President Joe Biden’s progressive base is trying to drown both him and the country with destructive election-year demands. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has issued its policy agenda for a Democratic majority after the 2024 elections. It includes forcing a one-size-fits-all federal minimum wage of $17 an hour on the entire country, a move that even […]
Often overlooked in the climate debate is energy poverty--which means people not having enough energy for their daily needs or where the cost of energy negatively affects their daily lives.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Biden to Zelensky: US will ‘quickly provide’ security package President Biden spoke Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to assure him the United States will provide more aid as soon as the Senate passes the national security
Joe Biden had a busy day. He had two whole things on his public schedule on Monday: two photo-op sessions with two leaders. That's a lot for Biden, who usually has only one event or nothing at all. He's more like hardly working than working hard. Add to that the fact that he spends about 40 percent of his time on vacation, generally in Delaware.
Many renters in the United States worry that they will never be able to buy a home, citing a lack of affordability, according to a recent survey.
The Biden administration is in hot water after Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called for the resignation of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. Hawley called her the face of “institutionalized corruption” at the department, because the energy secretary has a well-documented history of owning stocks without proper disclosure. “I just want to know who really runs the Energy Department,” Hawley said angrily during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Tuesday. “Is it you or...
By MATTHEW BROWN (Associated Press) BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that’s meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties. Officials pushed past strong opposition from private industry and Republican governors to […]
Tesla is pushing forward with a plan to build an electric big rig charging corridor stretching from Texas to California, despite being snubbed by a lucrative federal funding program that’s
Environmentalists celebrate new rules but Alaska politicians call it an ‘illegal’ attack on state’s livelihood and predict lawsuitsThe Biden administration said on Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13m acres (5.3m hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm.The decision – part of an ongoing, years-long fight over whether and how to develop the vast oil resources in the state –...
Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.
Newsmax host Rob Finnerty hurled what he thought was a real Biden zinger, slamming the President for not knowing basic geography. But it turns out, Finnerty is the one sporting the dunce cap. "Biden didn't know that Africa was a country," said the smug host of the trusty "news" organization that faces a Big Lie lawsuit scheduled to go to trial in September. — Read the rest
Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.