Texas State

Grist

When the Biden administration paused the approval of new liquefied natural gas exports in January, environmentalists and left-leaning politicians hailed the decision as a watershed moment for the climate movement. After months of pressure from climate activists, the Department of Energy, or DOE, announced that it would rethink how it evaluates the massive export projects that condense fracked gas into a supercooled liquid, known as LNG, and load it onto tankers that ship the fuel for sale in Europe and Asia. In the meantime, the administration committed to keeping the LNG projects awaiting approval in a holding pattern, preventing them from breaking ground.

The quick, quiet death of Biden’s natural gas export pause

Louisiana State

Fortune

The U.S. government is slowly replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In dozens of underground salt caverns nestled along the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana sit hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil, America’s “insurance policy” against the volatile nature of the global oil market. Called...

Biden sold off nearly 50% of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Is that a problem?

The Hill

A federal court has halted the Biden administration’s pause on new approvals for natural gas exports. Judge James Cain, a Trump appointee in Louisiana, approved a request from Republican-led states to lift the pause while the litigation against it plays out. “The Court will grant Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction, and order that the LNG…

Court halts Biden pause on new gas exports

Residences stand in front of a Venture Global LNG storage tank in Cameron, Louisiana. (Getty Images) A federal judge has sided with Louisiana and 16 other states that sued to block the Biden administration’s stoppage of permits for liquified natural gas export terminals. U.S. District Judge James Cain Jr.,...

Federal court ends pause on liquified natural gas export project approvals

Axios

A Louisiana federal judge has blocked the White House pause on new LNG export licenses to major markets, but the on-the-ground effects of the order are pretty hazy for now. Why it matters: The injunction Monday is a victory for attorneys general in 16 GOP-led states and industry groups battling the pause, which Biden officials announced in January to weigh the economic and climate effects of surging exports.

Biden's LNG limbo ... is now in limbo

uPolitics

Last week, during his first visit to Capitol Hill since the Jan. 6 riots, former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump suggested to House Republicans a significant overhaul of the U.S. tax system – proposing to eliminate income taxes and replace it with an “all tariff policy.”

Trump Proposes Eliminating U.S. Income Tax And Replacing It With Higher Tariffs On Imports

Mississippi State

Contributors represent independent, third-party users who have joined our contributor program and self-verified their accounts. They have also demonstrated their experience writing hard news for other outlets. Contributors are expected, like all users, to adhere to our Community Standards.

contributor

Hamilton, MA

Mississippi News Group

On June 7, 2024, Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies, the MCSO SWAT team, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN), and the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit (NMNU) executed a search warrant at 40014 Macks Circle in Hamilton, MS. This action concluded a joint investigation into narcotics trafficking in the area according to a press release from the MCSD.

Joint Undercover Drug Operation Ends with Multiple Arrests

Wisconsin State

Community Voices represent independent, third-party users who have joined our contributor program but not yet verified their accounts. Community Voices are expected, like all users, to adhere to our Community Standards.

community_voice

Minnesota State

National Weather Force

The National Weather Force has issued a Tornado Advisory effective from 3 PM to 9 PM Central Time. Zones affected: central, north, northeast, east portions of MN; portions of west & northwest WI.

Tornado Risk including Large Hail & Damaging Winds Expected this Evening Across MN/WI; June 12th

NBC News

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has been out of office for more than three years, but he just notched a big win at the Supreme Court. Friday’s ruling that overturned an important 1984 ruling called Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council was a belated victory for Trump’s deregulatory agenda, with all three of his appointees to the high court joining the 6-3 conservative majority.

Supreme Court's overturning of 40-year Chevron ruling is a win for the Trump deregulatory agenda

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

New Jersey State

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced a settlement agreement with Verizon New Jersey, Inc. to address allegations that the company violated New Jersey's consumer protection laws in its marketing and sale of Fios services.

Verizon Settles Fios Marketing Lawsuit - Pays NJ $175K

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

The Associated Press

President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered expansive election-year action Tuesday to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance his recent aggressive crackdown on the southern border that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers. The president announced that his administration will, in the coming months, allow certain U.S. citizens’ spouses without legal status to apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship without having to first depart the country. The action by Biden, a Democrat, could affect upwards of half a million immigrants, according to senior administration officials. “The Statue of Liberty is not some relic of American history. It still stands for who we are,” Biden said from a crowded East Room at the White House, filled with advocates, congressional Democrats and immigrants who would be eligible for the program. “But I also refuse to believe that for us to continue to be America that embraces immigration, we have to give up securing our border. They’re false choices.”

Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden

Supply will outstrip demand, and the spare capacity will be unlike ever "seen before other than at the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020,” IEA said.

We’ll soon live in a world with a ‘staggering’ excess of oil that we can’t fully use, global energy watchdog IEA warns

Business Insider

A Vanity Fair article published Tuesday contained allegations that the independent presidential candidate once ate a barbecued dog.

RFK Jr., the man running as an alternative to Trump and Biden, just denied he barbecued and ate a dog

Ali Carney, 46, of Newark, received a 65-month prison sentence for conspiring to distribute narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Gang Member Sentenced to 65 Months for Drug Trafficking

Georgia State

Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

“Bottom line: Absent Congressional action, the move to Schedule III just isn’t going to happen anytime soon.”. The regulatory state has been in full force since, ironically, 1984, with the institution of the Chevron doctrine. Chevron has required courts to defer to the expertise of administrative agencies when the legislative intent of an underlying law is ambiguous, which made it a cornerstone of how regulators and businesses interact.

The Supreme Court Nuked Cannabis Rescheduling With Its Chevron Ruling (Op-Ed)

NewsBreak

Texas Attorney General blocks Biden's ban on liquified natural gas exports

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a major victory, blocking the Biden Administration's ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas...

Texas Attorney General blocks Biden's ban on liquified natural gas exports

Comments / 0