House Republicans Take Aim at Biden Energy Policies, Vow to Install ‘Different Vision’ in 2025

GOP panelists blast DOE for LNG export pause, rising costs, appliance standards, ‘demonizing’ fossil fuels. The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee staged its 15th review in the last 15 months of the Biden administration’s energy policies during a two-hour May 23 hearing that Democrats say was orchestrated more as a forum for election-year rhetoric

Judge in “hush money” trial rejects Trump request to sanction prosecutors

Manhattan prosecutors won’t be penalized for a last-minute document dump that caused former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial to start later than scheduled, a judge ruled Thursday. Judge Juan Merchan rejected the defense’s request that prosecutors be sanctioned for a deluge of nearly 200,000 pages of evidence just weeks before the trial’s scheduled

ATF Director Grilled by House GOP on Deadly Arkansas Raid

ATF Director Steven Dettlebach told the committee the ATF faces huge challenge when it comes to stemming firearms trafficking. Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee grilled Steven Dettlebach, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), during a hearing Wednesday about the March raid in which an Arkansas man was

Netanyahu Invited to Address Congress Amid Israel-Hamas War, Johnson Says

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on May 23 that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to address a joint session of Congress amid the war between Israel and Hamas. Mr. Johnson confirmed the invitation at an event hosted by the Israeli Embassy at the National Building Museum. He did not specify the

Netanyahu Invited to Address Congress Amid Israel-Hamas War

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to accept the invitation. WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on May 23 that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to address a joint session of Congress amid the war between Israel and Hamas. Mr. Johnson confirmed the invitation at an event hosted by the Israeli