Samantha Hawkins

President Joe Biden announced a strategy Thursday to quickly transition America to electric vehicles, noting that the country falls in third when it comes to manufacturing in this rapidly growing sector. 

Two-time Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, key architect of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, died Wednesday. He was 88 years old. 

A group of 52 House Republicans launched the first Conservative Climate Caucus on Wednesday, aimed at educating its members about climate policies and legislation that are consistent with conservative values. 

Two days after the Senate torpedoed, for the second time, legislation aimed at stopping voter suppression, Democrats took up the effort anew in the House on the eve of a solemn anniversary for their cause.

As the National Park System gears up for what is likely to be its most crowded season, lawmakers are trying to bring congestion and overcrowding relief to the some of the country’s most popular parks. 

The decision could have broad implications. Allowing the oil companies to move their lawsuit into the federal system could allow energy giants in other climate damages cases around the nation to have greater chance of success.

A federal judge has struck down the nationwide halt on evictions, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority to help renting Americans who were pushed out of work with the outbreak of Covid-19. 

Heightened standards for tribal law enforcement officers to search non-Indians brought a wave of hypotheticals Tuesday from the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, as they considered a case from Montana's Crow Reservation.

Individuals accused of sexual assault or harassment on college campuses could lose some of the protections that the last administration afforded them after President Joe Biden directed the Department of Education on Monday to review Title IX policies.

In the first of what is expected to be a mountain of litigation filed against the former president, a Democratic congressman brought a federal complaint accusing Donald Trump of inciting last month’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.