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The Biden administration says it is considering the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico, a key part of a push to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 to help fight climate change. The proposed sale, which could take place as soon as this summer, includes areas offshore [...]
Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that aid shrink — and there's a big push to make sure they're not surprised. Officials in 32 states and other jurisdictions have been using texts, voicemails, snail mail, flyers and social media posts — all in [...]
WASHINGTON — On State of the Union night, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo strode down the aisle and found her seat in front of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell, not known to waste words, complimented Raimondo on a recent writeup about her efforts to restore the country as the world leader in advanced computer chips. [...]
WASHINGTON — A group of lawmakers wants the Biden administration to ban seafood processed in two Chinese provinces from entering the U.S. market because of concerns about rights abuses. They also say that Chinese facilities using forced labor should be banned from doing business with American companies. The request was sent by the heads of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States could face an unprecedented default on its obligations as soon as early June if Congress does not act to lift the debt limit, a Washington think tank said earlier this week. The Bipartisan Policy Center, which forecasts the approximate "X-date" when the government will no longer be able to [...]
OMAHA, Neb. — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants the nation's freight railroads to immediately act to improve safety while regulators try to strengthen safety rules in the wake of a fiery derailment in Ohio that forced evacuations when toxic chemicals were released and burned. Buttigieg announced a package of reforms Tuesday — two days after [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits. Not President Joe Biden, who is already telling voters his upcoming federal budget proposal will "defend and strengthen" the programs. Not Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has declared cuts to the programs off the table in negotiations to raise [...]
LIMA (AP) — Thousands of miles from the front lines, a sprawling manufacturing plant in the small city of Lima is playing a critical role in the effort to arm Ukraine as it fends off the Russian invasion. Owned by the Army and operated by General Dynamics, the plant is expected to refurbish Abrams tanks [...]
For the cities and towns that have challenged their 2020 census population figures because they say residents were overlooked during the nation's last head count, victories have been mostly small, but small turned out to be big for tiny Whiteville, Tenn. Of the dozen or so municipalities that have appealed and had the results made [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As former CIA Director David Petraeus recently told the House Intelligence Committee about the needs of the agency's workforce, one of the committee's youngest members flashed a knowing smile and began to nod. Abigail Spanberger spent almost a decade as a CIA operations officer. Now, she's a third-term Democratic congresswoman from Virginia [...]