The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
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Biden Administration Rule Would Increase Authority to Block Foreign Deals
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States proposed a rule that would make it harder for foreigners to buy land near military bases.
Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines
The Biden administration has expressed growing alarm that efforts to fight climate change could falter unless the electric grids are quickly expanded.
Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data
In a first, the legislation extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
Could U.S. Toughness on Chinese Business Have Unintended Consequences?
Businesses fear that efforts to look tough on Beijing, which have the potential to be more expansive than moves by the federal government, could have unintended consequences.
Deal Is Reached to Keep Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now
The agreement on cuts, aided by a wet winter and $1.2 billion in federal payments, expires at the end of 2026.
Biden Administration Proposes Evenly Cutting Water Allotments From Colorado River
As the river shrinks, the Biden administration is getting ready to impose, for the first time, reductions in water supplies to states.
Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated: Europe’s Covid Culture War
In pockets of Europe, vaccine resistance has become the long tail of the populist nationalist movements that shook up European politics for a decade.
Vaccines Are Coming, but Pandemic Experts Expect a ‘Horrible’ Winter
With vaccines and a new administration, the pandemic will be tamed. But experts say the coming months “are going to be just horrible.”
Delayed Homeland Security Report Warns of ‘Lethal’ White Supremacy
An annual assessment that a whistle-blower said was withheld for months did not hold back on the threat from violent extremists and tagged Russia as the primary source of disinformation.