The Environmental Protection Agency has raised concerns over the State Department's environmental analysis of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, further complicating the years-long decision-making process on the controversial project.

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President Obama in his latest budget request appears to have shown a new willingness to hike taxes on the middle class and a major tax and budget fight is set to unfold on Capitol Hill over the next few months.

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In a statement released April 22, the FAA said "controllers will space planes farther apart so they can manage traffic with current staff, which will lead to delays at airports," warning that "travelers can expect to see a wide range of delays that will change throughout the day depending on staffing and weather issues."

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In the United States, air traffic controller furloughs under sequestration hit over the weekend and the airline industry and its pilots are predicting the aviation system will be severely impacted beginning this week.

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On April 16, the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce simultaneously published final rules to take effect in 180 days representing the first phase of the Presidential Export Control Initiative.

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According to former members of the National Commission on the 2010 Gulf of Mexico BP Oil Spill, offshore drilling safety has improved, but congressional gridlock still poses a threat.

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A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation's inspector general on April 16 delivered a black eye to the FAA for missing new rule deadlines and a troubling increase in close calls for airplanes on the ground, even as it acknowledged air travel was in its safest-ever period.

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The Democratic Party could suffer if President Barack Obama approves the Keystone XL (KXL) oil pipeline, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune warned on April 16.

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Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Jacob Lew told members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee April 16 that absent another debt-limit increase by May 18, "extraordinary measures" may prove insufficient to prevent the nation from defaulting on its obligations.

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The business community is weighing in with lawmakers in Washington on the subject of tax reform, noting that the current tax code is complicated, anti-competitive, anti-growth, and there is uncertainty with temporary provisions year after year as Congress continues to kick the proverbial can down the road.

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