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The Biden administration is announcing an investment of $251 million in carbon capture and storage projects in seven states.

Federal officials say a BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control the release of benzene and other contaminants at its Whiting oil refinery in northern Indiana.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Biden administration appeal to limit lawsuits filed by members of Congress against the federal government, in a case that stems from disputes over what was the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

The Biden administration will continue to allow tens of thousands of Afghans who fled Taliban control more than two years ago to stay and work in the U.S. That is according to two White House officials familiar with the plan, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss details that haven’t been released.

First immersed in flood waters, now drowning in damage and bills, Fort Lauderdale residents learned they will be eligible for federal disaster relief money after all.

The Biden administration is announcing new measures meant to stop migrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, both by cracking down on those who do come, and by creating new pathways meant to offer an alternative to the dangerous journey.

Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in South Florida Friday afternoon, where it’s anticipated that she will be addressing millions of dollars in federal funding earmarked for climate resiliency projects.

In their 2023 State of fhe Air release on Friday, the American Lung Association found that several South Florida counties received passing grades for ozone and particle pollution.

The Supreme Court will be the next stop for a legal fight over the pill used in the nation’s most common abortion method.

This year’s debt ceiling debate has a different feel to it for some lawmakers.

A judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume regular oil and gas lease sales on federal lands in North Dakota.

The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it has a new strategy to help meet the nation’s goals to vastly expand offshore wind energy.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom of their choice.

A Cuban American poet from South Florida was honored at the White House on Tuesday.

The Netherlands is moving to stop central government employees having apps including popular video sharing service TikTok installed on their work phones, amid concerns over data security.

British authorities say they're banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from government mobile phones on security grounds, following similar moves by the U.S. and European Union.

The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil drilling project in Alaska in decades promises to widen a rift among Alaska Natives.

TikTok is dismissing calls for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app, saying such a move wouldn’t help protect national security.

A sharp drop in illegal border crossings that started in January after the Biden administration announced stricter immigration measures continued in February.

The House has voted 227-198 to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business.

Republican lawmakers are criticizing the Biden administration for not sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, as tensions simmer about whether China could send weapons to help Russia.

President Biden will prepare to mark Friday’s one-year anniversary with a new round of sanctions targeting the Kremlin’s defense and energy sectors, Russian banks and several individuals in an effort to stop the Russian invasion.

U.S. Rep Jared Moskowitz, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and local county officials announced Thursday the Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization will receive a $5 million grant to help prevent pedestrian deaths by car.

Former President Donald Trump has a small lead over Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis in the race for the 2024 GOP nomination, according to a new national poll.

In a story published February 13, 2023, about a congressional investigation into COVID-19 origins, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Rep. James Comer is from Tennessee.

COVID-19 vaccinations are no longer required for military personnel.

The Biden administration is estimating that it could collect as much as $4.7 billion from insurance companies with newer and tougher penalties for submitting improper charges on the taxpayers’ tab for Medicare Advantage care.

Gen. Laura J. Richardson celebrated the beginning of the construction of a military housing project that will be within walking distance from The U.S. Southern Command.

President Joe Biden called on lawmakers Tuesday to act quickly and deliver gun reform legislation in the wake of the mass shootings in California.

The Biden administration says it's time for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden's applications to join NATO.

New details about the investigation into classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s former office and home from his time as Vice President were revealed Tuesday after the Department of Justice considered sending FBI agents to monitor the search for classified material.

The Biden administration will provide $125 million for parts and other supplies to help repair crews in Ukraine keep up with Russian strikes pounding the country’s electrical system.

Desperate people launching for South Florida from countries in crisis is not a new development but it's happening more and more frequently.

Immigration attorney Willy Allen is in favor of President Biden’s new asylum policy affecting migrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government is vexing the Biden administration as it embarks on policies that U.S. officials fear will run counter to longstanding American goals.

Homemade boats became part of the landscape in the mangroves and on the beaches of the Florida Keys, as the onslaught of migrant landings continued overnight into Friday.

The idea of a daring wartime trip by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington had percolated for some time before the surprise visit was revealed just hours ahead of the Ukrainian president’s arrival.

The Biden administration says it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile to states as flu-sickened patients continue to flock to hospitals and doctors' offices around the country.

Officials tell The Associated Press the U.S. will send $1.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine in a massive package that will for the first time include a Patriot missile battery and precision-guided bombs for their fighter jets.

The Biden administration is once more making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter.

Lawmakers leading the negotiations on a bill to fund the federal government for the current fiscal year say they’ve reached agreement on a “framework” that should allow them to complete work on the bill over the next week and avoid a government shutdown.

The Biden administration is reinstating a task force aimed at helping immigrants and refugees integrate into the United States.

The brother of an American detained in Russia since 2018 says that his family fears he will not be released for years.

The Biden administration says it will expand temporary legal status for Haitians already living in the United States, saying conditions in the Caribbean nation are too dangerous for their forced return.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. will not shrink from its unwavering support for Israel despite stark differences with Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu and concerns the Biden administration may have about members of his incoming right-wing government.

The Biden administration is easing some oil sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to support newly restarted negotiations between the Venezuelan government and its opposition.

Throngs of spectators have lined the streets of New York as colorful, high-flying balloons help usher in the holiday season at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

A recent boost in titles for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has proven crucial to shielding him from a U.S. lawsuit in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist.

The Biden administration plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the president’s student debt cancellation plan, according to a legal filing.

Cuba says it will receive deportation flights from the United States that had been stalled in the pandemic — and said it was open to continuing dialogue with Washington.

Environmental groups are hailing a decision by the Biden administration to resume studying whether grizzly bears should be restored to the remote North Cascades ecosystem in Washington state.

