Thomas Catenacci

California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) received $50,000 in campaign contributions from a Chinese electric vehicle executive whose company the Pentagon blacklisted this week over its ties to China's military.

Democratic Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger's decision to reenter her state into a controversial green energy program is projected to cost Virginians nearly $1.2 billion over the next two years, due to higher electric bills, despite Spanberger's claim that the move was about "cost savings" and "lowering bills for families who need help most,"

Republican lawmakers are taking the most ambitious federal action yet to shield oil companies from state lawsuits and bills.

T1 Energy, a startup solar panel maker that says it is "bringing solar technology and know-how back to America," is making a push to retain eligibility for some of the most generous U.S. tax benefits even as the Trump administration prepares to crack down on "green energy" businesses' ties to China. T1 is certainly vulnerable to the looming crackdown: The company maintains business ties to a massive Chinese solar company that is led by a member of the Chinese Communist Party and subsidized by the Chinese government, according to financial disclosures reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon , something experts say could disqualify T1 from the tax credits it is seeking.

The Trump Department of Energy will issue loans worth a total of $17.5 billion to help fund 10 new nuclear power reactors nationwide, administration officials said on Tuesday.

Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic Socialists of America activist who is poised to become the next mayor of Washington, D.C., told DSA leaders last year that she regretted voting in favor of a 2022 resolution condemning antisemitism

A highly anticipated research report linking human-induced climate change to extreme weather events lists a lawyer and multiple researchers who have ties to high-stakes lawsuits Democrat-led states have filed against oil companies in its "acknowledgments" section. The report's findings may now be used in that same litigation, which, if successful, could cost the energy industry billions of dollars.

Sen. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho) is preparing to introduce first-of-its-kind legislation that would scrap fuel efficiency rules for vehicles, regulations that Republicans say have cost consumers billions of dollars, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Sen. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho) is preparing to introduce first-of-its-kind legislation that would scrap fuel efficiency rules for vehicles, regulations that Republicans say have cost consumers billions of dollars, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Pin Ni, an auto executive who resides in the United States but appears to still be an active member of the Chinese Communist Party, donated $61,000 to Democratic campaigns in the second quarter of 2026, bringing the total he has given to Democrats this campaign cycle to $450,400.