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Critics accuse the White House of skirting the Senate confirmation process.

Two influential Republican U.S. lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to prevent a French company from working on civil nuclear power projects with Russia's state-owned nuclear company Rosatom, saying doing otherwise would help fund Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. In a letter seen by Reuters, Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations ...

As Israel’s largest military supplier, the US has the power to influence the war in the Gaza Strip. Time to use it

Civilian contractors and supplies have begun arriving in Haiti where preparations are underway for the arrival of Kenyan forces into the country to assist the Haiti National Police dismantle dangerous gangs, a top Biden official confirmed to the Miami Herald.

President Biden’s radical green agenda is an assault on Americans’ way of life, especially in Western states.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland struggled to answer basic questions about a major wind farm development in Idaho during a Thursday hearing on Capitol Hill. Republican Idaho Sen. Jim Risch asked Haaland to list the names of people or groups that support the Lava Ridge wind farm development, a major wind project in the southern, central part of the state. Haaland suggested that there is local support for the project, but she did not name a single entity or individual supporting the ...

Civilian contractors and supplies have begun arriving in Haiti where preparations are underway for the arrival of Kenyan forces into the country to assist the Haiti National Police dismantle dangerous gangs, a top Biden official confirmed to the Miami Herald.

Staff Report

Today is Friday, May 3, the 124th day of 2024. There are 242 days left in the year.

Senator John Barrasso has put forth the ELITE Vehicles Act would take away a $7,500 tax credit for new electric vehicles, eliminate the tax credit for buying used EV's, wipe out federal investment tax credit for EV charging stations, and -- in Barrasso's words -- close the leasing loophole that allows certain taxpayers and foreign entities to evade restrictions on EV incentives.