#Baran confirmation threatens Biden administration climate targets

#Baran confirmation threatens Biden administration climate targets

Harry Reid, the former Democratic Senate majority leader passed away in 2021. But his ghost still looms over efforts to commercialize a new generation of advanced nuclear reactors and now threatens to undermine the Biden administration’s climate targets, which will depend upon these new reactors to complement wind, solar and other low carbon technologies in the coming…

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#Senators raise concerns over US missing nuclear submarine target

#Senators raise concerns over US missing nuclear submarine target

Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee raised concerns that the U.S. fell short of its nuclear submarine target during a Wednesday morning hearing on a trilateral security partnership. Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. struck the defense deal, AUKUS, in Sept. 2021 and announced an arrangement for Australia to acquire “conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN)…

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#Texas braces for impeachment battle

#Texas braces for impeachment battle

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) impeachment trial in the Lone Star State begins Tuesday, when Republicans in the state Legislature’s upper chamber will play the pivotal role in considering whether he misused his office. It’s a potentially explosive moment for the ruling conservative coalition and the first impeachment trial in the state’s modern history. Paxton faces…

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#‘Hope is not a strategy’: former 2016 Rubio adviser says GOP rivals must engage Trump 

#‘Hope is not a strategy’: former 2016 Rubio adviser says GOP rivals must engage Trump 

Republican strategist Terry Sullivan on Sunday called out 2024 GOP primary candidates for not engaging directly enough with former President Trump, the leading primary candidate by far, saying they have no chance of winning the party’s nomination if they avoid attacking the frontrunner. Sullivan, who managed Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) 2016 presidential campaign, warned 2024…

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