The Week in Short US

Pence Formally Announces 2024 Presidential Run

former vice presidentmike p ence has entered the 2024 presidential race with a video announcement released on Twitter that included religious language and references to the Republican glory days of the 1980s.

In doing so, the Indiana native positioned himself as a candidate representing religious faith and the can-do optimism of the Reagan era.

Trump Indicted in Classified Documents Probe

former president donald t rump said on June 8 that his attorneys had informed him that he had been indicted by special counsel Jack Smith, in connection with an investigation into his handling of classified documents.

“The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. He went on to point to the parallel investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. News of the indictment arrived days after Trump’s lawyers spent about two hours inside the Department of Justice on June 5, apparently addressing concerns about the way the case has been handled.

CNN’s Licht Is Out as CEO Just Weeks After Trump Town Hall

chris licht, who was named CNN’s chairman and CEO about a year ago, will depart the corporate news network, according to the chief executive of CNN’s parent company.

David Zaslav, the head of Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns CNN, said that he “met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN,” according to a report from CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy. He made the remarks during a conference call with CNN’s employees.

Zaslav didn’t say when Licht would be leaving the company.

Licht came under fire recently for his defense of a CNN town hall event in mid-May that featured former President Donald Trump.

Chris Licht, chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, speaks at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on May 17.

Regulations

Biden Administration Targets Another Household Appliance

the biden administration may soon finalize regulations on gas-powered home furnaces, restricting consumers’ ability to purchase units found to be outside of the administration’s greenhouse gas emissions goals within the next few months.

Critics say the regulations proposed by the Department of Energy in June 2022 would likely limit consumer choice, lead to higher prices, and have a minimal effect on greenhouse gas emissions on the heaters used in more than half of American households.

According to the current federal Unified Agenda, the Biden administration is moving forward with rules affecting dozens of additional appliances, such as pool pumps, battery chargers, ceiling fans, and dehumidifiers.