President Joe Biden was set to depart on a three-day trip to Rome and the Vatican but will instead focus on response efforts in California. President Joe Biden has canceled an upcoming visit to Italy—the final overseas trip of his presidency—to focus on monitoring the situation in California as wildfires continue to ravage the southern
The debate over the number of reconciliation bills, the vehicles for Trump’s agenda, in the 119th Congress has been ongoing between Trump and Senate Republicans President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday met with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill to unite the party behind his legislative agenda. Trump held private meetings with GOP senators to discuss a
The debate over the number of reconciliation bills, the vehicles for Trump’s agenda, in the 119th Congress has been ongoing between Trump and Senate Republicans President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday met with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill to unite the party behind his legislative agenda. Trump held private meetings with GOP senators to discuss a
‘President Trump is right to consider repurchasing the Panama Canal,’ Johnson said. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) has introduced a bill to authorize the president to negotiate the return of the Panama Canal to the United States, amid President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take back control of the key passageway. “President Trump
Lina Khan said Democrats and Republicans cooperated on competition and consumer protection during her tenure. Lina Khan, the departing chair of the Federal Trade Commission, said that Democrats and Republicans cooperated on some competition and consumer protection issues during her tenure, including on Big Tech. “There has been this bipartisan concern about what happens when
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced over $332 million in grants to upgrade airports in 32 states on Wednesday. The Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, which stems from the $25 billion earmarked for airport and air traffic control infrastructure in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, covers 171 grants throughout 32 states. The grants can go toward
Legal action preceded a Jan. 8 Department of Interior notice to restrict lease auctions to only 400,000 acres of an Arctic wildlife refuge. The state of Alaska is suing the federal government over the Department of Interior’s (DOI) alleged “unlawful detour” in restricting oil and gas lease auctions to about 400,000 “impracticable to develop” acres