Housing Starts Drop, But Permits Jump

Ya gotta love it: The Biden administration has pushed out nearly all available funds from the signature climate and economic laws as the White House works to ensure his work survives the incoming Trump administration. Via USAToday: The federal government has awarded 99% of existing grant funding for clean energy, infrastructure and manufacturing projects, totaling about $750 billion, according to a new 75-page White House report obtained by USA TODAY that breaks down the spending before Biden leaves office Monday.

As Donald Trump prepares to take the oath of office for a second time, he claims to have a “massive” mandate to enact his destructive agenda. But new polling shows that’s far from the truth. A NPR/PBS News/Marist College poll released Wednesday shows that just 44% of Americans view Trump favorably, while 49% view him unfavorably.

This is a great development, folks: BREAKING: President Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land" but there's still another step -- and a legal fight -- ahead. — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM But of course we can expect resistance from the Right. Honest to God, I'm tired.

Oversight Chairman James Comer told Trump sycophant Benny Johnson that he wanted to continue to investigate the Bidens over the pardon of Hunter. No, really. Gomer Comer spent his entire time as Chairman holding fake investigations and presenting impeached witnesses to attack President Biden, through his son Hunter. COMER: The Justice Department could say, okay, you've been pardoned from 2014 to today, well, let's look at 2013. Just 2013.

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the next President of the United States on Monday, Jan. 20. Inauguration Day takes place every four years on Jan. 20 at the U. S. Capitol Building in Washington, D. C. On years when Jan. 20 falls on a Sunday, the incoming President still takes the oath of office privately on that day, but the public inauguration occurs on Jan.

Thousands of personnel—firefighters, first responders, and the National Guard—have turned their attention towards stifling the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires, some of the worst California has ever seen. The Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, which continue to burn since they were first detected ten days ago, have destroyed 12,000 structures, killing at least 27 people, and burning down nearly 40,000 acres of land (when including damage from the smaller, now extinguished fires).