How Arizona, California and other states are trying to generate a whole new water supply
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Read MoreZients to replace Klain as White House chief of staff
Jeff Zients, the former White House coronavirus response coordinator, is expected to replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff, two sources familiar with the plans told The Hill. Zients left his role as Biden’s first COVID-19 czar in April 2022 after advising the pandemic response effort and was replaced by Ashish Jha. He returned this fall ahead of the midterm elections to assist Klain with preparations for staff turnover, as well as other projects. The White House declined to comment. Zients was director of the National Economic Council under President
Read More‘I’m not the Speaker’: McCaul sidesteps questions on Marjorie Taylor Greene committee posts
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) deflected questions about Rep. Marjorie Greene's (R-Ga.) committee posts on Sunday, saying that it's not up to him to decide panel assignments. Greene was selected to sit on the House Homeland Security Committee and House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Tuesday after being stripped of her committee assignments by Democrats in 2021. When asked on Sunday if he would prefer to see someone else on these committees, McCaul d
Read MoreHow economic headwinds are posing a challenge to Biden
Economic headwinds are posing a challenge to President Biden as he readies a possible reelection bid during which jobs and the economy are likely to take center stage. The White House has sought to highlight the resilience of the U.S. economy in the face of high inflation, rising interest rates and mounting layoffs across the technology, real estate and media sectors in making arguments for Biden's economic stewardship. Inflation had been expected to be a serious headwind for Democrats in last November's midterms, but instead the party exceeded expectations by gaining a
Read MoreBiden calls on Congress to protect abortion on Roe anniversary
President Biden is calling on Congress to codify protections for abortion in federal law, pressuring lawmakers on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that was struck down last year. “Today, instead of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, we are acknowledging that last year, the Supreme Court took away a constitutional right from the American people,” Biden said in a statement early Sunday. Ever since the Supreme Court, with a majority of conservative justices, struck down the constituti
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