In his first week in office, Chris Wright put forth a plan to meet the projected rise in energy demand through fossil fuels and nuclear energy. The first secretarial order issued by Chris Wright, secretary of energy, is a nine-point action plan to solve what President Donald Trump has deemed a national energy emergency brought
Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year prison sentence in 2020. President Donald Trump pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Feb. 10. Blagojevich, a Democrat, served eight years of a 14-year prison sentence before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020. “It’s my honor to do it. I’ve watched him, he was set up by a lot of
As often happens early in a presidential term, much of the focus has been on the new Trump administration, which started with net positive reviews — but how do Americans think the parties in Congress should be reacting? The nation’s rank-and-file Democrats are increasingly looking for more opposition to President Trump from their congressional delegation. Ahead
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas issued a Monday decree ostensibly ending his embattled government’s terrorist payment program, known as “pay for slay.” But regional analysts are skeptical that Abbas’s reform will stop the cash from flowing to so-called martyrs in Gaza and the West Bank. Abbas, according to a statement published by PA state media,
The resolution also includes a $4 trillion debt ceiling increase ’to give stability to the financial markets.’ The House Freedom Caucus released a budget resolution on Feb. 10 that would allocate hundreds of billions of dollars toward spending on defense and the border in addition to raising the debt ceiling. The 45-page legislative text mirrors
The final vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to the position of director of national intelligence will likely take place Tuesday or Wednesday. The Senate voted on Feb. 10 to invoke cloture on the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to the position of director of national intelligence, bringing the former congresswoman one step closer to confirmation. The
Deputy foreign minister says Russia is not willing to compromise. The Kremlin has warned that Russia’s relations with the United States are on the brink of collapse, insisting that all of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s conditions must be met before peace negotiations on Ukraine can proceed, suggesting Moscow is taking a hardline approach as President