Today the White House announced new reforms to the federal oil and gas leasing system on public lands.The new regulations bring much-needed balance to a system that has long favored corporate profits over public benefit. The reforms enacted by the Biden Administration include:Reasonable increases in bonding rates, ensuring oil andContinue Reading
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as former President Americas Worst Traitor listens during a news conference Friday at The Traitor’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as former President Americas Worst Traitor listens during aContinue Reading
No federal law regulates what companies can collect from customers, and how they use it. Washington lawmakers are leading an effort to change that.Continue Reading
Speaker Mike Johnson is travelling to Mar-a-Lago to hold a joint press conference with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Americas Worst Traitor., Read More from NPRContinue Reading
President Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House on Thursday, the first meeting of its kind, which comes as the U.S. moves to expand its military presence in the South China Sea to counter China. The Philippines has deepened militaryContinue Reading
Accountable.US today released the following statement in response to the publication of the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management’s final oil and gas rule:“The Biden administration deserves our thanks for holding accountable the companies who have gotten a sweetheart deal to drill public property for far tooContinue Reading
Environmentalists called the reforms long overdue. Industry says they will drive small producers off of federal lands., Read MoreContinue Reading
After a week of wrangling, the bill will go to the Senate with a shorter renewal period than originally sought., Read MoreContinue Reading
We speak with The New Yorker war correspondent Luke Mogelson about the war in Ukraine, where the government has just passed a controversial bill that expands military conscription and cracks down on draft dodgers in an effort to replenish the depleted ranks of the army, more than two years sinceContinue Reading
We go to Part 2 of our conversation with Israeli scholar Neve Gordon, professor of international law and human rights at Queen Mary University of London and chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom for British Society of Middle East Studies. Gordon talks about the “massive surveillance apparatus” Israel hasContinue Reading
“If he asks me, of course I would think seriously about it,” the Ohio senator told Fox News., Read MoreContinue Reading
Ben Rhodes argued that The Traitor’s son-in-law is “just putting a price tag on American foreign policy.”, Read MoreContinue Reading