Two separate coalitions of environmental organizations have sued the Biden administration over its approval of the Willow Project, a controversial oil drilling project in northwestern Alaska. The litigation accuses the administration of insufficiently assessing how the endeavor would affect the surrounding indigenous community and endangered species. Representatives for the nearby village of Nuiqsut made similar...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said that there have been "more mistakes than usual" in U.S. air travel recently after dozens of close calls, pressing the air travel sector to help address the situation. “U.S. aviation remains an exceptionally safe mode of travel — whether you compare it to other modes, whether you compare...
As red tide continues to impact beaches along Florida's gulf coast, authorities have been rescuing animals that have been caught up in the harmful algal blooms.
Let me reiterate what I said at the United Nations Security Council in February: Russia has turned the seat of a permanent member into a throne of impunity.
Russia's ambassador to the U.S. said Moscow views Tuesday’s incident between a U.S. drone and a Russian fighter jet, which resulted in the downing of the American aircraft over the Black Sea, as a provocation. Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov was summoned to the State Department on Tuesday, and characterized his message in that meeting...
The Justice Department is encouraging a judge to exclude at trial any claims from former President Trump aide Peter Navarro that he defied a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee due to concerns over executive privilege. The late Tuesday filing from the department comes in response to a successful last-minute effort by Navarro to...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday morning announced finalized new rules on interstate air pollution, regulating downwind interstate pollution. The latest “Good Neighbor” rule will affect nitrogen oxide pollution that is a key ingredient in smog from facilities in 23 states. On a call with reporters, EPA Administrator Michael Regan estimated about 80 million...
Shalanda Young, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, is giving testimony Wednesday on President Biden’s proposed 2024 budget before the full Senate Budget Committee. Biden’s Democratic allies in the Senate, including Budget Committee Chair Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), have already expressed their support for the plan, which Whitehouse says will reduce the...
The NRA filed an appeal with the New York Supreme Court over a 2022 decision related to New York Attorney General Letitia James' legal battle over alleged corruption at the NRA.