A new jobs report was released Friday showing the nation added 261,000 in October, exceeding economist expectations but lower than last month.

President Biden will deliver remarks on the CHIPS and Science Act Friday afternoon.

With five days until the midterm election, the economy remains on top of voters’ minds as they cast their ballots.

The Biden administration is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about a Singapore-based businessman already accused by the Justice Department of facilitating fuel shipments to North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions.

President Joe Biden is heading to South Florida to blast the Republican Party over proposals to undo prescription drug price caps and change Social Security and Medicare.

The Hoopa Valley Tribe alleges in a lawsuit that the Biden administration is failing to collect money from farms that rely on federally supplied water to pay for damages to tribal fisheries.

Millions of Americans can begin selecting their 2023 health insurance plans on HealthCare.

President Biden was pleased following back-to-back negative GDP reports on Thursday as the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6% in the third quarter.

The Biden administration says Russia has given notice that it intends to stage routine drills of its nuclear capabilities amid heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine.

The Biden administration says Ethiopians already in the United States could remain for 18 months amid a war in Ethiopia’s north that pits federal troops and their allies against Tigray’s rebellious leaders.

U.S. and Mexican officials say far fewer Venezuelans entered the United States in the first week of a U.S. policy to expel them to Mexico without a chance to seek asylum.

With 18 days left until Election Day, President Biden will continue to promote Democratic policies that the White House thinks should resonate with voters as he touts his plans to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for more than 40 million people on Friday

President Biden hit the campaign trail in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday where he touted the trillion-dollar Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The U.S. House race in Oregon's newly created 6th Congressional District is closer than expected.

President Biden took action Wednesday to ease the pain at the pump announcing the release of 15 million barrels of crude oil from the nation’s emergency stockpile to help drop gas prices just three weeks away from mid-term elections.

President Biden returned to the White House Monday and did not stop and talk, facing questions with the November midterms now just three weeks away.

The Biden administrating is putting forth seven new Justice Department and judicial nominations covering three U.S. attorney’s offices in Texas and other senior posts.

President Biden to send more help to Ukraine after Russian airstrikes

The Commerce Department is tightening export controls to limit China’s ability to get advanced computing chips, develop and maintain supercomputers, and make advanced semiconductors.

The U.S. has imposed more sanctions on Iranian government officials in response to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

The full breadth of Hurricane Ian's destruction is still coming into focus a week after it hit southwest Florida.

Biden set to visit Florida nearly week after it was announced that the death toll surpassed 100 from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian.

The Biden administration is asking that parents of children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border undergo another round of psychological evaluations to measure how traumatized they were by the Trump administration policy.

The Biden administration has expanded and extended temporary legal status for several thousand people from Myanmar living in the U.S. until May 2024.

Flights are now a part of a criminal investigation after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent 48 migrants from a shelter in San Antonio to the island resort of Martha’s Vineyard last week.

The Biden administration is slapping sanctions on dozens of Russian and Ukrainian officials and a number of Russian companies for human rights abuses and the theft of Ukrainian grain.

Mohegan Chief Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba was sworn in Monday, becoming the nation’s first Native American to serve as U.S. Treasurer.

Florida’s incumbent attorney general Ashley Moody has sued the Biden Administration over mask mandates, won settlements against drug companies over opioids and pursues justice from a politically conservative perspective.

Micron will invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown that the chipmaker said will create 17,000 American jobs.

The European Union trade chief says a new U.S. tax credit aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles could eventually backfire and limit choices for American consumers.

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc., tweaked to include protection against an early version of the omicron variant.

On college campuses across South Florida, students on the verge of entering the workforce are making new calculations about their financial future.

The Biden administration is expected to weigh in this week on Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.

The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be nearly $400 billion lower than it estimated back in March, due in part to stronger than expected revenues, reduced spending, and an economy that has recovered all of the jobs lost during the multi-year pandemic.

Vaccines are ready to go as monkeypox cases continue to rise.

Last week’s attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national for plotting to murder former national security adviser John Bolton have given the Biden administration new headaches as it attempts to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

A group calling for sharply limiting immigration has scored a legal victory in its federal lawsuit arguing the Biden administration violated environmental law when it halted construction of the U.S. southern border wall and sought to undo other immigration policies by former President Donald Trump.

President Biden is hosting a roundtable event Thursday with business and labor leaders to discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act lowers costs for families and businesses, lowers the deficit, fights inflation, lowers energy costs, and significantly bolsters domestic manufacturing.

A White House economist said gas prices in Florida have gone down by almost $1.99, and Florida has a relatively low unemployment rate of just 2.8%.

Sen. Joe Manchin has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.

A judge has dismissed Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s demands that the state stop sending millions in federal COVID-19 relief money to schools that don’t have mask requirements or that close due to COVID-19 outbreaks.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is calling on the White House to classify the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

The Biden administration is telling hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.

As President Biden left the White House Wednesday bound for Ohio to talk about this economic agenda, renewed calls for tougher gun regulations grew louder in the wake of Monday’s mass shooting at an Illinois parade.

Fourteen smaller environmental justice organizations from around the United States have begun to receive money under the Justice40 initiative.

The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges.

The Biden administration is dropping a rule adopted under former President Donald Trump that limited which lands and waters could be designated as critical habitat for imperiled animals and plants.

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing logistical support to import the equivalent of about 16 million 8-ounce baby formula bottles from Mexico.

Evidence revealed at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection shows that an aide for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson told former Vice President Mike Pence’s staff that the Republican from Wisconsin wanted to hand-deliver fake elector votes from Wisconsin and Michigan.