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Watchdog calls for more EPA enforcement on cancer-causing benzene

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story IG says refineries emitted excess benzene amid insufficient EPA action Oil refineries have been releasing unsafe levels of cancer-causing benzene, says a new report calling for more action from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). © AP...

Microsoft funding new approach for carbon removal

Microsoft agreed to fund a carbon capture technology that uses the natural properties of limestone to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, the startup firm Heirloom Carbon announced Thursday. The tech giant will purchase about $200 million worth of carbon credits — equivalent to 315,000 tons of carbon — over 10 years from Heirloom...

Florida high court to hear abortion ban challenge

Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Florida supreme court to hear challenge to 15-week abortion ban Abortion access will be on the line Friday when Florida's highest court considers a challenge to the state's 15-week abortion ban. Chasity Maynard/Tallahassee Democrat via AP A group of...

‘Largest number of claims ever filed’: 17M people validated to receive Facebook settlement payment

The administrator in charge of vetting claims has received more than 28 million applications for a payment, said Lesley Weaver, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the case.

Vance and Markey clash in Senate over anti-mask mandate bill

Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) clashed on the Senate floor Thursday, debating Vance’s proposed bill to ban future mask mandates for COVID-19. Vance’s bill, announced yesterday, would prevent the federal government from enforcing mask mandates in places like airplanes, where they were once in place during the height of the pandemic. “We...

Dem governor demands his kids be off-limits after GOP group includes his underage daughter in new attack ad

A Republican Super PAC aligned with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is under fire from Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear for including his underage daughter in a new ad.

Trump’s event with Kristi Noem fuels 2024 VP pick speculation

A rally in South Dakota featuring former President Donald Trump & GOP Gov. Kristi Noem is sparking speculation that Trump's eyeing her as his 2024 running mate on the Republican ticket

Northern border sees migrant surge from dozens of countries; more than last 10 years combined

One part of the northern border has seen a massive surge in migrant apprehensions this fiscal year, surpassing the last 10 years combined, according to a top Border Patrol official.

Sen Joni Ernst wants remote government workers investigated: ‘We’re coming after them’

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-IA., wants inspector generals to investigate whether telework government employees are stealing taxpayer dollars

Laurence Tribe, Democrats’ most wrong legal ‘expert’ in this age of rage

This week Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe assured Democrats that they are justified in an unconstitutional effort while attacking opposing views as "nonsense."

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