Lawsuit Aims To Block Biden From Forgiving Student Loans

Topline An Indiana attorney from a conservative law firm sued the Biden Administration in federal court Tuesday, asking a judge to block the government’s policy of forgiving up to $20,000 per person i...

Boosting Domestic Production Of 5G Technology Is Important To Ensure Long Run U.S. Economic Primacy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric across the Asian Hemisphere have caused policymakers to realize that we cannot depend on these countries for materials critical...

Crypto industry, lawmakers slam Biden administration reports

Cryptocurrency industry groups and Republican lawmakers panned a set of highly anticipated digital asset reports from the Biden administration, saying the new documents “miss the mark” and “kick the c...

Elections Cloud Future For Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro is out of favor and may soon be out of a job Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. After a year in office, U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro cuts a...

Where Have All The Refineries Gone? How Energy Politics Are Discouraging Critical Investments

Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar SALT LAKE CITY, UT – MAY 24: Trucks line up to fill their tankers with gas and diesel to deliver to … [+] stations at Marathon Refinery on May 24, 2022 in...

Idaho Abortion Ban Restricted In Court As Judge Sides With Biden Administration

Topline Idaho’s abortion “trigger ban” will still allow physicians to provide abortions in response to all medical emergencies when it takes effect on Thursday, as a federal judge sided with the Biden...

Biden Administration Pushes To Formalize DACA—Here’s Why

Topline The Biden Administration on Wednesday moved to turn the decade-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program into a federal rule, aiming to shield DACA—which has protected from deportatio...

What Does Student Loan Forgiveness Mean For Investors?

Getty Images for We, The 45 Million Key takeaways The Biden administration has just a few days left to extend the student debt moratorium or let borrowers restart payments The moratorium has sparked d...

Biden Reportedly Eyes $10,000 Debt Relief For Borrowers Under Income Threshold

Topline The Biden Administration could forgive $10,000 worth of student loan debt for Americans who earn less than $125,000 annually, CNN reported Monday, following months of deliberations and as a tw...

Judge Signals He’ll Likely Side With Biden Administration On Idaho Abortion Ban

Topline A federal judge suggested Monday he was likely to side with the Biden Administration as it argues Idaho’s near-total abortion ban violates federal law, and will soon issue a ruling on whether ...

American Public Opinion At The Six Month Mark

August 24 marks the sixth month anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The polls conducted over the past six months reveal some powerful continuities with attitudes from the past and one substan...

Biden Administration Will Distribute 1.8 Million More Monkeypox Vaccine Doses

Topline The Biden administration on Thursday announced a series of new steps to ramp up its response to the monkeypox outbreak as cases continue to climb, making 1.8 million more monkeypox vaccine dos...

Methane Emissions Reduction At The Oil Patch: How To Get There

Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar MCKITTRICK, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 03: The sun sets beyond pumpjacks in the Belridge oil field on … [+] November 03, 2021 near McKittrick, California. The ...

With No U.S. Pushback, China Follows Russia, Eying New Nihilistic Weaponry

A Russian sailor prepares for Navy Day in Kronstadt Navy base, outside St.Petersburg, Russia, … [+] Saturday, July 30, 2022. T Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved As the Bid...

Biden Administration Sues Idaho Over Abortion Ban

Topline The Justice Department sued Idaho on Tuesday over the state’s “trigger law” banning abortion, arguing it violates federal law, the first legal challenge the federal government has brought agai...

Here’s Why The Biden Administration Is Trying To Block Penguin Random House From Buying Simon & Schuster

Topline The Justice Department could block two of the country’s biggest publishers from joining forces, as a trial kicks off Monday to determine whether Penguin Random House should be allowed to buy S...

Don’t Let Federal Government Enforce State Abortion Bans

Topline Attorneys from 15 major cities and localities—including New York and Chicago—urged the Biden Administration on Thursday to ensure federal agencies won’t help enforce state-level abortion bans,...

The Biden Administration Needs to Pass The USICA and Get Tougher On China

Before Russia launched its unjust invasion of Ukraine, President Biden’s foreign policy efforts were focused on countering another authoritarian adversary, China, whose economic aggression continues t...

Former Ripple adviser Barr confirmed by Senate for Fed job 

The Senate confirmed Michael Barr to serve as oversight chief for the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday, ending a lengthy and dramatic nomination process that stretched over six months.  President Joe...

Texas Sues Biden Administration For Requiring Abortions To Be Performed During Medical Emergencies

Topline Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Thursday after the White House issued new guidance requiring physicians to perform abortions when medically necessary under fede...

Biden Says Voting ‘Only Way’ To Fix Roe V. Wade Ruling—But Here’s What Polls Indicate For Midterms

Topline President Joe Biden predicted Friday the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade would send American women to the ballot box in “record numbers”—but while polling released since the decisio...

Here’s What Biden’s Doing To Protect Abortion Access

Topline President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday that takes steps to safeguard abortion access in the light of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the White House announced, foll...

Americans’ Support For Government Action On Abortion Surges After Roe V. Wade Decision, Poll Finds

Topline The percentage of Americans that think abortion and women’s rights should be among the government’s top priorities has almost tripled in the past six months, a new Associated Press/NORC poll f...

Biden Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees Blocked Again As Appeals Court Dissolves Earlier Ruling

Topline The Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees has once again been blocked in court—at least for now—as a federal appeals court ruled Monday it will rehear the case ...

Biden Administration Importing 23 Million Bottles Of Baby Formula Into U.S. in Biggest Step Yet To Combat Nationwide Shortage

Topline The White House announced the largest shipments of baby formula to the U.S. to date Wednesday as part of its campaign to combat a nationwide shortage of baby formula, sourcing a total of 23 mi...

The Coming War Over Crypto Regulation

The Hardin Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant that also houses thousands of computers used … [+] in cryptocurrency “mining,” is seen on April 20, 2022, in Hardin, Montana. ...

Biden Administration Weighs Ending Some Trump-Era China Tariffs To Counter Inflation

Topline The Biden Administration is considering ending some Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods in an attempt to control inflation, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told CNN on Sunday, as Americans ...

Coming Summer Outages Were Avoidable

Utilities are warning of potentially serious power outages this summer in many parts of the country. This crisis isn’t the result of an unforeseeable surge in electricity use; it’s because of misbegot...

Will Government Aid Really Boost US Additive Manufacturing?

Texas-based Essentium manufactures industrial 3D printers for production additive manufacturing. Essentium The Biden Administration’s new package of aid for the nation’s manufacturing SMEs...

Biden Rules Out Giving Ukraine Rockets ‘That Can Strike Into Russia’

Topline The United States will not send the Ukrainian military rocket systems that can reach targets inside Russia, President Joe Biden said Monday, as Ukraine asks U.S. officials for long-range rocke...

U.S Military Plane Lands With 39 Tons Of Baby Formula Amid National Shortage

Topline A military plane arrived in Indianapolis on Sunday carrying 39 tons of baby formula from Europe, the first of several emergency flights the Biden Administration hopes will ease a national shor...

Biden Administration And Jeff Bezos Square Off Over Inflation

Topline A spat between the White House and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos over President Joe Biden’s fiscal policies intensified Monday, with Bezos accusing Biden of disregarding inflation while the White ...