Oversight
Obama Administration Makes It Harder for Oil Firms to Drill Offshore in the Arctic
His Interior Department is canceling new auctions for oil-drilling rights, and won’t extend expiring leases either.
Oversight
A Second GOP Lawmaker Suggests Benghazi Committee’s Aim is Harming Clinton Politically
Comments by a moderate New York congressman are adding to the firestorm around panel ahead of Clinton’s Oct. 22 appearance.
Oversight
Pressure Points as Clinton, Sanders Square Off in First Debate
The Democratic battle brings opportunities and peril for the front-runners, and a chance for also-rans to become relevant.
Oversight
House Republicans Leave Washington With No Answers
A Friday meeting gave no resolution to the fallout from Kevin McCarthy’s sudden decision to drop his speaker bid.
Oversight
House Republicans Are Waiting for Paul Ryan to Make Up His Mind
The House GOP met Friday to determine what happens next.
Oversight
New Clinton TV Ad Highlights on McCarthy’s Benghazi Gaffe
Democrats hope to capitalize on a top Republican’s comment linking the House Benghazi panel to Clinton’s poll numbers.
Oversight
Benghazi Committee Democrats to Release Full Interview With Top Hillary Clinton Aide
The move comes days after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy credited the panel with hurting Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Oversight
House GOP Looks to Regroup After McCarthy Benghazi Comments
Democrats are trying to capitalize on the likely next speaker’s assertion that put a partisan gloss on the Benghazi panel. Republicans want to move on.
Oversight
McCarthy Credits Benghazi Committee with Hurting Clinton’s Poll Numbers
The House majority leader, running for speaker, said the GOP-led committee has helped erode the Democratic front-runner’s “unbeatable” aura.
Management
Jeb Bush Unveils Energy Plan
The GOP contender says his economic growth targets depend on cutting regulations and handing more power to states.
Management
Obama, Chinese Leader Seek Smoother Road to Paris Global-Warming Deal
China is laying out plans to launch a national cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions in 2017.
Oversight
Senator Wants 'Clarity' From FBI on Hillary Clinton’s Recovered Emails
Judiciary Committee chairman said new revelations bolster the case for an “independent authority” to search records.
Management
In Anticipation of Pope Francis, Senate Democrats Push Sweeping Energy Plan
Party leaders are unveiling legislation that would include carbon savings and kill big oil tax breaks, though the plan has little chance to move in a GOP-controlled Congress.
Management
NOAA Makes It Official: 2015 Has Been Really Hot
Federal data shows that the world sweated through the warmest August on record—and the warmest summer, too.
Management
Obama, World Leaders May Skip Key Part of Paris Climate Talks
Organizers invite leaders to speak at the beginning of COP21, rather than the end, to avoid the eleventh-hour chaos that marked the close of the Copenhagen climate conference. But does that lessen the chances for a deal?
Management
State Department Says It Is 'Strained to the Limit' With Clinton Emails
Agency says it need to shift massive resources to deal with a big FOIA backlog and the remaining unreleased messages from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary.
Management
Post-Clinton, Kerry Creates 'Transparency Coordinator' Job at State
A longtime State Department official will seek to improve compliance with public-records laws and lawmakers’ demands for documents.
Management
Clinton On Email: System 'Wasn't The Best Choice'
Former State Department chief tells Andrea Mitchell she's “sorry that this has been confusing to people,” but denies wrongdoing.
Oversight
House Benghazi Probe Leader: Former Top Clinton Aide Mills 'Answered All of the Committee's Questions'
Trey Gowdy says the nine-hour interview with Cheryl Mills will be ‘treated as classified,’ rebuffing a senior Democrat’s call for the transcript’s immediate release.
Management
State Department Releases Another Batch of Clinton Emails
State released over 7,000 pages of her messages, but some information now deemed classified is redacted.
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