in Alaska on Monday during a training flight with four people aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard announced. The helicopter, a search and rescue twin-engine aircraft, crashed near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, near the state capital Juneau. Sitka Fire and Rescue crews arrived on the scene at around 11...
The Iran peace train is, for now, still on the tracks after an initial meeting in Switzerland involving Vice President Vance and high-level officials from the Islamic Republic. There are massive perils ahead that will require painstaking navigation, however, including negotiating the nitty-gritty of Iran’s nuclear program and keeping a lid on the volatile situation...
Rep. Joyce Beatty's (D-Ohio) lawyers on Monday said the tarp covering the exterior of the Kennedy Center, installed after President Trump's name was removed, is an "act of petty defiance." Beatty, an ex officio board member, filed the original lawsuit against the administration. Her attorneys filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals of...
President Trump signed a pair of executive orders Monday aimed at boosting research into quantum computing and strengthening security practices in preparation for a post-quantum world. Quantum computing relies on quantum physics to solve complex problems much faster than traditional computers. The technology, which is still in its early stages, is expected to provide vast...
