The Energy Department will be investing $325 million in batteries that can better store clean energy, it announced Friday. The funding will go toward 15 projects among 17 states and one tribal nation that aim to “advance energy storage technologies,” and “accelerate the development of long-duration energy storage (LDES technologies). Batteries are increasingly being used...
In the midst of chaos and tension amongst House Republicans over spending bills, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) praised former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in an interview on CNN Thursday. When asked about current Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) job security as the tumult in the House continues, the Tennessee lawmaker said he is unsure if...
Newly released 9-11 audio details the emergency call between an operator and the pilot of the F-35 that went missing earlier this week, highlighting the confusion after the pilot ejected from the $100 million aircraft in South Carolina. The audio, released by Charleston County, shows the pilot took refuge in a nearby home after he...
The U.S. on Friday announced the creation of two economic working groups with China as part of bilateral efforts to cool tensions between the two countries. The groups will be led by the Chinese Ministry of Finance, the U.S. Treasury Department and the People’s Bank of China and headed up by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...
A federal judge sided with the Biden administration Thursday on an administration rule that would allow retirement advisers to include climate and environmental factors in their calculations. In the ruling, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, granted the administration’s petition to dismiss a lawsuit by 25 Republican state attorneys...
Starmer has deftly steered his party away from the shoals of dogmatic socialism without opening an irreparable rift with left-wing activists and trade unions.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday will be joined by Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) to hold a press briefing. The Biden administration announced this week that it is creating an office of gun violence prevention to find additional actions President Biden can take to curb gun violence, as well as to implement existing actions. The...