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Alaska

Biden to highlight climate commitments during West Coast swing | #alaska | #politics

CNN — President Joe Biden will highlight climate commitments made by his administration and announce new federal funding for climate resilience projects as part of a three-day trip to the Bay Area in Northern California that begins Monday, according to a White House official. Biden’s trip builds on several campaign-related stops over the past week […]

Alaska

Tommy Tuberville steadfast in hold on Pentagon nominations | #alaska | #politics

CNN — Months into his hold on military nominees, Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is still not relenting despite efforts by some of his own Republican colleagues to try and give him alternatives to back off his blockade. Since Tuberville announced his effort in March, there is now a backlog of 250 military appointments, a […]

Alaska

43 Senate Republicans vow to oppose debt ceiling increase without spending cuts | #alaska | #politics

CNN — All but six Senate Republicans on Saturday vowed to oppose raising the debt ceiling “without substantive spending and budget reforms,” backing up House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s position. The group of 43 Republican senators, led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, said they are “united behind the House Republican conference in support of spending […]

Mayor

New York City mayor announces plan to transport willing migrants to locations outside the city ahead of expected surge

CNN — New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday the city will ship willing migrants to other neighboring New York communities ahead of a surge of migrants expected to arrive in the city following the expiration of Title 42 next week. Adams said the new program “will provide up to four months of temporary […]

Alaska

Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska | #alaska | #politics

CNN — The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved. The ConocoPhillips proposed Willow drilling plan is a massive and decadeslong project that the state’s bipartisan Congressional delegation says will create […]

Alabama

Governor signs bill banning surgical procedures for minors seeking gender-affirming care | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill on Saturday that banned hormone treatment and surgical procedures for minors seeking gender-affirming care, the latest in a series of anti-trans bills involving minors that have been passed across the country. Senate Bill 16, which the governor signed a day after it was sent to his […]

Alabama

GOP-led states sue Biden administration to block ESG investment rule | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

New York CNN — A coalition of Republican-led states is suing the US Labor Department to block an imminent rule change that will allow 401(k) managers to consider climate change and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when selecting investments. The coalition, led by Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, argues the Labor Department rule […]

Alaska

How Pence’s classified documents storm could be good news for Biden and Trump | #alaska | #politics

CNN — Ex-Vice President Mike Pence has clear designs on Joe Biden’s job. But for now, the potential 2024 Republican candidate may have done the president a favor. And he might also have done one last service to his old boss, Donald Trump. The discovery of classified documents in Pence’s home in Indiana, as first […]

Alabama

The redistricting wars aren’t over and that could tip control of the House | #elections | #alabama

CNN — The battle for control of the House of Representatives increasingly resembles a sporting event in which the teams are changing the dimensions of the playing field even after the game is underway. As many as a dozen or more states could redraw the lines governing their congressional elections again before the 2024 election, […]

Alabama

How McCarthy survived House chaos and won over Matt Gaetz to clinch the speaker’s gavel | #elections | #alabama

CNN — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office on Monday night with a list of demands. Among them: The chairmanship of a key House Armed Services subcommittee. McCarthy rejected the offer. That decision set in motion a chain of events that left Gaetz and McCarthy locked in open confrontation […]