President Biden issued a major executive order on Thursday requiring federal agencies to analyze and mitigate the financial risks of climate change. Published May 20, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer accused Republicans on Thursday of shifting "the goalposts" on the congressional commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Published May 20, 2021
Top senators floated a bipartisan compromise Tuesday to pay for new infrastructure spending by bringing back an Obama-era bond program that would shift some of the debt onto state and local governments. Published May 18, 2021
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he will not yield to Donald Trump when it comes to a potential run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Published May 18, 2021
The White House has deployed a two-pronged attack to push its more than $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan through Congress: publicly negotiating with Republicans on a bipartisan deal and privately courting swing-vote Democrats in the Senate who would be needed to pass a strictly partisan bill. Published May 18, 2021
High-level White House officials have undercut President Biden's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline in their rush to respond to a crippling cyberattack that has left much of the East Coast facing gasoline shortages. Published May 14, 2021
A delegation of Republican senators returned Thursday from meeting with President Biden at the White House cautiously optimistic about the ongoing discussion over infrastructure. Published May 13, 2021
The "tax gap," or the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid, is emerging as one of the few conceivable ways to finance a big chunk of President Biden's infrastructure priorities if both sides dig in on their "red lines" on taxes. Published May 13, 2021
Gasoline prices have skyrocketed in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack, hitting the highest point since 2014. Published May 13, 2021
A cadre of Republicans who backed President Biden in the 2020 election are threatening to bolt the GOP if former President Donald Trump continues to play a leading role in the party. Published May 12, 2021
Nearly 70% of gasoline stations throughout North Carolina's largest metropolitan regions are out of fuel as gasoline shortages caused by the Colonial Pipeline hack continue to roil the East Coast. Published May 12, 2021
A rift has opened up between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the far-left "Squad," including Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, over the issue of Israel. Published May 12, 2021
The Biden administration on Wednesday scrambled to deliver gasoline to stations running on empty due to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, authorizing bigger loads on federal interstates and moving to relax maritime laws so ships could deliver fuel to states gripped by panic-buying and long lines at the pump. Published May 12, 2021
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned gasoline station operators across the country on Tuesday that price gouging would not be tolerated amid shortages caused by the cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline system. Published May 11, 2021
The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack is causing gasoline shortages across the eastern U.S., as evidenced Tuesday by growing lines at the pump. Published May 11, 2021
Senate Republicans said they are willing to spend more on President Biden's infrastructure plan than they initially suggested, ahead of a bipartisan White House meeting on the proposal this week. Published May 10, 2021
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois claimed Monday that his own party's leadership in the House of Representatives had ignored his concerns about violence ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Published May 10, 2021
The Biden administration is reframing the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the influx results not from any White House actions, but rather from climate change in Central America's Northern Triangle of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Published May 6, 2021
House Democrats are taking full advantage of the revived earmark process to spend millions of dollars on pet projects in their districts to curry favor with voters ahead of expected bruising midterm elections next year. Published May 5, 2021
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is questioning how former Secretary of State John Kerry is avoiding conflicts of interests between his new role as the White House's special envoy for climate and his long history of investing in green-energy interests. Published May 4, 2021
