The United States is investing in marine energy technology to help meet clean energy goals, with the Marine Energy Technologies Acceleration Act providing $1 billion for research, demonstration projects, workforce development and streamlined permitting.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will revive plans for the nation’s first traffic congestion-pricing plan in New York City at a reduced rate after delaying the controversial plan earlier this year. Under the proposal, set to begin in January, most vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street will be subject to a $9 charge, down...
The top Republican focused on U.S. competition with China introduced legislation on Thursday to end normal trade relations with Beijing. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, proposed revoking China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR), a policy in place for more than two decades. Lawmakers in both...
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) weighed in on President-elect Trump's controversial decision to elevate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to attorney general when he returns to the White House, saying he doesn't know yet if he will get confirmed. "I don't know until we start the process, and that's what we intend to...
Steve Bannon, President-elect Trump's onetime White House adviser and a conservative media personality, said if confirmed to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would go after media outlets. Bannon singled out MSNBC, the cable news channel owned by Comcast, a company Trump himself has threatened to investigate over what he says is "treasonous"...
Republicans asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday to again ensure mail ballots with a missing or improper date are not counted in this year’s election, accusing multiple counties of ignoring the court’s commands. In the lead-up to Election Day, the state’s top court issued multiple orders declaring the handwritten date requirement must be enforced,...
President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking to circumvent the long and drawn-out process of having to submit nominations to the Senate for its "advice and consent" by proposing recess appointments to expedite the appointment of top administration positions.
The uniform adoption of just four waste management policies around the world could eliminate more than 90 percent of the planet’s plastic waste and nearly a third of associated carbon emissions by 2050, a new study has found. If countries choose to proceed with the status quo, on the other hand, the amount of plastic...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Thursday afternoon en route to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru. The gaggle comes as President Biden is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week on the sidelines of the summit. The event in Lima will mark the third, and...