by Clare Zhang | Apr 10, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics
Modern video platforms like TikTok are aiding activists in southwest Louisiana in a yearslong fight against the long-established liquefied natural gas industry. President Joe Biden’s decision to pause approvals for LNG export projects, announced in January, may...
by Clare Zhang | Mar 8, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — At Thursday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for higher taxation on the wealthy, tax credits for ordinary Americans and eliminating deceptive pricing for consumers. “Too many corporations raise their prices to pad their profits,...
by Clare Zhang | Feb 24, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
North Charleston, S.C. — The day before the South Carolina Republican primary, a crowd of supporters gathered at the Team Trump state headquarters to hear Donald Trump Jr. speak. As former President Donald Trump hosted a rally in Rock Hill, his son spoke to Trump...
by Clare Zhang | Feb 24, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
Columbia, S.C. — In 2020, Black voters in South Carolina handed now-President Joe Biden his first primary victory and helped propel him to the White House. This year, Biden changed South Carolina’s Democratic primary to the first in the nation, because its diversity...
by Clare Zhang | Feb 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to take away the Department of Energy’s authority over liquefied natural gas permits, effectively reversing the Biden administration’s pause on permit approvals that began last month. During the...
by Clare Zhang | Feb 6, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Tuesday drew partisan battlelines after the Biden administration paused approvals for liquefied natural gas exports, arguing over what would best protect the environment, local communities and national security. Democrats at a House Energy...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 25, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Thursday stressed the urgency of renewing the National Flood Insurance Program, with reforms to rein in ever-increasing premiums that are becoming harder for homeowners to afford. The Senate Banking Committee is working to reauthorize the...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The United Auto Workers union endorsed President Joe Biden Wednesday, joining a growing list of unions supporting his re-election bid. UAW President Shawn Fain delivered the endorsement before Biden’s keynote speech on the last day of the union’s national...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 18, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Some legislators want immediate action on the FAIR College Sports Act, meant to standardize state laws on student-athletes profiting from their personal brands, but it looks unlikely that Congress can come to an agreement anytime soon. Lawmakers and...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 17, 2024 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Strong economic performance, including solid retail sales growth, signals a good likelihood that the Federal Reserve board will cut interest rates this year, Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller said Tuesday. In the fourth quarter of 2023,...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Journalism executives called on legislators Wednesday to require generative artificial intelligence developers to license and pay for news content they are using to train their software. The use of AI to spread misinformation has been an increasing worry...
