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Biden to award Medal of Honor to Army pilot who saved soldiers in daring Vietnam helicopter rescue

President Biden will award the Medal of Honor for combat heroism to U.S. Army Captain Larry Taylor, who in 1968 Vietnam rescued four soldiers after a plan to save them was scrubbed because it was thought to have almost no chance of success.

Minnesota regulators vote to proceed with environmental review of disputed carbon capture pipeline

Minnesota regulators voted Thursday to proceed with an environmental review for part of a proposed but disputed pipeline network that would carry planet-warming carbon dioxide from Midwest ethanol plants to a permanent underground storage site.

Wisconsin’s new liberal Supreme Court justice hasn’t heard a case but Republicans may impeach

Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard a case, Republican lawmakers are talking about taking the unprecedented step of impeaching and removing her from office.

Biden to ask Congress for another $4B to boost FEMA disaster relief fund

The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $4 billion to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund, which has been taxed by a brutal stretch of extreme weather across the country this year.

Key Democrat slams Clarence Thomas disclosures: ‘Clean-up on Aisle Three’

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) went after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over his delayed disclosure of gifts and luxury vacations from a conservative donor on Thursday, pledging to fully investigate the justice. Thomas amended his financial disclosure forms Thursday to include a slate of luxury vacations and other gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow, which were...

Acting Labor secretary: ‘I don’t have an intention of going anywhere’

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su said on Thursday that she has no "intention of going anywhere" as her Senate confirmation is stuck in limbo more than six months after she was first nominated by President Biden. “I'm all in for doing it,” Su said in an interview with The Messenger. “I don't have an intention...

Bodycam video released in fatal police shooting of pregnant Black woman

Ohio authorities on Friday released body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of Ta'Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black woman. The footage, posted in a video with retired Sheriff Russ Martin’s analysis, came from the body camera of the two officers involved in the shooting, which took place at a grocery store in Blendon...

We can use the free market to lower energy costs — so why is Glenn Youngkin fighting it?

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s obsession with pulling Virginia out of RGGI will only drag the state backwards and jeopardize Virginians’ pocketbooks, health and economy.

Watch live: Biden discusses August jobs report

President Biden is slated to appear Friday in the White House Rose Garden to comment on the August jobs report, which generally showed a steady labor market. Unemployment, which was expected to hover at July’s 3.5 percent, inched up to 3.8 percent according to the data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report...

In the Pacific, Biden can put Trump’s trade policy into history’s dustbin

Trump’s rhetoric offers an opportunity for Biden to draw a clear line between the Democrats and Republicans on international trade and economic competence.

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