The Biden administration is restricting drilling on millions of acres of government-owned lands in Alaska — and taking the penultimate step toward blocking a mining access road in the same state. The administration announced on Friday that it would block off oil and gas drilling on 13 million acres in the Western Arctic that are []
Hollywood stars and former President Barack Obama are expected to help enrich President Joe Biden’s campaign coffers at a Los Angeles fundraiser in June. The event looks to extend Biden’s fundraising advantage over former President Donald Trump, and mirrors a recent New York City event that saw Obama and former President Bill Clinton show up. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of
About 4 million more workers will qualify for overtime when the rule is fully implemented.
Millions of salaried workers will soon qualify for overtime pay under a final rule released by the US Department of Labor on Tuesday. The new rule raises the salary threshold under which salaried employees are eligible for overtime in two stages. The threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888, or $844 a week, starting July 1, and then to $58,656, or $1,128 a week, on January 1, 2025. About 4 million more workers will qualify for overtime when the rule is fully...
In March, the Biden administration was sent a letter from more than 480 human rights organizations asking for a number of concessions from the United States government for Haitian migrants.
The National Science Foundation, under President Joe Biden‘s administration, gave $2 million to help five universities bring DEI efforts into sectors of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The larger effort, receiving the lion’s share of the $2 million, is going toward Marine and Climate Sciences, which is described by the grant recipients as “some of […]
The drought years were very, very hard on our trees. Conditions have improved a lot.
The Biden administration reached an agreement to dole out a staggering $6.1 billion in government support for semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology to produce advanced computer memory chips in New York and Idaho. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) personally pursued US-based Micron to build what will ultimately be a set of four chip factories near
WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration today announced a final rule
The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program could move some Palestinians out of Gaza. Top Biden officials have discussed resettling some Palestinians. Family members of U.S. citizens and permanent residents could be considered
If you're going to make a big deal about Bill Barr supporting Trump in this year's election, at least mention that the side channel Barr set up for Russian disinformation on Hunter Biden in 2020 ended up framing Joe Biden.