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A group of congressional lawmakers on Thursday called on President Biden to reinstate the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to a Cabinet-level position in order to better address the overdose epidemic in…

The Biden administration on Thursday announced that it would complete a 20-year withdrawal of 225,504 acres in a northern Minnesota forest area that is home to some of the largest domestic critical mineral reserves.The action announced…

The claim: Biden’s executive order gives free health insuranceA Jan. 9 Facebook clip (direct link, archived link) shows President Joe Biden signing directives at the White House."Your 2023 Relief Package Is Here!," reads the caption of…

Photo: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland (Getty Images)This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here.Electric and gas utilities have used money collected from customers to lobby lawmakers, butter up…

On Jan. 19, the U.S. officially hit its debt ceiling, having spent all of the $31.4 trillion available for expenditures as allocated by the Treasury. In the days since, conversations have become heated about how the country will move…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced late Tuesday the names of 12 GOP House members who will serve on the select subcommittee to "stop the weaponization" of the federal government.The members who will serve on the committee — announced…

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will veto a bill by U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) if it passes Congress, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Monday.In a…

What is inflation, and how do we track it? In 2022 consumers felt the effects of rising prices, and as much as experts simplify the definition of inflation, the causes of it remain complex and in constant motion. However, looking…

We’ve made it to 2023, nearly three years since the pandemic hit the United States in full force. The virus is less deadly, we have effective vaccines and life is pretty much back to normal for most of us. If you’re President Joe Biden,…

The United States is looking down the barrel of yet another possible self-imposed debt default. House Republicans, now effectively led by the most deranged members of the Freedom Caucus, are openly promising to take America’s full faith…