Articles by Ramsey Touchberry
In a matter of days, Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine accomplished something that has become increasingly rare in Washington's polarized political climate: uniting Republicans and Democrats.
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March 4, 2022
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Gasoline prices are on pace to hit record highs across the country, with some regions already topping $5 per gallon with soaring costs exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.
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March 4, 2022
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A convoy of truckers protesting COVID-19 pandemic health restrictions and President Biden say they will arrive in the nation's capital by the weekend.
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March 4, 2022
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven lawmakers in Washington from both sides of the aisle to demand what energy market strategists just weeks ago considered unimaginable: a ban on Russian energy imports.
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March 3, 2022
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday endorsed a growing bipartisan movement on Capitol Hill for the U.S. to ban its Russian oil imports.
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March 3, 2022
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Democrats have rolled out a new messaging strategy on why costs at the pump continue to rise: price gouging.
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March 3, 2022
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A schism emerged among Democrats on Capitol Hill over whether the U.S. should move to ban Russian oil imports, underscoring the quagmire President Biden finds himself in when it comes to inflated gasoline prices.
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March 2, 2022
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Lowering America's reliance on fossil fuels and increasing the country's spending on renewable resources is the path to combat rising energy costs, President Biden said during his first State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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March 1, 2022
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President Biden is expected to call on Congress to aggressively tackle climate change and promote clean energy during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, trying to pick up the pieces of his failed Build Back Better bill.
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March 1, 2022
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D.C. and federal law enforcement agencies were on high alert Tuesday, ahead of President Biden's first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.
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March 1, 2022
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Some of Congress' most passionate advocates for tackling climate change have a different green issue when it comes to fossil fuel markets: money.
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March 1, 2022
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Texas and 14 other states launched a legal challenge Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules to increase vehicle fuel-efficiency standards.
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February 28, 2022
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Law enforcement officials in Washington, D.C., have reinstalled a perimeter fence around the U.S. Capitol "out of an abundance of caution" ahead of President Biden's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night.
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February 28, 2022
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine will likely exacerbate rising gas prices and high inflation, with no ceiling in sight until there's an economic downturn or severe drop in demand, oil and energy market strategists say.
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February 24, 2022
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President Biden widened the slate of U.S. sanctions against Russia in response to military moves on Ukraine on Wednesday, but it was not enough to prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from ordering a major escalation of his war against Ukraine.
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February 23, 2022
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More than two dozen Republican lawmakers urged President Biden on Wednesday to ramp up U.S. exports of a key source of energy for Europe -- liquefied natural gas (LNG) -- to help curb the continent's reliance on Russian energy imports.
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February 23, 2022
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A new poll shows that a proposal to pause the federal tax on gasoline to lower pain at the pump amid rising prices is popular across party lines among the American electorate.
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February 23, 2022
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The Biden administration continues to flout a law that requires it to produce a report on the number of jobs lost by canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, in addition to describing how its action may have impacted energy costs.
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February 22, 2022
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President Biden's recent decision to extend most Trump-era tariffs on solar cells and panels has revived bipartisan charges that it is killing American jobs.
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February 21, 2022
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Truth Social, the social media platform by former President Donald Trump, faced a rocky rollout on Monday with technical glitches that prevented some users from creating profiles.
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February 21, 2022
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