(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) A bill preventing future presidents from unilaterally banning hydraulic fracking made its way to the Senate last week after passing the House 226-188.
Sixteen Democrats joined all Republicans in voting for the Protecting American Energy Production Act, which will block future bans on hydraulic fracking...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Nine anonymous FBI agents filed a lawsuit Tuesday to prevent the Trump administration from learning their roles in the bureau’s Jan. 6 cases, as well as their involvement in the August 2022 raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.
The FBI agents filed their lawsuit on the...
(Headline USA) The Senate on Monday confirmed fossil fuel executive Chris Wright to serve as Energy secretary, a key post to promote President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.
Wright, CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump used a televised address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S.---and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t.
Speaking by video from the White House to the annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, on his...
(Headline USA) Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip.
Trump's 2017 trip to Saudi...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., came forward with a disturbing story about President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline during a private meeting in 2023. Johnson said Biden did not remember signing an executive order.
In a Saturday interview with The Free Press, Johnson said Biden seemed unaware he...
(Headline USA) President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects.
Offshore wind is a major part of transitioning to an electric grid powered entirely by sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide...
(Headline USA) A large portion of downtown Omaha lost power for several hours Thursday after a garbage truck got stuck in a sinkhole where utility lines had become exposed.
The truck became stuck around 8 a.m. with its nose tilted down into the sinkhole and its rear wheels lifting several...
(Headline USA) Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of so-called climate change under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The new law requires companies responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to pay into a state fund for infrastructure projects meant...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) With World War 3 brewing, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday a new initiative: combating climate change in Africa.
"It's an issue that our African colleagues raise to us repeatedly in almost every engagement we have overseas," Maureen Farrell, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for African...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) An ongoing war in Syria has suddenly ended with the overturning of the longstanding Syrian government, creating national-security and humanitarian concerns but also threatening global oil markets.
“Russian oil and gas companies have operated in Syria for years adding to the world’s supply,” Daniel Turner,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Biden administration announced Tuesday a $6.6 billion loan extension to Rivian, an electric vehicle manufacturer and notable rival of Tesla, the car company owned by Elon Musk.
The announcement comes less than a month after President-elect Donald Trump tapped Musk to lead the soon-to-be-launched Department of...