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AOC resurrects ‘Green New Deal’ moniker for public housing bill

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., will resurrect her “Green New Deal” terminology with a new housing bill she plans to announce Thursday, according to Politico. Ocasio-Cortez will announce the “Green New Deal for Housing” alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt., who is sponsoring the legislation in the Senate. She says the bill will focus largely on public housing, arguing that private housing …

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GOP leaders open joint probe into global energy group influencing net-zero policies in US

FIRST ON FOX: Republican leaders in the Senate and House have opened a joint probe into the International Energy Agency (IEA), a powerful group with influence on major global decarbonization policies. In a letter late Wednesday to IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair …

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Energy agency announces $475M in funding for clean energy projects on mine land sites

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding for projects in five states — including the political battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. The projects will accelerate clean energy development on current and former mine lands, the U.S. Department of Energy announced. The other …

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AOC roasted by legal experts for claiming 'RICO is not a crime': 'Embarrassed herself'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., raised legal experts’ eyebrows after claiming that “RICO is not a crime” while she questioned former Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski in a House hearing. Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett joined “FOX & Friends” on Thursday to respond to statements from the New York Democrat at the Biden impeachment probe hearing. “It’s absolutely a crime. …

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No Labels reaches out to a former GOP presidential candidate regarding their pending third-party ticket

As they vet candidates for a potential third-party presidential ticket, No Labels is reaching out to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. A source in the two-time Republican presidential candidate’s political orbit told Fox News on Thursday that the centrist group has made outreach to Christie in recent days. Christie, who ended his 2024 GOP nomination campaign in mid-January, appeared …

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Conservatives furious at Johnson for waiving GOP's 72-hour rule on $1.2T government funding bill

GOP hardliners are furious that Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., appears poised to jettison the House GOP Conference’s rule on giving lawmakers 72 hours to review bill text before having to vote on it. Congressional leaders released their 1,012-page, $1.2 trillion spending package just after 3 a.m. ET on Thursday, less than 48 hours before the government funding deadline at midnight …

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Manhattan DA urges judge to deny Trump motion to further delay trial

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is calling on a New York court to deny former President Trump’s request for a delay in his trial on Thursday. Bragg’s filing comes after new documents relating to Trump’s alleged hush money payments case were uncovered. Judge Juan Merchan agreed to impose a 30-day postponement to allow the documents to be reviewed, setting the …

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Protesters disrupt Kyle Rittenhouse TPUSA event at the University of Memphis: 'No justice, no peace'

Outraged protesters at the University of Memphis disrupted a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event featuring Kyle Rittenhouse on Wednesday night. TPUSA’s college chapter at the university invited Rittenhouse to speak about the Second Amendment and self-defense, but the event spiraled into chaos when some students disrupted parts of Rittenhouse’s Q&A and chased attendees leaving the campus, video captured at the …

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Jared Kushner defends call for Palestinians to build ‘waterfront property’ instead of terror tunnels in Gaza

Jared Kushner, former President Trump’s son-in-law, said the Palestinian people’s lives could be greatly improved if they focused on building “valuable” infrastructure instead of terrorist tunnels. Kushner made the statement in an interview with the Harvard Kennedy School published by the Middle East Initiative earlier this month. The interview focused on the future for Gaza and Palestinians after the end …

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Biden awkwardly wanders off stage at Arizona campaign event as he 'couldn’t resist' a baby

During a campaign event in Arizona on Tuesday, President Biden abruptly wandered off the stage after he noticed a baby in the crowd. The seemingly awkward moment in Phoenix came as Biden was standing behind his campaign manager, Julie Chávez Rodríguez, who was sharing her brief opening remarks during the Latinos for President Biden rally. As she was speaking, Biden …

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