Bipartisan measure affirms federal role in electrical transmission planning, axes permit and litigation timelines, assures oil/gas public lands leasing. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has adopted a permitting reform bill that seeks to accelerate electric grid expansion, restrict litigation and trim timelines for energy and mineral mining proposals. The panel passed the Energy Permitting
The party is sticking with its previous plan to formally nominate its candidate before the convention. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) began its early vote on Aug. 1 to formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president, keeping to an earlier promise to hold a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s convention. The DNC
The long-awaited vote was held on the last day before the Senate’s summer recess and was expected to fail. The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 failed to advance a bipartisan deal to expand the Child Tax Credit after most Republicans voted against it. The Tax Relief for Working Families and Americans Act was unveiled in
Republicans said Google violated the law with its routing of emails. A federal judge on July 31 tossed a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) over Google routing the RNC’s emails to recipients’ spam folders. The RNC failed to state a claim under California Unfair Competition Law (UCL) or for intentional interference with
Trump and his attorneys repeatedly asked Merchan and other courts to terminate the gag order, arguing that it violated his constitutional right to free speech. A New York state appeals court has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to lift a gag order imposed in his business records falsification case, with the order remaining in
The proposed constitutional amendment will be on the ballot in November. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he opposes a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent politicians from restructuring the state’s 15 congressional districts and instead leave the duty to a 15-member citizen panel consisting of five Republican, five Democrat, and five independent voters. The amendment
The former president switches gears from Biden to Harris as presumed opponent for the presidency. HARRISBURG, Pa.—Eighteen days after surviving an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump returned to this coveted swing state on July 31, a key point in the 2024 presidential race. “Our resolve is unbroken, and our will is undeterred,”