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EXPLAINER: How Biden's proposed gas tax holiday would work

Facing stubbornly high gas prices that average about $5 a gallon nationwide, President Joe Biden has urged Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022

Critics say proposed Biden gas tax holiday gives billions to oil companies but won’t lower prices at pump

Plan likely wouldn’t lower gas price, experts say

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022

U.S. working on normalization "road map" for Saudi Arabia and Israel

The White House thinks that any road map for normalization will take time and will be a long-term process, a source told Axios.

Axios · Jun 22, 2022

Raffensperger says he wishes Fox News carried every Jan. 6 hearing

"I think it would have helped our party heal, given [people] more facts."

Axios · Jun 22, 2022

Commentary: Biden’s risky trip to the Mideast is also pointless

President Joe Biden has a politically risky itinerary for his scheduled trip to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia in mid-July. The question is, why he is doing this?

Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022

Biden to call for three-month suspension of federal gas taxes - Roll Call

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend federal gas taxes through September to help motorists.

Roll Call · Jun 22, 2022

Commentary: If Biden gives up on climate, it’s a white flag for the planet

At one point in Al Gore’s seminal 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth,” the former vice president laments that his tobacco-farming parents didn’t stop raising tobacco until after their beloved daughter Nancy died of lung cancer in Tennessee.

Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022

The First Lady review: Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Viola Davis can’t save this confused period drama

Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama get the crusty, historical treatment in this plodding 10-part show

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022

Trump lawyers contacted a top Pa. Republican every day during 2020 pressure campaign, Jan. 6 committee says

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler received daily phone calls from former President Donald Trump’s lawyers and saw protests outside his house amid a pressure campaign to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, he told the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 21, 2022

Biden, Chevron chief trade sharp words over gas prices

In a pointed back and forth, the head of Chevron has complained that President Joe Biden has vilified energy firms at a time when gasoline prices are at near record levels and the president responded that the oil company CEO was being “mildly sensitive.”

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022