{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Defense bills loosen PFAS rules for Pentagon Provisions in the House and Senate annual defense authorization bills reduce restrictions on the Pentagon’s use of “forever chemicals.” © Jake May, The Flint Journal via Associated Press In the House, one such provision is generating pushback...

Shouting broke out on the House floor after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a moment of prayer for conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon. After the moment of silence, Johnson recognized Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). “I believe that silent prayers get silent results,” Boebert said. “Is there someone who could...

A shot rang out in Utah on Wednesday, and in that moment the United States descended another steep step on a dark path. The known facts are that conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead during a speaking engagement on the campus of Utah Valley University. Kirk was the CEO of Turning Point USA, a...

Republicans are showing early resistance to President Trump's request for a short-term funding bill, which would kick this month’s government shutdown deadline into next year. The Trump administration’s latest ask of Congress called for a stopgap funding bill, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), to keep the lights on through January. But some Republicans...

GOP lawmakers offered their prayers after videos emerged of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk being shot while speaking at an event on the Utah Valley University campus. Less than two hours later, President Trump announced Kirk, 31, had died of the gunshot wound. “Please join us in praying for our good friend, Charlie Kirk,” House Speaker...

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed Wednesday while appearing at an event at Utah Valley University. President Trump, who grew to be friends with Kirk, announced his death in a post on Truth Social at 4:41 p.m. Wednesday. "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,"...

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at a Utah college campus, President Trump announced on social media. Kirk, 31 and the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was struck by a gunshot in the neck, according to video footage from the event. "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump posted....

An "active assailant" was reported at a high school in the Denver metro area on Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities in Jefferson County.

Harvard said Wednesday it has received notices that many of the canceled federal grants will be restored, although the money has not come back yet. “Harvard has begun to receive notices of reinstatements on many of the previously terminated federal awards from a range of federal agencies. Harvard is monitoring funding receipts closely. So...

A federal judge said Tuesday he will not immediately consider California’s request to bar the use of National Guard soldiers as deployed by the Trump administration in Los Angeles. Last week, Senior District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco ruled that President Trump’s deployment of troops was unlawful and said the White House was “ordering...