Day: April 2, 2024

House Republicans eye crackdown on family-sponsored immigration

3:00 pm April 2, 2024

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans are eyeing a crackdown on certain legal immigration pathways to the United States, citing “exploitation and abuse” of the system. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., a member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, introduced a bill called the “Nuclear Family Priority Act” aimed at limiting who can get […]

Wind, solar projects flourish under climate law, while nuclear and others lag behind

2:59 pm April 2, 2024

The U.S. has doubled the pace of cutting carbon emissions since President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed in 2022, analysts and scientists said, with more than 80 solar, wind and energy storage projects taking advantage of the law’s mix of direct payments and tax credits. The IRA and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law last […]

Biden admin approves eighth US offshore wind project off Massachusetts coast

2:58 pm April 2, 2024

The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday approved the country’s eighth commercial-scale offshore wind project, which will be built off the coast of Massachusetts, bringing online electricity to power more than 900,000 homes. The New England Wind Project approval brings the U.S. one-third of the way to President Joe Biden’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of […]

Opposing trans athletes in girls’ sports is ‘White supremacist patriarchy:’ National Organization for Women

2:00 pm April 2, 2024

The National Organization for Women (NOW) no longer supports women, several people declared after a controversial social media post. NOW responded to the news of former and current college athletes filing a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete in the women’s […]

Netanyahu released from hospital, addresses airstrike that killed World Central Kitchen aid workers

1:56 pm April 2, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed an Israeli strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza on Tuesday. Netanyahu called the event “tragic” in his statement, delivered just moments after he was discharged from the hospital following hernia surgery. “Unfortunately, on the last day, there was a tragic event of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent […]