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US reforms environmental law to speed up clean energy, infrastructure approval

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects which officials ...

Grizzly bears are set to be reintroduced to Washington state, after years of debate

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascades mountain range, the federal government said this week — a decision that ...

Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time ...

Congress set to approve another short-term extension to avoid shutdown and keep agencies running

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is on course Thursday to pass another short-term spending measure that would keep one set of federal agencies ...

Congress Clears Stopgap Spending Bill for Biden, Moving to Avert Shutdown

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — Congress on Thursday sent legislation to avert a partial government shutdown to President Joe Biden, racing to fund federal agencies ...

Explainer-How is the ‘war on the administrative state’ faring at the Supreme Court?

Politics
Amanda Smith

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court will help determine the advance of the conservative push ...

A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer

Politics
Amanda Smith

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday that, on paper, are about a group of commercial fishermen who oppose a ...

White House announces new steps toward launching its climate corps for young people

Politics
Amanda Smith

After facing setbacks in Congress, the Biden administration has unlocked funding to launch its American Climate Corps, a new federal program that ...