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Trucker convoy still on course for D.C. this weekend despite previous failed attempts

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.

March 4, 2022

Biden faces bipartisan pressure to ban Russian oil and ramp up U.S. production

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.

March 3, 2022

Pelosi backs banning Russian oil imports, adds to pressure on Biden

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday endorsed a growing bipartisan movement on Capitol Hill for the U.S. to ban its Russian oil imports.

March 3, 2022

Democrats blame ‘price gouging’ for high gas prices; experts disagree

Democrats have rolled out a new messaging strategy on why costs at the pump continue to rise: price gouging.

March 3, 2022

Democrats’ divide on banning Russian oil imports complicates Biden’s woes

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.

March 2, 2022

Biden says combating climate change is solution to rising gas prices

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.

March 1, 2022

Biden to double down on climate action, clean energy in State of the Union speech

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.

March 1, 2022

Washington on high alert ahead of State of the Union, potential demonstrations

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.

March 1, 2022

Democrats cash in on climate change with big investments in fossil fuels

Some of Congress' most passionate advocates for tackling climate change have a different green issue when it comes to fossil fuel markets: money.

March 1, 2022

Texas leads multi-state legal challenge against EPA over higher fuel-efficiency standards

Texas and 14 other states launched a legal challenge Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules to increase vehicle fuel-efficiency standards.

February 28, 2022

Capitol fence reinstalled for Biden State of the Union amid concerns over trucker convoys

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.

February 28, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine adds fuel to the fire for gas prices, inflation

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.

February 24, 2022

Biden imposes new sanctions as Putin escalates war in Ukraine

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.

February 23, 2022

Republicans push Biden to curb Russian energy grip by increasing natural gas exports to Europe

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.

February 23, 2022

Gas tax holiday popular among voters despite bipartisan pushback from lawmakers, poll shows

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.

February 23, 2022

Biden misses deadline for reporting how many jobs were lost due to canceled Keystone pipeline

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.

February 22, 2022

Biden’s extension of Trump-era solar tariffs suffers bipartisan backlash

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.

February 21, 2022

Trump social media app debuts, but early glitches prevent some new users

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.

February 21, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin joins Republicans in blasting ‘reckless’ new regulations for natural gas pipelines

Republicans and natural gas groups have a Democratic ally when it comes to opposing an overhaul of how natural gas projects are approved: Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia.

February 18, 2022

Rising gas prices and tax-holiday proposal put Biden, Democrats in bind

Record-high inflation, geopolitical tensions abroad and warnings about the price of gasoline reaching $7 per gallon have Democrats in Washington scrambling to address costs directly hurting Americans' pocketbooks.

February 17, 2022