The House on Wednesday voted to overturn a Biden-era rule implementing a program that charges oil and gas companies for excess methane emissions. The vote was 220-206-1. Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Adam Gray (Calif.), Kristen McDonald Rivet (Mich.) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) voted with nearly every Republican...
Florida gubernatorial candidate and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on Wednesday responded to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) criticism that the congressman hasn’t been a part of conservative victories in Florida, pointing to his record in the state legislature. “My record when I was in the state legislature speaks for itself,” Donalds told The Hill. “I even...
A law signed by former President Joe Biden in January is starting to show its impact, as millions of people begin to receive bigger Social Security payments plus back pay.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner said he would terminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule on Wednesday, repealing the law which was enacted to “overcome historic patterns of segregation.” President Trump originally terminated the rule created during the Obama administration in 2020 after he said it would "destroy the...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it has completed the first phase of the Los Angeles wildfire cleanup, ahead of its deadline. “President Trump set an extremely ambitious deadline for EPA to clean up all hazardous materials in the wake of the deadly California wildfires,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement. “Thanks to...
HuffPost slammed the White House for reportedly pulling a press pool spot amid turmoil surrounding new policy on how the presidential press pool operates. The outlet reported Tuesday night that one of its reporters was ousted from the pool by the White House for the following day. On Wednesday, HuffPost’s editor-in-chief, Whitney Snyder, decried the...