The Trump administration Thursday announced it would exempt some Arctic oil and gas exploration activities from environmental reviews. The Interior Department issued a notice exempting wintertime oil and gas exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska from the reviews. The exemption will apply to seismic surveys to assess where oil is located, construction of...
Presented by PolitiSizeIT {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story NFL asks Supreme Court to rule on prediction markets The NFL urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to take up a case over who has the authority to regulate prediction markets, arguing that wagers on the platforms should fall under...
A bipartisan group of dozens of lawmakers led by Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is concerned over Google’s plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data to train its AI models. A letter from the group, sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Spirit CEO Dave Davis, took issue with a proposed $10...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) floated the idea of returning home to Louisiana if Republicans lose control of the House next year. “Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority or whatever, I don't know what my next chapter of life is,” Johnson told Fox News in an exclusive interview. “If God moves on our hearts and...
In today's issue: ▪ US presses Russia on plague ▪ Media outlets back in court ▪ DNC sues over Trump ads ▪ First Atlantic hurricane forming A lack of transparency from the Russian government about the status and severity of the suspected outbreak of the pneumonic plague is sparking worries around the world. The U.S. has...
Putin's new orders sound like total war — unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved and the objectives pursued, in total disregard of the laws of war.
A new video from the FBI has spurred complaints the bureau has violated the Hatch Act by labeling Democrats – including current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed – as part of the “defund the police crowd.” The video does not mention the election outright and also credits FBI Director Kash Patel with arresting violent criminals...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), is leading her Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman by double digits in the Empire State’s gubernatorial race, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling/PIX11 News poll, 52.4 percent of respondents said they would cast their ballot for Hochul, while 39.7 percent said the same of Blakeman. Nearly...
Republican efforts to reduce national gas prices in the weeks before Election Day were derailed in the Senate by infighting among GOP lawmakers and members of the administration who could not agree on how to ease consumers’ pain at the pump. The divisions within the Senate Republican conference over how to lower gas and diesel...
Michigan Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed (D) and former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) will face off in their first debate Thursday as they wrestle in the tightly contested race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D). The debate will offer the candidates a chance to share their platforms and elevate criticism with one another’s political stances...
House Democrats are promising immediate action on healthcare next year if they flip control of the chamber in the midterm elections. Party leaders say health costs are a foremost priority of their broader affordability agenda. And the top Democrats on the numerous committees that oversee federal healthcare programs are all preparing to tackle the issue...
