April 21, 2021 6:05 AM By Brandon Lee
The House and Senate are moving forward with dueling extensions of a ban on highly addictive fentanyl analogues that expires on May 6.
The extension would keep the governmentâs ability to classify fentanyl-like substances as one of the most strictly controlled drugs, a tool President Joe Bidenâs administration has defended as necessary to fight synthetic opioids.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called for the ban to be made permanent during remarks on the Senate floor yesterday. âWe should not just kick the can down the road for two months or five months or 12 months,â McConnell said.
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April 19, 2021 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood
President Joe Biden aims to prove to the world this week that the U.S. has rejoined the international fight against climate change by vowing cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that are both ambitious and achievable.
Whether those cuts will be either ambitious enough to reassure skeptical allies or achievable given myriad domestic obstacles is far from a sure thing.
The Biden administration is expected to unveil the countryâs new pledge under the Paris climate agreement, known as a nationally determined contribution, before the international climate summit set to begin this Thursday. Heâll have to overcome the major trust deficit run up by former President Donald Trump, who withdrew from the Paris agreement and dismantled domestic policies key to driving the countryâs promised emissions cuts. The past four years revealed how tenuous pledges of U.S government action can be.