Biden administration

‘War on coal’ rhetoric heats up as Biden seeks to curb pollution with election looming

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Amanda Smith

COLSTRIP, Mont. (AP) — Actions by President Joe Biden‘s administration that could hasten closures of heavily polluting coal power plants and the ...

Trump conviction in hush-money case sparks sharply divergent reactions

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Amanda Smith

Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records set off a political firestorm in Washington on Thursday, with Republicans ...

Pressure builds on Biden to let Ukraine strike inside Russia using U.S. weapons

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Amanda Smith

Let Ukraine use Western weapons to strike targets inside Russia. That message, long a priority for Kyiv and its fiercest backers, is ...

Louisiana chemical plant threatens to shut down if EPA emissions deadline isn’t relaxed

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Amanda Smith

A synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of increasing the cancer risk for the nearby majority-Black community in Louisiana told a federal appeals court ...

White House says Israel’s Rafah strike and ground assault don’t cross Biden’s ‘red line’

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Amanda Smith

As Israeli forces pushed deeper into Rafah just days after an airstrike sparked a major fire that killed dozens of Palestinians, the ...

Who’s getting student loan forgiveness after $7.7 billion in relief? Here’s a breakdown

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Amanda Smith

Student loan borrowers should keep eyes on their accounts in the coming months as the Biden administration pushes forward with student loan ...

As election nears, Biden pushes slew of rules on environment, other priorities

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election-year rules on the ...

Democratic candidate with White House ties says Biden could be tougher on China

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Amanda Smith

New Hampshire congressional candidate Maggie Goodlander, a former Justice Department official who is married to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, ...

Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit as ...

Blinken says he’ll work with US Congress to respond to ICC move on Gaza

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the Biden administration would be happy to work with Congress ...