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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has begun an aggressive new push to inflict pain on Russia's economy and specifically its oligarchs with the intent of thwarting the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine. From the Treasury Department to the Justice Department, U.S. officials will focus on efforts to legally liquidate the property of Russian oligarchs, expand [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is approving the major Willow oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope, according to two people familiar with the decision. The decision revealed Monday, one of President Joe Biden's most consequential climate decisions, is likely to draw condemnation from environmentalists who say it flies in the face of the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a major international mystery with global consequences: Who was behind the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year in the Baltic Sea? The answer has broad implications for European energy security but could also threaten Western unity over backing Ukraine in defending itself from Russia's invasion. Or, it [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals after backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses. In both Kansas and Indiana, where the GOP has legislative supermajorities, bankers associations and state [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is considering detaining migrant families who cross into the United States illegally as it prepares to end COVID-19 restrictions at the United States-Mexico border, according to federal officials familiar with the plans. The move would be a significant reversal after officials in late 2021 stopped holding families in detention [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December could blunt a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors. A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows [...]
WASHINGTON — Two former Iraq and Afghanistan War-era defense secretaries are recommending that the government consider new ways to ensure that military service is taken into account when courts prosecute former service members. The Veterans Justice Commission, led by onetime Pentagon chiefs Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta, offered that guidance after reports that a concerning [...]
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Steve Shurtleff was at Joe Biden’s side in 2019 when he filed papers in the New Hampshire State House to run for president. He repeatedly trekked across the state with Biden to court primary voters and when Biden ultimately won the presidency, it was Shurtleff, then the Democratic state House speaker, [...]
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration is close to tightening rules on some overseas investments by American companies in an effort to limit China's ability to acquire technologies that could improve its military prowess, according to a federal official familiar with the deliberations. The soon-to-be-issued executive order from President Joe Biden would limit American [...]
COLUMBUS — Former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is joining forces with the University of Cincinnati to create a new academic center that will foster civility, open and inclusive dialogue and bipartisanship in politics, the Republican and the university announced last week. The newly established Portman Center for Policy Solutions will be housed within the university's [...]