Dan McCue

<p>WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Wednesday took the Food and Drug Administration to task for failing to curb the corporate greed he says has led to an epidemic of obesity and diabetes across the U.S. Sanders, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, has long called on his colleagues […]</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden delivered her final holiday message to the nation on Monday, saying it’s been the “honor of our lives” for her and the president to serve as the first family, and that she hopes all Americans will be “blessed with peace and light this holiday season.” Biden delivered her […]</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Tuesday approved their leadership team for the next Congress, mostly adhering to an old line from the British rock group The Who: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., will continue to lead the party, becoming minority leader when the 119th Congress is sworn […]</p>

<p>ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that $10 million in funding is now available to advance clean heating and cooling technology for use in large buildings across the state. The state’s new Clean Heat for All: Packaged Terminal Heat Pump program supports the production and demonstration of simple, innovative and energy […]</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed that Medicare and Medicaid begin covering the cost of widely popular obesity medications, though the plan will need buy-in from the incoming Trump administration to take effect. The proposal is part of an annual policy update for all Medicare drug plans and private Medicare Advantage plans starting […]</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy has awarded $2.2 billion to two regional hydrogen hubs intended to accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of the clean energy resource. The two awardees — Gulf Coast H2Hub and Midwest H2Hub — are part of the H2Hubs program, which was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to kickstart a national […]</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking public comment on the future development of five offshore wind lease areas off California’s central and north coasts. The request for comment follows the agency’s publication of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the areas in the Federal Register on Nov. 15. The bureau […]</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to urge her colleagues to “seriously consider” her latest farm bill proposal, calling it “the best and probably only path forward” to pass the massive piece of legislation this year. The farm bill is one of the most comprehensive pieces […]</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — Cigarette smoking among youth and adults in the United States has reached the lowest levels ever recorded, but marked racial and ethnic disparities linger in terms of tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure, a report from the surgeon general has found. As was true in the 1998 surgeon general’s report — the first […]</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders were hard pressed to contain their excitement on Tuesday as they discussed the next Congress, using words like “breakneck” and “fast-paced” as they mused about working with the incoming Trump administration. These are, of course, heady days for the GOP in Washington. With President-elect Donald Trump’s 50%-48.3% victory over Vice […]</p>