The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will disperse $600 million in grants aimed at combating pollution in disadvantaged communities through regional “grantmaking” organizations. The funding is part of a larger bucket of $3 billion provided by the Inflation Reduction Act aimed at improving environmental justice — that is, addressing the disproportionate amounts of...
With Congress unlikely to pass a new Ukraine aid package before the new year, the Ukrainians are bracing for a tough winter as military operations slow down, troops are forced to preserve ammunition and Russian attacks continue to hammer energy infrastructure across the country. The breakdown of U.S. and European support also threatens to derail Ukraine’s economy and give Russian...
President Biden on Wednesday will visit Milwaukee, Wisconsin to tout what the White House is calling a Black small business boom, saying that the president’s economic agenda helped drive it. The president will visit the Milwaukee Black Chamber of Commerce to discuss how Black business ownership is growing at the fastest pace in 30 years...
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a billboard campaign against Republican Nikki Haley in Iowa, putting up visuals to attack her on reproductive rights as she campaigns in the state. The DNC will put four billboards up in Davenport, Iowa, to equate Haley with “extreme abortion bans,” the committee first told The Hill. Haley...
Austin's Soros-backed district attorney is facing heat after a man who allegedly killed 2 people while driving drunk was released on bond after his charges were downgraded.
Rep. Greg Casar, who voted to defund the Austin Police Department, has asked the department for an extra security detail over the holidays, sparking accusations of hypocrisy.
A new Texas immigration law has sparked the ire of the Biden administration, igniting the latest clash over border security between the administration and border states.
With 4 weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses lead off the Republican presidential nomination calendar, Donald Trump is the commanding front-runner, but now must meet raised expectations
The Department of Energy is sending hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding to local jurisdictions to incentivize the formulation of new energy codes that curb emissions.