States Urged to Pass Laws, Boost Incentives to Spur Local Lithium Battery Recycling

More mining, processing are needed to snap China’s dominance, but U.S. consumers have enough ‘infinitely recyclable’ batteries to lower costs, create jobs. LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A rapidly electrifying planet is driving voracious demand for critical minerals, straining supply chains China dominates because it processes and exports 90 percent of some key materials needed for lithium-ion batteries. There

Trump Agrees to Three Debates in September, Awaits Harris Response

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had agreed to three presidential debates in September and was awaiting a response from Democrat Kamala Harris’s campaign. “We’ve agreed with Fox on a date of September 4th, we’ve agreed with NBC … on September 10th, and we’ve agreed with ABC on September 25th,” Trump

Embattled Dem Sherrod Brown Bails on Democratic Convention. Why?

Brown said he ‘often’ skips conventions, but he’s only missed one DNC since 1984 Sherrod Brown (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) will not make it to this year’s Democratic National Convention, a decision he says should not be interpreted as anything out of the ordinary. “I often skip conventions,” Brown told CNN

18 House Republicans Call on Johnson to Keep Part of Inflation Reduction Act

On the other side in the House GOP conference, members such as Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) are pushing to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act. A group of Republican congressional members have called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to keep the energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act if the GOP gains unified control

FBI Raids Home of Former UN Official and Convicted Sex Predator Scott Ritter

Ritter, who has collaborated with the Quincy Institute and the Ron Paul Institute, exposed himself to undercover cop posing as 15-year-old-girl Scott Ritter (William B. Plowman/Getty Images) The FBI on Wednesday raided the home of Scott Ritter, the former United Nations weapons inspector and convicted sex predator who has collaborated with isolationist organizations such as

Harris Campaign Does Clean Up After Kamala Signals Support for Israeli Arms Embargo

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday spoke with leaders of a Michigan anti-Israel group ahead of her campaign rally in Detroit, expressing her openness to discussing an arms embargo on Israel in its war against Hamas terrorists. Her national security adviser quickly walked back the remark. The Democratic presidential nominee signaled her interest in the

Kellyanne Conway, Donna Brazile: 2024 Presidential Election Going Down to the Wire

The high-profile strategists—and longtime friends—agree with Harris replacing Biden on the Democrat ticket, saying it’s now ‘a different race.’ LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The way Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway sees it, Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential aspirations hinge on reanimating the “Obama coalition.” Unfortunately for Harris, that reliable bloc of blue collar voters without college degrees now largely