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Alaska

Biden administration recommends major Alaska oil project | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration released a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that supporters say could boost U.S. energy security but that climate activists decry as a “carbon bomb.” The move — while not final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw it […]

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 […]

Mayor

NYC Mayor says police departments should focus on “basic aptitude” of officers, not just training

NYC Mayor says police departments should focus on “basic aptitude” of officers, not just training – CBS News Watch CBS News New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain who was also assaulted by police as a teenager, told CBS News on Tuesday that police departments must concern themselves with […]

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Ex-Gov. Paterson calls Mayor Adams ‘brave’ for demanding Biden help on migrants

Former New York Gov. David Paterson on Sunday called Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams “brave” for breaking party lines and pressuring President Biden to help with the city’s migrant surge. The Democratic former gov slammed the Dem president in a radio interview with John Catsimatidis for leaving US cities to fend for themselves financially while […]

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

Colorado Dem threatens to hold Pentagon nominees over Space Command HQ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers spent the last year stalling President Joe Biden’s defense nominees, but the latest threat to filling the Pentagon’s top jobs is coming from the president’s own party. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said he’s threatening to delay the six remaining Pentagon nominees because Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin refuses to meet with him […]

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 […]

Mayor

Walsh, former Boston mayor, will not be Biden’s top aide, AP says

U.S. Labor Secretary and former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was on the shortlist to become the next White House chief of staff, but he is not expected to ultimately be President Joe Biden’s new top aide.Biden is expected to name Jeff Zients, who ran the administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of […]

Alabama

How McCarthy survived House chaos and won over Matt Gaetz to clinch the speaker’s gavel | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama

Biden struggles to confirm judges in the South and thwart Trump’s impact | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats have moved quickly to appoint scores of judges during the past two years, outpacing former President Donald Trump, but they have stalled in the South. The dearth of nominees offered in southern states, notably where both US senators are Republican, threatens to undercut Biden’s large-scale effort to […]