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The Trump administration is hitting pause on its ambitious and controversial plans to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic. Newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said the agency has indefinitely sidelined its exploration of offshore drilling options as it grapples with a recent court order that blocks similar drilling in the Arctic. In an interview […]

The House may vote within weeks on a bill to reverse the Trump administration’s efforts to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and prevent future directors from doing the same. House Majority Leader Steny HoyerSteny Hamilton HoyerDems charge ahead on immigration Julián Castro: Trump should be impeached for trying to obstruct justice ‘in […]

House Majority Leader Steny HoyerSteny Hamilton HoyerDems charge ahead on immigration Julián Castro: Trump should be impeached for trying to obstruct justice ‘in very concrete ways’ Dems seek to rein in calls for impeachment MORE (D-Md.) on Thursday announced that lawmakers in the coming weeks will consider top items on the Democratic legislative agenda ranging […]

A gun control advocacy group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC), saying the commission did not act on reports alleging campaign finance violations by the National Rifle Association (NRA).  Giffords, the gun control group run by former Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and the Campaign Legal Center accused the FEC of not acting […]

The case of Russian agent Maria Butina will come to a close Friday. Butina, who was swept up in a national furor last year over her efforts to create unofficial channels of communication between Washington and Moscow, will be sentenced in a federal court in D.C. on Friday. She pleaded guilty in December to acting […]

Twitter is pushing back on a new report from Motherboard indicating the company hesitates to crack down on white supremacist content because Republican lawmakers could be swept up in such a purge. Motherboard reported earlier Thursday that a Twitter employee at an all-hands meeting last month said the company does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to aggressively take down neo-Nazi content because […]

Happy Thursday and welcome back to On The Money, where we can relate to Joe BidenJoseph (Joe) Robinette BidenElection analyst says Biden could face uphill battle attracting small-dollar donors Biden’s announcement was a general election message, says political analyst Gillibrand ‘not worried’ about being ‘discounted’ in 2020 race MORE‘s deep need for pizza. I’m Sylvan […]

A federal judge ruled Thursday that The Trump administration has six months to identify potentially thousands of children officials separated from their families at the country’s southern border. The government initially said it could take up to two years to identify as many as 47,000 children who were separated from their parents and taken into […]

Ford announced Wednesday it is investing $500 million in electric vehicle startup Rivian. Ford will become a minority partner in the company and work with the startup on a new Ford electric vehicle based on Rivian underpinnings. ADVERTISEMENT “As we continue in our transformation of Ford with new forms of intelligent vehicles and propulsion, this […]

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