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When will this cold winter end? NOAA releases hopeful new weather outlook

If you're sick of winter, there's some good news in the latest seasonal outlook released Thursday by national forecasters – at least for the residents of all but one state.

Now is the time to create a robust aquaculture industry to ensure food security and support our economy

The U.S. and nations across the world have demonstrated that we can grow healthy and fresh seafood sustainably in our waters. Now is the time to harness the potential to grow a rapidly expanding industry here at home.

Biden delivers remarks on Bidenomics, small businesses in North Carolina: Watch live

President Biden is slated to deliver remarks Thursday afternoon in North Carolina, where he is set to announce $82 million in new investments to connect homes and businesses in the state to high-speed internet. Biden will go to the Raleigh-Durham area in the critical battleground state to make the announcement, alongside Gov. Roy Cooper (D). The funding...

Judge limits new filings in Trump Jan. 6 case but denied bid to hold special counsel in contempt

A federal judge will require special counsel Jack Smith to seek permission before making any additional filings in former President Trump’s case for election interference, a small victory for the former president as the court otherwise declined to advance a filing designed to hold prosecutors in contempt. The effort from Trump to censure prosecutors came after...

Advocates launch national mass shooter prevention hotline

A new national hotline to prevent potential mass shooters from carrying out acts of violence was launched by a group of Florida advocates Thursday. The new hotline will be monitored 24/7 by staffers who have been trained to talk with potential mass shooters leading up to a planned shooting. Sean Cononie, an advocate who runs...

Congressional watchdog to probe idled ‘zombie’ coal mines

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will investigate the environmental impact of idled “zombie” coal mines in response to an October request from several congressional Democrats, a GAO spokesperson confirmed. In October, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and seven House Democrats wrote to the GAO to ask for a probe into such mines, which often qualify as...

America’s first federal emissions tax will only increase emissions

Rather than reducing emissions, punishing the clean American oil and gas industry will drive up methane emissions on a global scale.

Judge in Trump Georgia case orders hearing on Fani Willis misconduct accusations

The Georgia judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case scheduled a hearing next month to weigh accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) hired her romantic partner as a top prosecutor on the case. Judge Scott McAfee scheduled the hearing for Feb. 15 and directed Willis to respond to the allegations in writing...

Dean Phillips vows to be ‘first AI president’ in campaign speech on his artificial intelligence platform

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips rolled out his platform for artificial intelligence (AI) development during a campaign speech in New Hampshire.

Wisconsin Republicans propose doe hunt moratorium

A group of Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature have introduced a bill that would prohibit hunters from poaching antlerless deer for several years.

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