EPA issues toughest rule yet on power plant emissions

Washington — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s

In Trump immunity case, Supreme Court seems open to some protection

Washington — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday appeared open to recognizing some level of immunity from federal prosecution for the official acts of former presidents as they weighed a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to the fate of former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election case in Washington, D.C. But the court expressed

Listen Live: Supreme Court considers Trump’s immunity claim in 2020 election case

Washington —The Supreme Court convenes Thursday to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from federal prosecution, jumping into a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to the fate of his 2020 election case in Washington, D.C. At issue in the case known as Trump v. United States is whether the

For Bob Casey’s Lobbyist Brother-in-Law, the Senator’s Door Is Always Open

As Pennsylvania state auditor, Bob Casey disclosed to state ethics officials that his relationship with his lobbyist brother-in-law could be “perceived to constitute a conflict of interest.” More than two decades later, Casey has opened his Senate office to one of that brother-in-law’s clients. Patrick Brier, Casey’s brother-in-law, began lobbying for the Rehabilitation and Care

At ‘Women for Sherrod Brown’ Event, Progressive Hosts Slam Trump and ‘Heteronormal Men’

On the campaign trail, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D.) pitches himself as a populist who shares Ohio’s blue-collar values. But inside a “Women for Sherrod Brown” fundraiser in March, Brown’s wife and a left-wing writer cast a more progressive image, slamming “heteronormal men” and saying Donald Trump will become a dictator if reelected. Brown’s wife, Connie