Author: Carlos Hansen

President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. The Democrat also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program. Biden plans to speak at northern Virginia’s Prince William Forest Park on Monday. Biden’s latest environmental announcements come as he’s working to energize young voters for his reelection campaign. Senior administration officials say young Americans are keenly invested in the Biden climate agenda and want to help enact it. The officials say the Climate Corps initiative is a way for them to do that.

Dozens of demonstrators have gathered at the Supreme Court as the justices will consider whether banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Demonstrators have signs like “housing not handcuffs.” Monday’s case is considered the most significant on homelessness to come before the high court in decades. In California and other Western states, courts have ruled it’s unconstitutional to fine and arrest people sleeping in homeless encampments if shelter space is lacking. Officials contend that makes it difficult to manage encampments, which can have dangerous and unsanitary living conditions. The case comes from Grants Pass, Oregon, which started fining people $295 for sleeping outside.

The movie 'Civil War,' an unsettling American dystopian film by Alex Garland, remained the top movie in theaters for the second week in a row, as estimated by the studio on Sunday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) revealed on Sunday that state lawmakers will introduce a bill this week to support women traveling from Arizona seeking abortion care, in response to the implementation of one of the strictest abortion restrictions in the country. An Arizona Supreme Court decision earlier this month implemented an 1864 abortion law that limits access…

Correction: This story was updated to reflect that Michael Bennett is a Senator. Sen. Michael Bennett (D-Colo.) expressed hope that the House could move beyond its policy disagreements following the chamber’s bipartisan approval of a long-desired foreign aid bill this weekend. “This week, to see the House of Representatives finally pass, not just…

A recent poll by NBC News found that the level of interest in the upcoming election has decreased to the lowest point in almost twenty years, with only 64 percent of registered voters showing a high level of interest in the election in November. The results of the poll show a drop compared to previous NBC News polls conducted at this time in…

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Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir stormed to victory in the women’s race.