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New EPA vehicle standards would cut US emissions, ramp up pressure for more EVs
(WASHINGTON) -- Amid a contentious election year debate over the future of U.S. auto manufacturing, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced new vehicle emissions standards that will pressure the industry to make more electric vehicles."With transportation as the largest source of U.S. climate emissions, these strongest-ever pollution standards for…
New EPA vehicle standards would cut US emissions, ramp up pressure for more EVs
(WASHINGTON) -- Amid a contentious election year debate over the future of U.S. auto manufacturing, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced new vehicle emissions standards that will pressure the industry to make more electric vehicles."With transportation as the largest source of U.S. climate emissions, these strongest-ever pollution standards for…
5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision blocks enforcement of strict Texas immigration law SB4
In a decision late Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that again blocks Texas from enforcing its strict immigration law, SB4.Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court rejected a Biden administration request to intervene and keep Texas's strict immigration enforcement law on hold while it is…
Nearly half of Haley voters in Ohio say they’d back Biden: Preliminary exit polls
(WASHINGTON) -- Two in 10 to as many as three in 10 Republican primary voters in Ohio continue to resist Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy -- and among those supporting Nikki Haley, nearly half say they’d back President Joe Biden in November, according to preliminary exit poll results from the Republican…
Nearly half of Haley voters in Ohio say they’d back Biden: Preliminary exit polls
(WASHINGTON) -- Two in 10 to as many as three in 10 Republican primary voters in Ohio continue to resist Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy -- and among those supporting Nikki Haley, nearly half say they’d back President Joe Biden in November, according to preliminary exit poll results from the Republican…
California’s special primary to succeed McCarthy: Fong projected to advance
(WASHINGTON) -- The special primary election to succeed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unfolded on Tuesday in California's 20th Congressional District.ABC News projects that State Assemblyman Vince Fong will advance to the special general election in May.The race will fill a critical vacancy for Republicans who are already dancing on…
Three takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
(WASHINGTON) -- Businesman Bernie Moreno handily won Ohio's GOP Senate primary, scoring a win for him and former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Moreno’s bid and campaigned with him in the race's final stretch.Trump and President Joe Biden, meanwhile, coasted in presidential primaries held in five states Tuesday, though lingering…
Biden heads to Arizona, Nevada to mobilize Latino voters
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden made a campaign swing through battlegrounds Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday in which he touted his administration's accomplishments and drew contrasts with what his campaign calls "Trump's anti-Latino agenda."Before traveling to Arizona, Biden spoke with local leaders and volunteers in Reno, Nevada, at the Washoe…
Biden heads to Arizona, Nevada to mobilize Latino voters
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden made a campaign swing through battlegrounds Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday in which he touted his administration's accomplishments and drew contrasts with what his campaign calls "Trump's anti-Latino agenda."Before traveling to Arizona, Biden spoke with local leaders and volunteers in Reno, Nevada, at the Washoe…
Trump, appearing with Melania, slams NY fraud case, Peter Navarro sentence and more
(WASHINGTON) -- While voting in Florida on Tuesday, in the presidential primary, former President Donald Trump was joined in a rare appearance by wife Melania Trump as he slammed the jail sentence of Peter Navarro, a former adviser, said he "couldn't care less" about his former Vice President Mike Pence,…