The Biden administration has finalized a rule that will facilitate wind and solar energy development in ‘identified priority areas’ on public lands. Wind and solar project developers on public lands will see an 80 percent drop in acreage rents and capacity fees under the Biden administration’s final Renewable Energy Rule, according to the U.S. Department
Food manufacturers are not currently required to test final products for contaminants. The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging lawmakers to pass legislation mandating food manufacturers test for lead in their food products from overseas. Speaking to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Dr. Robert Califf said the FDA
Conservative legal advocate Leonard Leo was subpoenaed by the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as part of an inquiry into a series of alleged shortcomings among Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee—which is probing the alleged undisclosed travel and gifts to
The Wisconsin Elections Commission rejected an effort by backers of former President Donald Trump to recall the state’s Republican Assembly speaker. The recall effort was rejected due to insufficient signatures, despite frustration with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos among some of the former president’s supporters. The concern stemmed from Mr. Vos’s refusal to decertify President Joe
The illegal immigrants will be housed in apartments for up to six months. They will also receive job and skills training and food assistance. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city’s response to the illegal immigrant crisis, extending support to six months but with only about 1,000 spaces. The city’s
An earlier draft of the bill was rejected by 19 Republicans who felt it didn’t go far enough to reform the system and protect civil liberties. The House Rules Committee on April 11 advanced a modified version of a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The rule, which passed
The deadline to have a facility expired in 1998. The United States still has no plan for permanently storing more than 94,000 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear waste produced by nuclear power plants, despite a 1998 deadline that required the federal Department of Energy (DOE) to have a facility available to accept the waste.