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Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, said that his constituents are feeling optimistic once again about the future of the oil and gas industry in his district and beyond.The Republican represents parts of central Texas that are critical to the industry, including the Permian Basin, as the Trump administration has famously promised to "drill, baby, drill.""Think about the hardworking men and women of the Permian Basin, or the Bakken or the Marcellus, […]

Six House Democrats broke from their party on Thursday to pass a pair of bills blocking Biden administration-era green energy rules.It’s the latest rebuke from more moderate Democrats of the progressive wing of their party.One resolution, led by Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., seeks to overturn regulations imposed by former President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) for new clean energy standards targeting walk-in freezers and coolers.ENERGY SEC WRIGHT OUTLINES DAY-1 […]

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., unleashed on Kenneth S. Stern, attorney and director at the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, during a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, challenging his recent comments on NPR that the Trump administration’s cancellation of Columbia University’s federal grants makes Jewish students "less safe.""I see that five or six days ago you gave an interview in which you said that the removal of Mahmoud Khalil, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Arizona state Senate President Warren Petersen will write to Education Secretary Linda McMahon asking for a meeting to discuss what he characterized as a campus crisis of DEI proliferation in the Grand Canyon State.Petersen, R-Gilbert, will tell McMahon the Trump administration was right to make ending the ubiquity of on-campus "un-American propaganda," including DEI initiatives, a chief priority."For too long, state and federal officials have allowed university regents, presidents, […]