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President Biden is heading to Massachusetts on Wednesday to announce new executive actions to address climate change, but will stop short of declaring a national emergency on climate, as some Democrats have pushed for as prospects for new legislation in Congress appear increasingly dim.
The president will announce additional funding for FEMA's program to protect communities facing extreme heat, unveil new actions to boost domestic offshore wind production and offer more support for the Department of Health and Human Services' Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, a White House official said.
But the president's announcement will fall short of some progressives' hope that he will declare a national emergency, especially following Sen. Joe Manchin's decision to oppose climate, energy and tax provisions in a Democratic legislative package, effectively dooming the president's climate agenda in Congress.
Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.