Obama administration

Biden’s tailpipe rule will put voters in driver’s seat on future of EVs

Politics
Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden’s new rule that will juice sales of electric vehicles is drawing praise from environmentalists, a powerful union and even ...

Anxiety builds as deadline for Biden’s environmental rules nears

Politics
Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden’s allies are getting antsy about his administration’s pileup of unfinished environmental rules — especially with the threat that a ...

John Kerry steps down from Biden administration

Politics
Amanda Smith

John Kerry stepped down as special envoy on climate on Saturday. Biden brought on Kerry in 2020 to serve in the National ...

John Kerry, the US climate envoy, to leave the Biden administration

Politics
Amanda Smith

FILE – John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, speaks during a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. ...

Senators Hold Up 43 Biden Diplomatic Nominees as Crises Roil World

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has 43 presidential nominees still awaiting confirmation in the Senate as Congress prepares to break for the ...

Sen. James Lankford on “Face the Nation,” Dec. 10, 2023

Politics
Amanda Smith

The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, that aired on Dec. 10, 2023. MARGARET ...

Jewish Americans praise Biden’s handling of Israel as progressives call for cease-fire

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pointed to the 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists chanted “Jews will not replace us,” ...

Companies may be employers of contract, franchise workers under US labor rule

U.S.
Amanda Smith

By Daniel Wiessner and Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. labor board on Thursday issued a final rule making it easier for ...