If the government shuts down as expected on Wednesday, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will no longer be able to issue new policies or renewals, which could cause headaches for homeowners and those involved in real estate transactions. People whose coverage is slated to lapse under NFIP, which is run through the Federal Emergency...
The Trump administration and a group of bipartisan governors are trying to pressure the nation’s largest regional electric grid operator to bring down electric prices, especially in the wake of heavy demand from data centers. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright were joined Friday by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), Maryland Gov....
More than 3 million Americans in the Southeast reported power outages related to Hurricane Helene on Friday, with states on the eastern seaboard from Florida to Virginia reporting more than 100,000 outages, according to PowerOutage.us. As of Friday afternoon, South Carolina had the largest number of outages with 1.1 million, followed by Georgia with 929,351,...
The Washington Monument closed Sunday because of high winds, the National Mall and Memorial Parks branch of the National Park Service announced on social media. The branch later clarified that the monument itself was not at risk but that it was closing to make sure visitors were not standing in line for a prolonged period...
President Trump’s administration is ramping up pressure against Venezuela’s oil trade, sanctioning four companies operating in the country's oil industry along with four tankers connected to the firms. The Treasury Department said Wednesday it slapped sanctions on four companies with ties to Caracas’s oil sector: Aries Global Investment Ltd., Winky International Ltd., Krape Myrtle Co....
President Trump on Friday criticized the United Kingdom's energy policy, pushing the British government to do away with “costly and unsightly” windmills and drill for more oil in the North Sea. “Our negotiated deal with the United Kingdom is working out well for all. I strongly recommend to them, however, that in order to get...
The Trump administration will place “strings” on the recovery assistance it gives to California after the state faced deadly wildfires, Trump envoy Richard Grenell said Friday. “The federal response is mostly money and so we are going to have strings on the money that we give to California,” Grenell, President Trump’s envoy for special missions,...
Democrats' sweeping Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has fueled significant progress in the fight against climate change since its passage in 2022. But if former President Trump wins back the presidency in November, he's likely to undermine those gains — or help a Republican Congress do away with the law entirely. The IRA includes a suite...
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