The Department of Energy loan office quadrupled its available lending budget to over $240 billion this week, as Biden officials rush to approve a flurry of “green energy” loans before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO) said on Tuesday that it’s increasing its lending power under the Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment
Donald Trump’s early personnel picks have largely centered on national security, with the president-elect naming nominees for national security adviser, secretary of state, and ambassador to the United Nations. And for the most part, the Republican Party’s neoconservative wing likes what it sees. To them, the picks are a demonstration that Trump is taking a
Vice President Kamala Harris turned down a Joe Rogan podcast interview over fear of backlash from the progressive wing of her party, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. “There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it, and how there would be a backlash,” said Jennifer Palmieri,
‘We will find someone to run against him and win,’ Salem Democratic City Committee chair Liz Bradt says U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) A top Democrat in Rep. Seth Moulton’s (D.) hometown said she would find someone to challenge and replace the Massachusetts congressman for saying he doesn’t want his daughters “getting run
FEC chairman Sean Cooksey is calling on the DOJ’s inspector general to investigate Elon Musk gives away money (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) The Department of Justice violated its own internal policies when it sent a letter—which ended up in the New York Times—warning Elon Musk’s political action committee against its $1 million voter registration giveaway in
Will Rollins (D.) lost his second consecutive congressional bid to Inland Empire Rep. Ken Calvert (R., Calif.), failing to win over voters with his exaggerated prosecutorial record. Calvert led Rollins by nearly 3 points with 87 percent of the vote reported when the Associated Press called the race for California’s 41st Congressional District at 3:45
‘With President Trump’s victory, we have the opportunity to restore America’s energy dominance,’ Ohio congressman says R: President Trump visits Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex L: President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day in 2024 (Jeff Swensen, Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The Biden-Harris administration’s regulations targeting emissions from natural gas-fired power plants are ripe to be struck