Progressive House Democrats, including members of the "Squad," voted against a bipartisan bill to streamline nuclear energy, which advocates say is key for meeting climate goals.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reacted angrily to a whistleblower's complaint that his headquarters is a pandemic telework "ghost town," calling that an insult to "the USDA family." Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa Republican, confronted him at a committee hearing with data from the Government Accountability Office saying his D.C. headquarters building had an 11% occupancy rate.