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After repeatedly denying that it wants to formally ban natural gas-powered stoves, the Energy Department posted to the Federal Register its finalized regulation targeting kitchen appliances.Critics from Congress to energy advocacy groups slammed the new rule, which administration officials have long denied would constitute a ban.But American Energy Alliance president Tom Pyle said it nonetheless wins the “Triple Crown for bad regulations.

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington, D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. Here’s what’s happening…- Vance and Walz to debate October 1st – RFK Jr.

A bill that would increase penalties for child sex buyers in California could die before getting a vote amid concerns from state finance officials over the costs of housing additional prison inmates. California lawmakers last week placed Senate Bill 1414 on “suspense file,” a list of bills that are expected to cost the state a significant amount of money, during an Aug. 7 meeting.

EXCLUSIVE: BYRON CENTER, Mich. — Donald Trump’s running mate has an answer to the blunt advice from allies and fellow Republicans that the former president should stick to policy and messaging instead of questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ crowd sizes at her rallies, her race or attacks on her intellect.”I think one of the things people actually love about Donald Trump in politics is he’s not unwilling to speak off the cuff.

Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign appears to be offering maximum inclusivity with unlimited preferred pronoun options for potential new hires to choose from when filling out their applications. Immediately after supplying one’s full name and resume, Harris for President job applicants are given a menu of pronouns to choose from, including identifiers such as “Fae/faer,” “Hu/hu,” “Ey/em” and “Xe/xem,” among others.

The Democratic candidate for vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, posted to X on Wednesday agreeing to a debate Oct. 1 on CBS News.Walz’s reply came in response to CBS News listing potential dates in an X post for Walz and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance to debate on the network.Tim Walz re-posted the graphic, saying “See you on Oct. 1, JD.

One of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s most prized possessions is set to hit the auction block against his will later this month, and the Republican U.S. Senate nominee said the situation reeks of blatant politics.In 2009, the Democrat-turned-Republican rescued the Greenbrier luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, from bankruptcy by purchasing it from CSX.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris, who is also the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, could fix issues like the border crisis, the economy and crime in her current capacity as vice president but has failed to do so.

Republican Erik Olsen defeated his primary opponent Tuesday night in Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District, setting up a battle to unseat Democrat Rep. Mark Pocan in the deep-blue district. The 2nd District spans the capital city of Madison – the most politically liberal city in the state – and Dane County. Madison attorney Erik Olsen defeated Charity Barry, a ground crew supervisor, in a primary that was a rematch of the pair’s race in 2022.

In a primary contest Tuesday, Wisconsin Democrat state Rep. Katrina Shankland was defeated by local business owner Rebecca Cooke, setting up a race to unseat Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in November. Van Orden, a former Navy SEAL, narrowly defeated Democrat state Sen. Brad Pfaff to flip the seat for the GOP last year after longtime Democrat incumbent Ron Kind chose not to seek reelection. Pfaff has decided not to challenge Van Orden in 2024.

Kyle Kilbourn won the Democratic primary for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, setting the stage for a battle with incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany.The primary saw two Democratic candidates competing for their party’s nomination.Air Force veteran and congressional candidate Elsa Duranceau is a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate who works with local community collaboration efforts for child care, elder care and rural small business development.

Jen Schultz won Tuesday night’s House District- 8 Democratic primary in Minnesota, beating out Democratic Farmer-Labor candidate John Munter. She will move on to the General Election, facing off against Republican incumbent Rep. Pete StauberCook Political Report has labeled the 8th Congressional District as “solid” Republican territory.

Former President Donald Trump spoke with tech billionaire Elon Musk in an overarching, lengthy interview Monday evening on X as Vice President Kamala Harris continues avoiding the media since landing on the top of the Democratic ticket for the White House. “It’s pretty sad when you think that somebody that does this for a living can’t answer a question or is afraid to do an interview, and in her case, with a very friendly interview.

Vice President Kamala Harris once pledged to close all privately-run immigration detention centers “on day one” during her first presidential campaign, as her record on the southern border continues to generate heavy criticism. A resurfaced video clip shows then-Sen. Harris at an October 2019 town hall in Iowa City, Iowa during her 2020 bid.

