Topline The Biden Administration approved a multibillion-dollar oil drilling project in Alaska on Monday, known as the Willow project, a move that will appease Alaskan lawmakers while angering climate...
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Controversial Alaska Oil Drilling Project Could Be Approved Monday—Here’s What You Need To Know
Topline The Biden Administration is reportedly set to approve a multibillion-dollar oil drilling project in Alaska on Monday, known as the Willow project, a move that would appease Alaskan lawmakers w...
U.S. Delivers More Russia Sanctions 1 Year Into War—Here’s What You Need To Know
Topline The White House announced new sanctions against Russia Friday and other steps the U.S. and G-7 countries are taking to hold the country accountable and provide aid to Ukraine, continuing the U...
Biden Makes Surprise Visit To Kyiv Nearly A Year Into Russia’s Invasion
Topline President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday ahead of a planned trip to Poland, emphasizing the U.S.’s ongoing commitment to Ukraine and announcing additional military aid d...
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Gets Greenlight As Judge Rules Against GOP Challenge
Topline Federal student loan forgiveness will continue rolling out this month as planned, as a federal judge rejected Thursday an attempt by Republican-led states to block the policy because they beli...
Biden Delivers Big Money to EV Industry (There May Be a Problem)
The U.S. government and automakers seem to be on the same page about transforming the country’s car culture from one based on an internal combustion engine to one based on battery-powered electr...
Larry Summers Opposes Full Student-Loan Forgiveness
President Joe Biden will likely announce soon the fate of student debt, as the current pause in federal student-loan payments is set to expire Sept. 1. About 45 million people owe approximately $1.7 t...
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...
Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court
Topline The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Thursday in a 53-47 vote, making her the first Supreme Court justice President Joe Biden has had confirmed of his presiden...
Major Airlines Are Pleading To Drop Mask Mandates On Planes
NurPhoto via Getty Images The CEOs of major U.S. airlines wrote a letter to President Joe Biden requesting that he drop the mask mandate on planes and testing requirements for arriving international t...
As President Biden Prepares To Extend Loan Repayment Pause, Governors Address Root Causes Of The Student Debt Crisis
The White House is considering an extension of the student loan repayment pause until 2023, along … [+] with various ways to cancel student debt. getty While members of Congress are calling for ...
Americans Overwhelmingly Don’t Want U.S. To Risk War With Russia In Aiding Ukraine, Poll Finds
Topline A large majority of Americans want the U.S. to be cautious in its assistance to Ukraine and not take steps that could provoke war with Russia, a new Quinnipiac poll found, as President Joe Bid...
Will Biden Again Pause—Or Cancel—Your Student Loans? Here’s What We Know.
Topline Millions of Americans with federal student loan debt are set to resume payments on May 1, after President Joe Biden has paused payments throughout the pandemic—but recent signals from the U.S....
3 GOP Senators Who Voted For Supreme Court Nominee In Past Won’t Promise To Do It Again
Topline President Joe Biden nominated U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Friday—paving the way for a potentially bipartisan Senate confirmation vote, though the three Republ...
Biden Could Interview Supreme Court Nominees Next Week—Here’s What We Know About His Decision So Far
Topline White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Friday President Joe Biden will start interviewing potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court “as early as next week” before announcing a deci...
Stephen Breyer Retiring From Supreme Court—Paving Way For Biden’s First Nominee
Topline U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire from the bench this year after more than 25 years, multiple outlets report, opening up a vacancy on the court for President Joe Biden to f...