An Australian mining company has been cited for endangering a 6-inch desert wildflower less than a week after the Department of Energy signed off on a $700 million conditional loan for the company to mine lithium in Nevada.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s hesitance to give main battle tanks to Ukraine has provoked open doubts about whether the European heavyweight wants Russia “to lose this war,” as a top NATO ally diplomat put it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) dared House Republicans to bring forward a bill that details the spending cuts the party wants in exchange for raising the debt limit as the new GOP majority barrels toward a debt ceiling stalemate with the Senate and the White House.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he won’t wade into the battle over who will lead the Republican National Committee, a race that is already dividing the party.
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez has asked the state Supreme Court to intervene and nullify ordinances that city and county officials have passed in recent months that restrict access to abortion following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
Four men connected to the far-right Oath Keepers militia group were convicted of seditious conspiracy Monday for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Monday that her agency will be able to refill the emergency oil stockpile without trouble despite a lack of interest in an earlier purchase attempt.
The White House says the economy remains on a path toward steady and stable growth despite massive tech layoffs that have been announced in recent weeks.
