The Senate passed a non-binding war powers resolution Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities in Iran or seek congressional approval to continue the war. The concurrent resolution passed in a 50 to 48 vote, as Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and…
Seventeen Republican attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a California environmental law they argue impacts the entire country. The lawsuit, led by Republican Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, is challenging California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, according to the suit. The law — which Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in…
In a move that could send the net-zero zealots scrambling for the smelling salts, Chevron announced this week that it has inked a massive 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft. The deal centers on Project Kilby, a co-located natural gas-fired power plant and data center campus in West Texas that will eventually deliver a staggering…
Democratic Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti said she supported disarming police officers and wanted to emulate Japan’s gun-control laws in a resurfaced video from 2020. Cognetti, who is seeking to unseat Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Bresnahan in the Eighth Congressional District, has a history of supporting anti-Second Amendment groups, notably Everytown. She made the remarks about…
Republican senators unveiled legislation Monday to unfreeze Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit, while lawmakers continued to say they lacked the necessary 60 votes to pass the SAVE America Act. Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and John Cornyn of Texas introduced the Seized Assets for Battlefield Equipment and Readiness (SABER) Act to allow Ukraine to purchase military equipment using assets…
