Topline Chasten Buttigieg, husband to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, pushed back against former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday for mocking his husband’s 2021 parental leave stint, af...
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Biden Approves Controversial Alaska Oil Drilling Project—Here’s What You Need To Know
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...
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...
Wall Street — not taxpayers — will pay for the SVB and Signature deposit relief plans
WASHINGTON — Plans announced Sunday to fully reimburse deposits made in the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and the shuttered Signature Bank will rely on Wall Street and large financial institutions — n...
Biden Proposes Taxing Higher Income Earners To Help Save Medicare
Topline The White House unveiled a budget proposal Tuesday to extend funding for Medicare at least till the 2050s by raising taxes on high-income individuals and negotiating lower prices for prescript...
White House Orders Removal Of TikTok From Government-Issued Devices Within 30 Days
Topline The White House on Monday set a 30-day deadline for federal agencies to ensure the removal of TikTok from all government-issued devices, a move that comes months after U.S. Congress voted to b...
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...
White House Demands GOP, Ex-Trump Officials Apologize To East Palestine For Toxic Rail Spill
Topline President Joe Biden’s office called on former President Donald Trump’s administration and Congressional Republicans to apologize for blocking rail and water safety regulations in a counter-att...
A U.S. Vice President, Atmospheric Scientist, And Oceanographer
US Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaks at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, … [+] Georgia, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Photographer: Erik S. Lesser/EPA/Bloomberg © 2023 Blo...
U.S. Recovers ‘Sensors And Electronics’ From China’s Balloon—Other Vessels Still A Mystery
Topline The Pentagon said Monday it has made significant headway in recovering debris from the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month—as the White House has y...
Americans’ Satisfaction With U.S. Immigration At Lowest Point In Decade
Topline Americans are less satisfied with the level of immigration into the U.S. than they have been at any point since 2012, according to a new Gallup poll, as the crisis at the border that’s caused ...
Trump White House Pressed Twitter To Remove Chrissy Teigen Insult, Ex-Exec Testifies
Topline A former Twitter employee-turned-whisteblower told the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday the Trump White House urged it remove a 2019 Tweet by celebrity Chrissy Teigen insulting then-Pres...
Biden Urges Congress To Pass New Billionaire Tax In State Of The Union—But It’s Destined To Fail
Topline President Joe Biden called for a new minimum tax targeting billionaires in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, as part of a White House plan to ensure wealthy Americans and large bus...
Koch Network Is Latest High-Profile Conservative Group To Oppose Trump’s 2024 Campaign
Topline The conservative political advocacy network backed by billionaire Charles Koch said Sunday the country “must move past the current political situation” and “turn the page on the past several y...
If Chevron Can Sell Shares, Why Can’t They Buy Them Back?
A Chevron Global Technology Services Company logo is seen at an administrative office in Caracas on … [+] November 29, 2022. – The US government’s authorisation of energy giant Chevr...
Biden Follows Warrens Lead Toward Federalizing Rules For Rental Housing
Former Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (Photo by SAUL LOEB … [+] / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Across the country ...
Biden Attacks GOP Fiscal Policies As ‘Chaos And Catastrophe’ In First Economic Speech Of 2023
Topline President Joe Biden accused “extreme MAGA Republicans” of backing policies that threaten to drive up inflation and taxes for the middle class—and highlighted his own economic record—in a speec...
As Debt Ceiling Countdown Begins, Should Markets Be Concerned?
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington, Jan. 10, 2023. The … [+] federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority as s...
Gas Stove Prohibition Movement That Began In Progressive Cities Goes To Washington
State lawmakers have responded to local gas stove bans with legislation preempting them. The White … [+] House now says a national gas stove prohibition is under consideration. getty A White Hou...
Practice Hasn’t Yet Made Perfect for the Next Presidential Helicopter
A US Marine Corps VH-92 helicopter, manufactured by Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin to serve as the new … [+] Marine One helicopter, takes off from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, ...
TikTok Ban On Government Devices Will Get House Vote
Topline House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports legislation banning TikTok from federally issued devices, according to reports, following unanimous approval by the Senate Wednesday and a surge of state go...
Can The Quest For Clean Energy Finally Help Tackle The Climate Crisis?
Topline Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have managed to get more energy out of a nuclear fusion reaction than they put in to trigger it, the U.S. Department of E...
White House Calls Musk’s Tweets About Fauci ‘Incredibly Dangerous’ And ‘Disgusting’
Topline The White House press secretary called Twitter and Tesla head Elon Musk’s tweets attacking National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci “disgusting” and “extrem...
House Republicans Target Joe Biden In Probe Of His Son—As GOP Promises Onslaught Of Investigations In New Congress
Topline House Republicans vowed Thursday to make their investigation of Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings a “top priority” next year, focusing their efforts squarely on linking President Joe Bi...
White House is monitoring FTX implosion, calls for more crypto regulation
The Biden administration has renewed its call for more rules around cryptocurrencies in the U.S. “The administration has consistently maintained that without proper oversight cryptocurrencies ri...
How Joe Manchin Enabled President Biden’s Assault On The Coal Industry
TOPSHOT – US President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law during a … [+] ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 16, 202...
Republican Wave Promises Shift In America’s Energy Policy
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell R-KY speaks to the media after a Republican policy luncheon … [+] at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/A...
White House In Talks With Musk About Putting Starlink On The Ground In Iran, Report Says
Topline The White House has held discussions with Elon Musk about putting Starlink internet terminals on the ground in Iran to aid protesters, according to CNN, turning to the billionaire despite repo...