Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) clapped back a President-elect Trump after he blasted President Biden for awarding her and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) the Presidential Citizens Medal this week.  “Donald, this is not the Soviet Union,” Cheney wrote Friday on social platform X. “You can’t change the truth and you cannot silence us.” Cheney was...

U.S. Steel’s president and CEO declared President Biden’s decision to block the company from being acquired by the Japanese corporation Nippon Steel “shameful” and “corrupt” in a Friday afternoon statement. “President Biden's action today is shameful and corrupt. He gave a political payback to a union boss out of touch with his members while harming...

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{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden loosens rules for hydrogen credits The Biden administration on Friday finalized fairly strict climate rules for the nascent hydrogen energy industry — but the rules contain new flexibilities that are expected to make them somewhat less stringent than an initial proposal. © AP...

The driver behind a terrorist attack in New Orleans planned to use a transmitter to detonate two bombs he placed on Bourbon Street and had additional explosive devices at a rental home he set on fire. This update, shared in a joint statement from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),...

President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to seven U.S. Army soldiers, most of whom received it posthumously for service during the Korean War, in his last ceremony as commander in chief awarding the country's highest military honor. The soldiers honored Friday were recognized for distinguished acts of bravery as they rushed through...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she would include legislation regarding the state’s involuntary commitment standards in her new executive budget following a series of violent subway attacks that have prompted questions about mental health.  “Currently hospitals are able to commit individuals whose mental illness puts themselves or others at risk of serious harm,...

President Biden has awarded the highest military decoration in the nation to seven U.S. Army veterans for their heroism in the Vietnam and Korean Wars.

The House speaker vote was a litmus test of President-elect Trump's ability to unify a fractious Republican Party.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who previously claimed that the 2016 presidential election was "illegitimate," told lawmakers that there are "no election deniers" in the Democratic Party.