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest political news from Washington, D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail.

A conservative government watchdog group secured a legal victory against the Biden-Harris administration by compelling the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop deleting employee emails they say had been done in violation of the Federal Records Act.America First Legal, the right-leaning, Washington, D.C.

President Biden would sign a bill that would eliminate taxes on tipped wages, the White House said Monday, seeming to agree with a policy first floated by former President Trump. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated the Biden administration’s position during a news briefing. “Look, this is something that the president supports,”she said.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s homecoming in California’s San Francisco Bay Area proved very lucrative.The Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign says that Harris hauled in over $12 million Sunday at a fundraiser held at San Francisco’s famed Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill.

President Biden said he plans to campaign for Democrat presidential candidate Vice President Harris in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state in the November election.Biden spoke with CBS’s Robert Costa on “Sunday Morning,” making it the first interview since he announced in late July that he was bowing out of the presidential race against former President Trump.During the interview, Costa asked the president if the public would see him out on the campaign trail for Harris.

The U.S. Secret Service has hinted it was not involved in the break-in of a hair salon during a Kamala Harris campaign event in Massachusetts late last month. The allegations of Secret Service involvement arose after the salon’s owner, Alicia Powers, alleged that agents put duct tape over her security cameras and broke into her building by picking the lock.

Navy shipbuilding has had its worst production in 25 years, putting the U.S. behind rival China in production pace.”I don’t see a fast, easy way to get out of this problem. It’s taken us a long time to get into it,” Eric Labs, a longtime naval analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, told ABC News, adding that the Navy’s shipbuilding was now in “a terrible state.

MINNEAPOLIS – A former top Republican state lawmaker says there are two concerning things about a potential Gov. Tim Walz vice presidency: He “is terrible in a crisis” and “how he spends money.”Paul Gazelka, former Minnesota state senate majority leader, shared his experience working alongside Walz over the years, including during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 riots.

Moderate Democratic Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, fended off a primary challenger in the state’s elections Saturday, setting himself up for a likely sixth full term in the House of Representatives.Case is running for the seat in Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, which he’s held since winning in the 2018 midterm elections.He first came to Congress as a representative for the island’s 2nd Congressional District, winning a special election to fill the seat of Rep.

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, easily won her primary race on Saturday, setting Democrats up for a likely victory in November.She was up against Clyde Lewman, a wood products salesman, and Ron Curtis, a retired engineer. Curtis was last up against Hirono in 2018 as the Republican nominee for her Senate seat. He lost to the incumbent Democrat by about 29% to 71%. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS ‘INVISIBLE’ IN CRITICAL SWING STATE OF MICHIGAN: REPORTHe also challenged Rep.

Vice President Kamala Harris cloned former President Trump’s pledge to eliminate federal taxes on tips paid to workers in restaurants, bars, hotels and others in the service industry.At a rally on the campus of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas on Saturday evening, Harris pledged to fight for “working families of Americans.””When I was attorney general of California, we worked together to crack down on wage theft,” she said.

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid largely defended her when asked to define the Democratic nominee’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict.Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, held a campaign rally Friday in Arizona, followed by another Saturday in neighboring Nevada.At Harris’ Glendale, Arizona, rally, Angela from Arizona defended Harris, adding that both sides of the aisle should agree that Hamas is the major problem.

Blue state Gov. Gavin Newsom took to the streets of California to clean up trash left behind by homeless encampments Thursday, threatening municipalities that if they do not clean up encampments they’ll lose state funding next year.A frustrated Newsom was seen picking up trash from a cleared encampment in Los Angeles — one of the largest hubs in the state for homeless people living outdoors — alongside the California Department of Transportation.

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to Fox News Digital on Friday, outside the Desert Diamond arena in Glendale, Arizona where she and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, later took the stage.Fox News Digital asked attendees to define Harris’ border policy and whether they also supported it. The discussion often led to a wide variety of follow-ups.”I like all of them actually,” one woman said of Harris’ policies.