Politics & Policy
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Average gas prices near $4.50 a gallon as oil prices climb
The American oil price shot up from nearly $102 per barrel on Friday to over $105 per barrel on Monday, despite a plan to help ships traverse the Strait of Hormuz with help from U.S. forces.
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DeSantis signs Florida map into law after SCOTUS ruling
The ruling led to a string of redraws across the South, with Louisiana now redrawing its maps and Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee moving to follow suit.
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Giulian hospitalized for pneumonia, illness exacerbated by 9-11 toxins and dust, spokesperson
Giuliani, 81, remains in critical but stable condition after suffering a bout of pneumonia.
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Tim Walz meets with the families of Americans held hostage by Hamas
The governor told the families on Thursday that he was devoted to shining "a light on their cause" in his current position, and discussed the ongoing negotiations to secure a ceasefire.
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Spokane Mayor Brown protests federal plan to transport liquid radioactive waste through her city
The agencies want to expand that three-gallon load to 2,000 and have planned on doing so for years.
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Texas Secretary of State requests citizenship data from feds to secure voter rolls
“The federal government must stop hiding the ball,” top Texas official says.
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Democrat Tammy Baldwin loses ground in Wisconsin Senate race: Polls
The polls come less than seven weeks before election day, which falls on Nov. 5 this year. Wisconsin is considered a battleground state, but the Senate race is labeled as "lean Democrat" by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
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House votes to block Biden-Harris admistration EV mandate
“This rule is ... an attempt to force a transition in the motor vehicles market to products that align with the ideological preferences of the Biden administration,” the coalition argues.
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House GOP blames Biden-Harris admin policies for high energy costs, but Dems blame ‘Big Oil’ greed
“Massive market-distorting green energy subsidies choked the lifeblood out of this economy, the greatest in the world," said Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas. In contrast, Rep. Sydney Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., said "Big oil companies conspired to drive up their own profit at the expense of American families by colluding with cartels of adversarial nations like Russia and Iran."
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Stock markets close at record highs following Federal Reserve cuts
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 522 points on Thursday, which is a new record, and the S&P 500 also set a record by rising 1.7%. The Nasdaq Composite added 2.5%.
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WA's 'environmental justice' needs complicating linkage to CA-Quebec carbon market
The Washington State Department of Ecology has been holding listening sessions and community meetings to seek public input on linkage.
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Catholic voters at forefront of Pennsylvania election battle as ads target Democrats for ‘bigotry’
Harkening back to JFK's 1960 run, Catholics are being highlighted as they represent roughly 24% of Pennsylvanians, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Woodland Biofuels plans a $135B plant in south Louisiana
The Toronto-based company plans to utilize waste biomass to produce sustainable biofuel for transportation, heating, and electricity generation.