Texas Democrats, unions call on Interior to protect workers' rights in offshore wind leasing
A coalition of Texas unions and members of Congress are calling on the Biden administration to ensure workers’ rights are protected in the buildout of offshore wind infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. In a letter sent out Thursday morning, Democratic Reps. Al Green, Lloyd Doggett, Sylvia Garcia, Marc Veasey, Veronica Escobar and Vicente Gonzalez, who all represent districts in Texas, called on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to ensure that Gulf-based wind power projects are built by union labor. The representatives noted that due to organizing obsta
Read MoreImpose limits on gun access — and term limits on Congress
The only good news coming out of two unspeakable tragedies — in Buffalo, N.Y., where 10 people died in a racially-motivated shooting, and Uvalde,
Read MoreWhite House to pay interns for first time
The White House will pay its interns when its internship program is relaunched in the fall, calling the development a "significant milestone" to provide opportunities to low-income students and increase diversity. "Too often, unpaid federal internships have been a barrier to hardworking and talented students and professionals, preventing them from contributing their talents and skills to the country and holding them back from federal career advancement opportunities," the White House said in a statement. The White House's internship program will relaunch in the fall afte
Read MoreMayors urge Senate to pass House-passed gun bills
The U.S. Conference of Mayors on Thursday wrote to Senate leaders urging them to pass two gun safety bills already approved by the House, reissuing a letter sent in August of 2019. The letter, first obtained by Politico, cited the recent mass shootings in Uvalde and in Buffalo. It was signed by a bipartisan group of over 250 mayors. “The same two bills passed the House more than one year ago and are again pending in the Senate
Read MoreTwo words explain why Trump won't run in 2024
Whenever two or more politically active people engage in conversation, invariably someone asks, "Will Donald Trump run in 2024?" My standard answer is always "I have no idea" — until last week when Trump's much-ballyhooed vendetta campaigns to defeat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger ended in embarrassing anti-Trump failures. Reportedly, Trump was
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