POLITICS

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

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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

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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?

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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

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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