President Biden is again trying to forgive the student debt of up to 25 million borrowers after the Supreme Court halted his first attempt to do so last year. The new plan is based on a different legal justification, which Biden officials hope will help them better survive the inevitable legal challenges. If the plan… Read More »
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra is considering leaving the Biden administration to run for governor of California in 2026, people briefed on his deliberations told POLITICO. Becerra and his supporters have engaged in conversations in recent weeks in which the secretary and California’s former attorney general signaled to fellow… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s fast-growing production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new trade battle between the U.S. and China, highlighted by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during her five-day visit to China and seized upon by former President Donald Trump in inflammatory comments on the campaign trail. China… Read More »
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Republicans are likely to approve a proposed state budget for Kansas with provisions aimed at forcing the state’s Democratic governor to limit diversity initiatives on college campuses and aid Texas in its battle with the Biden administration over border security. Republican negotiators for the state House and Senate have agreed to… Read More »
As national attention turns to the chaos at the southern border, President Joe Biden has been steadily rebuilding a legal route for immigration that was gutted during the Trump administration. The United States admitted more than 40,000 refugees into the country in the first five months of the budget year after putting them through a… Read More »
WASHINGTON – The United States has experienced a boom in clean energy projects since the presidential election, representing more than $200 billion in new investment. Joe Biden a comprehensive climate law was signed over a year ago. But the election and the potential for a Republican takeover are raising concerns that key parts of the… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House will vote Tuesday on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. If they succeed, it would be the first time a Cabinet secretary has been ousted in nearly 150 years. Republicans in the House of Representatives have been investigating… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting stricter standards for deadly soot pollution, saying reducing fine particles from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths each year. Environmental and public health groups hailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule finalized Wednesday as an important step in improving the health… Read More »
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in the House of Representatives are asking the Biden administration for data on Republican members’ recent visit to the southwest border, suggesting officials may have tried to conceal the extent to which the influx of undocumented migrants has overwhelmed border patrol facilities . In a three-page letter sent Thursday to Department… Read More »
The Biden administration is increasingly leaning on Mexico to stem the record flow of migrants entering the U.S., but Mexico has its own lists of ambitious requests for the U.S., officials from both administrations familiar with the discussions say. Previous measures by the Biden administration to stem the migrant surge have led to only a… Read More »