WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Friday, readers! We’ve reached the end of another week and, with the help of our editor Joe Lawler, today’s Daily on Energy dives into all kinds of energy sources, including oil, nuclear, and geothermal. Today, the Trump administration has moved to cancel billions of dollars worth of clean […]
In his first public remarks since being diagnosed with cancer two weeks ago, former President Joe Biden defended his decision to run for reelection as questions swirled over his mental fitness to perform the job of president. “You can see that I’m mentally incompetent and I can’t walk, and I can beat the hell out […]
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) defended the House reconciliation bill’s changes to Medicaid at a town hall in Butler County, Iowa, on Friday with the statement, “We all are going to die.” Ernst was taking questions about what Democrats have characterized as cuts to Medicaid in the House-passed domestic policy bill that now lies before the […]
President Donald Trump is holding a press conference at 1:30 p.m. at the White House with Elon Musk. The press conference comes after Musk said he was leaving the Trump administration. Trump announced the event on Thursday. ELON MUSK EXITS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ONE DAY AFTER TRASHING ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ “This will be his last day, […]
Cocktail connoisseurs around the world may soon be asking where the rum has gone as Cuba faces one of its worst sugar harvests since the 19th century. The island nation’s sugar production is expected to fall short of 200,000 metric tons this year, a far cry from the already underwhelming 350,000 tons produced in 2023. […]
The former vice president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said he was fired for comments about same-sex marriage after a CNN reporter reached out about it. Floyd Brown was appointed vice president of the Kennedy Center last month and served under the center’s president, Richard Grenell. The decision to fire […]
Thousands of foreign students every year are over-staying their visa requirements to return home, robbing jobs from Americans and possibly posing a national security or espionage threat, according to officials. Large numbers of students from China, India, Venezuela, and Haiti are refusing to leave, adding to the illegal immigration crisis in America and raising questions […]
(The Center Square) – Both of Texas’ U.S. senators and one congressman, all from Houston, have filed a bill to protect the oil and natural gas industry. Texas Republicans U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn filed the Protect LNG Act in the Senate; U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, filed companion legislation in the House. […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois taxpayers still don’t know how much of their money will be spent by the state of Illinois next fiscal year or whether they’ll be charged higher taxes to pay for it. Saturday is the deadline for legislators to approve the annual spending plan that begins July 1. Wednesday, Gov. J.B. […]
Teak Ty Brockbank was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for threatening to kill Democratic election officials in Arizona and Colorado. Brockbank pleaded guilty last year to making threats between 2021 and 2022 against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and former Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, now the state’s governor. While federal […]
