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EPA finalizes rule to cut emissions from freight trucks and buses and boost EVs

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule on Friday regulating tailpipe emissions for heavy-duty vehicles, an effort the Biden administration is touting as its most aggressive yet to boost electric vehicles while combating emissions that contribute to global warming.   The finalized rule would enact stronger tailpipe emission standards for vehicles, such as freight trucks and […]

How Trump converted his VP front-runner from skeptic to MAGA faithful

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) has been an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump in his presidential campaign and has been eyed as a possible running mate for Trump, but Donalds was not always an ally. Donalds criticized Trump several times in 2011 and 2012, according to a report from CNN, even posting “Thank God!” […]

Inflation rose slightly to 2.5% in February in gauge preferred by Fed

Inflation ticked up to a 2.5% annual rate in February, as measured by the gauge favored by the Federal Reserve, rising one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous reading. The uptick in the personal consumption expenditures price index reported Friday morning by the Bureau of Economic Analysis is unwelcome news for President Biden and […]

Republicans push energy-bill package ‘for the consumer’

(The Center Square) — Gov. Josh Shapiro touts his energy plan to boost renewable sources and institute a Pennsylvania carbon tax — and Republicans warn against embracing such a change.  Instead, they’re proposing a package of energy bills they legislators argue are consumer-focused. “We have a governor right now that’s touting an energy plan that […]

Monthly electric vehicle sales average must accelerate to hit 2030 goal

(The Center Square) – Hitting the next ambitious goal to make North Carolinians convert from combustion engine vehicles to zero-emission will require a monthly average better than the yearly norm of the past five years. Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday touted the state hitting a goal from a 2018 executive order in which he aimed […]

FOID card numbers are up as IL gun owners prepare to march on Springfield

(The Center Square) – The number of Firearm Owners ID card holders in Illinois is growing. Many of them are planning to march on Springfield.  Gun owners from across Illinois are making plans to visit Illinois’ capitol city April 18 to lobby lawmakers against more gun control.  Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day has been going […]

Biden agency faces lawsuit for ‘hiding’ records asking Israel to stand down after Hamas attack

EXCLUSIVE — The Biden administration is being accused in court of withholding internal records pertaining to a top Palestinian agency’s widely mocked social media post last year that urged Israel not to retaliate against Hamas, according to a complaint. The State Department-housed Office of Palestinian Affairs came under widespread scrutiny for asking “all sides to […]

Louisiana House committee approves bill to prohibit land sales to foreign foes

(The Center Square) – A ban on the sale of agricultural land to foreign adversaries such as North Korea, Iran, China, Russia and Venezuela has been proposed and advanced from a Louisiana legislative committee on Thursday. The bill was approved by the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development in the House of Representatives. Next […]

Walker: Elections too important to let politicians decide integrity

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s most-recent former governor says elections in the state must be fair and free from outside money posing as election aid. Former Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday said voters need to approve a constitutional amendment banning so-called “Zuckerbucks” in order to keep politicians from sapping faith from voters. “Because elections are so […]

Michigan Republicans want to ban sanctuary cities after homicide

(The Center Square) – Michigan Republicans want to ban sanctuary cities in the state after a man who entered the country illegally allegedly murdered a 25-year-old woman in Grand Rapids last week Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, was deported in 2020 but reentered the United States illegally, bought a gun illegally and used it to shoot his […]
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